Tag: science
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100 Subscriber Q&A: Part 2, Eccentricity, Constellations and the Shape of the Moon
We’re back for part two of the 100 subscriber Q&A special, so let’s dive right in. The first question is “What makes an orbit eccentric?”. This is a great question, mostly because eccentricity is such a complex thing. Many of the planets in our solar system a lot of the orbits are minimally eccentric compared…
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100 Subscriber Q&A: Part 1, Eclipses and the Solar System
This is the 100 Subscriber Q&A special, so I’ll be answering a couple of questions viewers have submitted. It turns out, I really did only answer couple of questions, just two in this video, hence the “Part 1”, the second part coming Thursday will finish up. I ended up giving almost two answers to every…
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Upcoming Conjunctions and Where to See Them
Today we are going to be looking at some conjunctions. A conjunction is when two planets, or a star and a planet, or the Moon and a planet, or the Moon and a star, anytime two interesting things get very close to each other in the sky. Some conjunctions are close conjunctions, when the two…
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Venus, the View from a Strange Planet
Today we are looking at Venus. We won’t just look at Venus, just like some previous videos about the gas giants, we’re going to take a look a the view from Venus as well. The video above does begin with a quick look at how the sky appears at the moment, showing Saturn disappearing soon…
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Supermoons, Micromoons and some Meteors
As mentioned in the last video, there isn’t a lot happening in the sky this month. We do of course have the Micromoon, which I will get back to, but other than that, no eclipses or oppositions or meteor showers. However, despite not having any particular showers, we will still have some meteors. We usually…
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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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The View from Jupiter and Close Look at the Gas Giants, From Above!
In this video, although we begin where we left off last time, floating high in the atmosphere of Saturn, we’re going to quickly transfer ourselves to Jupiter. Jupiter is that bit closer to the Sun than Saturn, which should give us a slightly better view of the inner planets. The inner planets are Earth, Mercury,…
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Leo Rising and a Lot of Galaxies
For the latest video, we are taking a look at galaxies again! We had a brief look at galaxies in an earlier video, very generally, where as this time we are concentrating on galaxies that are visible at the moment. As the sky changes from month to month, new constellations come into the sky earlier…
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The Southern Hemisphere’s Summer Sky
Winter may already feels like it’s been going on a while, but the coldest part should still be on the way as of the date of posting. The weather gets colder in winter, partly because of the angle at which the Sun’s rays are hitting us (it’s a much shallower angle, less direct), but also…
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An Overview of 2024, Planets and Meteors Showers
A whole new year is beginning, and we will have plenty to see and look at! Of course we’ll be taking a close look at each month as it comes, and we’ll pay special attention to the big events of the year, such as eclipses, as they come. In this video, we’re going to look…
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