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Look up! Five planets to appear in Qatar’s skies this February

  • Menatalla Ibrahim
  • February 15, 2021
Grab your telescope and mark your calendar to see five planets decorate Doha’s skies this month! Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, and Mars will be visible to see across Qatari skies…
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How to enjoy the Perseids meteor shower in Qatar

  • Doha News Team
  • August 10, 2017
2016 Perseids in Qatar. Credit: Shaji Manshad/Flickr A special meteor shower that you should be able to see without any special equipment will light up the sky in a few…
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What to know about Monday’s ‘spectacular’ supermoon in Qatar

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • November 13, 2016
Not only is the moon expected to shine 30 percent more light onto Earth, it is also expected to be 14 percent bigger than a normal full moon, NASA said.
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A look at the Perseids meteor shower from Qatar

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • August 14, 2016
Several night owls in Qatar this weekend drove out to the desert to catch the Perseids meteor shower in its full splendor. Here's a snapshot of what they saw.
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Opinion: Galactic Core Bay – The best place to see the Milky Way in Qatar

  • Doha News Team
  • December 20, 2015
Off the beaten path in a deserted but beautiful place, several local photographers have discovered a new location to enjoy and shoot the stars.
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Qatar stargazers in for a treat this week with Perseid meteor shower

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • August 10, 2015
Unlike last year, when a super-moon lit up the sky and made watching the shower difficult, the Perseids will peak a day before the new moon this week, meaning there will be no light to obscure the show.
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Comet Lovejoy lights up night skies in Qatar with greenish glow

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • January 22, 2015
This is apparently the first time in 8,000 years that Comet Lovejoy, or C/2014 Q2, is visible from earth, according to National Geographic.
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Annual Perseid meteor shower to be visible from Qatar this week

  • Shabina S. Khatri
  • August 11, 2014
Despite the rise of a supermoon that will leave the sky unusually bright this week, astronomers say Perseids' fireballs should still be visible to the naked eye on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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PHOTOS: Doha gets a glimpse of the year’s final solar eclipse

  • Omar Chatriwala
  • November 3, 2013
Just before sunset - at around 4:30pm - the moon could be seen obscuring part of the sun, almost like a bite had been taken out of it.
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