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<v Speaker 1>Welcome once again to the Doctor Sky Experience, heard exclusively

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

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<v Speaker 1>and many around the nation would agree, the crown jewel

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<v Speaker 1>of radio, the iconic seventy seven WABC broadcasting proudly out

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

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<v Speaker 1>I'm even confident out into the cosmos. Welcome to another

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<v Speaker 1>edition of the Doctor Sky Experience as we update you

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<v Speaker 1>on some important astronomical events as we move into the

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<v Speaker 1>month number nine, September twenty twenty three. And in the

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<v Speaker 1>short but important report, we'll be focusing on a comet. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's remember that comets or the debris left over from

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<v Speaker 1>the creation of the Solar System, and they harbor in

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<v Speaker 1>an area well beyond that of the then planet Pluto

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<v Speaker 1>now dwarf Pluto, out in a region called the Kuyper Boat.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably hundreds of millions of these chunks of ice, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>ranging up from the size of a small automobile all

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<v Speaker 1>the way up to a city size asteroidal type body. Ever,

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<v Speaker 1>so often the hand and gravity of the Sun pulls

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<v Speaker 1>these objects in toward us. Don't fear, because comets have

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<v Speaker 1>been traveling through the Solar system for billions of years,

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<v Speaker 1>but we welcome you to a new one. A comet

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<v Speaker 1>known as C twenty twenty three P one, simply known

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<v Speaker 1>as Comet Nishimurro, discovered by an amateur astronomer back on

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<v Speaker 1>August the eleventh of this year. This comet has the

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<v Speaker 1>promise of potentially being something that you may be able

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<v Speaker 1>to get the sea with the naked eye under the

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<v Speaker 1>darkest of conditions with no moon. But being the eternal

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<v Speaker 1>optimist that doctor Sky is, a pair of binoculars during

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<v Speaker 1>this particular week is probably going to give you your

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<v Speaker 1>best advantage of seeing this interloper into the Solar system.

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<v Speaker 1>The commet will be closest to the Earth on September thirteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>at a distance a safe distance of some seventy nine

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<v Speaker 1>million years, and the best time to view it would

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<v Speaker 1>probably be around the time of September the seventeenth, Now,

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<v Speaker 1>that is if your skies are clear. Moonlight, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>should not interfere as we move to the new moon

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<v Speaker 1>period around the fifteenth of the month. But what will

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<v Speaker 1>happen in the early morning sky up till about the

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<v Speaker 1>seventeenth The comet will be transitioning from the constellation Leo

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<v Speaker 1>a lion moving into Virgo the Virgin, which means on

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<v Speaker 1>or about the seventeenth. The comet will then transition into

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<v Speaker 1>the evening sky and possibly be low in a pair

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<v Speaker 1>of binoculars in the west just after sunset. More details

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<v Speaker 1>on this particular comet can be found at one of

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<v Speaker 1>the great websites that we promote here on the Doctor

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<v Speaker 1>Sky Experience, and that is the Skylive dot Com. Just

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<v Speaker 1>type in in your browser the skylive dot com and

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<v Speaker 1>you'll go to the most amazing website giving you information

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<v Speaker 1>not only about the details of these astronomical events, but

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<v Speaker 1>also in a visual sense. Let's say you're a telescope

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<v Speaker 1>viewer and you want to look at a starfield. You

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<v Speaker 1>want to find an object like this comment. It will

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<v Speaker 1>give you two or three different dimensional views of it,

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<v Speaker 1>how to find it with the naked eye, a pair

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<v Speaker 1>of binoculars, and then what starfield is it in? For

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<v Speaker 1>those of you out there that are more sophisticated and

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<v Speaker 1>have more serious telescoping equivalent, the comet itself is quite

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<v Speaker 1>interesting in the simplest way that I can say it.

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<v Speaker 1>It may get the near naked eye brilliance, but don't

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<v Speaker 1>count on it. Observers are telling us around the world

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<v Speaker 1>that the comet has a tale of about one degree

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<v Speaker 1>in light. Let's talk a little bit more about cometary tales.

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<v Speaker 1>There are a number of comet type tales. The most

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<v Speaker 1>significant is a dust tail, usually easiest to see and

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<v Speaker 1>probably brightens. Is also something called a plasma tail, as

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<v Speaker 1>material is of course streaming through the Solar system and

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<v Speaker 1>the excitation of those photons and the protons on the

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<v Speaker 1>surface of the comet. Remember, the comet is just an

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<v Speaker 1>ice covered chunk of ice and rock, like a very

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<v Speaker 1>icy asteroid body. Once the temperatures of the Sun heat

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<v Speaker 1>it up, something happens in the physics world that's even

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<v Speaker 1>more amazing. We know there's liquid, there's solids, and there's gases,

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<v Speaker 1>But how about this. When some of those very high

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<v Speaker 1>heated energetic protons hit the surface of that icy comet,

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<v Speaker 1>the comet transitions from ice to gas and bypasses the

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<v Speaker 1>liquid stage. For those of you physics fans out there,

