Tag: telescope
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Stargazing at the End of September: The Equinox, the Full Moon, and Neptune’s Opposition
Today we are going to review a couple of the events that are happening at the end of September. We are starting with the equinox on the 23rd, but we’re also going to take a look at the opposition of Neptune on the 25th and the Full Moon on the 26th. The date of the…
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The Jovian System in Late September: Galilean Occultations at Sunrise!
Today we are going to be taking a look at some partial occultations and conjunctions involving the Jovian satellites. This is something we have taken a look at in a previous piece, for occurences early in September. There were some conjunctions and occultations in involving Jupiter’s moons, early in the morning and from various locations,…
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An Old Conjunction of Uranus and Mars: Back in 1988!
Today we are going back in time to take a look at a conjunction. We aren’t going too far back, some of you may know that we have gone back into prehistory to take a look at things before. We’re only going back to 1988 this time and we’re going to be looking for a…
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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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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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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…
