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Speaker 1: of the Doctor Sky Experience. Our Sky Update, Episode number
Speaker 1: thirteen begins. Now, welcome to the first full week of
Speaker 1: January twenty twenty three, the brand new new year. And
Speaker 1: as we begin, we talk about Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon,
Speaker 1: and we zoom in and give you the information necessary
Speaker 1: to follow this object, earth nearest neighbor as it moves
Speaker 1: around the here. The last full moon was on January sixth,
Speaker 1: the first of thirteen full moons throughout the entire calendar year.
Speaker 1: This noon full moon, known officially as the full Wolf Moon,
Speaker 1: shone brightly in our skies as it was at its
Speaker 1: farthest point away from the Earth as.
Speaker 2: We call it apergene.
Speaker 1: The moon then continues to wane, moving on to last
Speaker 1: quarter on the fifteenth, rising around midnight, and a great
Speaker 1: time if you can endure the weather conditions, if you
Speaker 1: have clear skies of seeing the best shadow relief along
Speaker 1: the central portion of the moon we call the terminator
Speaker 1: where the shadow.
Speaker 2: Relief is the best.
Speaker 1: The moon then moves on to Perigee, wh its closest
Speaker 1: position to the Earth, on the twenty first, and that
Speaker 1: date also gives us the first full moon of the
Speaker 1: new year, the first new moon. I should sank that
Speaker 1: on the twenty first of January. The moon is closest
Speaker 1: to us on January the twenty first, that new moon
Speaker 1: called Periging. But then the moon continues to wax. Look
Speaker 1: for it low in the southwestern part of the sky
Speaker 1: just after sunset, if you hopefully have clear skies, there'll
Speaker 1: be in a great event that takes place as the
Speaker 1: moon moves on to its first quarter phase on the
Speaker 1: twenty eighth. But in between there there's some things that
Speaker 1: you really should take note of. The evening hours of
Speaker 1: January the twenty second, just after sunset, look low into
Speaker 1: the southwestern part of the sky for the Goddess of
Speaker 1: Love and beauty herself. The planet Venus as it conjuncts
Speaker 1: together with the original ring planet Saturn with a separation
Speaker 1: of about a third degree apart. This makes for a
Speaker 1: good observation with the naked eye, and also when the
Speaker 1: pair of binoculars are a telescope, as the Goddess of
Speaker 1: Love and beauty herself snuggles right up to the god
Speaker 1: of the agriculture or the god Cronus, we.
Speaker 2: Call Saturn as a planet.
Speaker 1: And then on the evening of the twenty third, if
Speaker 1: your sky conditions are clear, the moon then enters into
Speaker 1: the picture as both the Moon, Venus and Saturn form
Speaker 1: a small conjunction less than four degrees apart in the.
Speaker 2: Southwest just after sunset.
Speaker 1: As we talk about planets mentioned before in our previous
Speaker 1: Doctor Sky updates, our sky updates are inclusive, we talked
Speaker 1: about all the major planets in this other system being
Speaker 1: visible in the evening sky at least position wise, we
Speaker 1: found out that Venus and Mercury low in the southwest
Speaker 1: to the left. As we move along the zodiac or
Speaker 1: the ecliptic, we come across Saturn, continuing to the left
Speaker 1: the planet Neptune, not visible to the naked eye but
Speaker 1: in a telescope. Then moving to the left further through
Speaker 1: the Zodiac, we come across Jupiter, then Ladies and Gentlemen
Speaker 1: moving to the left. Still the planet Uranus, and then
Speaker 1: finally on to the red god of war the planet Mars.
Speaker 1: Beautiful sights in our early January skyes. But how about this,
Speaker 1: if you ever wondered, what's the brightest star in our
Speaker 1: nighttime sky? Not the daytime we know the sawn, of
Speaker 1: course has that honor. The brightest star in the evening
Speaker 1: sky for the entire year anywhere on the Earth is
Speaker 1: the brilliant star. And on a Sirius you can see it.
Speaker 1: It's in the constellation on this canis major, the large dawn.
Speaker 1: All you have to do to look at this object
Speaker 1: with the naked eye, even from bright city lights in
Speaker 1: downtown New York City or other brightly lit cities wherever
Speaker 1: this particular podcast Dessard look into the southeastern part of
Speaker 1: the sky by around night. That shimmering beacon of starlight
Speaker 1: is serious a blue star, rather young. The star itself
Speaker 1: is some eight point six light years away from us.
Speaker 1: The reason it's so bright is partially because of its
Speaker 1: proximity to the Earth, but also something more fascinating happens
Speaker 1: if you take a telescope, a higher powered telescope with
Speaker 1: large aperture, and look at Sirius. Did you know that
Speaker 1: one of the most famous of old dwarf stars or
Speaker 1: little compact neutron type stars is a star called Serious Bee.
Speaker 1: It's called the pup, obviously an appropriate name for a
Speaker 1: dog that has a symbling. We find out that Serious
Speaker 1: B is that its farthest separation away from the primary
Speaker 1: star Serious in the year twenty twenty three, by a
Speaker 1: diameter distance of about maybe thirteen or so seconds of
Speaker 1: art maybe the diameter of what the planet Mars is
Speaker 1: in the sky right now, but without a lot of verbiage,
Speaker 1: the star Sirius B is the most amazing object. Is
Speaker 1: a tiny, little dwarf star about the size of the Earth,
Speaker 1: and has so much compact material that if you scooped
Speaker 1: up a bit of material from Sirius B, it would
Speaker 1: weigh as much, almost if as a giant aircraft carrier
Speaker 1: or a large giant supersized building. Hard to believe the
Speaker 1: things that go on in quantum physics. The star itself
Speaker 1: is beautiful to watch. Stars don't necessarily twinkle, but don't
Speaker 1: tell your lady friend or other friends that, because you'll
Speaker 1: take the romance out. Stars indeed do twinkle to the
Speaker 1: eye due to the atmospheric changes that we see in
Speaker 1: Earth's atmosphere. So stars, accordingly don't really twinkle, but they
Speaker 1: do so because of the Earth's atmosphere and wind velocities
Speaker 1: and air moving across the star.
Speaker 2: But so much for that.
Speaker 1: The month of January is a good month to look
Speaker 1: at other objects in the sky, particularly around the time
Speaker 1: of New Moon on the twenty first. Observers with dark
Speaker 1: skies might take a good look into the core of
Speaker 1: the constellation of ry On the Hunter. Right below the
Speaker 1: belt stars of Orion is an easy to see nebula
Speaker 1: in the para binoculars or even better in a telescope,
Speaker 1: the Great Orion nebula, some thirteen hundred and seventy light
Speaker 1: years away, the birthplace of stars. Always remember to keep
Speaker 1: your eyes to the skies, as I'm Doctor Sky reminding
Speaker 1: you that this is a beginning of a great journey
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Speaker 1: your navigator on the highway to the heavens, clear skies
Speaker 1: and good health.