Speaker 1: Welcome once again to the Doctor Sky experience heard exclusively
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Speaker 1: And here now is your mid June twenty twenty four
Speaker 1: Sky Events calendar. As we continue to move around the
Speaker 1: Sun with great rapid speed, the month of June continues
Speaker 1: as we approach the beginning of summer that occurs on
Speaker 1: June the twentieth, significantly with some of the longest days
Speaker 1: of the entire year and shorter nights as you commonly know.
Speaker 1: But right now, as we do this update, we find
Speaker 1: out the moon just passed its first quarter phase on
Speaker 1: the fourteenth. Now, in my opinion, this is a great
Speaker 1: time to take a good look at the lunar surface, well,
Speaker 1: even with the naked eye, but obviously you'll need a
Speaker 1: pair of binoculars or a telescope to reveal some of
Speaker 1: the great detail. As we approach the fifty fifth anniversary
Speaker 1: of the great historic Apollo eleven landing June by twentieth
Speaker 1: of nineteen sixty nine gives us a good opportunity to
Speaker 1: take a look with binoculars and telescopes. And what would
Speaker 1: we see there In the first quarter phase, we would
Speaker 1: see the greatest of shadow relief along the middle of
Speaker 1: the moon, that area called the terminator. So get out
Speaker 1: one of those lunar atlases, if you have a small telescope,
Speaker 1: you'll get to see great detail and learn about the
Speaker 1: great mode, the so called oceans, those are lava beds
Speaker 1: on the moon, and the great craters. But the simple
Speaker 1: thing is great shadow relief. At this time you'll actually
Speaker 1: see in telescopes the sun rising over the top of
Speaker 1: the mountain peaks and then streaming shadows into the basins
Speaker 1: of many craters. But things get better after the fourteenth
Speaker 1: The moon, of course, moves on to Apigaee on that date,
Speaker 1: farthest from the Earth. Then we call that phase of
Speaker 1: the moon between first quarter in full a gibbous phase.
Speaker 1: Actually the moon looks elliptical or egg shaped, but the
Speaker 1: real show for the month of June, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: will be the beautiful full strawberry moon on the evening
Speaker 1: of the twenty second of June. Don't missen because at
Speaker 1: that particular time, the moon is getting closer to its
Speaker 1: position we call perigee, and that is when the Moon
Speaker 1: is closest to the Earth. For planets, you may have
Speaker 1: heard about a great planetary alignment in the early morning sky. Well,
Speaker 1: due to some unfortunate media hype. We always tell you
Speaker 1: the truth here. Even though those planets may be symbolically
Speaker 1: lined up into the eastern sky, the difficulty of seeing
Speaker 1: all of those is very difficult from cities or even
Speaker 1: in the darkest of locations. So what can you say.
Speaker 1: The planet Venus is moved into the glare of the
Speaker 1: Sun and it will slowly emerge into the evening sky
Speaker 1: as we move through the months of July and August.
Speaker 1: We'll have more to say about that. But in the
Speaker 1: morning sky, the two obvious planets are simply Saturn and
Speaker 1: the planet Jupiter, and those would be easy to see
Speaker 1: with the naked eye as they hug just a few
Speaker 1: degrees above the sky in the eastern part of the
Speaker 1: sky northeast to be precise during the early morning hours.
Speaker 1: Either way, this particular upcoming summer season is a great
Speaker 1: time to observe some of the more fascinating objects in
Speaker 1: the sky, and since many people do have the luxury
Speaker 1: of taking a vacation to darker skies, here's a few
Speaker 1: doctor sky tips. My suggestion would be, if you're looking
Speaker 1: into the southern part of the sky, do it when
Speaker 1: the moon is closest to now. Now, that just happened
Speaker 1: on the sixth of June, and you'll have to wade
Speaker 1: into the early portion of July to do exactly what
Speaker 1: I'm saying and what am I saying. With a pair
Speaker 1: of binoculars during those dark of the moon, when the
Speaker 1: moon is not simply visible, take a good look with
Speaker 1: binoculars around ten pm local time in the South. You'll
Speaker 1: get to see, in my opinion, the most amazing view
Speaker 1: in dark skies. That is the beauty of the summer
Speaker 1: Milky Way. Did you know that the core of our
Speaker 1: Milky Way galaxy is twenty seven thousand light years away
Speaker 1: in the constellation of Sagittarius the Archer, and on many
Speaker 1: star charts, Sagittarius looks symbolic like that of a big
Speaker 1: teapot in the sky. Well, just to the right of
Speaker 1: the front spout of that so called teapot would be
Speaker 1: the area which we call the core of our milky Way. Now,
Speaker 1: what will you see in monoculars This most amazing myriad
Speaker 1: of stars and gas in the sky. And just know
Speaker 1: inside that core is a super massive black cole. Nothing
Speaker 1: to worry about here, but simply beautiful. Share that with
Speaker 1: friends and neighbors, especially if you're on vacation. Now here's
Speaker 1: another thing that even city dwellers can do, seeing visible
Speaker 1: man made satellites like what the International Space Station, the
Speaker 1: Hubble Space tell Us and now of the evolution in
Speaker 1: the sky, the Chinese Tiangong Space Station. So, without further ado,
Speaker 1: go to this website Heavens dash Above dot com, and
Speaker 1: I guarantee you, when you plug in your city, take
Speaker 1: a good look at that website. Because let's say you're
Speaker 1: having an outdoor barbecue or doing something in the evening.
Speaker 1: You can be the star of your own party. How
Speaker 1: you can tell people, Hey, in about twenty minutes, the
Speaker 1: space station is going to pop up right above that tree.
Speaker 1: People will go really and yes, it'll happen just like clockwork.
Speaker 1: So Heavens nash Above dot com. And I want to
Speaker 1: thank John Katzimatitis, owner and operator of WABC, for having
Speaker 1: me part of his regular Sunday show, The Cats Roundtable,
Speaker 1: where we give out great information as people tell us
Speaker 1: and you tell us from the realms of astronomy, space, aviation,
Speaker 1: and weather, and also some stories about American exceptionalism in
Speaker 1: the mix. And it's a privilege and honor to be
Speaker 1: with legendary broadcaster Frank Morano every other Wednesday at one
Speaker 1: am as we change with his permission the name of
Speaker 1: the Other Side of Midnight to cosmic conversations. So tune
Speaker 1: in then with your questions and comments and so much more.
Speaker 1: Until then, I'm doctor Sky, wishing you the best for
Speaker 1: health and happiness and above all, well what could be
Speaker 1: better than that well, hopefully clear skies. As simply, I'm
Speaker 1: your navigator on the highway to the heavens. And let
Speaker 1: me say this, ladies and gentlemen, this highway has no
Speaker 1: tolls on it, so you have the opportunity to experience
Speaker 1: the most beautiful sights in the nighttime sky, particularly at
Speaker 1: this particular time of year, and as we peer into
Speaker 1: our own galaxy with questions that we still want answered
Speaker 1: about the nature of the universe, Where did we come from?
Speaker 1: We go back to a famous quote from Shakespeare and
Speaker 1: Act one, scene five of Hamlet, and it goes like this,
Speaker 1: and I quote, there are more things in heaven and
Speaker 1: earth ratio than are dreamt of in your philosophy. And
Speaker 1: what does that really mean. It means that you imagination
Speaker 1: may be limited, but many things that we simply don't
Speaker 1: know and have not been discovered yet or even dreamt
Speaker 1: of yet. Hopefully you'll have a great summer and appreciate
Speaker 1: all of you listening to the Doctor Sky Experience here
Speaker 1: on Talk Radio seventy seven w A b C.