Tag: planets
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Makemake, the Rest, and a Bonus ISS!
Today are taking a look at one of the dwarf planets, along with some of the candidate dwarf planets, with a digression to discuss the ISS as well. The dwarf planet Makemake is pretty much of the last dwarf planet, in our current list of official dwarf planets at least. Really, Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Haumea…
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The Light of the Moon, Venus and their Shadows
Today I am going to hop through a couple of topics thanks to an idea inspired by a comment on the previous video on my YouTube channel. It is a bit of a journey, but we are going to begin by taking a look at the night sky for just a couple of nights ago,…
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The Parade of Planets and the Ecliptic: Are they Aligned?
Today we are going to talk more about the parade of planets that is coming up this month as well as the passage of the Moon across our sky. The parade of planets, all of the planets being on display, has become more and more of a big deal as we come into January. More…
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Looking into 2025: Eclipses and More!
Today we are going to continue looking at the year ahead. We will cover one or two things that are happening in January, things that I mentioned in the last video, but we are also going to look ahead to see some of the interesting things that are coming up later in 2025. First off,…
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The Night Sky for January 2025
Today’s video, we are looking into January. We’ve already look a little into January, with New Year’s morning, but now we’re looking into the month proper to see what is going to come up. Now that we’re looking into 2025 by more than a couple of hours, the Moon is after moving past new, it’s…
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New Year’s Eve: The Stars at Midnight and Dawn
Today we are going to be taking a look at New Year’s Eve! New Year’s Eve, of course, is famous for being a night where people stay up until midnight ringing in the New Year, so of course it’s a great night for impromptu astronomy. Many people are going to be up until at least…
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Year 0 and Venus at Sunset
Today we are going to look back in time. We have before looked far into the future, for example to at look at Halley’s Comet returning in the 2060s and other comets as they come and go. I believe we’ve looked into the past as well, but we are going to look quite far into…
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Oíche Nollag agus Oíche na hAthbhliana | Christmas Night and New Year’s Night
In this, the final Irish language video of the year, we take a look at the nights of Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Thanks to “Nollaig” being used for both December and Christmas in Irish, saying “Merry Christmas” or “Nollaig Shona” at any time of the month makes even more sense, as it could equally…
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The December Solstice: Winter or Summer?
Today we will continue looking at the upcoming December solstice, as it is now just a couple of days away. However, we are also going to look at the solstice from the equator and from the southern hemisphere. Here in the northern hemisphere we are looking at the winter solstice. From Ireland, the Sun is…
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Late December Sky: The Geminids Meteor Shower and the Moon
Today we are going to be continuing to look at the very end of this year We won’t look forward into next year just yet but we will look at some things other than the planets. There are of course plenty of planets up top be seen all month long, with Venus, Saturn, the Moon…
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