Speaker 1: On Doctor Sky, wishing you and yours the best of
Speaker 1: a happy New Year twenty twenty four, as we continue
Speaker 1: here with the Doctor Sky Experience, proudly on Talk Radio
Speaker 1: seventy seven WABC, the crown Jewel of radio as we
Speaker 1: call it, the iconic talk Radio WABC, aiming out of
Speaker 1: New York City, the nation, the world, and I'm sure
Speaker 1: the cosmos. I hope your holiday season was great as
Speaker 1: now we move into the skies this particular edition January
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, as we begin to teach you and
Speaker 1: show you the many wonderful events that go in our
Speaker 1: nighttime sky that you can easily see with the naked eye, binoculars.
Speaker 2: And maybe even telescope.
Speaker 1: So let's begin with Earth's nearest neighbor, the Moon, as
Speaker 1: we find out that on January first, New Year's Day,
Speaker 1: the Moon is at Apagene. That's the farthest point the
Speaker 1: Moon gets during a calendar punk. Interestingly enough, we also
Speaker 1: find that the Earth is at a position called Perihelian
Speaker 1: in Earth terms, it means on January third, the Earth.
Speaker 2: Is closest to the Sun.
Speaker 1: Go figure if you're in the northern hemisphere and wondering
Speaker 1: why it's so cold. But now back to the moon.
Speaker 1: The moon continues to wane and moves on to last
Speaker 1: quarter on the fourth, rising near midnight and high in
Speaker 1: our skies as we approach the sunrise time, which is
Speaker 1: the latest sunrises of the entire year. So if you're
Speaker 1: getting up and wondering it's around seven thirty in the morning,
Speaker 1: that night is turning today.
Speaker 2: Things will change rapidly.
Speaker 1: We then find out as the moon continues to move
Speaker 1: on to its new phase on the eleventh, then the
Speaker 1: moon on the.
Speaker 2: Thirteenth is at perigee. That means the closest the.
Speaker 1: Moon is to us during the calendar month of January.
Speaker 1: Then looking low into the southwest sky by about the twelfth,
Speaker 1: we find that beautiful waxing crescent moon. Have you ever
Speaker 1: seen that moon? A thin sliver of moonlight, and then
Speaker 1: that ghostly image.
Speaker 2: Just to the left.
Speaker 1: What is it That's called earthshine? That is the reflected
Speaker 1: light of a nearly full moon onto the lunar surface.
Speaker 1: This is a particularly beautiful sight, and even better enhanced
Speaker 1: in a pair of binoculars. We find out that the
Speaker 1: moon then continues to wax first quarter on the eighteenth.
Speaker 1: Then the moon, of course moves on to its first
Speaker 1: full moon of the entire new calendar year twenty twenty four,
Speaker 1: as it moves on to the twenty five.
Speaker 2: But then we talk about planets.
Speaker 1: The Greek word planet tales the wandering stars in the heavens,
Speaker 1: and we find out there are a few that are
Speaker 1: visible once again in the evening sky. Is Saturn, an
Speaker 1: object that's moving away for us nearly a million miles
Speaker 1: away from your eye, is still visible to the nagadig.
Speaker 1: How to find it, look high into the southwest at
Speaker 1: sunset as the Sun and the planet Saturn have this
Speaker 1: interesting dance as the Sun will approach that is on
Speaker 1: the planet Saturn later in twenty twenty four, but still
Speaker 1: in my opinion, the great planet of the evening sky
Speaker 1: is Jupiter. Easy high up almost at the sunset point. Yes,
Speaker 1: in the southern sky, just as the sun goes down,
Speaker 1: I should say, easy to see with the naked eye,
Speaker 1: and much better in a telescope or a pair of blockers.
Speaker 1: For the morning sky, we find out that the planet
Speaker 1: Venus and the Moon will be exceptionally close on the
Speaker 1: morning of January the eighth, So if you're an early
Speaker 1: riser you can see this beautiful conjunction in our sky,
Speaker 1: something that you shouldn't miss. And if you're a photographer
Speaker 1: with simple equipment like that of a smartphone or even
Speaker 1: more highly sophisticated telescope cameras or cameras, will catch a
Speaker 1: beautiful view of this conjunction of the Moon and the
Speaker 1: planet Venus. And then we find out that the planet
Speaker 1: Mercury will reach its greatest elongation west of the Sun,
Speaker 1: which means it's visible in the early morning sky. That
Speaker 1: will happen, ladies and gentlemen, as we continue to move
Speaker 1: through this particular month of January. That's pretty much it
Speaker 1: for the major planets in the sky for this particular month.
