Tag: planets
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Venus Transiting Jupiter (1818) AND Mars Transiting Jupiter (1170)!
Today we’re not going to be taking a look at the solstice. I have taken a look at the solstice in a few different ways over the past couple of pieces, so we’re going to look at something a little bit different today. We are going to take a look at an event that was…
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Stargazing in June: The Summer Constellations
Today we are going to take another look at the night sky for the month of June this year, 2026. We’re going to concentrate on the constellations, the stars, but it is worth pointing out the planets at the beginning of the night. To the west will be Venus, Mercury and Jupiter. They are all…
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Zodiac and Retrograde Motion: Astronomy, not Astrology!
Today we’re going to very quickly go over the zodiacal constellations, the constellations that we see in the sky along the path of the ecliptic, which is where we see the planets, the Moon, and the Sun, roughly speaking at least. We’ll start by taking a look at the planets at sunset in June. We…
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A Cycle of Conjunctions: Jupiter and Saturn in 1226, 2020, 2040, 2060 & 2080!
Today we are going to take a look at a few conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn. You may remember from a reasonably recent piece, we took a look at a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 2080, so we’re going to very quickly review that conjunction first. Travelling from June 2026 to 2080 does let…
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A Sunrise Occultation: The Crescent Moon and the Pleiades
Today we are yet again looking forward into the coming month of June. Of course, we are very close to June now, so we’re not looking too far into the future, just forward to the 13th of June. Just like the piece before last, we are looking forward to see an event but that has…
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Stargazing in June: Planets at Sunset and Sunrise, The Milky Way, and the Moon
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for June. Last time we looked ahead to the month of June to take a look at Venus and Jupiter having a close conjunction at sunset. Mercury was also up when Venus and Jupiter were up. Even in early June, we have to…
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A Close Conjunction in Early June: Venus and Jupiter
Today we are looking ahead to the month of June. We’re not looking very far into the future, just to the 7th, still just at the beginning of the month. Most of the interesting events in June are happening later in the month, for example the summer solstice and Mercury’s greatest elongation. There are some…
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Conjunction of the Moon, Mars and Saturn: From Europe, Africa, the Americas, Australia and More!
Today we are going to take a look at something that I am fairly confident we will not be able to see here in Ireland. Some people might just barely see it from the countryside. Recently, I saw a newspaper headline, or really the headline of an online journal, saying that there would be a…
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Moonless May Night and Uranus Behind the Sun
Today we are going to be looking at the sky for mid and late May. Looking at the daytime sky on the 12th, the Moon is up and already getting close to new, we will have our New Moon on the 16th. With the Moon out of the sky for most of the night, viewing…
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Saturn’s Moons Janus and Epimetheus Orbit Very Strangely
Today’s video, we are going to take a look at a couple of Saturn’s moons. Saturn is on its way back into the morning sky. For many people, those a little closer to the equator, Saturn is already back into the morning sky, but this early in May, Saturn is still just barely out of…
