Tag: science
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A Look Ahead to October: A Supermoon, Occultation and Conjunctions
Today, we are going to take a look into the month of October. We’ve already seen so much of the late September sky, we’re going to go a little bit into October, rather than starting on the 1st. We’re going to jump a couple of days into the month in order to see some of…
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The Gradual Sunset at the North Pole
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the sunset for autumn, but we’re mostly going to be looking at it from the North Pole. However we’ll start with sunset from Ireland in late September. As the Sun sets, first it drops behind trees and buildings, then the horizon itself. We know the…
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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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The Sky from Lower Latitudes: Mars and the Milky Way
Today, we are going to take a look at the late September sky, but for a change we are going to look at the sky from a lower latitude. I usually speak from the perspective of Ireland, and here in Ireland we’re pretty far north in the northern hemisphere. As we’re pretty high up on…
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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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That’s not the Boötes Void, that’s a Bok Globule . . .
Today, we are going to take a look at a couple of different things. We’re going to start by taking a look at the constellation Bootes or Boötes, (or Böötes or Böotes). It is a tricky one to pronounce, but it isn’t a tricky one to find, especially at this time of the year. From…
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Far Future Events: Venus in 2104 Occulting Neptune and More!
Today, we are yet again going to be looking into the future and a little bit further than we have recently. I will of course, get back to all of the wonderful things happening this month, the eclipses, the occultations, the conjunctions, there’s lots of great stuff going on this month. For today however, we’re…
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September: Stars and Saturn
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the night sky in September again. We will be looking at the sky for the month coming up, but we will be concentrating on the stars. There are so many exciting things coming up in September that in my previews of this September so far…
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Eclipses from the Sun and the Moon | Uruithe ón Ghrian agus an Ghealach
Today, we will be looking at a couple of eclipses. We will be looking at the Moon going in front of the Sun and also we will be looking at the Moon going behind the Earth. We are looking at some of the same eclipses we’ve looked at recently, but from a different perspective. We…
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A Look Ahead to September: An Eclipse, An Occultation and Oppositions!
Today we are going to take a quick look ahead to the month of September. We’ll start with the sunset in early September. Early in September the sky won’t be too different from what we’re seeing in August, but it will be starting to get darker a little bit earlier once we’re a little into…
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