1 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:26,026 DEAN: HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS. 2 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:28,828 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 3 00:00:28,928 --> 00:00:30,930 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 4 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,933 SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE FLORIDA. 5 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:39,072 WITH LAST YEARS TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, 2017 WAS AN AMAZING YEAR FOR STAR GAZING, 6 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:41,574 BUT 2018 HAS SOME REALLY COOL EVENTS TOO! 7 00:00:41,674 --> 00:00:43,009 DEAN: THATS RIGHT, JAMES! 8 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:46,279 STAR GAZERS HAVE PLENTY TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2018. 9 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:51,217 WE HAVE METEOR SHOWERS, CONJUNCTIONS, TWO TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSES AND A SUPERMOON! 10 00:00:51,317 --> 00:00:53,953 JAMES: SO LET S GET STARTED OUTLINING THE CELESTIAL 11 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:56,289 EVENTS TO LOOK FOR IN 2018! 12 00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:59,692 JAMES: ALRIGHT, LETS START OFF WITH MOON STUFF. 13 00:00:59,793 --> 00:01:02,896 JANUARY 2018 IS A GREAT MONTH FOR THE MOON. 14 00:01:02,996 --> 00:01:08,501 FIRST OFF, WELL HAVE NOT ONE, BUT TWO FULL MOONS, THE FIRST IS ON JANUARY 1ST AND THE 15 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:11,137 SECOND HAPPENS 30 DAYS LATER ON JANUARY 31ST. 16 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:15,542 WHEN YOU HAVE TWO FULL MOONS IN THE SAME CALENDAR MONTH, ITS KNOWN AS A BLUE MOON. 17 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:17,610 DEAN: BLUE MOONS ARE NOT REALLY BLUE, 18 00:01:17,710 --> 00:01:21,047 BUT THE JANUARY 31ST BLUE MOON WILL ACTUALLY TURN RED. 19 00:01:21,147 --> 00:01:24,784 YES, THIS BLUE MOON IS ALSO GOING TO BE A BLOOD MOON. 20 00:01:24,884 --> 00:01:30,256 IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WILL ALSO BE A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 31ST. 21 00:01:30,356 --> 00:01:35,261 THE MOON WILL PASS THROUGH THE DARKER PART OF EARTHS SHADOW, AND THE REFRACTED SUNLIGHT 22 00:01:35,361 --> 00:01:40,266 PASSING THROUGH EARTHS ATMOSPHERE WILL MAKE THE MOON APPEAR RED FOR OVER AN HOUR. 23 00:01:40,366 --> 00:01:42,202 JAMES: UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THOSE OF US ON THE EAST 24 00:01:42,302 --> 00:01:46,439 COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, WE WILL ONLY GET TO SEE THE BEGINNING OF THIS LUNAR ECLIPSE. 25 00:01:46,539 --> 00:01:50,810 THE GOOD THING IS, THE FURTHER WEST YOU LIVE, THE MORE OF THE ECLIPSE YOULL GET TO SEE. 26 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:52,779 OH, AND WAIT THERES MORE. 27 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:56,716 THE MOON IS ALSO NEAR PERIGEE DURING THIS ECLIPSE, SO WELL HAVE A 28 00:01:56,816 --> 00:01:57,717 BOTH: SUPERMOON!!! 29 00:01:57,817 --> 00:01:59,319 JAMES: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? 30 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:01,087 WELL HAVE A SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON! 31 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:02,856 DEAN: THATS PURE LUNACY! 32 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:05,892 DEAN: MOVING ON TO METEOR SHOWERS, WE HAVE FOUR 33 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:10,563 METEOR SHOWERS THIS YEAR THAT PROMISE TO BE WORTH YOUR WHILE, BECAUSE THE MOON WONT INTERFERE 34 00:02:10,663 --> 00:02:11,564 WITH THEM. 35 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:13,032 JAMES: THATS RIGHT, DEAN! 36 00:02:13,133 --> 00:02:16,169 THE MOON WILL BE IN THE WAXING PHASES FOR ALL FOUR METEOR SHOWERS. 37 00:02:16,269 --> 00:02:19,572 IN THE SPRING, WE HAVE THE LYRIDS, WHICH PEAKS ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 23RD. 38 00:02:19,672 --> 00:02:22,075 DEAN: THEN IN THE SUMMER, WE HAVE THE PERSEID METEOR 39 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:24,244 SHOWER ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 13TH. 40 00:02:24,344 --> 00:02:26,579 JAMES: IN LATE AUTUMN, WE HAVE THE LEONIDS WHICH 41 00:02:26,679 --> 00:02:28,481 PEAK ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 18TH 42 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:31,251 DEAN: AND ON DECEMBER 14TH, WE HAVE THE GEMINIDS, 43 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:35,088 WHICH SHOULD BE AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THE FIRST QUARTER MOON SETS 44 00:02:35,188 --> 00:02:39,993 NEAR MIDNIGHT, LEAVING THE MORNING HOURS NICE AND DARK SO WE CAN SEE THE FAINTER METEORS. 