1 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:23,189 SUNSET PLANETS AND THE MORNING STAR RETURNS 2 00:00:23,289 --> 00:00:25,225 DEAN: WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS! 3 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:28,261 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 4 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,630 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 5 00:00:30,730 --> 00:00:33,433 SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 6 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:37,837 IF YOU RE A MORNING PERSON LIKE I AM, YOU VE BEEN WAITING OVER NINE MONTHS FOR THE NEWS 7 00:00:37,937 --> 00:00:39,072 DEAN AND I HAVE FOR YOU. 8 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:40,907 DEAN: THAT S RIGHT, JAMES! 9 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:45,045 OUR SISTER PLANET VENUS HAS RETURNED TO THE MORNING SKY, AFTER SPENDING OVER 9 MONTHS 10 00:00:45,145 --> 00:00:46,579 GRACING OUR EVENING SKIES. 11 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:49,282 JAMES: NOW, YOU RE PROBABLY ASKING YOURSELF, WHY 12 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:53,953 DO PLANETS MAKE THESE BACK AND FORTH APPEARANCES BETWEEN THE EVENING SKY AND THE MORNING SKY? 13 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:55,588 WELL, DEAN AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER! 14 00:00:55,688 --> 00:00:58,358 DEAN: PLUS, IF YOU ENJOY WATCHING THE SUN SET, WE 15 00:00:58,458 --> 00:01:01,795 HAVE SOME PLANETS GRACING THE SUNSET SKY AS WELL. 16 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:02,862 WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 17 00:01:02,962 --> 00:01:04,230 LET S SHOW YOU! 18 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:07,367 DEAN: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR JUST AFTER 19 00:01:07,467 --> 00:01:10,837 SUNSET, ON SUNDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 11TH, FACING SOUTHWEST. 20 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:16,342 THE MOST OBVIOUS THING YOU LL SEE IS A SLENDER, FOUR DAY OLD, WAXING CRESCENT MOON. 21 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:20,547 NEAR THE MOON, YOU LL SEE MY FAVORITE PLANET; THE RINGED PLANET SATURN. 22 00:01:20,647 --> 00:01:24,884 MAKE SURE YOU GET OUTSIDE TO OBSERVE SATURN DURING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, BECAUSE SOON 23 00:01:24,984 --> 00:01:26,619 IT WILL BE DISAPPEARING BEHIND THE SUN. 24 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:28,188 JAMES: THAT S RIGHT, DEAN. 25 00:01:28,288 --> 00:01:31,524 WE VE HAD THE PLANETS IN THE EVENING SKY ALL SUMMER LONG, 26 00:01:31,624 --> 00:01:32,625 BUT NOW 27 00:01:32,725 --> 00:01:35,028 THEY RE ALL, ONE BY ONE, DISAPPEARING BEHIND 28 00:01:35,128 --> 00:01:36,496 THE SUN. 29 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:39,399 VENUS LEFT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND JUPITER JUST RECENTLY DISAPPEARED. 30 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:41,167 DEAN: AND 31 00:01:41,267 --> 00:01:44,571 IF YOU LOOK NEAR THE HORIZON, YOU LL SEE THE NEXT PLANET TO MAKE A DISAPPEARING ACT, 32 00:01:44,671 --> 00:01:46,306 MERCURY. 33 00:01:46,406 --> 00:01:50,944 BEING THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN, MERCURY S YEAR IS VERY SHORT ONLY 88 DAYS. 34 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:54,180 MERCURY HAS BEEN IN OUR EVENING SKY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,583 IT LL BE AT IT S BRIGHTEST THIS WEEK. 36 00:01:56,683 --> 00:02:01,788 IT WILL THEN BEGIN ITS JOURNEY TOWARD THE MORNING SKY; PASSING BETWEEN US AND THE SUN 37 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:03,623 DURING THE LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. 38 00:02:03,723 --> 00:02:05,959 JAMES: AND SPEAKING OF PASSING BETWEEN US AND THE 39 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:11,231 SUN, MARK YOUR CALENDARS BECAUSE NEXT YEAR, ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2019, MERCURY WILL AGAIN 40 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:12,332 TRANSIT THE SUN! 41 00:02:12,432 --> 00:02:13,800 DEAN: REMEMBER, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST ON 42 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:15,001 STAR GAZERS! 43 00:02:15,101 --> 00:02:18,304 JAMES: LET S NOW AIM OUR ATTENTION TO THE SOUTH, 44 00:02:18,404 --> 00:02:20,707 SAME NIGHT, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH. 45 00:02:20,807 --> 00:02:22,909 HIGH IN THE SKY, YOU LL SEE THE RED PLANET MARS. 46 00:02:23,009 --> 00:02:25,912 DEAN: MARS IS ENTERING THE CONSTELLATION OF AQUARIUS, 47 00:02:26,012 --> 00:02:30,383 THE WATER BEARER, AND YOU LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN THE EVENING SKY UNTIL WELL INTO 48 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:31,584 NEXT SUMMER! 