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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Doctors Sky experience, heard proudly here on

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<v Speaker 1>Talk Radio seventy seven WABC. As we like to say,

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<v Speaker 1>about the great podcasts and programming here, visit WABC radio

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Let's continue now as we move into month

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<v Speaker 1>number ten, October twenty twenty four, and lots of things

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<v Speaker 1>are happening by far by a vote of the public,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sure you might agree, or if you've heard

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<v Speaker 1>this for the first time, I hope you would agree

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<v Speaker 1>that a most amazing comet soon to be visible in

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<v Speaker 1>our skies, has just passed its closest encounter to the Sun.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a common officially known as Comet twenty twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>A three, otherwise known as Comet chu chin Shan Atlas.

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<v Speaker 1>The chu chin Shan part of that description comes from

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<v Speaker 1>its discovery at a Chinese observatory known as the Purple

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<v Speaker 1>Mountain Observatory and Thus, as we convert that word Chew

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<v Speaker 1>Chin Shan into the Purple Mountain observatory. Why is this

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<v Speaker 1>comet important? Out of the deep dark recess of the

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<v Speaker 1>Solar system where comets lie, These are objects that are

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<v Speaker 1>left over from the creation of the Solar system billions

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago. It's alleged that this particular comet has

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<v Speaker 1>an eighty thousand year period, So if you're lucky enough

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<v Speaker 1>to see it, be part of history. The comet passed

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<v Speaker 1>closest to the Sun back on September the twenty seventh

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<v Speaker 1>and is now putting on it regularly. Well, probably a

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<v Speaker 1>good show in the morning sky just before sunrise, but

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<v Speaker 1>the best is yet to come. The comet will be

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<v Speaker 1>closest to the Earth on October thirteenth, no problem of

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<v Speaker 1>it hitting us at a distance of just a little

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<v Speaker 1>over forty three million miles. Doctor Sky suggests that you

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<v Speaker 1>prepare for its evening apparition. In simple language, that means

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<v Speaker 1>the comet is transitioning from the morning sky into the

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<v Speaker 1>evening sky. And guess what This commet could also be

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<v Speaker 1>visible in daylight. Now, if that sounds to be a

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<v Speaker 1>most amazing statement, we'll go back to the year two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and seven, when a comet known as Comet McNaught

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<v Speaker 1>was easy to be seen just next to the brightness

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<v Speaker 1>of the sun. But we warn you about abusing binoculars

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<v Speaker 1>or telescopes when any object is that close to the sun.

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<v Speaker 1>But here it is we find the best times for

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<v Speaker 1>looking at this commet Comet Chew Jean Shan will probably

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<v Speaker 1>be somewhere between October the twelfth and October the sixteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>For skywatchers that may want to try this experiment, I

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<v Speaker 1>caution you ahead of time. The commet, as I mentioned before,

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<v Speaker 1>may be just a few degrees away from the Sun.

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<v Speaker 1>On the day of October the sixth, the comet will

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<v Speaker 1>be some ten degrees to the right of the sun,

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<v Speaker 1>may be as bright as the planet Venus. Continuing on

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<v Speaker 1>October the second, some seven degrees to the right of

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<v Speaker 1>the Sun, October the eighth, about four and a half

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<v Speaker 1>degrees above the disk of the Sun, October the ninth

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<v Speaker 1>four degrees above unto the left, and finally October the tenth,

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<v Speaker 1>the comet, if visible in daylight, seven degrees to the

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<v Speaker 1>upper left of the Sun. But take preparations and always

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<v Speaker 1>protect your eyes. How we did this and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really recommend it is that we block the sun with

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<v Speaker 1>a building and carefully observe this particular object to comet

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<v Speaker 1>by scanning the skies, making sure that you are careful

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<v Speaker 1>enough not to let the light of the sun get

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<v Speaker 1>into the binunculars. But for the rest of us, I

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<v Speaker 1>recommend the safe viewing starting on the evenings of October

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<v Speaker 1>the twelfth through the sixteenth. The comet may lie just

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<v Speaker 1>a few degrees above the horizon in the western sky

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<v Speaker 1>just after sunset. By that particular time, the comet may

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<v Speaker 1>have forward scattering of its light, meaning that you will

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<v Speaker 1>be able to see the ti where the sun, of

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<v Speaker 1>course is illuminating it from the back end. This tale

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<v Speaker 1>could be a few degrees to up to ten degrees long,

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<v Speaker 1>making this comet Comet chew chein Shan an amazing sight.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll keep updating you, but if you'd like to go

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<v Speaker 1>and learn much more about how to find it for

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<v Speaker 1>our more advanced observers, just go to the Skylive dot com,

