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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Doctor Sky experience heard exclusively here on

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<v Speaker 1>Talk Radio seventy seven WABC, as we like to call it,

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<v Speaker 1>and many agree, the crown jewel of radio, the iconic

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<v Speaker 1>seventy seven Talk Radio WABC, beaming out of New York City,

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<v Speaker 1>the nation, the world, and I'm sure the cosmos heard

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<v Speaker 1>in some one hundred and seventy three countries and all

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<v Speaker 1>fifty states. And I wonder what other signals are being

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<v Speaker 1>picked up in the cosmos. We begin as we talk

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<v Speaker 1>about July Skies twenty twenty four. Happy fourth of July

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<v Speaker 1>to you and yours as we celebrate America's independence. We begin,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, with an interesting fact. On the fifth of July,

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<v Speaker 1>the Earth is at a position farthest from the Sun

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<v Speaker 1>called aphelion in simple terms, at that point in time,

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<v Speaker 1>the Earth and the Sun are separated by some ninety

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<v Speaker 1>four million, five hundred thousand miles. And yet, just like me,

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<v Speaker 1>you may be wondering, if we're farthest from the light

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<v Speaker 1>source the Sun, why is it so hot. Well, the

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<v Speaker 1>simplest answer is the inclination of the Earth as it

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<v Speaker 1>tips more towards the Sun in the summer. Even though

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<v Speaker 1>in the northern hemisphere, we obviously have the Sun at

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<v Speaker 1>a far distance. More on that in future reports. We

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon. If you're interested

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<v Speaker 1>in viewing dark skies and hopefully have the ability to

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<v Speaker 1>get away from city lights, and even city dwellers can participate.

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<v Speaker 1>The moon goes to new We call it the dark

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<v Speaker 1>of the Moon, and that's the start of another lunar

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<v Speaker 1>lunation called number one, two, five six. The moon then

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<v Speaker 1>moves on is a waxing crescent. You can look for

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<v Speaker 1>it far into the northwestern part of the sky. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a great time, in my opinion, to take a look

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<v Speaker 1>at some of the more amazing shadows on craters and

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<v Speaker 1>the differences between light and dark along that ever growing

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<v Speaker 1>wine on the moon. Each night you see more and

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<v Speaker 1>more of the moon visible. During the waxing phase, the

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<v Speaker 1>sun rises over the moon. The moon then moves on

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<v Speaker 1>to its first quarter on the thirteenth of July. After that,

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<v Speaker 1>the moon moves through a position we call gibbous, where

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<v Speaker 1>the moon looks egg shaped. Well. The moon continues on

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<v Speaker 1>to its full phase in July as it reaches a

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<v Speaker 1>position and is known officially as the full thunder or

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<v Speaker 1>buck moon at six seventeen am Eastern daylight time on

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty first. But simply stated, this is a great time,

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<v Speaker 1>as many people are on vacations and holidays, to grab

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<v Speaker 1>a pair of binoculars and explore with me, Doctor Sky

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<v Speaker 1>on the Doctor Sky Experience here on talk Radio seventy

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<v Speaker 1>seven WABC, as we open our minds to the things

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<v Speaker 1>that we don't normally get to tacobout our sea because

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<v Speaker 1>our lives are strictly run by the Sun. Then we

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<v Speaker 1>find out the moon continues to wane after full it

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<v Speaker 1>moves on to its closest point in the sky and

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<v Speaker 1>Earth distance on the twenty fourth. We call that lunar peerage.

