Speaker 1: And you're listening to the Doctor's Sky Experience heard proudly
Speaker 1: across the nation, around the world, and I'm sure out
Speaker 1: to the cosmos on Talk Radio seventy seven WABC, the
Speaker 1: iconic Talk Radio seventy seven WABC, as we begin another
Speaker 1: journey into the story of what's above us in our
Speaker 1: night skies, from the great realms of astronomy, space, aviation,
Speaker 1: in weather, and so much more. Included in our discussions
Speaker 1: with you, the great listening audience of this amazing radio station,
Speaker 1: are subject matters that relate to American exceptionalism, about truth,
Speaker 1: justice and the American way. And we begin, of course
Speaker 1: with the great solar Storm of twenty twenty four, at
Speaker 1: least so far over the weekend of May tenth. And
Speaker 1: if you're within this out in my voice, and you
Speaker 1: look north in the skies anywhere from the northern latitudes
Speaker 1: of the United States even down to areas as low
Speaker 1: latitudes as Mexico, Florida, Key West Florida, every precise and
Speaker 1: Puerto Rico observers got to see the most amazing sights
Speaker 1: in the skies, beautiful colors, rays of arc of light.
Speaker 1: And by the way, it is you know that auroras,
Speaker 1: which come in the colors of red, green, purple, and blue,
Speaker 1: are caused by different elements up in the atmosphere when
Speaker 1: the large solar proton storms breaks a hole in the
Speaker 1: Earth's magnetosphere, indeed, goes directly toward the poles, the weakest
Speaker 1: link in the chain. Red auroras are atomic oxygen, and
Speaker 1: they're usually above one hundred and fifty miles in space.
Speaker 1: Imagine the view that the International Space Station gets there
Speaker 1: about two hundred and sixty miles above the Earth, and
Speaker 1: then looking back down with those great gameras and the
Speaker 1: human eye, that site must literally be, of course, out
Speaker 1: of this world. But green aurors are also produced by
Speaker 1: atomic oxygen, but they're lower in the atmosphere, maybe upwards
Speaker 1: up to I should say, one hundred and fifty miles
Speaker 1: upon the Earth. But what about those elusive colors like
Speaker 1: purples and blues that many of you got to see. Well,
Speaker 1: simply it's ionized nitrogen. The blue auroras are above sixty
Speaker 1: miles up in space. And by the way, that's the
Speaker 1: markation line or demarcation line where space usually begins. It's
Speaker 1: called a carbon line. Somewhere around sixty miles. And if
Speaker 1: you got to see this most amazing color, the healing
Speaker 1: color purple. They're also due to ionized nitrogen and they
Speaker 1: are literally below that of sixty miles up in the atmosphere.
Speaker 1: And remember think about this, The Earth's atmosphere is so precious,
Speaker 1: that troposphere, the weather sphere, that if the analogy were
Speaker 1: that the Earth were an apple, this is no joke.
Speaker 1: We didn't make it up. The thickness or thinness I
Speaker 1: should say, in the atmosphere is like that of the
Speaker 1: skin on an apple. Quite amazing. So one of the
Speaker 1: things can we see during the month of May. And
Speaker 1: again we'll talk a little bit more about the Great
Speaker 1: Souldier Storm in just a moment. But the moon moves
Speaker 1: under its first quarter phase that is on the fifteenth,
Speaker 1: and I believe, as doctor Scot that is probably one
Speaker 1: of the best examples if you're out there with say children,
Speaker 1: adult seniors, and you want to get to experience the
Speaker 1: beauty of Earth's nearest neighbor of the moon. Why do
Speaker 1: I say first quarter is usually a good time because
Speaker 1: it's in the evening. You don't have to get up
Speaker 1: during the wee hours of the morning or stay up
Speaker 1: when a last quarter moon happens during the waning cycle.
Speaker 1: Why do I mention it's really important and more than
Speaker 1: likely outstanding. Take a pair of binoculars and scan alone
Speaker 1: the light and dark line on the surface of the
Speaker 1: Moon that you see, and that of course is known
Speaker 1: as the terminator. Great shadow relief is exhibited. And if
Speaker 1: you have a telescope, and I'm sure somebody out there
Speaker 1: within the sound of this particular program, you know all
Speaker 1: too well that that is literally spectacular shadows that are
Speaker 1: cast over the lunar matre, the ancient seas that they
Speaker 1: thought were filled with water, and the mountains on the
Speaker 1: Moon that are literally get a load of this, even
Speaker 1: higher than Mount Everest in some areas on the litter surface,
Speaker 1: and the lunar mountains can range upwards of about to
Speaker 1: thirty five thousand feet or more. And that's amazing. But
Speaker 1: we find out that the planetary lineup is pretty poor
Speaker 1: for the month of May, at least from mid May on,
Speaker 1: most of the planets are of course in the morning sky.
Speaker 1: We lose great Zeus Jupiters. It moves into conjunction with
Speaker 1: the on the eighteenth, and then we all get set
Speaker 1: up for the most spectacular moons that is the beautiful
Speaker 1: full flower moon, as that takes place on the twenty
Speaker 1: third at nine to fifty three am Eastern daylight time.
Speaker 1: And as we do more on the Doctor Sky updates
Speaker 1: here with the Doctor Sky Experience, we'll be talking with
Speaker 1: you about, of course, ways to capture these sites, the
Speaker 1: amazing things and our skies. A Doctor Sky always reminds
Speaker 1: you always murder to keep your eyes to the skies.
