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<v Speaker 1>Welcome once again to the Doctor Sky experience. You're listening

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<v Speaker 1>to me, Doctor Sky on talk radio seventy seven w ABC,

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<v Speaker 1>the crown jewel of radio, the iconic talk radio station

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<v Speaker 1>seventy seven WABC with our weekly Doctor Sky podcast. Sky Update.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome as we discuss episode fifteen. As we move deeper

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<v Speaker 1>into the month of January twenty twenty three, Hoping your

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<v Speaker 1>skies are clear, and now that the moon is literally

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<v Speaker 1>out of the sky, you have an opportunity within the

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<v Speaker 1>sound of my voice to be able to see some

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<v Speaker 1>interesting events. Whether you're listening to us here in the

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<v Speaker 1>New York metro area or around the nation, around the world,

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<v Speaker 1>or around the universe, you're at the right place. We

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<v Speaker 1>find out that the moon is new on the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>first as we welcome in Chinese New Year, the Year

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<v Speaker 1>of the Rabbit, and the moon will continue to be

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<v Speaker 1>a thin, waxing crescent visible loam in the southwest sky

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<v Speaker 1>as it heads higher and higher away from the setting

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<v Speaker 1>Sun as it moves on to first quarter phase on

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty eighth of January. What's interesting about the moon,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when it's at first quarter, is that you have

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to see the best of shadow relief and

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<v Speaker 1>probably at one of the most convenient times. Unless you're

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<v Speaker 1>an early morning skywatcher, we recommend paying attention to that

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<v Speaker 1>first quarter moon, whether you're a newbie at this or

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<v Speaker 1>well seasoned observer, that particular time of the moon, when

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<v Speaker 1>it's half illuminated the dark and light line separation we

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<v Speaker 1>call the terminator on the moon. But on that night

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<v Speaker 1>of January the twenty eighth, if you peer deeper and

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<v Speaker 1>deeper with binoculars and telescopes right along that shadow line,

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<v Speaker 1>you get to see some of the most amazing relief

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<v Speaker 1>in black and white from the Earth's nearest neighbor of

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon, some two hundred and forty thousand miles away.

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<v Speaker 1>But things get better, as we'll now be discussing Comet ZTF, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>the short version of the Zuiki transit comet itself, this

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<v Speaker 1>comet coming closer to the Earth right around February the second,

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<v Speaker 1>by about twenty six million miles. Take it from me.

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<v Speaker 1>Even here in the light polluted areas of Phoenix, Arizona's

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<v Speaker 1>fifth largest city, it was still faint in the pair

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<v Speaker 1>of binoculars. But I did it during conditions when the

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<v Speaker 1>moon was not out, so for skywatchers ready to see

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<v Speaker 1>Comet ZTF know that it's become a circumpolar comet. What

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<v Speaker 1>does that mean. It means it's encroaching closer and closer

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<v Speaker 1>to the area around the north star or Polaris, so

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<v Speaker 1>that very soon let's move into this next week, the

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<v Speaker 1>comet will should it should be I say, in the

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<v Speaker 1>sky all night and doesn't set, But simply a pair

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<v Speaker 1>of binoculars and dark skies are really required. But something

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<v Speaker 1>else if you're interested in planets, take advantage of this.

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<v Speaker 1>As we look into the southwest just after sunset on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday evening the twenty second and the twenty third, there

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<v Speaker 1>was an opportunity to see the Moon, the planet Venus,

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<v Speaker 1>and the planets Saturn close together. But still there's time

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<v Speaker 1>to see this beautiful conjunction of planets. These two planets Venus,

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<v Speaker 1>the goddess of love and beauty, and Saturn, the original

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<v Speaker 1>green planet, as I like to call it, easy to

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<v Speaker 1>see with the clear sky in the southwest with the

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<v Speaker 1>naked eye. The objects will closest by about the twenty second,

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<v Speaker 1>about a third of a degree apart. That's about the

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<v Speaker 1>size or just a little bit less. Let's say than

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<v Speaker 1>that of what a full moon diameter in the sky

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<v Speaker 1>should be. That clear skies are necessary, we have many

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<v Speaker 1>other beautiful things to see during the time of the month.

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<v Speaker 1>As I mentioned before, near or around the darker the

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<v Speaker 1>moon or new moon. WoT opinion is, look high into

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<v Speaker 1>the southeastern sky right around sunset and you'll get to

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<v Speaker 1>see the beauty of the constellation Ryum the Hunter. This

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most magical constellations in the entire sky

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<v Speaker 1>because it has a star to the upper left area

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<v Speaker 1>of Orion known as Beetlejuice, that is in the armpit

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<v Speaker 1>area of Orion, a star that's a red super giant

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<v Speaker 1>that may one day, according to astronomers, and they're accurate

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<v Speaker 1>on this may implode and give us our first supernova

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<v Speaker 1>that we've had in quite a long time. But the

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<v Speaker 1>problem is nature does things on their time schedule, his

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<v Speaker 1>or hers. This explosion could happen in months, it could

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<v Speaker 1>happen in years, or it could happen simply in thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of years. But as you look toward Beetlejuice, know that

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<v Speaker 1>the star is about five hundred light years away, just

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<v Speaker 1>to the opposite side of oryon Hunter. Their Hunter is

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<v Speaker 1>a beautiful blue super giant star known as Rigel. It

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<v Speaker 1>too is a blazing object in the heavens and easy

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<v Speaker 1>to see. But what about deep into the area of

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<v Speaker 1>Orion just below the three belt stars, and you can

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<v Speaker 1>find this by looking at a simple star chart. But

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<v Speaker 1>again following our blog here at WABC radio dot com

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<v Speaker 1>for the Doctor Sky Blog talking and giving you information

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<v Speaker 1>that is about how to find many of these objects

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<v Speaker 1>that we see by providing you a monthly star chart

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<v Speaker 1>that you can simply download. I'm talking about just below

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<v Speaker 1>those three belt stars is the Orion nebula, an object

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<v Speaker 1>where stars are born some seventeen hundred light years away.

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<v Speaker 1>And believe me, folks, it's a real show style because

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<v Speaker 1>if you take a look at this object in binoculars

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<v Speaker 1>and a dark sky, I'm sure you can gather some

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<v Speaker 1>friends and family members to witness a most amazing stellar

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<v Speaker 1>nursery some seventeen hundred light years away. Doctor Sky always

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<v Speaker 1>reminds you to keep your eyes to the skies as

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<v Speaker 1>we're here on Talk Radio seventy seven WABC, the crown

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<v Speaker 1>jewel of radio broadcasting here out of New York City,

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<v Speaker 1>around the nation, around the world, and literally around the Universe.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your navigator on the highway to the heavens. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you'd like to email me, it's real simple. It's

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<v Speaker 1>simply doctor Sky Show at gmail dot com. That's Drsky

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<v Speaker 1>Show at gmail dot com. And again, thanks to John

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<v Speaker 1>Katzimatitis and the Cats Roundtable and the weekend radio show

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<v Speaker 1>that I do appear as a guest with Creton information

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<v Speaker 1>from the realms of astronomy, space, aviation, and weather. And

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<v Speaker 1>now twice a month, every other Wednesday here with Frank

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<v Speaker 1>Morano on the other side of midnight, discussing all these

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<v Speaker 1>great things. Where you could call in to America's iconic

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<v Speaker 1>I'm your navigator on the highway to the heavens. Clear

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<v Speaker 1>skies and health and happiness to wal