WEBVTT 00:20.120 --> 00:26.026 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS. 00:26.126 --> 00:28.828 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:28.928 --> 00:30.930 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 00:31.031 --> 00:33.933 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE FLORIDA. 00:34.034 --> 00:39.072 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% WITH LAST YEARS TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, 2017 WAS AN AMAZING YEAR FOR STAR GAZING, 00:39.172 --> 00:41.574 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% BUT 2018 HAS SOME REALLY COOL EVENTS TOO! 00:41.674 --> 00:43.009 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THATS RIGHT, JAMES! 00:43.109 --> 00:46.279 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% STAR GAZERS HAVE PLENTY TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2018. 00:46.379 --> 00:51.217 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WE HAVE METEOR SHOWERS, CONJUNCTIONS, TWO TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSES AND A SUPERMOON! 00:51.317 --> 00:53.953 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO LET S GET STARTED OUTLINING THE CELESTIAL 00:54.054 --> 00:56.289 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% EVENTS TO LOOK FOR IN 2018! 00:56.389 --> 00:59.692 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: ALRIGHT, LETS START OFF WITH MOON STUFF. 00:59.793 --> 01:02.896 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% JANUARY 2018 IS A GREAT MONTH FOR THE MOON. 01:02.996 --> 01:08.501 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% FIRST OFF, WELL HAVE NOT ONE, BUT TWO FULL MOONS, THE FIRST IS ON JANUARY 1ST AND THE 01:08.601 --> 01:11.137 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% SECOND HAPPENS 30 DAYS LATER ON JANUARY 31ST. 01:11.237 --> 01:15.542 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% WHEN YOU HAVE TWO FULL MOONS IN THE SAME CALENDAR MONTH, ITS KNOWN AS A BLUE MOON. 01:15.642 --> 01:17.610 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BLUE MOONS ARE NOT REALLY BLUE, 01:17.710 --> 01:21.047 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BUT THE JANUARY 31ST BLUE MOON WILL ACTUALLY TURN RED. 01:21.147 --> 01:24.784 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% YES, THIS BLUE MOON IS ALSO GOING TO BE A BLOOD MOON. 01:24.884 --> 01:30.256 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WILL ALSO BE A TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 31ST. 01:30.356 --> 01:35.261 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE MOON WILL PASS THROUGH THE DARKER PART OF EARTHS SHADOW, AND THE REFRACTED SUNLIGHT 01:35.361 --> 01:40.266 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% PASSING THROUGH EARTHS ATMOSPHERE WILL MAKE THE MOON APPEAR RED FOR OVER AN HOUR. 01:40.366 --> 01:42.202 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: UNFORTUNATELY, FOR THOSE OF US ON THE EAST 01:42.302 --> 01:46.439 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, WE WILL ONLY GET TO SEE THE BEGINNING OF THIS LUNAR ECLIPSE. 01:46.539 --> 01:50.810 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE GOOD THING IS, THE FURTHER WEST YOU LIVE, THE MORE OF THE ECLIPSE YOULL GET TO SEE. 01:50.910 --> 01:52.779 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% OH, AND WAIT THERES MORE. 01:52.879 --> 01:56.716 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE MOON IS ALSO NEAR PERIGEE DURING THIS ECLIPSE, SO WELL HAVE A 01:56.816 --> 01:57.717 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: SUPERMOON!!! 01:57.817 --> 01:59.319 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? 01:59.419 --> 02:01.087 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% WELL HAVE A SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON! 02:01.187 --> 02:02.856 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THATS PURE LUNACY! 02:02.956 --> 02:05.892 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MOVING ON TO METEOR SHOWERS, WE HAVE FOUR 02:05.992 --> 02:10.563 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% METEOR SHOWERS THIS YEAR THAT PROMISE TO BE WORTH YOUR WHILE, BECAUSE THE MOON WONT INTERFERE 02:10.663 --> 02:11.564 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% WITH THEM. 02:11.664 --> 02:13.032 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THATS RIGHT, DEAN! 02:13.133 --> 02:16.169 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE MOON WILL BE IN THE WAXING PHASES FOR ALL FOUR METEOR SHOWERS. 02:16.269 --> 02:19.572 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IN THE SPRING, WE HAVE THE LYRIDS, WHICH PEAKS ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 23RD. 02:19.672 --> 02:22.075 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THEN IN THE SUMMER, WE HAVE THE PERSEID METEOR 02:22.175 --> 02:24.244 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% SHOWER ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 13TH. 02:24.344 --> 02:26.579 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: IN LATE AUTUMN, WE HAVE THE LEONIDS WHICH 02:26.679 --> 02:28.481 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% PEAK ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 18TH 02:28.581 --> 02:31.251 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND ON DECEMBER 14TH, WE HAVE THE GEMINIDS, 02:31.351 --> 02:35.088 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WHICH SHOULD BE AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THE FIRST QUARTER MOON SETS 02:35.188 --> 02:39.993 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% NEAR MIDNIGHT, LEAVING THE MORNING HOURS NICE AND DARK SO WE CAN SEE THE FAINTER METEORS. 