Tag: planets
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The February Parade of Planets: 6 out of 7 is Pretty Good!
Today, we are going to be taking a look towards the end of the month of February to catch the parade of planets. Just a year ago, we had a parade of planets, which was better than the parade of planets we’re getting at the end of February. What is a parade of planets? It’s…
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A Look Ahead to the Month of February / The February Night Sky
Today we are going to be looking ahead to the night sky for the coming month of February. There are a couple of interesting things happening in February, the greatest elongation of Mercury on the 19th and an annular solar eclipse on the 12th in particular. However, because the annular solar eclipse is mostly going…
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Mars and Venus Superior Conjunction in January: Something We Can’t See
Today we are going to take a look at a couple of conjunctions that we’re not going to see in January. Some things are only visible from certain locations on Earth, for example, any solar eclipse will only be visible for a reasonably narrow portion of the Earth. This is true for many conjunctions as…
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A Preview of January 2026!
Today we are taking a look ahead at the month of January. Starting nice and early in the month, we begin on just the 3rd of January. Just after sunset, the Moon will be right next to Jupiter. At just 5:30 the Moon and Jupiter are already up, right next to each other, right in…
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From Christmas Eve to New Year’s Morning: the Sky at the End of the Year
As promised, today we are going to take a look at a couple of specific nights. Just at the end of December, there are a couple of dates where people may be staying up late or getting up early. We’re going to take a look at the 24th, 25th and 31st into the 1st, Christmas…
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The Ursid Meteor Shower and Late December Sky
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for later December, particularly the Ursid meteor shower coming up on the 21st/22nd of December. I will also go over the major constellations that are visible. We will start with sunset on the 16th. The sky hasn’t changed too drastically since early December,…
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December’s Morning Mercury: The Smallest Planet’s Greatest Elongations
Today, we are going to be looking at the planet Mercury. We’re going to start just a couple of days ago, when Mercury was at its greatest elongation. We’re coming back to sunrise on the 7th of December, when Mercury reached its greatest elongation. Thankfully, it will be close to this greatest elongation for a…
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December Night Sky: Occultations, Elongation and More!
Today, we are taking a look just a few days into the future and further ahead into the coming month of December. To start with, the Sun is nice and low in the sky here in Ireland once we get just to the first of December. The time of sunrise for the 1st is just…
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Meteor Showers, and More, in November
Today we will continue to look at the November sky. We are now into November and we’re going to start by taking a look at the sky on the 5th of November. Just as the Sun sets, the radiants of the first meteor showers of the month will already be up. Low in the east…
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From Dust and Gas to Rogue Planets and Brown Dwarfs
Happy Halloween everybody! This piece should be coming out before the 31st but this is the closest to Halloween that I will be posting. We’re going to go on a bit of a journey through a few things today. We’re starting by taking a look at the night sky for Halloween, moving all the way…
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