Speaker 1: I'm Doctor Sky and welcome once again to the Doctor
Speaker 1: Sky Experience, exclusively here at WABC radio dot Com from
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Speaker 1: out into the universe. Thank you for joining me for
Speaker 1: the Doctor Sky Sky Update, episode number twenty six. As
Speaker 1: we welcome you and yours to month number eight, the
Speaker 1: month August, with so many things happening in our skies. Yes,
Speaker 1: ladies and gentlemen, a great month, and don't miss the
Speaker 1: many great events that will talk about. We begin with Eurse,
Speaker 1: nearest neighbor of the Moon. Did you know that there
Speaker 1: are actually two full moons in the month of August. Yes,
Speaker 1: and there's also two supermons. Now, what's a supermoon? A
Speaker 1: supermoon is really an astrology term. But in the world
Speaker 1: of astronomy, we find out that when the moon's perogy,
Speaker 1: or when it's closest to the Earth coincides with its
Speaker 1: full phase, and that can be hours away or almost
Speaker 1: on target, we call it a supermoon, So get set.
Speaker 1: The first of the beautiful supermoons occurs on August the first,
Speaker 1: at two thirty two pm Eastern daylight time, when the
Speaker 1: perigee and the full moon phase are only eleven point
Speaker 1: four hours apart. That beautiful full sturgeon moon will be rising,
Speaker 1: of course after dark, don't miss it in the eastern
Speaker 1: part of the spun. And then, interestingly enough, we move
Speaker 1: on to the second of those super full moons, that
Speaker 1: of August the thirtieth, at nine to thirty six pm
Speaker 1: Eastern daylight time. Some say that the second full moon
Speaker 1: in a calendar month is officially known as a blue moon.
Speaker 1: And by the way, the August thirtieth super blue moon,
Speaker 1: as we'll call it for this episode, is actually the
Speaker 1: closest supermoon of old of twenty twenty three. How close
Speaker 1: is it? Get a lover to this some two hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty one thousand, nine hundred and forty two miles away.
Speaker 1: So get set as you're looking at that particular moon
Speaker 1: on the evening of August the thirtieth, do it just
Speaker 1: around the time of moonrise and check your local times
Speaker 1: at exact locations for them. The rest of the moon
Speaker 1: conditions throughout the month of August. Month number eight ers
Speaker 1: follows last quarter moon on August the eighth, a new moon,
Speaker 1: the darker the moon. On the sixteenth. We'll have a
Speaker 1: little surprise in just a few moments about a great
Speaker 1: meteor shower that maybe you've seen, but if you haven't,
Speaker 1: pay attention as we continue with the Doctor Sky experience
Speaker 1: with Sky update number twenty six. After that new moon
Speaker 1: of the sixteenth, the moon creeps into our northwest skies
Speaker 1: as a thin, waxing crescent. Look for it as a
Speaker 1: first quarter moon on August the twenty fourth, and again,
Speaker 1: not to be repetitive, but important enough, that beautiful second
Speaker 1: full super moon of that entire month of August, the
Speaker 1: closest of all the full moons of twenty twenty three.
Speaker 1: For planets, the Greek word planetaos meaning wandering stars. We
Speaker 1: begin with the planet Mercury, the innermost planet. Did you
Speaker 1: know it comes to greatest elongation in the east of
Speaker 1: that is, the eastern side of the Sun, so it's
Speaker 1: visible in northwest sky just after sunset best on the
Speaker 1: date of August the tenth. It's known as its greatest
Speaker 1: elongation on the eastern side of the Sun, so obviously
Speaker 1: you see it in the west. How about Venus, the
Speaker 1: goddess of love and beauty, if you've noticed he's diving
Speaker 1: into the northwest sky towards the Sun. Not by chance,
Speaker 1: but it's all by celestial mechanics. Venus simply moves into
Speaker 1: inferior conjunction into the solar glare on August the thirteenth,
Speaker 1: and then you'll start to see it later in the
Speaker 1: year as the beautiful morning star as we call it,
Speaker 1: even though we know it's a planet rising ahead of
Speaker 1: those song the planet Saturn, this particular planet, the most
Speaker 1: difficult and distant planet to see for the ancients, obviously
Speaker 1: comes to opposition, meaning it's best on the evening of
Speaker 1: August the twenty seventh, when the planet rises in the
Speaker 1: eastern sky right at the time of sunset. Don't miss
Speaker 1: Saturn as the rings are tightening up. In a few
Speaker 1: more years, we'll be going through the ring plane of
Speaker 1: Saturn's rings. What that means is they'll seemingly disappear for
Speaker 1: a while. But what makes Saturn, in many people's opinions,
Speaker 1: so amazing is the beautiful ring system. So don't miss it.