Speaker 1: And also I like to remin you here on this
Speaker 1: great radio station, Talk Radio seventy seven WABC. You can
Speaker 1: stay in touch with me. Not only begot by going
Speaker 1: to WABC radio dot com, which you've done for the
Speaker 1: Doctor Sky Experience, but on each week every Sunday morning
Speaker 1: with owner and operative John Katz and the t's on
Speaker 1: a show that goes worldwide and it goes viral, and
Speaker 1: so many great guests, and I'm so privileged to be
Speaker 1: one of them as we talk on the Cat's Round Table.
Speaker 1: And then every other Wednesday at one am, you have
Speaker 1: to listen in one of those one am segments Frank
Speaker 1: Marno in the great program called the Other Side of Midnight.
Speaker 1: He and I work together to do a program that
Speaker 1: many of you love out there, appreciate the commentaries and
Speaker 1: emails that is cosmic conversations with me Doctor Scotty emails
Speaker 1: if you'd like to. Seventy one is doctor Sky's show
Speaker 1: at gmail dot com. And finally concluding with information about
Speaker 1: the great solar storm of May twenty twenty four. Right
Speaker 1: now active region thirty six six before is moving to
Speaker 1: the right side of the Sun, the western limbit. It'll
Speaker 1: go around the Sun. Remember the Sun rotates near the
Speaker 1: equator every twenty five days. So people thinking smart out there,
Speaker 1: and you are, you may wonder when will it return
Speaker 1: if it does survive going around the back side or
Speaker 1: the far side of the Sun, only to pop up
Speaker 1: again on the eastern side of the Sun and maybe
Speaker 1: give us round two of this most amazing solar disturbance
Speaker 1: and event in space weather. Well, the best predictions are,
Speaker 1: if it survives, it ain't come around the eastern edge
Speaker 1: of the Sun or the left edge high around the
Speaker 1: twenty seventh or twenty eighth of May. So we'll keep
Speaker 1: you posted on that. So now some quick updates. If
Speaker 1: you're living higher latitudes, you already know that the auroras
Speaker 1: are visible. Your great pictures out there are really so amazing.
Speaker 1: But for everybody else who has, within the sound of
Speaker 1: my voice a smartphone, who doesn't, here's some tips on
Speaker 1: how to take pictures of those particular events, the elusive
Speaker 1: war reality, or if you're in this other hemisphere, quite
Speaker 1: the opposite auroral shallows. Take your phone, whether it's Android
Speaker 1: or iPhone or whatever you have, and try to set
Speaker 1: the camera on a exposure of at least three seconds
Speaker 1: or so. And remember, these pixelated cameras today pick up
Speaker 1: way more than the eye. And many people have said, well,
Speaker 1: I got to look at the auroras, or tried to
Speaker 1: look at the auroras, and I didn't see anything. But
Speaker 1: when I took a picture of the sky in the north,
Speaker 1: let's say, in the northern hemisphere, I got to see
Speaker 1: this mostly amazing red and green. Well, your eye of
Speaker 1: sensitivity is nothing like that of a camera, especially with
Speaker 1: high pixels, So a three second exposure. Put it on
Speaker 1: a tripod or one of those adapters to hold it
Speaker 1: if you can, but if not, just enjoy the beauty
Speaker 1: of the nighttime sky as you look sky would as
Speaker 1: we talk here on the Doctor Sky Experience about all
Speaker 1: these things that we've talked about, from asteroids, comets, and
Speaker 1: so many other things. Eclipses. Remember the Grade eclipse of
Speaker 1: April the eighth, Many of you saw it as partial.
Speaker 1: Many of you, like myself were in the path of
Speaker 1: the darkness of the moon. Albeit we were down and
Speaker 1: asked to be a speaker at the Great text Clips
Speaker 1: Music Festival in Junction, Texas. Unfortunately, our weather was less
Speaker 1: than perfect, but the crowds were cheering as the moon,
Speaker 1: of course moved across the sun, the most amazing side
Speaker 1: of the sky until next time. We of course want
Speaker 1: to hear from you Doctor Sky Show at gmail dot
Speaker 1: com questions and comments, And thank you ladies and gentlemen
Speaker 1: for listening to me on the Doctor Sky experience. And
Speaker 1: thank you to owner and operator John Katzimatitis and family
Speaker 1: for having the confidence to put this particular program here
Speaker 1: so everybody can listen to some amazing things that happen
Speaker 1: above us. As we know, the world is problematic right
Speaker 1: now at so many things in the world of political
Speaker 1: stuff and world events, and rightfully so they do a
Speaker 1: great job of reporting on that. But we kind of
Speaker 1: calmed down and we looked skyward. Remember when we were children,
Speaker 1: the nights that we were at summer camp let's say,
Speaker 1: or seniors or anybody who thinks back in time when
Speaker 1: they looked at the nighttime sky and wondered what's out there?
Speaker 1: Who created it? Where are we in this cosmosis? Carl
Speaker 1: Sagan said once and I quote the earth just a
Speaker 1: pale blue Doctor clar Skuys, I'm your navigator on the
Speaker 1: highway to the heavens. As we continue with the Doctor
Speaker 1: Sky experience, talking about these great realms and interlaced in
Speaker 1: this program. As a proud US military veteran myself, many
Speaker 1: of you out there, we salute you and the wives
Speaker 1: of the veterans and all of you who service and
Speaker 1: work that is in service related a type of occupations
Speaker 1: like police, law enforcement and first responders. We got your
Speaker 1: ear here because it's all about America and how to
Speaker 1: keep us safe and how to keep us strong in
Speaker 1: these very troubling times. But better than that, what could
Speaker 1: be better than that looking sky with to calm us
Speaker 1: down and expand their minds, which is what we do
Speaker 1: here on this particular archive. Once again, emails Doctor Sky
Speaker 1: Show at gmail dot com if you'd like to learn
Speaker 1: much more about these events and many of your questions,
Speaker 1: and of course, ladies and gentlemen always remember to keep
Speaker 1: your eyes to disguise