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<v Speaker 1>And then finally, as the moon exits last quarter moon

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<v Speaker 1>on the twenty eighth, some interesting things that you might

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<v Speaker 1>want to take a look at. On the morning hours

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<v Speaker 1>of the fifteenth, if you look into the northeast sky,

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<v Speaker 1>the planet Mars and the planet Uranus will be separated,

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<v Speaker 1>that is, by less than a degree. Mors is bright

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<v Speaker 1>enough to be seen with the naked eye, but an

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<v Speaker 1>object in a telescope that's within that field of view

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<v Speaker 1>that may look greenish is the interesting planet. We call Uranus,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the moon and the planet Saturn will be

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<v Speaker 1>easily visible on the morning of the twenty fourth of July,

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<v Speaker 1>once again into the northeast part of the sky, just

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<v Speaker 1>before sunrise. And if you're interested in seeing something in

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<v Speaker 1>the evening instead of the early morning, pay particular attention

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<v Speaker 1>to the evening of July the seventeenth, when that continuing

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<v Speaker 1>waxing gibbous moon moves very close to the brilliant star

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<v Speaker 1>in the constellation Scorpio called Ontaris. And if you listen

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<v Speaker 1>to our last update here on the Doctor Sky Experience,

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<v Speaker 1>Ontaris is the principal star of the zodiac sign of Scorpius,

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<v Speaker 1>some five hundred plus light years away. The star is

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<v Speaker 1>incredibly large. If compared to the Sun and the Sun

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<v Speaker 1>with the size of a small pa on a dinner plate,

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<v Speaker 1>the size of the star Ontarios would be that about

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<v Speaker 1>the size of a basketball. It's a red super giant.

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<v Speaker 1>And don't forget the light you see left some five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred plus years ago. You know, we get asked this

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<v Speaker 1>question through your emails, and my email is simply just

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<v Speaker 1>Dr Sky Show Doctor Skyshow at gmail dot com. Tell

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<v Speaker 1>us Doctor Sky about some of the features and things

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<v Speaker 1>that we can do as far as our own research

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<v Speaker 1>in talking about these things you talk about with you

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<v Speaker 1>on the Doctor Sky experience. To download your very own

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<v Speaker 1>star chart, go to skymaps dot com. And one of

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<v Speaker 1>our favorite websites, of course, is to go to the

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<v Speaker 1>skylive dot com. Just the Skylive dot com. And to

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<v Speaker 1>learn so much more about what's happening in the realm

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<v Speaker 1>of space weather, make it faceweather dot com. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to take a look at some interesting spacecraft satellites around

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<v Speaker 1>the Earth and watch the ISS, the Chinese Tiangang Space

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<v Speaker 1>Station and a host a plethora of other satellites, make

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<v Speaker 1>it Heavens dash above dot com. And if you'd like

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<v Speaker 1>to learn more about me, Doctor Sky, go to our

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<v Speaker 1>classic website, a compilation of who Doctor Sky is for

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<v Speaker 1>all these forty plus years that we've been doing this

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<v Speaker 1>on radio and television. It's just drsky dot com. And

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<v Speaker 1>to learn more about eclipses, go to Doctor Sky just

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<v Speaker 1>drsky eclipse dot com. Many thanks to owner and operator

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<v Speaker 1>John Ketzlatits for every Sunday morning a privilege I need

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<v Speaker 1>to be with him and many other newsmakers around the

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<v Speaker 1>world on the Cat's Roundtable every Sunday and then every

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<v Speaker 1>other Wednesday morning at one am on Frank Morano's great show,

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<v Speaker 1>The Other Side of Midnight, where we change the name

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<v Speaker 1>with his permission to cosmic converse stations with me, Doctor Sky,

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<v Speaker 1>what do we say, Clear skies, health and happiness, and

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

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<v Speaker 1>As we move into the summer of twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>as we begin these interesting days called the dog days

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<v Speaker 1>of summer with hopeful clear skies, you'll get to see

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<v Speaker 1>some of the wonders of the universe that we talk about.

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<v Speaker 1>Many thanks to all of you listening to this radio station,

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<v Speaker 1>the iconic talk Radio seventy seven WABC, beaming out of

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<v Speaker 1>New York City, the nation, the world, and I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>the cosmos probably heard in one hundred and seventy three

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<v Speaker 1>countries in all fifty states. Clear Skies,