Speaker 1: For those of you with telescopes, you'll be able to
Speaker 1: see that and that planet again rises at opposition and
Speaker 1: best on August the twenty seventh in the east. How
Speaker 1: about that special treat we were talking about before, we
Speaker 1: find the annual Preseed meteor shower will peak on the
Speaker 1: morning hours of August thirteenth. Now, if you've been following
Speaker 1: the moon positions here on the Doctor's cut experience with
Speaker 1: the month of August, you'll know that there'll only be
Speaker 1: about a ten percent moon illuminating the skies during in
Speaker 1: the early morning hours of the thirteenth This annual meteor
Speaker 1: shower under dark conditions, folks, you know if you've observed
Speaker 1: it before, how great it is. Find the darkest location
Speaker 1: you can with the clearest of skies. You should be
Speaker 1: able to see upwards of maybe fifty meteors zooming out
Speaker 1: of the constellation Perseus. The hero simply stated, look in
Speaker 1: the northeast sky after midnight till dawn at your assignment
Speaker 1: from Doctor Sky, and you will certainly love the assignment
Speaker 1: because you and your family will enjoy one of the
Speaker 1: best spectacles in nature. What are these meteors? They're all
Speaker 1: debris from a famous comet known as Swift Tunnel. This
Speaker 1: particular comet blows out so much material like an exhaust
Speaker 1: pipe of a vehicle, small chunks and pebbles of material
Speaker 1: we would call meteors as they stream through the Earth's atmosphere,
Speaker 1: some even smaller, maybe the size of beach sand. Rains
Speaker 1: of beach sand. Incredible as it is, so don't forget
Speaker 1: this particular meteor shower. I've observed it for over forty years.
Speaker 1: Maybe you have too, But if at your first time,
Speaker 1: get set for a most amazing sight for you and
Speaker 1: your family, and remember, of only objects that regularly come
Speaker 1: close to the Earth in the Solar System. It's hard
Speaker 1: to believe this, but it's true. Comet Swift Tuttle makes
Speaker 1: the closest appearances over time. In other words, over all time.
Speaker 1: Some speculate that the comets nucleus may strike the Earth
Speaker 1: in the future, but at least at this point, since
Speaker 1: we're in the optimism mode, we doubt that highly. But
Speaker 1: just know that these meteors all come from the Tale
Speaker 1: of Comments. By the way, there's some comments that are
Speaker 1: visible in our August skies, and the best way to
Speaker 1: relate to those without going through every single one of
Speaker 1: the comets. Is to remind you to go to our
Speaker 1: favorite website for this, and that is the Skylive dot com,
Speaker 1: theskylive dot com or thoskylive dot com. Look up the
Speaker 1: comet section and for those more advanced listeners out there,
Speaker 1: you'll be able to track these comets. And they're certainly great.
Speaker 1: We've had comics at Comet Atlas in our skies, Comet
Speaker 1: Lemon and a few other comets that are coming to
Speaker 1: be visible. They're great to see because remember they're the
Speaker 1: last objects in the creation of the Solar System that
Speaker 1: come out from the deep dark recess of the Solar
Speaker 1: System by the hand of the Sun's gravity as it
Speaker 1: pulls it closer into the Sun. We find ourselves looking
Speaker 1: at comets all the time at the skylive dot com.
Speaker 1: And by the way, if you're a big fan of
Speaker 1: looking at Earth satellites, you know so much. The lower
Speaker 1: authorbit is very crowded right now. My suggestion to everybody
Speaker 1: out there is simply go to Heavens dash Above dot com,
Speaker 1: plug in your city and look at the objects that
Speaker 1: are coming to be there. It's almost like a menu
Speaker 1: like a g astronomy event. If you're cooking up something
Speaker 1: and something's on the menu. You'll find so many Earth
Speaker 1: based satellites listed in locations, but the brighter ones like
Speaker 1: the International Space Station and the Chinese Tiangong Space Station
Speaker 1: and Hubble Space Telescope are regularly visible in your skies.
Speaker 1: Great sites. Remember they're going over seventeen thousand miles an hour.
Speaker 1: Amazing sites, and of course ISS is extremely bright at times.
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