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<v Speaker 1>You are listening to the Doctor Sky Experience here on

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<v Speaker 1>the iconic radio station Talk Radio seventy seven WABC out

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<v Speaker 1>of New York City, around the world with our weekly

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<v Speaker 1>Sky ump date. Welcome to the month of December, as

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<v Speaker 1>we introduce to you the Doctor Sky Sky Experience, episode

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<v Speaker 1>number eight. As we talk about the great things that

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<v Speaker 1>you can see, not only in the subjects of astronomy, space,

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<v Speaker 1>aviation and weather. You can continue to get in touch

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<v Speaker 1>with me by sending me an email at my email base,

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Sky shown at gmail dot com. As we move

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<v Speaker 1>into month number twelve, we begin at the Moon, Earth's

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<v Speaker 1>nearestn We find out that the Artemis Won spacecraft successfully

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<v Speaker 1>launching onto an orbit around the Moon. The Orion spacecraft.

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<v Speaker 1>It is now performing flawlessly. It is moving on to

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<v Speaker 1>a high retrograde orbit about forty thousand miles above the Moon,

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<v Speaker 1>and it swung back over the surface of the Moon,

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<v Speaker 1>taking great video and pictures some eighty miles above the

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<v Speaker 1>lunar surface. But once again swing around the Moon and

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<v Speaker 1>fire A, burn its engines and return to the Earth

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<v Speaker 1>and a splashed down. As we move into the month

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<v Speaker 1>of December, but here for visual astronomy, we find out

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<v Speaker 1>that the moon, as December opens up, has just passed

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<v Speaker 1>first quarter. It now becomes a waxing gibbous moon looks

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<v Speaker 1>egg shaped in the sky, and it moves on officially

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<v Speaker 1>to the next full moon of December on the seventh,

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<v Speaker 1>known as the full cold or long night moon. On

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<v Speaker 1>that night, the seventh of December, and we'll talk more

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<v Speaker 1>about it next week. For a good portion of the

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<v Speaker 1>WABC listening audience, the moon will do something unusual. It

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<v Speaker 1>will occult or eclipse the bright planet Mars, as Mars

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<v Speaker 1>is getting close to the Earth, and that will be

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<v Speaker 1>a sight for a good portion of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>but details to fall. The moon then moves on is

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<v Speaker 1>a waning moon, moving on to last quarter by the

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<v Speaker 1>sixteenth of December, and then a very thin sliver of moonlight,

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<v Speaker 1>as we call it the waning Cristal moon, only to

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<v Speaker 1>move on to the new phase of the darker the

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<v Speaker 1>moon and the twenty third just in time for the

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas and Honiko holidays. The moon then on the evening

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<v Speaker 1>of Christmas night, if you look low into the southwest,

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<v Speaker 1>a thin sliver of moonlight continues to wax, and once

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<v Speaker 1>again we return the first quarter what about planets for

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<v Speaker 1>the month of December, while we get two new editions.

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<v Speaker 1>In the evening sky, look for Mercury very low into

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<v Speaker 1>the southwest just after sunset. By the twenty first of December,

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<v Speaker 1>when it's some twenty degrees away from the setting sun.

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<v Speaker 1>We also find Venus that got us of love and

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<v Speaker 1>beauty also to be moving into the evening sky. And

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<v Speaker 1>there are many stories which will be talking about in

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<v Speaker 1>future Doctor Sky Experienced Sky Update episodes. What was the

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<v Speaker 1>magic of the Christmas Star and the Star of Bethlehem.

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<v Speaker 1>Many believe it was a conjunction of planets and not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily a supernova, but who knows, maybe it just simply

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<v Speaker 1>was a miracle. As you continue to look in the

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<v Speaker 1>sky for the planetary parade. High in the south at

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<v Speaker 1>sunset is Saturn best in the telescope. Jupiter is still

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<v Speaker 1>extremely bright as you look high up into the east.

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<v Speaker 1>But the real show stopper in December has to be,

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<v Speaker 1>in my opinion, the planet Mars gets closer to the

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<v Speaker 1>Earth or in the first few days of December at

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<v Speaker 1>a distance which may seem incredible. Of a close fifty

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<v Speaker 1>million miles from the Earth that's close by Mars standards.

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<v Speaker 1>In a telescope, Mars will look even more spectacular, as

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<v Speaker 1>you'll see surface features on the planet in a larger

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<v Speaker 1>telescope than say, six inches in diameter, magnifying at about

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred times what the IE sees. You'll also get

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<v Speaker 1>to see the North Polar Cap and the North Polar Hood,

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<v Speaker 1>which is made up of a lot of ice particles,

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<v Speaker 1>and who knows what else, but easily visible in the telescope.

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<v Speaker 1>Mars is in the center of its retrograde orbit, easy

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<v Speaker 1>to see high in the constellation of Taurres, and on

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<v Speaker 1>the eighth of December, Mars comes to opposition, meaning it's

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<v Speaker 1>in the sky from sunset to sunrise. Don't miss it.

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<v Speaker 1>As we continue to talk about so many wonderful things

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<v Speaker 1>in the sky, let me remind each and every one

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<v Speaker 1>of you here that if you'd like to send me

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<v Speaker 1>an email at simply Doctor Sky's Show drsky Show at

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<v Speaker 1>gmail dot com. As we welcome in on number twelve,

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning of the winter solstice on the twenty first,

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<v Speaker 1>we have some other additional information to purport to you today.

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<v Speaker 1>Another of the great meteor showers peak on the morning

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<v Speaker 1>hours of the thirteenth and the fourteenth. It's called the Geminids.

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<v Speaker 1>Look high up to the northeast sky. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>a clear sky, the moon might interfere a bit, but

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<v Speaker 1>this is considered by many to be one of the

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<v Speaker 1>better meteor showers of the year. For slow and fast

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<v Speaker 1>moving fireballs all thought to come to an extinct comet

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<v Speaker 1>or an asteroid, a rubble pile coon comet with lots

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<v Speaker 1>of debriy. Doctor Sky reminds you to always remember to

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<v Speaker 1>keep your eyes to the skies, as I'm your navigator

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<v Speaker 1>on the highway to the heavens, and we'll see you

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<v Speaker 1>with Frank Morano on the Other Side of Midnight and

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<v Speaker 1>John Katzimatidis on his g show Cats at Night till

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<v Speaker 1>off the month of December and beyond. Wishing you the

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<v Speaker 1>best of the happiest of holidays, Happy Hanic, a merry Christmas,

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<v Speaker 1>and a healthy and prosperous twenty twenty three. I'm doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Scott