Tag: saturn
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Sun-Saturn Superior Conjunction!
Today we are going to be looking at yet another conjunction. This conjunction is a little bit different from the conjunctions that we’ve taken a look at recently. Among those conjunctions was a conjunction of Saturn and Venus. That was at its best at around the seventh, so just past as of the date of…
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Multiple March Conjunctions, and Maybe an Occultation!
Today we are going to be looking at some conjunctions, some close conjunctions and even closer, that are happening over the course of the month of March. Just before we take a look ahead to those, we’re going to get rid of the atmosphere and the ground so we can take a look at the…
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Are They Spheres? Oblateness in Planets and Stars
Today we are going to be discussing the shape of various objects in the sky. Unfortunately, it can be tricky to actually see these shapes, especially with stars, but we will at least be discussing them. We’re taking a little bit of a break from the eclipses, although I will write another piece in the…
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Jupiter and Saturn in the 7500’s!
Today, we are going to look ahead into the future. If you are a regular reader of the posts on this website, then you know that I regularly get suggested different things to take a look at in the sky, often future events. We are going quite far into the future this time and we’re…
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Oppositions and an Eclipse around the Equinox | Urchomhaireacht agus Urú timpeall an Comhnocht
Today, we will be looking at the sky for late September, especially around the day of the equinox. I won’t talk about the equinox itself that much, but you can search my previous posts to find a few more focused discussions of it. I have talked about the late September sky already, however the attached…
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Another Titan Transit and Saturn in Different Years
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the planet Saturn. At the moment you can catch it just a little after sunset towards the east. Here in Ireland we can see it by about 9 o’clock in the middle of September. We’re going all the way forward to the 20th of September,…
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Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction in 2080!
Today, we are going to once again be taking a look into the far future. I have done this on previous occasions where we take a look, often quite far, into the future, and we will be going quite far into the future this time as well. The last event that we took a look…
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Two July Conjunctions! (One in 2037)
Today, we are going to take a look at some upcoming events based on the suggestions of various commenters on my YouTube videos. In celebration of hitting 500 subscribers on YouTube, I am planning on making a Q&A video. As such, I am looking for any questions that anybody might have that I may be…
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The Parade of Planets is Yet to Come and Earth in Retrograde!
Having taken a look at Mars at opposition and how Mars enters into a strange, temporary, apparent retrograde motion during that time, we are going to take a look at the Earth doing the same. Of course, to see the Earth at opposition, we need to head to Venus or Mercury. However, before that I…
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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…
