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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to me, Doctor Sky on the Doctor Sky Experience,

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<v Speaker 1>hurried weekly exclusively on Talk Radio seventy seven WABC out

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<v Speaker 1>of New York City, around the nation, around the world,

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<v Speaker 1>and around the universe. The crown jewel of radio, the

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<v Speaker 1>iconic Talk Radio seventy seven WABC. Welcoming you and yours

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<v Speaker 1>of the Doctor Sky Experience. Our Sky Update, Episode number

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen begins. Now, welcome to the first full week of

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<v Speaker 1>January twenty twenty three, the brand new new year. And

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<v Speaker 1>as we begin, we talk about Earth's nearest neighbor, the moon,

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<v Speaker 1>and we zoom in and give you the information necessary

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<v Speaker 1>to follow this object, earth nearest neighbor as it moves

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<v Speaker 1>around the here. The last full moon was on January sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>the first of thirteen full moons throughout the entire calendar year.

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<v Speaker 1>This noon full moon, known officially as the full Wolf Moon,

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<v Speaker 1>shone brightly in our skies as it was at its

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<v Speaker 1>farthest point away from the Earth as.

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<v Speaker 2>We call it apergene.

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<v Speaker 1>The moon then continues to wane, moving on to last

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<v Speaker 1>quarter on the fifteenth, rising around midnight, and a great

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<v Speaker 1>time if you can endure the weather conditions, if you

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<v Speaker 1>have clear skies of seeing the best shadow relief along

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<v Speaker 1>the central portion of the moon we call the terminator

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<v Speaker 1>where the shadow.

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<v Speaker 2>Relief is the best.

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<v Speaker 1>The moon then moves on to Perigee, wh its closest

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<v Speaker 1>position to the Earth, on the twenty first, and that

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<v Speaker 1>date also gives us the first full moon of the

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<v Speaker 1>new year, the first new moon. I should sank that

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<v Speaker 1>on the twenty first of January. The moon is closest

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<v Speaker 1>to us on January the twenty first, that new moon

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<v Speaker 1>called Periging. But then the moon continues to wax. Look

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<v Speaker 1>for it low in the southwestern part of the sky

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<v Speaker 1>just after sunset, if you hopefully have clear skies, there'll

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<v Speaker 1>be in a great event that takes place as the

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<v Speaker 1>moon moves on to its first quarter phase on the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty eighth. But in between there there's some things that

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<v Speaker 1>you really should take note of. The evening hours of

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<v Speaker 1>January the twenty second, just after sunset, look low into

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<v Speaker 1>the southwestern part of the sky for the Goddess of

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<v Speaker 1>Love and beauty herself. The planet Venus as it conjuncts

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<v Speaker 1>together with the original ring planet Saturn with a separation

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<v Speaker 1>of about a third degree apart. This makes for a

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<v Speaker 1>good observation with the naked eye, and also when the

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<v Speaker 1>pair of binoculars are a telescope, as the Goddess of

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<v Speaker 1>Love and beauty herself snuggles right up to the god

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<v Speaker 1>of the agriculture or the god Cronus, we.

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<v Speaker 2>Call Saturn as a planet.

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<v Speaker 1>And then on the evening of the twenty third, if

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<v Speaker 1>your sky conditions are clear, the moon then enters into

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<v Speaker 1>the picture as both the Moon, Venus and Saturn form

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<v Speaker 1>a small conjunction less than four degrees apart in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Southwest just after sunset.

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<v Speaker 1>As we talk about planets mentioned before in our previous

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Sky updates, our sky updates are inclusive, we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about all the major planets in this other system being

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<v Speaker 1>visible in the evening sky at least position wise, we

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<v Speaker 1>found out that Venus and Mercury low in the southwest

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<v Speaker 1>to the left. As we move along the zodiac or

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<v Speaker 1>the ecliptic, we come across Saturn, continuing to the left

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<v Speaker 1>the planet Neptune, not visible to the naked eye but

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<v Speaker 1>in a telescope. Then moving to the left further through

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<v Speaker 1>the Zodiac, we come across Jupiter, then Ladies and Gentlemen

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<v Speaker 1>moving to the left. Still the planet Uranus, and then

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<v Speaker 1>finally on to the red god of war the planet Mars.

