Tag: solar eclipse
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Our Next Lunar Eclipse: August 28th!
Today we are going to look ahead to the end of August to see a lunar eclipse. Firstly however, tomorrow is the solar eclipse, the solar eclipse that I have been talking about at least all year. Here in Ireland, we will get to see a 97% total solar eclipse if you are on the…
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The August Total Solar Eclipse from the Best Locations!
Today we are going to talk about the eclipse. We will very quickly deal with the August 12th total solar eclipse from here in Ireland. The sky will get darker and then brighten up again before the Sun sets. That is the partial eclipse that we will get from here in Ireland. As I’ve mentioned…
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The Other Thing on the 12th of August: The Perseid Meteor Shower
We have just over a week to go until the eclipse, and don’t worry, at least the next post on this website will deal with the eclipse. Between 6 and 8 o’clock in Ireland, so 5 and 7 UTC, the sky will darken as the Moon moves in front of the Sun, making planets like…
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Annular and Total? A Hybrid Eclipse!
Today we are going to take a look at an eclipse. Of course, we have a very exciting annular eclipse coming up on the 17th of February visible from Antarctica, and we have a total solar eclipse coming up later this year visible roughly from Europe. Iceland and Spain will be the two main landfalls…
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Possibly the Longest Eclipse: July 2186
Today we are finally going to look 160 years into the future, plus a few months, to catch what looks like the longest eclipse we’re ever going to get, very close to the hypothetical maximum duration of an eclipse. Just before we get into it, here in Ireland and across a lot of the northern…
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The Eclipse of the Century: August 2027
Today we are going to be taking a look into the future to take a look at another solar eclipses. Of course, this year we have solar eclipses coming up and you can take a look in one of my previous posts on this website to see a quick review of them. Also, if you…
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An Eclipse from the Earth, Sun, and Moon: 2186 Eclipse!
Today, we are yet again heading far into the future to take a look at an event that won’t be occurring for hundreds of years. We are looking all the way forward to 2186 and we’re going to be looking for the 16th of July. Starting as normal, from Ireland and during the day, it…
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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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The Blood Moon: September Lunar and Solar Eclipse 2025!
Today, we are yet again looking into the future and we are yet again looking at an eclipse. However, we’re going to be looking not particularly far into the future, as you can see here, we’ve gone forward to the 6th of September and we will be looking at an eclipse that will be visible…
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