Speaker 1: Welcome once again to the Doctor Sky Experience, heard exclusively
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Speaker 1: welcome once again as we talk about the great subjects
Speaker 1: in realms of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather, and interlaced
Speaker 1: in our program and podcast here great stories of American exceptionalism,
Speaker 1: and we hope each and every one of you got
Speaker 1: to experience, even if it was partial, the great eclipse
Speaker 1: of the Sun that happened back on April the eighth
Speaker 1: of this year, for any of you in the New
Speaker 1: York listening area, that was only a ninety one percent eclipse,
Speaker 1: but rare indeed, and for other partis of upstate New
Speaker 1: York and around the nation, you experienced that extremely rare
Speaker 1: event when the umbral shadow moves right across you and
Speaker 1: you experience the shadow of the moon. I was proud
Speaker 1: to be reporting as being the keynote speaker at a
Speaker 1: Texas Music event called a text Clips Music Festival. If
Speaker 1: you'd like to see some more videos of that, simply
Speaker 1: go to doctor Sky Eclipse dot com. That's drsky eclipse
Speaker 1: dot com. But folks, as we move toward the latter
Speaker 1: part of April, here's some of the compilation of news
Speaker 1: stories that we speak about every Sunday with John Katzimatitis
Speaker 1: on the Cat's Round Table and then every other Wednesday
Speaker 1: at one am with Frank Morano's program the other side
Speaker 1: of Midnight. As we for that one hour transform it
Speaker 1: into a conversation called Cosmic Conversations. Well, let's begin a
Speaker 1: little bit about the eclipse. Hopefully you got to see it,
Speaker 1: those safe solar glasses or what was necessary. But now
Speaker 1: that's all in the history books. So in case you're
Speaker 1: looking for the next great total solar eclipse, and if
Speaker 1: you become addicted to this like many, this was my sixth,
Speaker 1: you'll have to look overseas for the next eclipse. Twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six. We find out in that month of July,
Speaker 1: a total solar eclipse is visible off the far western
Speaker 1: portion of Iceland, moving down to the mid portion of Spain.
Speaker 1: But another great event will take place jop this date
Speaker 1: down August two, twenty twenty seven, when the shadow path
Speaker 1: the umbral shadow crosses again into southern Spain, moves across Morocco, Algeria, Libya.
Speaker 1: And then how about this down into this area of
Speaker 1: Egypt where the pyramids exist near Luxor for most amazing
Speaker 1: total solar eclipse, lasting well over five and a half minutes.
Speaker 1: But some of the stories that we covered here with
Speaker 1: John Katsimatides on the CATS round Table this week are
Speaker 1: space debris coming down from the International Space Station number
Speaker 1: of years ago, that is, March of twenty twenty one,
Speaker 1: the ISS deployed and pushed overboard a large palette of
Speaker 1: oxygen tanks and other equipment about the size of a
Speaker 1: small suv, intentionally intending for Pallet EP nine to eventually
Speaker 1: disintegrate and burn up in the atmosphere. Well, lo and
Speaker 1: behold we find out that just a few days ago,
Speaker 1: our report comes in that a man in Naples, Florida,
Speaker 1: whose home was actually hit, Alejandro Tera, experienced something unusual.
Speaker 1: One of those tanks literally crashed through his roof and
Speaker 1: into his house. Strange as it is, those are nickel
Speaker 1: hydrogen batteries. What about meteorites we see them in the sky,
Speaker 1: and what happens if you actually find one who owns it? Well,
Speaker 1: according to law, not just in the United States and
Speaker 1: around the world. For the most part, here in the
Speaker 1: United States, if it lands on your land, you own it.
Speaker 1: But remember if a meteorite is found then it lands
Speaker 1: on government land, well, the government pretty much owns it.
Speaker 1: And what about other nations around the world. In quick summary,
Speaker 1: did you know that in Denmark, even if you found
Speaker 1: a meteorite, the state and the government takes claim to
Speaker 1: own it. Interesting stories, as we talk about on the
Speaker 1: Cat's roundtable. But so many other things are happening folks
Speaker 1: in our skies, and I wanted to highlight some of
Speaker 1: the things that you can actually see in our late
Speaker 1: April skies. What could be better than a total eclipse
Speaker 1: of the sun or any clipse. Well, there's some interesting
Speaker 1: things happening. We find out that the moon was at
Speaker 1: first quarter on the fifteenth. It's farthest i ironically away
Speaker 1: from us on the twentieth. We call that apige because
Speaker 1: it was closest to us when we had the total
Speaker 1: solar eclipse. That's what made it necessary. The moon had
Speaker 1: to be closest to the Earth. We call that pyroge.
