Tag: Sun
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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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Even Longer Eclipses: -743 and 2009 / Did we Already Have the Real Eclipse of the Century?
Today we are going to take a look at a few eclipses that challenge the eclipse of the century, that we will be getting next year, in terms of duration. One of these did already happen this century, but we’re going to look at an even longer, older one first. With regards the title, over…
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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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The Gradual Sunset at the North Pole
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the sunset for autumn, but we’re mostly going to be looking at it from the North Pole. However we’ll start with sunset from Ireland in late September. As the Sun sets, first it drops behind trees and buildings, then the horizon itself. We know the…
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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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Transit of Venus, an Occultation, and Parallax
Today, we are going to take a look at parallax, or more so, we’re going to take a look at the transit of Venus. We’re also going to take another look at the occultation of Venus that’s coming up later this year. We’re going to jump forward to the same event that we took a…
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Na Dhá Urú i mí na Márta! | Both of the Eclipses in March!
Today, we will be looking at the eclipses, a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse, as we have one of each coming up in March. The first eclipse, the lunar one, is occurring on the 14th, but very early in the morning, so we will start on the 13th with sunset instead. The Moon is…
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The Highest Possible Noon
In the last piece, I mentioned that we are coming up to the equinox. We are at least now closer to the coming equinox than we are to midwinter. If we were to move back into the recent past, back to midwinter, we’d see the Sun come down to its lowest noon high point. Moving…
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The September Lunar Eclipse and October Solar Eclipse!
After alluding to these events last time, we are today going to take a look at the upcoming partial lunar and annular solar eclipse. The Partial lunar eclipse will occur in September, but we will look all the way forward into early October to catch the solar eclipse as well. All lunar eclipses happen during…
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