Speaker 1: You're with me, Doctor Sky here at the Doctor Sky Experience,
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Speaker 1: As we move officially into the second week of January
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, here's what you should be able to
Speaker 1: see no matter where you're listening to the Doctor Sky
Speaker 1: Experience here on seventy seven Talk Radio WABC. We begin,
Speaker 1: of course, with the moon. We found out that after
Speaker 1: the beautiful full moon of January, the full Wolf Moon
Speaker 1: on the sixth, the moon continued to wane. The moon
Speaker 1: reached its last quarter phase on the fifteenth, and will
Speaker 1: then continue to move on to a new phase as
Speaker 1: a very thin sliver of moonlight rising earlier and earlier
Speaker 1: into the eastern part of the sky just before on
Speaker 1: bus get set for the next new Moon, as we
Speaker 1: like to call it here while the Doctor Sky Experience
Speaker 1: the dark of the Moon that takes place officially on
Speaker 1: January the twenty first, which begins the start of lunation
Speaker 1: twelve thirty eight. Did you know that the moon at
Speaker 1: that time is also at its closest to the Earth
Speaker 1: for the entire month, and we call that position peerogy.
Speaker 1: But there's something big in store for all of our
Speaker 1: listeners here to the Doctor Sky experience that I'd like
Speaker 1: to mention to you. Mark your calendars for the twenty
Speaker 1: second of January. In the evening sky if your skies
Speaker 1: are clear, just after sunset on these cold evenings in January,
Speaker 1: look into the southwestern sky as you see the planet Venus,
Speaker 1: the goddess of love and beauty, and the original Ring
Speaker 1: world Saturn as we like to call it, conjunct together
Speaker 1: in the sky by a distance or a diameter of less.
Speaker 2: Than a third of the degree in the sky.
Speaker 1: Imagine that the beauty of the most brilliant planet of all,
Speaker 1: Venus is next to the most amazing planet in many
Speaker 1: people's estify nations, Saturn, the original ring planet. And you
Speaker 1: can see this with the naked eye. Better views, of course,
Speaker 1: give you that through a pair of binoculars and most
Speaker 1: spectacular if you have a small telescope. But again for
Speaker 1: those of you out there with advanced cameras and smartphone
Speaker 1: camera technology.
Speaker 2: You'll be able to record this for posteria.
Speaker 1: But let's say your weather conditions are not that clear,
Speaker 1: try again on the evening of January the twenty third,
Speaker 1: because a special treat will be there. Also an additional
Speaker 1: object of that beautiful duet we find the waxing crescent Moon.
Speaker 1: If you look low into the southwest on the evening
Speaker 1: of January the twenty third, just after sunset, the crescent Moon,
Speaker 1: Venus and Saturn will form an amazing conjunction of less
Speaker 1: than four degrees into the sky. As we look into
Speaker 1: the southwest, we find out that the moon is near
Speaker 1: the planet Jupiter on the twenty sixth, and once again,
Speaker 1: as the Moon races around the Earth, it moves on
Speaker 1: to first quarter.
Speaker 2: Phase on the twenty eighth itself, so find.
Speaker 1: Out that the planet Murder at the innermost planet, reaches
Speaker 1: its greatest elongation west. That means it's on the western
Speaker 1: side of the Sun and easily visible in the morning
Speaker 1: sky some twenty five degrees ahead of the rising sun.
Speaker 1: That object would more likely be seen as we look
Speaker 1: into the east southeast, but then again, depending on your location,
Speaker 1: it may be.
Speaker 2: A little bit more to the left of that.
Speaker 1: For observers in the southwestern part of the United States,
Speaker 1: mark the date of January thirty first we have an
Speaker 1: almost repeat performance of what we had on December seventh
Speaker 1: on the planet Mars and its near beauty and opposition
Speaker 1: was occulted or covered up or eclipse by the Moon.
Speaker 1: For observers in the southwestern part of the United States
Speaker 1: and a good area of the Southwest, you will see
Speaker 1: a near repeat performance as we find out now that
Speaker 1: the gibbous moon itself will cover up Mars.
Speaker 2: And we'll talk a.
Speaker 1: Little bit more next week as far as details for timing.
Speaker 1: For those of you that are listening to us here
Speaker 1: on the Doctor Sky Experience and proud to be here
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Speaker 1: you can expand your Doctor Sky experience by checking out
Speaker 1: the Doctor Sky Blog here at WABC radio dot com
Speaker 1: for the latest and best information in a textual form,
Speaker 1: where we have links for our monthly star chart the
Speaker 1: Evening Skymap, which you can download for free, and also
Speaker 1: find out, ladies and gentlemen, so much more about what
Speaker 1: those visible man made satellites that go above your head
Speaker 1: at night are by simply going to that link, which
Speaker 1: is Heavens dash Above dot com. Twenty twenty three should
Speaker 1: be an exciting year for space exploration, as SpaceX has
Speaker 1: some major space missions planned and as you probably know already,
Speaker 1: the fifth the Falconheavy Rockers was launched just a few
Speaker 1: days ago from the Cape in Florida, a most spectacular
Speaker 1: launch just around the time of sunset, a great view
Speaker 1: for observers that were in the state of Florida, as
Speaker 1: this powerful rocket, once before once called the most powerful
Speaker 1: rocket on Earth, launched a so called secret satellite by
Speaker 1: Space Force into low Earth orbit. So much more, ladies
Speaker 1: and gentlemen, as you can check out the Doctor sky
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Speaker 1: the other side of midnight, as we talk with Frank
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Speaker 1: wonders of the universe that you yourself can participate in
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Speaker 1: answered from these great wrongs. Until next time, I'm Doctor
Speaker 1: Sky of the Doctor Sky Experience, proudly here on talk
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Speaker 1: around the world, and around the Cosmos. Clear skies, health
Speaker 1: and happiness. Always remember to keep your eyes to the
Speaker 1: skies as I'm your navigator on the highway to the heavens.
Speaker 1: We'll see you on the radio.