Speaker 1: Welcome once again to the Doctor Sky Experience, heard proudly
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Speaker 1: through time and space, Welcome to month number nine, September
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, an exciting month in stors we begin
Speaker 1: this particular episode, we begin with Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon,
Speaker 1: and find out that new moon occurred on the third
Speaker 1: of September. We call it the dark of the Moon,
Speaker 1: and in the technical language, this is the beginning of
Speaker 1: lunation number twelve fifty eight, counting down lunar lunations since
Speaker 1: the year nineteen twenty three. The moon then moves rapidly
Speaker 1: under first quarter on the eleventh. As the moon continues
Speaker 1: to wax in our skies and it builds up in
Speaker 1: my opinion to one of the most beautiful of all
Speaker 1: full moons of the entire year. How about a supermoon
Speaker 1: as we move on to the seventeenth of September, This
Speaker 1: one the full super harvest moon. And ladies and gentlemen,
Speaker 1: if you look back in history, the harvest moon has
Speaker 1: great significance, why as it's a precursor to the beginning
Speaker 1: of the September Equinox, which then occurs on the twenty second.
Speaker 1: But much more on that in weeks to come on
Speaker 1: future editions of the Doctor Sky Experience. The moon then
Speaker 1: moves on to its last quarter phase by the twenty fourth.
Speaker 1: And it's quite interesting here on the Doctor Sky Experience
Speaker 1: that we do talk about the moon, and why because
Speaker 1: it's an easy object for many of you out there
Speaker 1: that are, let's say beginners. A pair of binoculars will
Speaker 1: show you some detail on the moon to learn the
Speaker 1: Great Moon map and the Great Lunar sees that on
Speaker 1: the visible face of the Moon, plus craters and so
Speaker 1: much more. And we find out in the telescope the
Speaker 1: view can be quite outstanding. But one more bit of
Speaker 1: information on the beautiful full super harvest moon of September seventeenth,
Speaker 1: there will actually be for many portions of North America
Speaker 1: and other parts of the world, a very thin and
Speaker 1: very short lived partial lunary clips and again much more
Speaker 1: on that in future iterations of this program. For planets,
Speaker 1: we find out that the planet Mercury reaches its greatest
Speaker 1: elongation in the morning sky by September fifth. That can
Speaker 1: be seen some eighteen degrees away from the rising Sun
Speaker 1: and easy to see with the naked eye. Remember, Mercury,
Speaker 1: the closest planet of the Sun, can be difficult to
Speaker 1: find and see because it never gets farther away from
Speaker 1: the Sun by about twenty seven degrees. We move on
Speaker 1: and continue to learn about the planet Venus. As we
Speaker 1: mentioned in previous programs, the planet Venus is now moving
Speaker 1: into the evening sky, and skywatchers should look with clear
Speaker 1: and hopefully a treeless horizon. You'll get to see the
Speaker 1: Goddess of Love and beauty herself as she pops her
Speaker 1: head up, getting higher and higher into our September skies,
Speaker 1: right in the western part of the sky. Then we
Speaker 1: find out something equally impressive, the original ring planet. We
Speaker 1: call it Saturn. Why it's discovery a long time ago,
Speaker 1: Galileo observed it and thought there were two lobes next
Speaker 1: to it. He didn't realize they were rings. He thought
Speaker 1: there were two moons. But we find out that the
Speaker 1: planet's cattern. How about this comes to opposition, meaning it's
Speaker 1: at it's best for the entire year on the evening
Speaker 1: of September the eighth. Now, if you take a look
Speaker 1: with the naked eye, you won't see any rings or
Speaker 1: any detail. But if you have a small telescope, get
Speaker 1: set for this. Every fifteen years or so, the planet
Speaker 1: satur and the Earth line up that we move through
Speaker 1: the ring plane. So it's like holding your hand with
Speaker 1: all your fingers stretched out wide and open. And then
Speaker 1: try it. When you move your hand horizontally, the thinnest
Speaker 1: part of your hand so beeit with the rings of Saturn.
Speaker 1: So a telescope more powerful will reveal some of that.
