Tag: planets
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Telescopes and Binoculars: What to Observe
Today, we are looking far ahead to the end of the month yet again, we are going to be looking at various objects with various tools from the city and from the countryside. If you are looking to acquire a telescope or a binoculars, especially if you’re looking to get it for someone else, it’s…
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Midwinter 2024: A Great Night for Planets!
Today we are going to take a look ahead to midwinter’s day, as it is coming up very soon now. We are on looking at the 21st of December for 2024, in other years the date of the winter solstice can vary to the 22nd or even 23rd of December. I will be talking from…
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Even Newer Named Stars and Planets
Today we are going to continue looking at the names of stars and planets, some of the newer names given to stars and planets by the International Astronomical Union. Last time, I mentioned the planets that were named by the 2015 push for the naming of planets, and in 2015 it was just a handful…
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Renamed Stars and Planets
Today we are going to be looking at the names of some stars and planets, something that I like to do every now and again on this channel. We will assume a view from the countryside because we are going to be looking for, on some occasions, faint stars. I will start by quickly recapping…
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Haumea: Another Dwarf Planet, Another (Minor) Controversy
In today’s piece we will be continuing our tour of distant objects by taking a look for Haumea, the most likely dwarf planet after Pluto and Eris. Pluto and Eris of course have their own articles and videos on this site already. Ceres is another dwarf planet, and being in the asteroid belt makes it…
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Deireadh Samhain agus ar aghaidh go Nollag / The End of November and on to December
The video accompanying this piece is in Irish, but I will provide this write up and the subtitles of the video in English as usual. Just like the previous English language piece, we are already half way through November and for that reason we will be looking at the end of November and the start…
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Some Spooky Objects for Halloween!
Happy Halloween! Today we are going to take a look at some of the spooky things in the sky. For this piece, we won’t worry too much about when or where these objects are visible. However, many are visible at this time of the year from Ireland, but many will only be visible with good…
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A Look Ahead to the November Night Sky
Today, we will be taking a quick look ahead to the upcoming month of November to see what we can see in the sky. As I have mentioned frequently in a few of the recent videos, such as when we were discussing comets and then nova that was supposed to occur in September, predicting the…
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An Spéir ar Oíche Shamhna! / The Sky on Halloween!
For this piece we will be looking at the sky for Halloween, and a little bit into November as well. The attached video is in Irish, but with English subtitles if you need them. As such, a couple of things do get lost in translation. The Irish for Halloween is “Oíche Shamhna” or Samhain Night.…
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Eris: The Dwarf Planet that Caused all the Strife and Discord
Today we will be continuing our look at various objects in the Solar System, which now means continuing with dwarf planets. I do of course want to continue reminding people about the currently visible comet, C/2023 A3, as well. It’s still there, just barely visible as we come to the end of October. This is…
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