45 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:42,662 JAMES: NOW ON TO THE PLANETS. 46 00:02:42,762 --> 00:02:48,434 MARS, JUPITER AND SATURN WILL ALL ACHIEVE OPPOSITION NEAR THE MIDDLE OF 2018. 47 00:02:48,535 --> 00:02:54,641 JUPITER IS AT ITS CLOSEST TO US ON MAY 9TH, SATURN ON JUNE 27TH AND MARS ON JULY 27TH. 48 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:57,443 DEAN: AND SPEAKING OF JULY 27TH, THE FULL MOON WILL 49 00:02:57,544 --> 00:03:00,246 BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANET MARS ON THAT DAY. 50 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:01,381 JAMES: DID YOU SAY, CONJUNCTION? 51 00:03:01,481 --> 00:03:02,849 DEAN: OH NO, NOT AGAIN. 52 00:03:02,949 --> 00:03:04,184 JAMES: CUE THE MUSIC! 53 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:06,786 DEAN: YES, THE MOON APPEARS VERY CLOSE TO MARS THAT 54 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:11,658 NIGHT AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE TRAVELING TO WESTERN AFRICA, WESTERN EUROPE OR EASTERN 55 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:16,029 ASIA, YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE THE SECOND TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 2018. 56 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,430 JAMES: THATS RIGHT, DEAN! 57 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:20,800 WE HAVE A CONJUNCTION, A PLANETARY OPPOSITION AND AN ECLIPSE 58 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:21,935 ALL IN THE SAME NIGHT! 59 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:24,037 I CAN BARELY CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT! 60 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:26,339 DEAN: YOU CAN IF YOU TRY. 61 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:29,642 JAMES: SPEAKING OF CONJUNCTIONS, LETS CONCLUDE THIS 62 00:03:29,742 --> 00:03:35,315 EPISODE BY LISTING SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE PLANET-PLANET SCOOTCHIES TO LOOK FOR IN 2018. 63 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:40,520 AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, ON JANUARY 7TH, MARS AND JUPITER WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION, AND LESS 64 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:43,623 THAN HALF A FULL MOON WIDTH APART IN THE EARLY MORNING SKY. 65 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:46,359 DEAN: MERCURY AND VENUS WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION IN 66 00:03:46,459 --> 00:03:48,628 THE EVENING SKY ON MARCH 5TH. 67 00:03:48,728 --> 00:03:50,964 JAMES: MARS AND SATURN WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION IN 68 00:03:51,064 --> 00:03:52,532 THE MORNING SKY ON APRIL 2ND. 69 00:03:52,632 --> 00:03:55,201 DEAN: MERCURY AND VENUS WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION AGAIN 70 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:57,270 LATER THIS YEAR ON OCTOBER 14. 71 00:03:57,370 --> 00:03:59,739 JAMES: AND JUPITER AND MERCURY HAVE TWO CONJUNCTIONS 72 00:03:59,839 --> 00:04:01,674 AS WELL THIS YEAR. 73 00:04:01,774 --> 00:04:06,412 THE FIRST IS THE DAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN ON OCTOBER 30TH AND THE SECOND IS ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE 74 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:07,847 ON DECEMBER 21ST. 75 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:11,551 DEAN: AND SPEAKING OF CONJUNCTIONS ON DECEMBER 21ST, 76 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:17,190 MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER 21ST, 2020, BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET, JUPITER AND 77 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:22,161 SATURN WILL HAVE A SUPER CLOSE CONJUNCTION AND THEYLL BE LESS THAN A 10TH OF A DEGREE 78 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:23,630 APART AT THEIR CLOSEST. 79 00:04:23,730 --> 00:04:25,131 JAMES: MAN, THATS GOING TO BE AMAZING! 80 00:04:25,231 --> 00:04:26,933 ILL BE DANCING ALL MONTH. 81 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:30,503 DEAN: SO HAPPY 2018 AND HAPPY STAR GAZING. 82 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:32,705 ITS ALL THERE WAITING FOR YOU AS YOU 83 00:04:32,805 --> 00:04:36,805 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!