02:40.093 --> 02:42.662 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NOW ON TO THE PLANETS. 02:42.762 --> 02:48.434 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% MARS, JUPITER AND SATURN WILL ALL ACHIEVE OPPOSITION NEAR THE MIDDLE OF 2018. 02:48.535 --> 02:54.641 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JUPITER IS AT ITS CLOSEST TO US ON MAY 9TH, SATURN ON JUNE 27TH AND MARS ON JULY 27TH. 02:54.741 --> 02:57.443 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND SPEAKING OF JULY 27TH, THE FULL MOON WILL 02:57.544 --> 03:00.246 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLANET MARS ON THAT DAY. 03:00.346 --> 03:01.381 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: DID YOU SAY, CONJUNCTION? 03:01.481 --> 03:02.849 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OH NO, NOT AGAIN. 03:02.949 --> 03:04.184 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: CUE THE MUSIC! 03:04.284 --> 03:06.786 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YES, THE MOON APPEARS VERY CLOSE TO MARS THAT 03:06.886 --> 03:11.658 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NIGHT AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE TRAVELING TO WESTERN AFRICA, WESTERN EUROPE OR EASTERN 03:11.758 --> 03:16.029 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ASIA, YOU GET TO EXPERIENCE THE SECOND TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 2018. 03:16.129 --> 03:17.430 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THATS RIGHT, DEAN! 03:17.530 --> 03:20.800 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% WE HAVE A CONJUNCTION, A PLANETARY OPPOSITION AND AN ECLIPSE 03:20.900 --> 03:21.935 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% ALL IN THE SAME NIGHT! 03:22.035 --> 03:24.037 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% I CAN BARELY CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT! 03:24.137 --> 03:26.339 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YOU CAN IF YOU TRY. 03:26.439 --> 03:29.642 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SPEAKING OF CONJUNCTIONS, LETS CONCLUDE THIS 03:29.742 --> 03:35.315 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% EPISODE BY LISTING SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE PLANET-PLANET SCOOTCHIES TO LOOK FOR IN 2018. 03:35.415 --> 03:40.520 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, ON JANUARY 7TH, MARS AND JUPITER WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION, AND LESS 03:40.620 --> 03:43.623 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THAN HALF A FULL MOON WIDTH APART IN THE EARLY MORNING SKY. 03:43.723 --> 03:46.359 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MERCURY AND VENUS WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION IN 03:46.459 --> 03:48.628 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% THE EVENING SKY ON MARCH 5TH. 03:48.728 --> 03:50.964 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: MARS AND SATURN WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION IN 03:51.064 --> 03:52.532 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% THE MORNING SKY ON APRIL 2ND. 03:52.632 --> 03:55.201 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MERCURY AND VENUS WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION AGAIN 03:55.301 --> 03:57.270 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% LATER THIS YEAR ON OCTOBER 14. 03:57.370 --> 03:59.739 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND JUPITER AND MERCURY HAVE TWO CONJUNCTIONS 03:59.839 --> 04:01.674 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% AS WELL THIS YEAR. 04:01.774 --> 04:06.412 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THE FIRST IS THE DAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN ON OCTOBER 30TH AND THE SECOND IS ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE 04:06.512 --> 04:07.847 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% ON DECEMBER 21ST. 04:07.947 --> 04:11.551 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND SPEAKING OF CONJUNCTIONS ON DECEMBER 21ST, 04:11.651 --> 04:17.190 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER 21ST, 2020, BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET, JUPITER AND 04:17.290 --> 04:22.161 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SATURN WILL HAVE A SUPER CLOSE CONJUNCTION AND THEYLL BE LESS THAN A 10TH OF A DEGREE 04:22.262 --> 04:23.630 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% APART AT THEIR CLOSEST. 04:23.730 --> 04:25.131 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: MAN, THATS GOING TO BE AMAZING! 04:25.231 --> 04:26.933 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% ILL BE DANCING ALL MONTH. 04:27.033 --> 04:30.503 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SO HAPPY 2018 AND HAPPY STAR GAZING. 04:30.603 --> 04:32.705 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% ITS ALL THERE WAITING FOR YOU AS YOU 04:32.805 --> 04:36.805 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!