Speaker 1: And that's quite a fascinating sight. The planet Saturn a
Speaker 1: planet that ladies and gentlemen, when you see it, is
Speaker 1: about eight hundred million miles away from your eye. And
Speaker 1: if you could travel to it on a light beam,
Speaker 1: imagine that traveling at six hundred and seventy million miles
Speaker 1: an hour the speed of light, you would get from
Speaker 1: the Earth to the planet Saturn in a little over
Speaker 1: seventy minutes. Well that's a dream. Then we find out
Speaker 1: as we move out and beyond into the Solar System,
Speaker 1: beyond the planet Earth, we find out that in the
Speaker 1: morning sky two planets are easily seen before sunrise, and
Speaker 1: that is pretty much in the east. We find the
Speaker 1: planet Mars, the red god of war, getting closer to
Speaker 1: the Earth and a little bit brighter. A telescope won't
Speaker 1: reveal much detail at this time, but the opposite is
Speaker 1: two of the next planet, the planet Jupiter, Jupiter Zeus,
Speaker 1: the god of gods. The planet itself is so amazing
Speaker 1: and so interesting to see. All you need to do
Speaker 1: is look into that east northeast sky just before sunrise
Speaker 1: or a little earlier, let's say, even by three thirty
Speaker 1: or four am local time. And yes, even in a
Speaker 1: par of binoculars, you can recreate the experiment that Galileo
Speaker 1: claims to have done. Back on January seventh of the
Speaker 1: year sixteen ten. What did he do? He and his
Speaker 1: crewde telescope observed three of the now famous Galilean moons.
Speaker 1: All four of them are visible at times Io Europa
Speaker 1: Ganymade in Kilisto, and now today in modern science, a
Speaker 1: spacecraft will be heading toward Europa because many believe that
Speaker 1: underneath the icy surface of Europa there may be seas
Speaker 1: that harbor primitive life of billions and millions of years ago.
Speaker 1: Quite an interesting sight. Now we find out, folks, that
Speaker 1: if you want to look for close conjunctions of planets,
Speaker 1: you can find out that by the twenty third of
Speaker 1: September in the morning sky, the moon is close to Jupiter,
Speaker 1: makes for a beautiful sight. And then on the twenty
Speaker 1: fifth September, the moon is close to the planet Mars
Speaker 1: and the sky these are simply cold conjunctions for dark
Speaker 1: sky observers. Don't forget if you're away from the city
Speaker 1: lights and have a beautifully clear sky that would occur.
Speaker 1: There are two big windows to do this without moonlight,
Speaker 1: starting from around September third up and to including about
Speaker 1: the tenth, and then as we move forward past last
Speaker 1: quarter moon, probably around the twenty fifth to the end
Speaker 1: of the month of September. What am I talking about?
Speaker 1: In dark moonless skies As the sun sets, the Milky
Speaker 1: Way scans literally overhead in the sky, moving from the
Speaker 1: northeast from Perseus Cassiopeia overhead, the constellation Signus deep in
Speaker 1: the Milky Way and moving to the southwest, the heart
Speaker 1: of the Milky Way in Sagittarius, and the now sudding
Speaker 1: constellation of Scorpius. Trust me on this, folks. This is
Speaker 1: a most magnificent sight with the naked eye, and much
Speaker 1: better in a pair of binoculars. And of all the
Speaker 1: high technology of smartphones, you might even be able to
Speaker 1: capture the Milky Way as easy as it is by
Speaker 1: pushing a button on your smartphone to get in touch
Speaker 1: with me, Doctor Sky and the Doctor Sky experience. We
Speaker 1: welcome that The email is doctor Skyshow at gmail dot com.
Speaker 1: That's Drsky Show at gmail dot com and proudly part
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Speaker 1: family for having me here every Sunday on his popular
Speaker 1: show around the nation in the world, The Cats Roundtable,
Speaker 1: as we talk about so many of these great news
Speaker 1: events from the realms of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather.
Speaker 1: And then every other Wednesday at one am local East
Speaker 1: Coast time, I'm joined with Frank Morano and he has
Speaker 1: me on his program and for that one hour we
Speaker 1: change it from the other side of midnight to co
Speaker 1: cosmic conversations with me, Doctor Sky. As we always say
Speaker 1: and we mean it, always remember to keep your eyes
Speaker 1: to the skies, clear skies, health and happiness as I
Speaker 1: continue to earn the opportunity to be your navigator around
Speaker 1: the shows on the highway to the Heavens, a highway
Speaker 1: at least now it is remember that has no tolls,
Speaker 1: and an opportunity to open our minds and expand our
Speaker 1: senses on what goes on beyond planet number three on
Speaker 1: a pale blue dot that Carl Sagan called the Earth,
Speaker 1: and imploring all of us to at least to try
Speaker 1: to get along as we move through this interesting year.
Speaker 1: Have a good week.