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SUNSET PLANETS AND THE MORNING STAR RETURNS

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DEAN:
WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS!

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I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI
OBSERVATORY.

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JAMES:
AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA

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SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.

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IF YOU RE A MORNING PERSON LIKE I AM, YOU VE
BEEN WAITING OVER NINE MONTHS FOR THE NEWS

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DEAN AND I HAVE FOR YOU.

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DEAN:
THAT S RIGHT, JAMES!

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OUR SISTER PLANET VENUS HAS RETURNED TO THE
MORNING SKY, AFTER SPENDING OVER 9 MONTHS

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GRACING OUR EVENING SKIES.

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JAMES:
NOW, YOU RE PROBABLY ASKING YOURSELF, WHY

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DO PLANETS MAKE THESE BACK AND FORTH APPEARANCES
BETWEEN THE EVENING SKY AND THE MORNING SKY?

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WELL, DEAN AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER!

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DEAN:
PLUS, IF YOU ENJOY WATCHING THE SUN SET, WE

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HAVE SOME PLANETS GRACING THE SUNSET SKY AS
WELL.

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WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

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LET S SHOW YOU!

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DEAN:
OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR JUST AFTER

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SUNSET, ON SUNDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 11TH, FACING
SOUTHWEST.

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THE MOST OBVIOUS THING YOU LL SEE IS A SLENDER,
FOUR DAY OLD, WAXING CRESCENT MOON.

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NEAR THE MOON, YOU LL SEE MY FAVORITE PLANET;
THE RINGED PLANET SATURN.

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MAKE SURE YOU GET OUTSIDE TO OBSERVE SATURN
DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, BECAUSE SOON

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IT WILL BE DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE SUN.

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JAMES:
THAT S RIGHT, DEAN.

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WE VE HAD THE PLANETS IN THE EVENING SKY
ALL SUMMER LONG,

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BUT NOW

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THEY RE ALL, ONE BY ONE,
DISAPPEARING BEHIND

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THE SUN.

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VENUS LEFT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND JUPITER
JUST RECENTLY DISAPPEARED.

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DEAN:
AND

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IF YOU LOOK NEAR THE HORIZON, YOU LL SEE
THE NEXT PLANET TO MAKE A DISAPPEARING ACT,

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MERCURY.

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BEING THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN, MERCURY S
YEAR IS VERY SHORT ONLY 88 DAYS.

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MERCURY HAS BEEN IN OUR EVENING SKY SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

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IT LL BE AT IT S BRIGHTEST THIS WEEK.

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IT WILL THEN BEGIN ITS JOURNEY TOWARD THE
MORNING SKY; PASSING BETWEEN US AND THE SUN

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DURING THE LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.

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JAMES:
AND SPEAKING OF PASSING BETWEEN US AND THE

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SUN, MARK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE NEXT YEAR,
ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2019, MERCURY WILL AGAIN

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TRANSIT THE SUN!

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DEAN:
REMEMBER, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST ON

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STAR GAZERS!

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JAMES:
LET S NOW AIM OUR ATTENTION TO THE SOUTH,

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SAME NIGHT, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH.

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HIGH IN THE SKY, YOU LL SEE THE RED PLANET
MARS.

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DEAN:
MARS IS ENTERING THE CONSTELLATION OF AQUARIUS,

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THE WATER BEARER, AND YOU LL BE ABLE TO
SEE IT IN THE EVENING SKY UNTIL WELL INTO

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NEXT SUMMER!

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JAMES:
WE PASSED MARS BACK IN JULY, AND WE WON T

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PASS MARS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER 26 MONTHS.

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THE NICE THING IS, WE GET TO SEE MARS IN THE
EVENING SKY FOR A FAIRLY LONG TIME SINCE WE RE

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TRAVELING IN
THE SAME DIRECTION.

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WE RE JUST GOING 10,000 MILES PER HOUR FASTER
THAN MARS, SO WE RE SLOWLY LEAVING

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IT BEHIND.

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DEAN:
ALRIGHT!

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LET S CHECK OUT THE MORNING SKY AND SEE
WHAT AWAITS US THERE!

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DEAN:
RISE AND SHINE, JAMES!

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IT S 6:00 AM!

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JAMES:
WAIT A MINUTE,

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I M ALREADY AWAKE.

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SHOULDN T I BE WAKING YOU UP?

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DEAN:
GOOD POINT.

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WELL, ALL NEXT WEEK YOU RE GOING TO HAVE
AN EXCITING REASON FOR GETTING UP WITH THE

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CHICKENS, BECAUSE OUR SISTER PLANET VENUS
HAS MADE IT S REAPPEARANCE IN THE MORNING

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SKY.

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JAMES:
IF THAT WASN T EXCITING ENOUGH, RIGHT NEXT

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TO VENUS ALL NEXT WEEK, STARTING ON THE MORNING
OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, VENUS WILL BE IN

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CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRIGHT STAR SPICA!

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DEAN:
SPICA IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION

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VIRGO THE MAIDEN.

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IT S A BLUE GIANT STAR APPROXIMATELY 250
LIGHT YEARS FROM US AND OVER 11 TIMES AS MASSIVE

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AS OUR SUN.

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JAMES:
SPICA IS THE 16TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY,

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HOWEVER VENUS WILL TOTALLY OUT SHINE SPICA
ALL NEXT WEEK.

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SURPRISINGLY THOUGH,
IF YOU LOOK AT VENUS THROUGH A TELESCOPE,

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YOU LL NOTICE IT WILL LOOK LIKE A VERY SLENDER
CRESCENT, MUCH LIKE OUR MOON WHEN IT S IN

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THIS PART OF THE MORNING SKY.

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DEAN:
EVEN AS A THIN CRESCENT,

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VENUS IS DAZZLING!

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VENUS REFLECTS ALMOST 70% OF THE SUNLIGHT
THAT HITS IT, THANKS TO ALL IT S CLOUD COVER.

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JAMES:
SPEAKING OF CLOUDS, WHERE S JUPITER?

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DEAN:
I M GLAD YOU ASKED.

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JUPITER IS HEADING BEHIND THE SUN FROM
OUR PERSPECTIVE AND WON T APPEAR IN THE

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MORNING SKY UNTIL EARLY DECEMBER.

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BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE MORNING OF
DECEMBER 21ST, THE WINTER SOLSTICE.

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JUPITER AND MERCURY WILL HAVE

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JAMES:
DON T SAY IT

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DEAN: A CONJUNCTION!

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JAMES (DANCING):
WOO-HOO!

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JAMES:
SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT.

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MERCURY, SATURN, THE MOON AND MARS IN THE
SKY AT SUNSET NEXT WEEK

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DEAN:
AND THE EVER-DAZZLING VENUS IN THE MORNING

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SKY, WITH SPICA
NEXT WEEK.

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IT S ALL THERE FOR YOU TO SEE WHEN YOU

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BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!