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<v Speaker 1>you might remember the term, it's called sublimation. But comet

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<v Speaker 1>tails can be quite interesting. I remember observing, maybe many

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<v Speaker 1>of you out there, some commets over history that have

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<v Speaker 1>had extensive lengths. Let's go back to the year nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>ninety six when Comet Yagutaki was visible. I remember from

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<v Speaker 1>the Arizona Desert. No exaggeration needed. The comet tail stretched

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<v Speaker 1>about one hundred and sixty degrees across the sky, almost

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<v Speaker 1>in the dark of night. Look like there was a

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<v Speaker 1>serious aircraft up there with a gigantic contrail. No, that

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<v Speaker 1>was an object some eight to nine million miles away

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<v Speaker 1>and producing a tail in space that was hundreds of

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<v Speaker 1>millions of miles long. Comets have always been very much

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<v Speaker 1>in the news. We know the great history of mankind's commet,

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<v Speaker 1>Alley's comet, which won't return to us till the year

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<v Speaker 1>twenty sixty one or so, and hopefully you will be

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<v Speaker 1>around to see it. I don't think I will, because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sixty seven at this point. But the important thing

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<v Speaker 1>about comets sometimes in history they've been referred to as

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<v Speaker 1>portens of doom. Well I don't think so, but in history,

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<v Speaker 1>if you do the research, comets have always always put

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<v Speaker 1>fear into humanity, and there's great stories about We'll continue

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<v Speaker 1>with the Doctor Sky experience by reminding you the position

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<v Speaker 1>of the moon. The moon now goes to new on

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<v Speaker 1>the fifteenth for those of you looking to disguise for

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<v Speaker 1>very faint celestial objects like galaxies, clusters, and such, that

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<v Speaker 1>particular time period around September fifteenth just has your name

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<v Speaker 1>written over The moon then continues to wax in our sky.

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<v Speaker 1>The moon will be near the planet Mars, which is

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<v Speaker 1>very low in the northwest and west in the evening.

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<v Speaker 1>On the evening of the sixteenth, we find out the

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<v Speaker 1>moon is near the brilliant star Speka in the constellation Virgo.

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<v Speaker 1>As we move on to the seventeenth, the moon passes

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<v Speaker 1>the brilliant super giant star Ontaries in Scorpio as it

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<v Speaker 1>continues to race around us on the twenty first, first

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<v Speaker 1>quarter moon again on the twenty second. But how about this.

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<v Speaker 1>As we move on to the autumnal equinox on the

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<v Speaker 1>twenty third of September, we find out that another of

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<v Speaker 1>the great and the last for this year of great

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<v Speaker 1>supermoons will occur on the evening of the twenty ninth,

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<v Speaker 1>referring to the beauty of the super full harvest moon,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most beautiful and romantic moons of old time.

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<v Speaker 1>What makes a harvest moon so special? It's the moon

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<v Speaker 1>that's closest to the autumnax, and in days gone by

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<v Speaker 1>when we were much more of an agricultural society, you

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<v Speaker 1>could harvest crops by the light of the moon, because

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<v Speaker 1>the moon will be in the sky soon, if not

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<v Speaker 1>already at the sunset time, giving farmers of the time

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<v Speaker 1>the obvious ability to harvest crops that is, with the

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful full moon, by the light of the moon itself.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't forget to join us on the Cats Around Table

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<v Speaker 1>every Sunday with owner John Katzimatitis, and also every other

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<v Speaker 1>Wednesday morning as we move through time and space with

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<v Speaker 1>Frank Morano on the very popular show here on talk

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<v Speaker 1>radio seventy seven w ABC, the other side of Midnight.

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<v Speaker 1>Frank gives us permission to change the name of the show,

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<v Speaker 1>albeit just temporarily, for that one hour to the infinite

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<v Speaker 1>side of midnine. If you have any questions or comments,

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<v Speaker 1>my email is simple. It's doctor Sky Drsky Show at

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<v Speaker 1>gmail dot com. What do we always remind you? Simply

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<v Speaker 1>always remember to keep your feet on the ground, but

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<v Speaker 1>your eyes to the skies. And every time I do

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<v Speaker 1>these programs, I'm simply trying to earn your confidence to

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<v Speaker 1>be your navigator on the highway. To the heavens, good

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<v Speaker 1>luck and seeing commet Nishimura. Many more comets and other

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<v Speaker 1>amazing celestial objects are going to happen during the next

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<v Speaker 1>couple of months, and don't forget put it on your

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<v Speaker 1>calendar no matter where you're listening. The big annular eclipse

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<v Speaker 1>of the Sun that occurs for much of the United

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<v Speaker 1>States in the Western region on Saturday, October the fourteenth,

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<v Speaker 1>But the big Granddaddy of total soilar eclipses. Still time

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<v Speaker 1>to prepare and we'll be doing a lot about it,

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<v Speaker 1>that is, as you move toward April eighth, twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Clear skies and health to all. Thank you for listening

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<v Speaker 1>to the Doctor Sky Experience here on Talk Radio seventy

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