Tag: stars
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From Christmas Eve to New Year’s Morning: the Sky at the End of the Year
As promised, today we are going to take a look at a couple of specific nights. Just at the end of December, there are a couple of dates where people may be staying up late or getting up early. We’re going to take a look at the 24th, 25th and 31st into the 1st, Christmas…
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The Ursid Meteor Shower and Late December Sky
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for later December, particularly the Ursid meteor shower coming up on the 21st/22nd of December. I will also go over the major constellations that are visible. We will start with sunset on the 16th. The sky hasn’t changed too drastically since early December,…
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The Sun: Sunspots and More!
Today we are going to take a look at the Sun. In some ways, wintertime may be one of the worst times to observe the Sun, because it is so low in the sky, it’s not up for very long, and it’s more likely to be blocked by trees or buildings. In another way, wintertime…
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Classes of Stars: Spectral Classification
Today we are going to talk about stars, as we often do, but we’re going to talk about a way that stars are classified. Stars can be classified in various different ways, but one of the easier ways, one of the more immediate ways to classify stars, is by their color. Taking a look at…
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Winter Stargazing: Stars and Constellations
Today we are going to take a look at the winter night sky very generally. We’ll start just around sunset in early December, but we’ll go through the night and across a few months around midwinter. As we’re going to be taking a general look at the night sky, we’re going to ignore the planets…
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December Night Sky: Occultations, Elongation and More!
Today, we are taking a look just a few days into the future and further ahead into the coming month of December. To start with, the Sun is nice and low in the sky here in Ireland once we get just to the first of December. The time of sunrise for the 1st is just…
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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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Meteor Showers, and More, in November
Today we will continue to look at the November sky. We are now into November and we’re going to start by taking a look at the sky on the 5th of November. Just as the Sun sets, the radiants of the first meteor showers of the month will already be up. Low in the east…
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From Dust and Gas to Rogue Planets and Brown Dwarfs
Happy Halloween everybody! This piece should be coming out before the 31st but this is the closest to Halloween that I will be posting. We’re going to go on a bit of a journey through a few things today. We’re starting by taking a look at the night sky for Halloween, moving all the way…
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