WEBVTT 00:02.535 --> 00:04.304 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% GREETINGS STAR GAZERS! 00:04.404 --> 00:08.441 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THIS WEEK IS THE GREAT WESTERN ELONGATION FOR VENUS AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE GREAT EASTERN 00:08.541 --> 00:11.111 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% ELONGATION FOR MERCURY! 00:11.211 --> 00:15.448 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% ELONGATION IS A MEASURE OF WHERE THE PLANETS ARE RELATIVE TO THE SUN AND US ON EARTH! 00:15.548 --> 00:19.652 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% PUT YOUR ARMS OUT LIKE THIS, POINT AT THE SUN WITH ONE HAND, AND VENUS WITH YOUR 00:19.753 --> 00:20.653 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% OTHER HAND. 00:20.754 --> 00:23.023 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% THIS ANGLE IS THE ELONGATION! 00:23.123 --> 00:27.060 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% AND BOTH VENUS AND MERCURY ARE HITTING THEIR GREATEST ELONGATIONS THIS TIME OF YEAR -- OR 00:27.160 --> 00:29.896 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5% THEIR LARGEST ANGLES RELATIVE TO THE SUN. 00:29.996 --> 00:36.036 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% VENUS WILL REACH ABOUT FORTY FIVE DEGREES BEFORE SUNSET, AND MERCURY WILL PEAK AT ABOUT 00:36.136 --> 00:38.004 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% TEN DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE. 00:38.104 --> 00:43.276 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% REMEMBER TEN DEGREES IS ABOUT THE SAME AS THE HEIGHT OF A FIST ON AN OUTSTRETCHED ARM. 00:43.376 --> 00:47.280 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% BY WATCHING THE PLANETS LIKE THIS COPERNICUS WAS ABLE TO CALCULATE THE DISTANCES OF THEIR 00:47.380 --> 00:49.282 align:left position:85% line:89% size:5% ORBITS BACK IN THE FIFTEEN HUNDREDS! 00:49.382 --> 00:51.551 align:left position:87.5% line:89% size:2.5% IMAGINE, JUST, FIGURING THAT OUT 00:51.651 --> 00:52.552 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% WOW. 00:52.652 --> 00:56.652 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GO ELONG-- AND KEEP LOOKIN UP!