Tag: space
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The December Solstice: Winter or Summer?
Today we will continue looking at the upcoming December solstice, as it is now just a couple of days away. However, we are also going to look at the solstice from the equator and from the southern hemisphere. Here in the northern hemisphere we are looking at the winter solstice. From Ireland, the Sun is…
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Late December Sky: The Geminids Meteor Shower and the Moon
Today we are going to be continuing to look at the very end of this year We won’t look forward into next year just yet but we will look at some things other than the planets. There are of course plenty of planets up top be seen all month long, with Venus, Saturn, the Moon…
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Telescopes and Binoculars: What to Observe
Today, we are looking far ahead to the end of the month yet again, we are going to be looking at various objects with various tools from the city and from the countryside. If you are looking to acquire a telescope or a binoculars, especially if you’re looking to get it for someone else, it’s…
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Midwinter 2024: A Great Night for Planets!
Today we are going to take a look ahead to midwinter’s day, as it is coming up very soon now. We are on looking at the 21st of December for 2024, in other years the date of the winter solstice can vary to the 22nd or even 23rd of December. I will be talking from…
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Even Newer Named Stars and Planets
Today we are going to continue looking at the names of stars and planets, some of the newer names given to stars and planets by the International Astronomical Union. Last time, I mentioned the planets that were named by the 2015 push for the naming of planets, and in 2015 it was just a handful…
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Renamed Stars and Planets
Today we are going to be looking at the names of some stars and planets, something that I like to do every now and again on this channel. We will assume a view from the countryside because we are going to be looking for, on some occasions, faint stars. I will start by quickly recapping…
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Haumea: Another Dwarf Planet, Another (Minor) Controversy
In today’s piece we will be continuing our tour of distant objects by taking a look for Haumea, the most likely dwarf planet after Pluto and Eris. Pluto and Eris of course have their own articles and videos on this site already. Ceres is another dwarf planet, and being in the asteroid belt makes it…
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Deireadh Samhain agus ar aghaidh go Nollag / The End of November and on to December
The video accompanying this piece is in Irish, but I will provide this write up and the subtitles of the video in English as usual. Just like the previous English language piece, we are already half way through November and for that reason we will be looking at the end of November and the start…
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From November to December: Jupiter at Opposition and More Meteor Showers!
As we continue to move later in the month, we are now just past the date where a lot of the cool stuff happened. We are just past the 17th, a little, which is around the time that Mercury had its greatest elongation and it’s the date where the Leonids would have peaked. AS such,…
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Planet X or Planet 9: The Mysterious Hypothetical Planet
Today we are going to bet talking about a planet that is still hypothetical, planet nine or Planet X, the next planet that is yet to be discovered in our solar system, if it exists at all. Before we get into that, I have made a slight adjustment to the format of my recording. For…
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