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# Look Up

Last month
February 2023
# Look Up
Green comet to make its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years tonight
The comet will be visible in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
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Feb 1st 2023, 4:06 PM
This year
2023
# Night Sky
Five starry spectacles to watch out for in 2023
Is that a comet?
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Jan 1st 2023, 6:30 AM
All time
# Starry Skies
A morning eclipse to a rare moon-and-Mars meeting - here's what to look up for in 2022
The star-studded highlights to watch out for over the next twelve months.
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Dec 25th 2021, 11:00 PM
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Five astronomical highlights the skies have in store in 2021
We’re starting another rotation around the sun. Here’s what to watch out for in the skies.
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Dec 24th 2020, 7:30 PM
# Stargazing
The last supermoon of the year will be visible in Irish skies tonight
A cloudy forecast could mean many of us miss out on the chance to see it, however.
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May 7th 2020, 6:00 AM
# Look Up
A penumbral lunar eclipse is currently taking place and will be visible over Ireland this evening
Tonight will see one of four eclipses occurring in 2020.
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Jan 10th 2020, 8:12 PM
# Look Up
Photos: Thousands look to the skies for Bray and Foynes air shows
Aviation enthusiasts rejoice.
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Jul 28th 2018, 6:50 PM
# Look Up
The first of two supermoons this month will be visible tonight
It’ll reach its closest point to Earth at around 10pm.
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Jan 1st 2018, 6:00 PM
# Look Up
Saoirse Ronan was asked about that dodgy Aer Lingus sketch on the Late Late last night
“It was fun! It’s a comedy show.”
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Dec 9th 2017, 1:45 PM
# Look Up
Saoirse Ronan was asked about that dodgy Aer Lingus sketch on the Late Late last night
“It was fun! It’s a comedy show.”
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Dec 9th 2017, 9:49 AM
# Lights out
The United States is about to experience the best eclipse in a lifetime... but how long does Ireland have to wait?
Ages, is the answer.
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Aug 21st 2017, 8:10 AM
# Look Up
You'll be seeing a lot of unusual planes overhead today
All of the events are free, but a €70 hospitality package is available.
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Jul 22nd 2017, 6:15 AM
# Look Up
The planet Venus will be getting very close to us tonight
You don’t need a telescope for this one.
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Jan 31st 2017, 7:00 PM
# A galaxy far far away
There are 2,076 black holes lurking in this photo of deep space
The central region of this image contains the highest concentration of supermassive black holes ever seen.
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Jan 7th 2017, 2:00 PM
# bright skies
Tonight's Supermoon will be the biggest in 68 years
NASA said that it will in fact be an extra-supermoon.
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Nov 14th 2016, 6:10 AM
# Look Up
14 ghostly signs you've probably missed around Cork
History around every corner.
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Jun 3rd 2016, 5:13 PM
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VIDEO: Suspected meteor lights up sky over Scotland
‘We saw the ball of light over the trees coming down at some speed and then a massive flash.’
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Mar 1st 2016, 9:34 AM
# look up look down
18 ghostly signs you've probably missed around Dublin
So much history, so little time.
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Nov 20th 2015, 8:55 PM
# Look Up
This mother's Facebook experiment asks parents to put the phones down
The message about losing yourself in technology is ironically going viral.
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Nov 12th 2015, 11:47 AM
# Look Up
Venus, Jupiter and Mars to create triangle spectacle tomorrow morning
The spectacle, which has occurred every morning this weekend, looks like bright stars.
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Oct 26th 2015, 7:17 PM
# meteor show
Halley's Comet to light up the sky tonight
Up to 20 shooting stars an hour are possible.
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Oct 21st 2015, 10:11 PM
# dublin look up
Here's the story with those sparkly shoes on telephone wires around Dublin
No, it’s not just because someone’s feet were killing them.
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Oct 2nd 2015, 11:37 AM
# super blood moon
Photos: Didn't manage to see the blood moon last night? Here is what you missed...
If you have been asleep for the last eight hours here is what you missed.
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Sep 28th 2015, 7:54 AM
# spectacle
The moon will turn blood red tonight in extremely rare Supermoon total eclipse
Set those alarms for 3:11am.
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Sep 27th 2015, 7:52 PM
# Perseids of Doubt
Only one part of the country has a "good chance" of seeing tonight's meteor shower
Sorry, everywhere but the south east.
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Aug 12th 2015, 7:59 PM
# Look Up
You might spot balloons in the sky this weekend... here's why
A giant balloon launch is taking place for a good cause.
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Aug 1st 2015, 10:47 AM
# Look Up
Here is the view you would have if you were a fighter pilot
The Bray Air Display is set to take place later today.
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Jul 19th 2015, 7:00 AM
# ISS
There will be six astronauts flying over our heads tonight, so look up
The International Space Station can be seen in Irish skies tonight and tomorrow.
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Feb 18th 2015, 6:09 PM
# Look Up
This fireball tore across the night sky yesterday evening? Did you see it?
A photographer in Dalkey managed to capture this amazing shot over Dublin.
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Jan 19th 2015, 12:56 PM
# The Sky at night
The "best shooting star shower of the year" is happening tonight
The event will be seen around Ireland with the naked eye.
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Dec 13th 2014, 7:25 PM
# Look Up
Mesmerising video shows all of the flights over Ireland in 38 hours
Everybody loves a good time lapse.
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Dec 8th 2014, 11:12 AM
# look down
This Irish guy made his own version of the Look Up video, and it's gas
He nailed it.
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May 12th 2014, 8:52 AM
# heavenly bodies
The best astronomy apps for amateur stargazers
If you want to decipher the skies, these 11 apps are worth a look.
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Oct 28th 2013, 6:30 PM
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Minor eclipse of the Moon to last for hours tonight
Astonomy Ireland is asking for people to collect information about what they can see.
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Oct 18th 2013, 6:50 AM
# Look Up
International Space Station to pass in front of the moon tonight
Areas between Dublin and Bantry Bay in Cork should be able to see it tonight.
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Oct 10th 2013, 7:15 AM
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Don't miss: Tomorrow's the last full moon of 2012
It’s called an oak moon, don’t you know.
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Dec 27th 2012, 5:20 PM
# Look Up
ISS to blaze across sky this evening
Spot the space station pass over at 5.17 and 6.53pm.
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Dec 17th 2012, 3:11 PM
# Look Up
View of the full moon and Jupiter from Samuel Beckett bridge
No need for a telescope to see the moon and Jupiter next to each other in tonight’s sky…
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Nov 28th 2012, 9:30 PM
# Look Up
Look up: Moon and Jupiter to "blaze spectacularly close together" tonight
Astronomy Ireland said that Jupiter will look like a brilliant star blazing next to the Moon.
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Nov 28th 2012, 4:59 PM
# Look Up
Watch the skies: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... the Space Station
NASA has launched a new service that emails people when the International Space Station is visible in the skies over where they live.
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Nov 3rd 2012, 4:34 PM
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