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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Doctor Sky experience here on America's iconic

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<v Speaker 1>radio station, Talk Radio seventy seven WABC from New York

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<v Speaker 1>City and around the world. The iconic radio station WABC,

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<v Speaker 1>the crown jewel of talk radio. Welcome to our Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Sky podcast of Sky Events, episode number eleven. As we

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<v Speaker 1>wrap up the month of December twenty twenty two, we

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<v Speaker 1>share with you what's visible in your skies. Sit back

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<v Speaker 1>and relax as we wish each and every one of

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<v Speaker 1>you the best for a happy Honey, a merry Christmas,

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<v Speaker 1>happy Holidays, and most importantly, a healthy, happy, and prosperous

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three just around them. We begin, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and we find out

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<v Speaker 1>as the seasons change. On December the twenty first, with

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<v Speaker 1>the welcoming in of the winter solstice, we find out

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<v Speaker 1>that the moon itself is moving on as a very thin,

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<v Speaker 1>waning crescent moon, visible low into the southeastern sky during

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<v Speaker 1>these cold mornings as it moves on to its new

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<v Speaker 1>phase with the darker the moon on the twenty third,

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<v Speaker 1>only to pop out low into the southwest as early

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<v Speaker 1>as Christmas Eve, very low in the southwestern sky. How

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<v Speaker 1>early a moon. Can you see some of the thinnest

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<v Speaker 1>slivers of moonlight have been seen on the hours after

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<v Speaker 1>New Moon If you have a clear and unlimited view

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<v Speaker 1>of the southwestern sky after sunset. By the way, the

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<v Speaker 1>moon is closest to us on the twenty fourth on

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas Eve, a position we call permiting the moon, and

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<v Speaker 1>continues then to wax, and we find out a great

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<v Speaker 1>conjunction of not only the Moon and two interesting planets.

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<v Speaker 1>The planet's Mercury and Venus will adorn our skies on

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas Eve. Very low in the southwest too, as both

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon, Mercury, and Venus will be within a circle

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<v Speaker 1>of a diameter of less than about five degrees. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you see it with hopeful clear skies and that view

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<v Speaker 1>of the southwestern sky, you should be in good luck.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we find out many other planets are visible

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<v Speaker 1>in our late December skies. We move on to the

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<v Speaker 1>Greek word planeteos, meaning wandering scar stars, and sure they do.

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<v Speaker 1>High in the southwest at sunset is the planet Saturn,

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<v Speaker 1>easy to see with the naked eye, but better in

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<v Speaker 1>a telescope, And still high in the south at sunset,

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<v Speaker 1>the mighty planet Jupiter known as the god Zeus. It's

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<v Speaker 1>still bright in binoculars. In a telescope, the true beauty

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<v Speaker 1>of Jupiter is easier to see. But wait, there's more.

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<v Speaker 1>As you look high into the northeast sky just after sunset,

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<v Speaker 1>the red god of war, the planet Mars is easy

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<v Speaker 1>to see with the naked eye, and once again in

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<v Speaker 1>a telescope, the true beauty of Mars is revealed right

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<v Speaker 1>before your eymes. Though the planet Mars is moving away

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<v Speaker 1>rapidly from the Earth. Now it's now, at the time

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<v Speaker 1>of this particular podcast, well within some fifty three billion

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<v Speaker 1>miles of the Earth. With a telescope of maybe three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred times the magnification of your eye, and many of

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<v Speaker 1>you out there have them, you can still see many

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<v Speaker 1>of the so called surface features on Mars and the

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<v Speaker 1>still bright area we call the northern polar cap hood,

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<v Speaker 1>and right below that the Martian northern polar Cap. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, the planet Mars will be in our skies

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<v Speaker 1>we move into the early portion of twenty twenty three,

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<v Speaker 1>and well into our skies as we move into the

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<v Speaker 1>spring of twenty twenty three. Also, I'm on a quit

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<v Speaker 1>preview of some of the sky events for January twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three, the new year. An interesting meteor shower takes

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<v Speaker 1>place on the morning of January the fourth, known as

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<v Speaker 1>the quadrantis, but unfortunately the near full moon at that

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<v Speaker 1>time may wash out many of those quadranteds. To learn

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<v Speaker 1>so much more about these events and the highlights, visit

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<v Speaker 1>the Doctor Sky Experience podcast here at wabcradio dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>And still the planetary object and parade continues deep into

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<v Speaker 1>the month of jail. We find out that the planet

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<v Speaker 1>Venus and Saturn will be within point four degree apart.

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<v Speaker 1>That occurs on January the twenty second. As we find

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<v Speaker 1>our objects in the sky, the planets being the principal

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<v Speaker 1>objects to see. A good time to find many faint

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<v Speaker 1>sky objects, naturally is when we have the dark of

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<v Speaker 1>the moon or new moon, and as I mentioned before,

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<v Speaker 1>that occurs for us just the day before Christmas Eve

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<v Speaker 1>on December the twenty third. If you'd like to email me,

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<v Speaker 1>that's simple. It's not your sky show at gmail dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Simply I'm your navigator mamma eye way to the heavens,

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<v Speaker 1>encouraging you and on yours. That is to always remember

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<v Speaker 1>what simply always remember to keep your eyes to the

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<v Speaker 1>skies as we talk about great things from the realms

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<v Speaker 1>of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather here embedded on the

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<v Speaker 1>iconic radio station here WABC out of New York, WABC Radio,

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<v Speaker 1>America's crown jewel of talk radio, Health and happiness in

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<v Speaker 1>the new year as we move on to twenty twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>See you next week.