Speaker 1: I'm Doctor Sky, welcoming you once again to Talk Radio
Speaker 1: seventy seven WABC with the Doctor Sky Experience. We like
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Speaker 1: As we now move rapidly into month number four, April
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, so much to talk about, and of
Speaker 1: course this particular podcast centering around great events that we
Speaker 1: hope to come with clear weather, clear skies for the
Speaker 1: partial and total solar eclipse across America Monday, April the eighth,
Speaker 1: But we begin, of course with the Moon and the
Speaker 1: position of the Moon through our April skies as we
Speaker 1: talk about Earth's nearest neighbor. The reason we get to
Speaker 1: see partial and total solar eclipses is all due to
Speaker 1: the Moon. As the month opens up, on April second,
Speaker 1: the moon is at last quarter. Something interesting to look
Speaker 1: for in the sky would be a close conjunction of
Speaker 1: the Moon, Mars, and Saturn. During the early morning hours
Speaker 1: of April sixth, all these planets, just before sunrise will
Speaker 1: be in a circle region in the sky as small
Speaker 1: as some three degrees visible to the naked eye. We
Speaker 1: find out the Moon is closest to us on the seventh,
Speaker 1: just in time for the next days total solar eclipse,
Speaker 1: and much more on the eclipse as we continue new moon,
Speaker 1: of course, to make a total solar eclipse happens on
Speaker 1: the eighth. Then the Moon magically starts to wax in
Speaker 1: our sky, visible just after sunset, creeping higher and higher
Speaker 1: across the ecliptic the path we call the zodiac. It
Speaker 1: reaches first quarter on the fifteenth, and then that particular
Speaker 1: time if you have a telescope or a pair of binoculars,
Speaker 1: in doctor Sky's opinion, that's me it's the best time
Speaker 1: of the month the scan along the light and dark
Speaker 1: line to get the best shadow relief as you see craters, shadows,
Speaker 1: and the vast oceans that once were thought to be
Speaker 1: on the surface of the Moon. We call these. The
Speaker 1: man interesting beyond that is the Moon is that apogee
Speaker 1: that is farthest from this particular planet Earth on the twentieth,
Speaker 1: and then we find out on the twenty third as
Speaker 1: the moon continues to go gibbus and then full the
Speaker 1: beauty of the full pink moon on the twenty third
Speaker 1: of April, as you mentioned before, great planetary conjunction in
Speaker 1: the morning of the sixth, the Moon, Mars, and Saturn
Speaker 1: all within that three degree circle in the sky just
Speaker 1: before sunrise. And if you're interested in seeing other close
Speaker 1: conjunctions in the sky, why not try this On the
Speaker 1: morning of the seventh, just before the eclipse, the moon
Speaker 1: is near the planet Venus, forming a beautiful conjunction just
Speaker 1: before eclipse time. And a couple of other interesting events
Speaker 1: that happened during the calendar month of April. One of
Speaker 1: the better meteor showers of the year, known as the
Speaker 1: Lyric meteor shower. It will actually peak on the early
Speaker 1: morning hours of April twenty second. But before we get
Speaker 1: too excited about that, as I mentioned before, just know
Speaker 1: that the nearly full moon may wash out many meteors,
Speaker 1: but still it's a good opportunity to look into the
Speaker 1: sky where off the evenings of the twenty first and
Speaker 1: the night of the twenty second. Yes, if you look
Speaker 1: into the northeastern sky around midnight, you'll notice a fairly
Speaker 1: bright blue star called Vega that's in the constellation of Lyra,
Speaker 1: the harp. This is the general region of where these
Speaker 1: particular meteors are coming from. But now for the rest
Speaker 1: of this podcast edition here on the Doctor Sky Experience,
Speaker 1: we naturally cover the great eclipse that's about to happen.
Speaker 1: But where will you be, what will your weather be like?