Speaker 1: But during this period of time from about the twenty
Speaker 1: first all the way to the twenty third, if you
Speaker 1: look into the northeast sky after midnight in clear skies,
Speaker 1: you'll see a brilliant blue star called Vega. It's twenty
Speaker 1: five light years away and it's in the constellation of
Speaker 1: Lyra the harp. Why do I mention it? This is
Speaker 1: the origin point of the annual lyrid meteor shower. Now,
Speaker 1: with increasing moonlight because the moon goes full on the
Speaker 1: twenty third, don't expect to see that many. But if
Speaker 1: my chance, you're out in dark skies and you look
Speaker 1: up anywhere from two AM till sunrise, yeah, you have
Speaker 1: to be an early viewer. You may get to see
Speaker 1: a few of these lyrid meteors. They're about the size
Speaker 1: of little grape nut sereal little particles, and they're traveling
Speaker 1: at well over one hundred thousand miles an hour. Naturally,
Speaker 1: they don't come down and crash land on the ground,
Speaker 1: lucky for us. But the meteor shower story is just fascinating.
Speaker 1: We get another interesting meteor shower coming up into the
Speaker 1: month of August, and we'll talk more about that on
Speaker 1: the Doctor Sky experience, let's talk about the full moon
Speaker 1: for this particular month, we'll get to see the beautiful,
Speaker 1: full pink moon, and this of course in the holiday
Speaker 1: season of Passover and also as spring moves on the
Speaker 1: time that flowers are flourishing. Officially, the moon is full
Speaker 1: on April twenty third, at seven forty nine pm Eastern
Speaker 1: daylight time, and it'll be a pretty interesting moon, even
Speaker 1: though it's not closest to the earth, still a spectacular
Speaker 1: moon to look at. And of course we want to
Speaker 1: celebrate the sacred season of Passover, as I believe it
Speaker 1: begins on the evening hours of the twenty second. But
Speaker 1: how is Passover connected to the sky? Interestingly enough it is.
Speaker 1: We find out that in the Hebrew calendar, this particular
Speaker 1: season of Passover occurs on the fifteenth day of the
Speaker 1: Jewish calendar, which is known as Nissan, the first of
Speaker 1: the months in the Jewish calendar. So it coincides very closely,
Speaker 1: of course, to that of a full moon, and so
Speaker 1: does that of the date of Easter. And going back
Speaker 1: in our time machine, the date of Easter is always
Speaker 1: the Sunday, that's after the beginning of the vernal equinox.
Speaker 1: So we go back into time in March and found
Speaker 1: out that the spring equinox was on the twentieth. The
Speaker 1: last full moon, of course, was earlier into that month.
Speaker 1: And then we find out on the calendar that the
Speaker 1: next Sunday after the full moon of March, and that
Speaker 1: came out to be March the thirty first. For kenide observers,
Speaker 1: if you have a pair of binoculars and you look
Speaker 1: low into the western part of the sky, now all
Speaker 1: this the center's around the time and the moon is brightest,
Speaker 1: so you may or may not get to see this.
Speaker 1: But Comet twelve p Comet Ponds Brooks gets closest to
Speaker 1: the Sun by the twenty first and twenty second of April.
Speaker 1: Now I observed it in New Mexico and Texas in
Speaker 1: a dark sky, even with a small pair of binoculars.
Speaker 1: Why is this important Because it's a periodic comet that
Speaker 1: moves around the Sun every seventy one years. And it's
Speaker 1: quite interesting because some people actually got to see the
Speaker 1: comet during the total eclipse of the Sun a number
Speaker 1: of degrees to the left. Interesting things. For questions and comments,
Speaker 1: always email me. It's Doctor Sky's show at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1: And what do we say, always remember to keep your
Speaker 1: eyes to the skies. I'm your navigator on the highway
Speaker 1: to the heavens. How about this a highway with no tolls?
Speaker 1: So explore the one the wonderful richness of the nighttime skies.
Speaker 1: And we're so appreciative of being here on talk radio
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Speaker 1: Katzimatids and his wife Margo, and all of you that
Speaker 1: are listening to the Doctor Sky Experience. Check us out
Speaker 1: every Sunday on John Katzimetidi's popular show around the nation,
Speaker 1: The Cat's Roundtable. And as I mentioned before, every other
Speaker 1: Wednesday at one a m. We talk on Frank Morano's
Speaker 1: program The Other Side of Midnight, as we talk for
Speaker 1: the hour about cosmic conversations, clear skies, good health, and
Speaker 1: happy Passover to our friends who celebrate that particular sacred holiday.
Speaker 1: And again, ladies and gentlemen, you'll be hearing more information
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