Tag: stargazing
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The Planets and Constellations in June
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the night sky for the month of June. We have already looked at the night sky in June to various degrees, mostly looking at how little of a night we actually get in June, but we’re going to ignore that for this show and concentrate…
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Seeing the Virgo Cluster Galaxies
Today we are going to be looking at some galaxies, we’re going to be looking at some galaxies that are well placed to be seen at this particular time of the year. For this piece, we are looking at sky from the middle of May to late May, roughly from the 15th to 20th this…
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May Sky Overview: Constellations and the Milky Way
Today we are going to be taking a look at the month of May generally. We will be looking generally at the month of May and taking a look at the phases of the Moon during different parts of the month as well. Just in case you didn’t catch it a couple of pieces ago,…
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The Night Sky in April: A Quick Look Ahead
Today we are going to take a quick look ahead into the coming month of April. April is coming up, and there aren’t too many particularly crazy events happening in April. It will be after the solar eclipse that’s coming up at the end of this month, which I will cover before the end of…
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The Night Sky in March: Overview
Today we are going to take a more general look ahead to the month of March. We’ve got some eclipses coming up, which is very exciting, we have both a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse if you are in the right part of the planet. Even though the parade of planets is over, Mercury,…
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The Perseid Meteor Shower: When They Look Best
Today we are looking at the Perseids again. I did take a quick look at the Perseids last year at around this time, but they are such an impressive meteor shower they deserve to be mentioned again. Starting right at sunset will mean that the Moon is in the sky, but very low to the…
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A Stellarium Feature, Telescopes, Binoculars and Oculars
All of the videos I make use Stellarium, we’ve seen how it can transport you through time and to other planets, and we’re going to play around with one of its features in this video, the ability to simulate the view from a telescope. Telescopes are simple in principle but of course the details can…
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