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<v Speaker 1>a great resource that we use here on the Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Sky Experience. And if you thought that was just the

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<v Speaker 1>big story of the month, another new comet, a sungrazer

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<v Speaker 1>known as Comet twenty four S one was just discovered,

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<v Speaker 1>and this particular commet may also be bright in the

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<v Speaker 1>evening sky toward the end of the month of October.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll keep you posted on that, and so many more

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<v Speaker 1>interesting things are happening. Let's turn our attention to the

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<v Speaker 1>Sun in solar cycle twenty five. Just a few days ago,

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<v Speaker 1>we realized that the Sun puts out one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most amazing X flares of this whole cycle. And as

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<v Speaker 1>we move on here to October third, the day we're

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<v Speaker 1>doing this pre recording, we find the most powerful solar

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<v Speaker 1>flare of this solar cycle twenty five appeared near the

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<v Speaker 1>center of the Sun. On the X level scale, the

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<v Speaker 1>highest scale, it was upwards of a nine. That's pretty powerful.

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<v Speaker 1>It simply means that if you keep your eyes looking

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<v Speaker 1>to the northern sky any time after midnight, you may

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<v Speaker 1>get to see sightings of the most beautiful Aurora borealis.

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<v Speaker 1>The moon was new on the second, It was at

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<v Speaker 1>apigee or farthest on the second also, and it continues

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<v Speaker 1>to get very close to the planet Venus on the

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<v Speaker 1>evening of the fifth in the western sky. Also, the

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<v Speaker 1>moon moves on to first quarter on the tenth, a

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<v Speaker 1>great time to observe the Moon in a pair of

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<v Speaker 1>binoculars or a telescope to see the difference between lightning

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<v Speaker 1>and darkness on the surface of the Moon. The grit

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<v Speaker 1>the best of shadow relief, is then a visible to

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<v Speaker 1>your eye. The moon reaches perigy on the seventeenth, with

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<v Speaker 1>another of the beautiful full supermoons occurring on the seventeenth

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<v Speaker 1>of October. We also find the moon moving on to

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<v Speaker 1>its last quarter on the twenty fourth, and the cycle

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<v Speaker 1>and the beat goes on. For planets. As I mentioned before,

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<v Speaker 1>the Moon and the planet Venus are close on the

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<v Speaker 1>evening of the fifth in the west after sunset. The

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<v Speaker 1>planet Saturn is high in the southeast. At sunset, a

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<v Speaker 1>telescope will reveal a nearly edge on ring system. Most

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<v Speaker 1>fascinating for sure for early morning risers by around five

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<v Speaker 1>a m. Look nearly overhead five a m local time

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<v Speaker 1>your time. The planet Jupiter lies high up into the

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<v Speaker 1>sky in the borderline area of Torres and Gemini, and

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<v Speaker 1>just a little bit to the left the planet Mars,

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<v Speaker 1>the red god of war, moves into the central region

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<v Speaker 1>of the constellation of Gemini. The twins. So much information

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<v Speaker 1>here and so little time to talk about it. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you happen to have a question or comment, I

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<v Speaker 1>am there for you. My email is d R Sky

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<v Speaker 1>Doctor Sky Show at gmail dot com. And we do

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<v Speaker 1>and gentlemen, Talk Radio seventy seven WABC every Sunday on

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<v Speaker 1>the Cats Roundtable, and then every other Wednesday we go

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<v Speaker 1>on to Frank Morano's great show The Other Side of Midnight,

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<v Speaker 1>where we both agree to change the name, albeit for

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<v Speaker 1>an hour to cosmic conversations with me, Doctor Sky. Stay

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<v Speaker 1>in touch. There's so much to see and also, to

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<v Speaker 1>wrap it up, an interesting meteor shower on the morning

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<v Speaker 1>of the twenty first. We're talking about the Orioned meteor shower.

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<v Speaker 1>If you get to see any of these meteors looking

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<v Speaker 1>high into the east just before dawn and then high

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<v Speaker 1>into the south literally just at the time of sunrise,

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<v Speaker 1>you may get to see upwards of twenty or thirty

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<v Speaker 1>of these so called shooting stars. If you see any

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing commentary debris from Comet periodic Comet one, Halley's

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<v Speaker 1>comment one of the most famous comets of all time.

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<v Speaker 1>Until next time, it wish you health and happiness, and

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<v Speaker 1>always remember for you to keep your feet on the

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<v Speaker 1>ground and your eyes to the skies. I work hard

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<v Speaker 1>as you do, to be your humble navigator on the

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<v Speaker 1>highway to the heavens. On that highway there are no tolls,

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<v Speaker 1>So get out and observe the beauty of our October skies.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see you on the radio.