Speaker 1: And to answer all those questions, we recommend that you
Speaker 1: go to our new website just dedicated to the eclipse,
Speaker 1: and that is simply Doctor Sky Eclipse dot com drsky
Speaker 1: eclipse dot com. I don't forget the most important thing
Speaker 1: we can talk about about health and safety here is
Speaker 1: that by now, I hope you've acquired a pair of
Speaker 1: the safe ISO certified solar glasses. Still time possibly to
Speaker 1: get those in time for the eclipse, but our supplier
Speaker 1: of course has to garrett verify that with you once
Speaker 1: you place your order, the delivery would be made in
Speaker 1: time for the eclipse. But notwithstanding having those solar glasses,
Speaker 1: if you're seeing the eclipse in partial phases or matter
Speaker 1: where you're watching during partial phases, keep the solar glasses
Speaker 1: on naturally, that's common sense. The only time you can
Speaker 1: take those off is in the few moments or minutes
Speaker 1: of totality, then it's safe to do that. Some advice
Speaker 1: for all of you with smartphones, if I get the
Speaker 1: question all the time, doctor Sky, is it's safe to
Speaker 1: point my camera with no filter at the sun and
Speaker 1: shoot pictures. I wouldn't do that. I would have another
Speaker 1: type of solar filter, like the sol glasses over the
Speaker 1: lenses of your smartphone, and larger ones over the DSLR
Speaker 1: type cameras, and I'm sure the advanced photographers do know
Speaker 1: about that. Other ways that I think are cool to
Speaker 1: watch this eclipse, if you have children or that you
Speaker 1: want to have a little eclipse party, is to get
Speaker 1: a saltine cracker that's right, thirteen holes on the original ones,
Speaker 1: and then with a sheet of paper weigh at the
Speaker 1: farthest part with your right hand, hold that salteine in
Speaker 1: your left hand a few inches away from the piece
Speaker 1: of paper, with your son to the back of you.
Speaker 1: What you should see in clear skies during the partial
Speaker 1: phases are thirteen little crescent eclipses. And also some of
Speaker 1: these cresten eclipses are seen by standing near or around trees.
Speaker 1: That is also possible. But for our New York audience
Speaker 1: Talk Radio seventy seven WABC, here's something interesting. The partial
Speaker 1: eclipse in New York City begins at two ten pm
Speaker 1: Eastern day lifetime. It'll be maximum the maximum that you
Speaker 1: can see of that eclipse twenty five pm Eastern day lifetime,
Speaker 1: when ninety one percent of the Sun is covered up
Speaker 1: by the moon. This particular eclips will end in New
Speaker 1: York City proper at four thirty six pm. The Sun
Speaker 1: at the max time three twenty five pm will be
Speaker 1: some forty three degrees high in your sky, and I
Speaker 1: hope your skies are clear. But all throughout New York State,
Speaker 1: if you were to drive up to areas like Rochester
Speaker 1: in Buffalo, New York, or north on Interstate eighty seven
Speaker 1: up to say Plattsburgh, you would definitely be in the
Speaker 1: shadow of the moon. And that's quite interesting. So doctor
Speaker 1: skyeclips dot Com will give you more information. And for
Speaker 1: our friends that are listening around the nation and around
Speaker 1: the world, what I say is and suggests that is
Speaker 1: kindly go to doctor skyeclips dot com for all information
Speaker 1: about this particular eclipse. And remember myself, we will be
Speaker 1: hopefully in Junction, Texas. We're leaving just after we do
Speaker 1: this broadcast, and as we listen to this broadcast, just
Speaker 1: know that we're right on our way hopefully to get
Speaker 1: the Junction, Texas where I'm asked to be the MC
Speaker 1: of the text Clips Music Festival in Junction, Texas, in
Speaker 1: Texas Hill Country, and that's an honor. It's Texclips Music
Speaker 1: Festival dot com. That website is also available at the
Speaker 1: Doctor Sky Eclipse website. And what we'll be doing throughout
Speaker 1: those four or five days starting April fifth, deep in
Speaker 1: the heart of Texas, literally almost right in the center
Speaker 1: of Texas. We will be, of course doing something amazing,
Speaker 1: will be watching what Rodeo is like. We will be
Speaker 1: participating in the chili cook off, the wine tasting. We
Speaker 1: have events for children, families and everybody, and yours truly
Speaker 1: will be the MC of the eclipse event, hopefully with
Speaker 1: Claire Skies on April the eighth. But what could be
Speaker 1: more important than that and that particular eclipse, Folks zooms
Speaker 1: all the way from southern Texas all the way up
Speaker 1: to states during the central portion of the United States.