Speaker 1: But let's kind of move fast forward, that is to
Speaker 1: something that I find quite interesting. If you're listening to
Speaker 1: this Doctor Sky update on the Doctor Sky experience during
Speaker 1: the beginning days of January, more precisely the first second
Speaker 1: or third, pay attention to an interesting meteor shower that
Speaker 1: appears during the morning hours of January the fourth. You'll
Speaker 1: have to look and fight moonlight, but high up into
Speaker 1: the northeast sky after midnight till dawn.
Speaker 2: As we move into the fourth.
Speaker 1: An interesting fast meteor shower called the Quadrantids will take
Speaker 1: place in some years. The Quadrantids produced well over one
Speaker 1: hundred metieors an hour. Meteor showers are very fickle, just
Speaker 1: like a great comet discoverer talked about comets being very.
Speaker 2: Much like cats.
Speaker 1: And the reason I say that, he said, and I quote,
Speaker 1: comets have tales just like cats, and both do exactly.
Speaker 2: What they want.
Speaker 1: Interesting enough, so to summarize that the quadranted meteor shower
Speaker 1: high in the northeast sky from midnight to dawn on.
Speaker 2: The early morning hours of January.
Speaker 1: You know, folks, it's almost ninety is days away from
Speaker 1: the great total solar eclipse that's going to take place
Speaker 1: here on April the eighth of twenty twenty four. I
Speaker 1: got to get used to saying twenty twenty four. But
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Speaker 1: You know they're relatively inexpensive. Seriously, but there is so
Speaker 1: much unnecessity when you want to watch the eclipse.
Speaker 2: And we'll be talking a.
Speaker 1: Lot about the great total solar eclipse of April the eighth,
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, things happening in our skies. But let's
Speaker 1: talk briefly about some of the important events other than
Speaker 1: that total solar eclipse in April, which by the way,
Speaker 1: is visible across a good portion of the United States
Speaker 1: and high up into the Northeast States where we are
Speaker 1: here and talk Radio seventy seven WABZ. But since we're
Speaker 1: a radio station that beams itself out across the nation,
Speaker 1: in the world, and even in the Cosmos, you should
Speaker 1: be prepared for that once in a lifetime event if
Speaker 1: you miss this one and do not want to travel,
Speaker 1: the next major total solar eclipse will not happen here
Speaker 1: in the United States until August of twenty forty five.
Speaker 2: So I think you get my message. If you're obviously
Speaker 2: interested in seeing the eclipse.
Speaker 1: Well, let's talk briefly about some of the eclipses that
Speaker 1: are going to happen in twenty forty four.
Speaker 2: There will be five eclipses, two of the Sun and
Speaker 2: three of the Moon.
Speaker 1: We begin on March the twenty fourth with a pennumber
Speaker 1: lunary clipse.
Speaker 2: What's that?
Speaker 1: I almost say, don't waste your time on this one,
Speaker 1: And that's kind of ironic if Doctor Sky, who loves
Speaker 1: the sky like you do, a p number of eclipse
Speaker 1: of the Moon, the outer shadow of the Earth, barely
Speaker 1: distinguishable by the eye.
Speaker 2: But that will happen.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about that for observers in the western hemisphere.
Speaker 1: April eighth solar solar eclipse we just mentioned. But September seventeenth,
Speaker 1: a partial lunar eclipse takes place, and I will give
Speaker 1: you the details in future Doctor Sky experiences as to
Speaker 1: when and where that's visible. On that day, October the
Speaker 1: second and annular solar eclipse on the other side of
Speaker 1: the world were way off the coast of South America,
Speaker 1: not visible in the United States. And then a brief
Speaker 1: eclipse of the Moon on October the seventeenth with folks
Speaker 1: in the year twenty twenty four, pay attention to the
Speaker 1: great supermoon of October the sixteenth. I know that seems
Speaker 1: a long way away, just like we were talking about
Speaker 1: the eclipse back in October, the annular eclipse, telling you
Speaker 1: that the Apri eclipse was a long way off. Now
Speaker 1: things are moving very rapidly as we move around the Sun,
Speaker 1: this tiny little speck of solar drift would call the
Speaker 1: Earth is rolling through space and at the equator. Did
Speaker 1: you know that we're about one thousand miles per hour?
Speaker 1: And then if you were at the North Pole, that
Speaker 1: speed is almost reduced to zero as you get right
Speaker 1: to that zero air area on the surface of the Earth.
Speaker 2: So how about this.
Speaker 1: If you were actually whatever weight you have, and you
Speaker 1: were standing at the North Pole, your weight is real,
Speaker 1: but because of centrifugal force and the Earth's gravity, if
Speaker 1: you're near the equator around the Earth, your weight is
Speaker 1: obviously going to be just a little bit less. I
Speaker 1: know that sounds crazy, so don't all rush to the equator,
Speaker 1: But it's due to celestial mechanics, the fight between gravity
Speaker 1: and acceleration and centrifugal force.
Speaker 2: Thought you'd like.
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Speaker 2: And what do we always say?
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