Speaker 1: Welcome to the Doctor Sky experience here on America's iconic
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Speaker 1: City and around the world. The iconic radio station WABC,
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Speaker 1: Sky podcast of Sky Events, episode number eleven. As we
Speaker 1: wrap up the month of December twenty twenty two, we
Speaker 1: share with you what's visible in your skies. Sit back
Speaker 1: and relax as we wish each and every one of
Speaker 1: you the best for a happy Honey, a merry Christmas,
Speaker 1: happy Holidays, and most importantly, a healthy, happy, and prosperous
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three just around them. We begin, of course,
Speaker 1: with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon, and we find out
Speaker 1: as the seasons change. On December the twenty first, with
Speaker 1: the welcoming in of the winter solstice, we find out
Speaker 1: that the moon itself is moving on as a very thin,
Speaker 1: waning crescent moon, visible low into the southeastern sky during
Speaker 1: these cold mornings as it moves on to its new
Speaker 1: phase with the darker the moon on the twenty third,
Speaker 1: only to pop out low into the southwest as early
Speaker 1: as Christmas Eve, very low in the southwestern sky. How
Speaker 1: early a moon. Can you see some of the thinnest
Speaker 1: slivers of moonlight have been seen on the hours after
Speaker 1: New Moon If you have a clear and unlimited view
Speaker 1: of the southwestern sky after sunset. By the way, the
Speaker 1: moon is closest to us on the twenty fourth on
Speaker 1: Christmas Eve, a position we call permiting the moon, and
Speaker 1: continues then to wax, and we find out a great
Speaker 1: conjunction of not only the Moon and two interesting planets.
Speaker 1: The planet's Mercury and Venus will adorn our skies on
Speaker 1: Christmas Eve. Very low in the southwest too, as both
Speaker 1: the Moon, Mercury, and Venus will be within a circle
Speaker 1: of a diameter of less than about five degrees. Can
Speaker 1: you see it with hopeful clear skies and that view
Speaker 1: of the southwestern sky, you should be in good luck.
Speaker 1: And then we find out many other planets are visible
Speaker 1: in our late December skies. We move on to the
Speaker 1: Greek word planeteos, meaning wandering scar stars, and sure they do.
Speaker 1: High in the southwest at sunset is the planet Saturn,
Speaker 1: easy to see with the naked eye, but better in
Speaker 1: a telescope, And still high in the south at sunset,
Speaker 1: the mighty planet Jupiter known as the god Zeus. It's
Speaker 1: still bright in binoculars. In a telescope, the true beauty
Speaker 1: of Jupiter is easier to see. But wait, there's more.
Speaker 1: As you look high into the northeast sky just after sunset,
Speaker 1: the red god of war, the planet Mars is easy
Speaker 1: to see with the naked eye, and once again in
Speaker 1: a telescope, the true beauty of Mars is revealed right
Speaker 1: before your eymes. Though the planet Mars is moving away
Speaker 1: rapidly from the Earth. Now it's now, at the time
Speaker 1: of this particular podcast, well within some fifty three billion
Speaker 1: miles of the Earth. With a telescope of maybe three
Speaker 1: hundred times the magnification of your eye, and many of
Speaker 1: you out there have them, you can still see many
Speaker 1: of the so called surface features on Mars and the
Speaker 1: still bright area we call the northern polar cap hood,
Speaker 1: and right below that the Martian northern polar Cap. By
Speaker 1: the way, the planet Mars will be in our skies
Speaker 1: we move into the early portion of twenty twenty three,
Speaker 1: and well into our skies as we move into the
Speaker 1: spring of twenty twenty three. Also, I'm on a quit
Speaker 1: preview of some of the sky events for January twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three, the new year. An interesting meteor shower takes
Speaker 1: place on the morning of January the fourth, known as
Speaker 1: the quadrantis, but unfortunately the near full moon at that
Speaker 1: time may wash out many of those quadranteds. To learn
Speaker 1: so much more about these events and the highlights, visit
Speaker 1: the Doctor Sky Experience podcast here at wabcradio dot com.
Speaker 1: And still the planetary object and parade continues deep into
Speaker 1: the month of jail. We find out that the planet
Speaker 1: Venus and Saturn will be within point four degree apart.
Speaker 1: That occurs on January the twenty second. As we find
Speaker 1: our objects in the sky, the planets being the principal
Speaker 1: objects to see. A good time to find many faint
Speaker 1: sky objects, naturally is when we have the dark of
Speaker 1: the moon or new moon, and as I mentioned before,
Speaker 1: that occurs for us just the day before Christmas Eve
Speaker 1: on December the twenty third. If you'd like to email me,
Speaker 1: that's simple. It's not your sky show at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1: Simply I'm your navigator mamma eye way to the heavens,
Speaker 1: encouraging you and on yours. That is to always remember
Speaker 1: what simply always remember to keep your eyes to the
Speaker 1: skies as we talk about great things from the realms
Speaker 1: of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather here embedded on the
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Speaker 1: America's crown jewel of talk radio, Health and happiness in
Speaker 1: the new year as we move on to twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1: See you next week.