Speaker 1: It'll go through Arkansas, parts of Oklahoma. It continues to
Speaker 1: race up until let's say in the end and Illinois
Speaker 1: and in Cleveland, Ohio, there's a baseball game taking place
Speaker 1: on April the eighth. It's opening season for the Cleveland Guardians.
Speaker 1: You remember them, they were the Cleveland Indians, and they're
Speaker 1: going to open up that parking lot just before the
Speaker 1: eclipse where they'll get to see over three and a
Speaker 1: half minutes of totality before game time, which starts around
Speaker 1: five I think five to ten in the evening. That's
Speaker 1: the first pitch. And then it moves across the great
Speaker 1: state of New York as I mentioned Buffalo, Rochester, Watertown
Speaker 1: and areas like that, Plattsburgh, New York, moving then all
Speaker 1: the way up into the areas of northern New Hampshire
Speaker 1: and Vermont, the Stephen King State, way up in the
Speaker 1: north woods of the state of Maine, and on into Canada.
Speaker 1: So much more. Ladies, we have questions and comments. Email me.
Speaker 1: It's d R Sky not your Sky show at gmail
Speaker 1: dot com, always there for you to answer your questions
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Speaker 1: conversations on the things we're talking about here. So clearskuys,
Speaker 1: good health. Hope everybody has a chance to see this eclipse,
Speaker 1: because if you miss it, the next of the major
Speaker 1: eclipses total solar eclipses that are coming to the continental
Speaker 1: United States, meeting the forty eight states, will be on
Speaker 1: August twelfth of twenty forty five, when that of course,
Speaker 1: eclipse path comes from the Pacific Northwest, skirts into the
Speaker 1: state of Utah, down Believe along Texas and moves all
Speaker 1: the way down to Florida. In Fort Lauderdown, Nassau, and
Speaker 1: the Bahamas where six minutes and six seconds of totality
Speaker 1: with eclipse no pun intended. The four minutes and twenty
Speaker 1: seven seconds of eclipse that are going to be seen
Speaker 1: in northern Mexico and southern Texas other events. If you're
Speaker 1: looking to be a world traveler, don't forget. On August
Speaker 1: twelfth of twenty twenty six, a total eclipse of the
Speaker 1: Sun takes place over Greenland, Iceland and portions of Spain.
Speaker 1: And how about this one if there are any fans
Speaker 1: out there listening right now to the Doctor Sky Experience
Speaker 1: that are very much interested in eclipses in Egypt with
Speaker 1: the great history in Egyptology. August second, twenty twenty seven,
Speaker 1: a beautiful total solar eclipse takes place in Spain, North
Speaker 1: Africa and literally goes over the portions where the great
Speaker 1: Pyramids are in the Valley of the Gods. That will
Speaker 1: be a most amazing experience deep in the of Egypt.
Speaker 1: Doctor s Guy reminds you always want always remember to
Speaker 1: keep your eyes to the skies. Simply, I'm your navigator
Speaker 1: on the highway to the Heavens. On this highway, there
Speaker 1: are no tolls as of yet, so said Peek, and
Speaker 1: enjoy the ride, and we appreciate the opportunity to be
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Speaker 1: justice and the American Way, clear skies,