Tag: saturn
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A Look Ahead to October: Another Supermoon!
Today we are going to be looking ahead to the night sky for the month of October. As always, my default perspective is from here in Ireland, and because I will be talking about the sky at night from here in Ireland, I won’t be dealing with the annular solar eclipse that is going to…
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Opposition: Saturn and Neptune at Their Closest to Us!
Today we are going to be looking at oppositions, specifically Saturn and Neptune coming to opposition, as they will both do so this month. I have taken a look at Neptune specifically quite recently and only a couple of months ago we took a close look at the planet Saturn as well, so although I…
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The Occultation of Saturn: Saturn and the Moon Align in August
Today we are going to look ahead just a little, to the 20th of August. As usual, we begin at sunset, so we will begin on the 20th. For those of us here in Ireland, we will be waiting until the morning of the 21st to catch the occultation of Saturn by the Moon. The…
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The Early Morning Sky in Late July: Planets, The Pleiades and More!
With so many interesting things up in the morning as we come to the end of July, that is where we are going to focus today. This especially includes the planets, with three visible to the naked eye, and two more with a sufficient telescope. We don’t even have to wait until early in the…
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Icy Moons: What, Where and Why do we Care?
Recently, we took a look at the difference between the gas giants like Saturn and Jupiter and the ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. Today, we are going to look at something else icy: icy moons. We already passed by an icy moon in the ice giant video, Triton, Neptune’s largest moon. Triton is tough…
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Ice Giants versus Gas Giants: A Closer Look at the Biggest Planets
Every month or so, I usually make a video talking about a particular planet. beginning with several months ago, up Jupiter and Saturn in the past couple of months. Having looked at the gas giants, the ice giants are next. Before giving them a specific video, I though it would be nice to compare the…
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A Closer Look at the Saturn: The Ringed Planet
Now that Saturn is returning to the early morning sky, even becoming visible to the naked eye in the city, we are going to take a closer look at the planet. It is still tricky to see from higher latitudes, but as long as you are up early enough and have a clear view of…
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A Quick Look ahead to February, What’s Coming up and a Live Show!
Not only is February the shortest month, but this year it also doesn’t have any particularly prominent events. We don’t have any particularly great meteor showers, comets, or eclipses. However, the sky is still changing as always. Saturn is leaving our sky as mentioned in the recent video where we took a look at the…
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A Closer Look at the Gas Giants and the View from Saturn
This video is similar to the recent video on Mercury, we will be taking a closer look at some planets and the view from them. Unlike that video, this one won’t focus on just one planet or its motion through the sky. Over two videos we’re going to look at the gas giants, Jupiter and…
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Ó Eanáir go Feabhra, Cad atá ag Teacht Suas agus Cén Sórt Gealach?
This video is a bit like a bridge between January and February. It deals with some things coming up in Irish, that the English languages videos won’t get to for another few weeks. You get an advanced look at those details as well if you are reading this. Furthermore, at one point in the video…
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