Tag: stars
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What we Can See in Late May and Early June
At the start of May, we looked ahead to the whole month, but now as we approach the end I think it’s worth a second look. Even though the weather is getting hotter, the Earth is actually approaching its furthest from the Sun in our elliptical orbit. How close we are to the Sun in…
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Na Gealaí, nú Gealán agus an Spéir Anois
Today, as we come up to the end of May and beginning of June, we are going to review the kinds of things that are visible in the sky, starting by looking forward the 24th of this month and the Full Moon. The Moon can be quite bright, especially when it’s full, and the Irish…
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Transits of Venus and an Eclipse on Mars!
Continuing the theme set by last week’s video, where we looked at the transit of Mercury coming up in 2032 and the return of Halley’s Comet in 2061, we are going to look even further into the future this time. the next transit of Venus that will be visible from the Earth is almost 100…
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Comets Continued: Time to Say Goodbye to 12P/Pons-Brooks
While comet 12P/Pons-Brooks was making its approach to the Sun, it became visible to the naked eye from the Northern Hemisphere, under good conditions at least. It was also quite close to Jupiter in the sky during the recent total solar eclipse visible from North America. This lead to the comet getting a lot of…
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A Closer Look at the Saturn: The Ringed Planet
Now that Saturn is returning to the early morning sky, even becoming visible to the naked eye in the city, we are going to take a closer look at the planet. It is still tricky to see from higher latitudes, but as long as you are up early enough and have a clear view of…
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A Look Ahead to May: What We Can See as the Nights Get Shorter
We are back to looking a month ahead, to see what the sky will look like in May as we come to the end of April. In the last video, about a few meteor showers, we touched on the Eta Aquariids, which are one of the big astronomical events in May, but the sky is…
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Damhsa na Pláinéid: Conas a Bhogann Siad
In this video, we take a look at the planets, particularly their motion through the sky. We’ve looked at the motion of various planets before, but mostly individually. Here, we’re looking at the planets all together, so we can compare their movements to each other and the background of the stars. We’ll start by looking…
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Other Solar Systems You Can See With Your Own Two Eyes: Exoplanets Orbiting Visible Stars!
We are taking another look at exoplanets! There is so much to say about planets beyond our solar system that we are addressing them again here. You can go back on this website or my YouTube channel and check out my previous video and/or article on the topic. We will really be looking for and…
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The Nova in Corona Borealis: What it is and Where to Find it
There has been a lot of hype in the news lately about an upcoming nova, an appropriate amount of hype given what is going to occur. Both novae and supernovae get there name from the Latin word for new, nova, as they can appear to form a whole new star in the sky. This is…
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Jupiter: A Closer Look at the Giant Planet
In this video, we finally take a closer look at Jupiter. Jupiter has been incredibly prominent in our sky for months now, especially standing out as the brightest object in the sky at sunset the past couple of months, appearing as the very first object when the sky begins to darken. Jupiter is much further…
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