Tag: science
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Venus in the Evening at Different Latitudes
I’ve mentioned the planets quite a lot recently, and with good reason. Over the course of the month of August, particularly in the morning, there are going to be a lot of planets in the sky. Even early in the month we have Jupiter, Mars and Saturn all together in the sky. If you caught…
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A Look Ahead to the Sky in August: the Perseids, the Planets and More!
As usual, as we draw to the end of one month, this piece is going to be an overview of what we can expect next month. We’re going to look ahead into August. Of course, not much is going to change between late July early August, but over the course of the month we will…
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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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Astronomy: Misconceptions, Exceptions and Tricky Questions
Today, I’m going to try and take a look at misconceptions about space. In the attached video, I talk through a couple of the common misconceptions. However, to continue my tendency toward being a bit clearer and more explicit in these articles, I’m really trying to take a look at the reasons these things are…
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Uranus: A Closer Look at a Barely Visible Planet
Continuing my series taking a closer look at the planets, we are now onto Uranus. In previous pieces I have covered mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, so you can take a look back to see those if you’d like. The Earth, of course may fall a little outside the realm of astronomy, and for…
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The Moon and Constellations in July: No Telescope Needed
Given that the past couple of videos heavily featured objects that at least require a telescope to see, I decided that in this piece I’d go through some of the things visible to just your eyes in later July. Telescopes and binoculars are, of course, wonderfully useful tools for astronomy and reveal a lot that…
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Meteor Showers in July: How and When to Observe, and What to Expect
I only recently put up a piece providing a look ahead to the month of July, but it was just an overview, so I’m going to cover one thing that I left out, the upcoming meteor showers. Meteors, of course, can be tricky to see. Looking at the sky from a city, especially if the…
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How the Sky Looks Using Binoculars: Galaxies, Nebulae, Planets and even Moons!
In most of my videos, I zoom in as far as is necessary to see whatever details I want to talk about. In real life, you are usually limited by the magnification of whatever instrument you are using, be it a telescope a binoculars. People don’t often associate binoculars with astronomy, instead binoculars normally get…
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Spiral Galaxies: You’re in One and How we Know
Today we are going to take another look at galaxies. We’ve looked at galaxies before, and you can take a look back through my archives for some examples, but thankfully they are a big topic, so there is plenty to talk about. We are going to be taking a look specifically at spiral galaxies like…
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Saghasanna Pláinéid nach bhfuil Againn: Iúpatar Te agus araile
In a recent video, I discussed the differences between the gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn and the ice giants like Neptune and Uranus. These two types of planets both contrast with the rocky planets in our solar system. This gives us three types of planets, though the gas and ice giants are commonly lumped…
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