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LOOK UP TO the skies tonight and you’ll see something rather beautiful – the Moon and Jupiter shining brightly extremely close together.
Astronomy Ireland said that tonight the Moon and the massive planet Jupiter will “blaze spectacularly close together all night” after they rise at 4:30pm. Jupiter will look like a brilliant ‘star’ blazing next to the Moon.
David Moore, Editor of Astronomy Ireland magazine, said:
The Moon and Jupiter tonight will form a spectacular sight in the sky. They are the two brightest things in the night sky, so they are unmissable: there is no need for a telescope, just use your eyes!
He said that this breathtaking sight will grab the attention of people all over the world as not only will they be close together, but the two objects will be placed right next to the Hyades Star Cluster, the nearest cluster of stars to Earth.
Astronomy Ireland offers weekly free telescope nights every Friday at 8pm (depending on the weather). Members of the public are invited to Astronomy Ireland’s premises in Airside Enterprise Centre, North Dublin, to use some of the country’s biggest telescopes. The telescope nights are suitable for people of all ages and experience.
For further information on the Moon and Jupiter tonight visit www.astronomy.ie.
Well we can all sleep peacefully now that that’s sorted.
Not the best comparison really considering he retorted with a figure for the domestic market rather than all operated markets combined.
The greed of the music companies is line one endless stream. The artists complaints are a joke. Plays on Spotify are like having your ads paid for
Streams on Spotify are a pittance and a poor source of income for musicians. More power to her if she wants to remove her music from Spotify. She clearly doesn’t need it as she’s by far the best selling artist this year.
Taylor Swift and her record company are just in it for the prestige of record breaking sales and the history books, not people who listen to the music. Nowhere is questioned what is better for the consumer (or fans as they used to be known)?
Spotify has obviously not cannibalised the album buying public, as her album has one of the highest number of record sales, which is in addition to any income from streaming and video services.. Spotify replaces the radio, not albums sales, and it gives people to opportunity to spend a small amount to listen (not own) music for a low cost. But not low enough that If all you wanted to listen to was taylor swift, then you could buy her back catalogue for less than a few months of spotify.
What the record company don’t get is that the spotify income, small as it is compared to if everyone who listened to a track bought the album instead, is a top up from people who would just download it from a torrent, or listen to it on the radio. It is never about being paid for their work, as she has the highest income per effort in the world, but instead just making sure parents pay what a record company exec told her each fan was worth.
She is probably the most popular pop artist out there at the moment and she would only make €400k/year on Spotify? Most artists must only be making pennies on it
I like her songs.
don’t know why. but her and her songs really annoy me, even more than Cheryl cole
Oooooh no, she only earned €398,000 in the last 12 months. Boo focking Hoo.
Taylor Swift and music in the same sentence . . . ? Jaysus.
Nope.
Maybe?
Depends!
On?
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