49 00:02:31,684 --> 00:02:34,354 JAMES: WE PASSED MARS BACK IN JULY, AND WE WON T 50 00:02:34,454 --> 00:02:37,323 PASS MARS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER 26 MONTHS. 51 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:42,195 THE NICE THING IS, WE GET TO SEE MARS IN THE EVENING SKY FOR A FAIRLY LONG TIME SINCE WE RE 52 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:43,930 TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. 53 00:02:44,030 --> 00:02:48,401 WE RE JUST GOING 10,000 MILES PER HOUR FASTER THAN MARS, SO WE RE SLOWLY LEAVING 54 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:49,402 IT BEHIND. 55 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:50,803 DEAN: ALRIGHT! 56 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:53,540 LET S CHECK OUT THE MORNING SKY AND SEE WHAT AWAITS US THERE! 57 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:55,341 DEAN: RISE AND SHINE, JAMES! 58 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:56,376 IT S 6:00 AM! 59 00:02:56,476 --> 00:02:57,777 JAMES: WAIT A MINUTE, 60 00:02:57,877 --> 00:02:58,778 I M ALREADY AWAKE. 61 00:02:58,878 --> 00:03:00,213 SHOULDN T I BE WAKING YOU UP? 62 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:01,948 DEAN: GOOD POINT. 63 00:03:02,048 --> 00:03:05,084 WELL, ALL NEXT WEEK YOU RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXCITING REASON FOR GETTING UP WITH THE 64 00:03:05,185 --> 00:03:09,822 CHICKENS, BECAUSE OUR SISTER PLANET VENUS HAS MADE IT S REAPPEARANCE IN THE MORNING 65 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:11,024 SKY. 66 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:13,092 JAMES: IF THAT WASN T EXCITING ENOUGH, RIGHT NEXT 67 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:17,697 TO VENUS ALL NEXT WEEK, STARTING ON THE MORNING OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, VENUS WILL BE IN 68 00:03:17,797 --> 00:03:19,832 CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRIGHT STAR SPICA! 69 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:22,302 DEAN: SPICA IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION 70 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:24,103 VIRGO THE MAIDEN. 71 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:30,009 IT S A BLUE GIANT STAR APPROXIMATELY 250 LIGHT YEARS FROM US AND OVER 11 TIMES AS MASSIVE 72 00:03:30,109 --> 00:03:31,244 AS OUR SUN. 73 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:34,080 JAMES: SPICA IS THE 16TH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, 74 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:37,817 HOWEVER VENUS WILL TOTALLY OUT SHINE SPICA ALL NEXT WEEK. 75 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:39,852 SURPRISINGLY THOUGH, IF YOU LOOK AT VENUS THROUGH A TELESCOPE, 76 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:44,490 YOU LL NOTICE IT WILL LOOK LIKE A VERY SLENDER CRESCENT, MUCH LIKE OUR MOON WHEN IT S IN 77 00:03:44,591 --> 00:03:45,725 THIS PART OF THE MORNING SKY. 78 00:03:45,825 --> 00:03:47,360 DEAN: EVEN AS A THIN CRESCENT, 79 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,229 VENUS IS DAZZLING! 80 00:03:49,329 --> 00:03:53,866 VENUS REFLECTS ALMOST 70% OF THE SUNLIGHT THAT HITS IT, THANKS TO ALL IT S CLOUD COVER. 81 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:55,835 JAMES: SPEAKING OF CLOUDS, WHERE S JUPITER? 82 00:03:55,935 --> 00:03:57,470 DEAN: I M GLAD YOU ASKED. 83 00:03:57,570 --> 00:04:01,808 JUPITER IS HEADING BEHIND THE SUN FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND WON T APPEAR IN THE 84 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:03,910 MORNING SKY UNTIL EARLY DECEMBER. 85 00:04:04,010 --> 00:04:08,648 BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 21ST, THE WINTER SOLSTICE. 86 00:04:08,748 --> 00:04:10,450 JUPITER AND MERCURY WILL HAVE 87 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:12,018 JAMES: DON T SAY IT 88 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:13,219 DEAN: A CONJUNCTION! 89 00:04:13,319 --> 00:04:14,387 JAMES (DANCING): WOO-HOO! 90 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:16,222 JAMES: SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT. 91 00:04:16,322 --> 00:04:20,093 MERCURY, SATURN, THE MOON AND MARS IN THE SKY AT SUNSET NEXT WEEK 92 00:04:20,193 --> 00:04:22,562 DEAN: AND THE EVER-DAZZLING VENUS IN THE MORNING 93 00:04:22,662 --> 00:04:24,464 SKY, WITH SPICA NEXT WEEK. 94 00:04:24,564 --> 00:04:26,399 IT S ALL THERE FOR YOU TO SEE WHEN YOU 95 00:04:26,499 --> 00:04:30,499 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!