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<v Speaker 1>Beautiful sights in our early January skyes. But how about this,

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<v Speaker 1>if you ever wondered, what's the brightest star in our

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<v Speaker 1>nighttime sky? Not the daytime we know the sawn, of

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<v Speaker 1>course has that honor. The brightest star in the evening

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<v Speaker 1>sky for the entire year anywhere on the Earth is

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<v Speaker 1>the brilliant star. And on a Sirius you can see it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in the constellation on this canis major, the large dawn.

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<v Speaker 1>All you have to do to look at this object

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<v Speaker 1>with the naked eye, even from bright city lights in

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<v Speaker 1>downtown New York City or other brightly lit cities wherever

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<v Speaker 1>this particular podcast Dessard look into the southeastern part of

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<v Speaker 1>the sky by around night. That shimmering beacon of starlight

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<v Speaker 1>is serious a blue star, rather young. The star itself

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<v Speaker 1>is some eight point six light years away from us.

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<v Speaker 1>The reason it's so bright is partially because of its

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<v Speaker 1>proximity to the Earth, but also something more fascinating happens

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<v Speaker 1>if you take a telescope, a higher powered telescope with

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<v Speaker 1>large aperture, and look at Sirius. Did you know that

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most famous of old dwarf stars or

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<v Speaker 1>little compact neutron type stars is a star called Serious Bee.

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<v Speaker 1>It's called the pup, obviously an appropriate name for a

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<v Speaker 1>dog that has a symbling. We find out that Serious

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<v Speaker 1>B is that its farthest separation away from the primary

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<v Speaker 1>star Serious in the year twenty twenty three, by a

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<v Speaker 1>diameter distance of about maybe thirteen or so seconds of

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<v Speaker 1>art maybe the diameter of what the planet Mars is

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<v Speaker 1>in the sky right now, but without a lot of verbiage,

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<v Speaker 1>the star Sirius B is the most amazing object. Is

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<v Speaker 1>a tiny, little dwarf star about the size of the Earth,

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<v Speaker 1>and has so much compact material that if you scooped

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<v Speaker 1>up a bit of material from Sirius B, it would

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<v Speaker 1>weigh as much, almost if as a giant aircraft carrier

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<v Speaker 1>or a large giant supersized building. Hard to believe the

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<v Speaker 1>things that go on in quantum physics. The star itself

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<v Speaker 1>is beautiful to watch. Stars don't necessarily twinkle, but don't

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<v Speaker 1>tell your lady friend or other friends that, because you'll

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<v Speaker 1>take the romance out. Stars indeed do twinkle to the

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<v Speaker 1>eye due to the atmospheric changes that we see in

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<v Speaker 1>Earth's atmosphere. So stars, accordingly don't really twinkle, but they

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<v Speaker 1>do so because of the Earth's atmosphere and wind velocities

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<v Speaker 1>and air moving across the star.

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<v Speaker 2>But so much for that.

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<v Speaker 1>The month of January is a good month to look

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<v Speaker 1>at other objects in the sky, particularly around the time

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<v Speaker 1>of New Moon on the twenty first. Observers with dark

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<v Speaker 1>skies might take a good look into the core of

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<v Speaker 1>the constellation of ry On the Hunter. Right below the

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<v Speaker 1>belt stars of Orion is an easy to see nebula

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<v Speaker 1>in the para binoculars or even better in a telescope,

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<v Speaker 1>the Great Orion nebula, some thirteen hundred and seventy light

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<v Speaker 1>years away, the birthplace of stars. Always remember to keep

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<v Speaker 1>your eyes to the skies, as I'm Doctor Sky reminding

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<v Speaker 1>you that this is a beginning of a great journey

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<v Speaker 1>remember to keep your eyes to the skies. My email

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<v Speaker 1>your navigator on the highway to the heavens, clear skies

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