WEBVTT 00:02.335 --> 00:27.727 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.827 --> 00:32.465 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:32.565 --> 00:33.700 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:33.800 --> 00:36.603 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:36.703 --> 00:40.807 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% TWO MONTHS AGO WE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SEE FIVE PLANETS WITH THE NAKED EYE. 00:40.907 --> 00:41.808 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% QUICK DEAN! 00:41.908 --> 00:43.410 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NAME THE FIVE NAKED EYE PLANETS. 00:43.510 --> 00:46.479 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: UH, MERCURY, VENUS, MARS, JUPITER, AND SATURN. 00:46.579 --> 00:47.480 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% JAMES: VERY GOOD. 00:47.580 --> 00:48.481 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DEAN: THANK YOU. 00:48.581 --> 00:50.083 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 00:50.183 --> 00:52.585 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: BACK IN AUGUST YOU COULD SEE ALL FIVE OF THEM IN THE EVENING SKY. 00:52.685 --> 00:56.589 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: WELL, THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND THIS MONTH THEYRE SPREAD OUT A BIT. 00:56.689 --> 00:59.192 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: YOU CAN STILL SEE THREE OF THE PLANETS IN THE EVENING SKY. 00:59.292 --> 01:02.228 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: BUT TWO OF THEM HAVE WANDERED INTO THE MORNING SKY. 01:02.328 --> 01:07.067 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE SKY AT TWO DIFFERENT TIMES - JUST AFTER SUNSET AND 01:07.167 --> 01:08.401 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% JUST BEFORE SUNRISE. 01:08.501 --> 01:11.471 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 01:11.571 --> 01:15.675 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: OKAY, WERE GOING TO START AT MY TIME OF DAY: EVENING. 01:15.775 --> 01:18.745 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO OCTOBER 8TH JUST AFTER SUNSET. 01:18.845 --> 01:24.551 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT'LL BE REALLY EASY TO FIND OUR THREE EVENING PLANETS AND EVEN BEFORE IT GETS COMPLETELY 01:24.651 --> 01:26.386 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% DARK, YOU CAN SEE #1. 01:26.486 --> 01:28.288 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JAMES: IT'S NOT A PLANE. 01:28.388 --> 01:29.856 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% IT'S NOT A UFO. 01:29.956 --> 01:32.759 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE BRIGHTEST STAR-LIKE OBJECT IN THE SKY IS THE PLANET VENUS. 01:32.859 --> 01:38.264 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IN FACT, VENUS IS OVER 8 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE SECOND BRIGHTEST PLANET RIGHT NOW - WHICH 01:38.364 --> 01:40.033 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% WE WON'T SEE UNTIL THE MORNING SKY. 01:40.133 --> 01:44.003 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% DEAN: THROUGH A TELESCOPE, VENUS SHOWS A SURPRISING OUTLINE. 01:44.104 --> 01:45.839 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% IT'S EGG-SHAPED! 01:45.939 --> 01:50.343 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AS VENUS ORBITS BETWEEN US AND THE SUN, IT GOES THROUGH PHASES, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S OFF 01:50.443 --> 01:54.147 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% TO THE SIDE OF THE SUN AT OVER 120 MILLION MILES AWAY. 01:54.247 --> 01:59.986 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AS WE KEEP WATCHING THE SKY UNTIL 8PM WE SEE MORE STARS POP INTO VIEW. 02:00.086 --> 02:04.791 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% VENUS IS FOLLOWING THE SUN AND SETTING IN THE WEST, AND OUR NEXT PLANET, ALTHOUGH MUCH 02:04.891 --> 02:06.493 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% FAINTER, WILL TAKE ITS PLACE. 02:06.593 --> 02:08.495 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% DEAN: THIS IS SATURN! 02:08.595 --> 02:13.032 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT MAY LOOK LIKE AN ORDINARY YELLOW STAR, BUT IT IS THE FARTHEST PLANET YOU CAN SEE 02:13.133 --> 02:17.137 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WITH THE NAKED EYE AT ALMOST 1 BILLION MILES FROM EARTH. 02:17.237 --> 02:19.806 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% PLUS WHEN WE ZOOM IN WITH A TELESCOPE 02:19.906 --> 02:21.708 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% CHECK OUT THE VIEW. 02:21.808 --> 02:24.010 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% THOSE RINGS ARE JUST DIVINE! 02:24.110 --> 02:29.582 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: BY 9PM, VENUS HAS COMPLETELY SET AND SATURN IS GETTING LOWER. 02:29.682 --> 02:32.552 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THAT LEAVES JUST ONE MORE PLANET IN THE EVENING SKY. 02:32.652 --> 02:34.420 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% RUBY-RED MARS. 02:34.521 --> 02:38.958 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% OKAY, IT'S NOT THAT RED, BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE OTHER STARS AND PLANETS, YOU'LL 02:39.058 --> 02:40.260 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% SEE WHY IT STANDS OUT. 02:40.360 --> 02:43.863 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: MARS WAS A LOT CLOSER TO US EARLIER IN THE YEAR. 02:43.963 --> 02:47.901 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IN FACT IT GOT AS CLOSE AS ABOUT 47 MILLION MILES TO THE EARTH. 02:48.001 --> 02:50.003 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% MAN, IT WAS BRIGHT BACK THEN! 02:50.103 --> 02:54.307 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: NOW, MARS IS OVER 100 MILLION MILES AWAY. 02:54.407 --> 02:58.311 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT'S STILL BRIGHT, AND ITS STILL REDDISH, AND VERY EASY TO FIND IN THE EVENING SKY. 02:58.411 --> 03:03.783 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: OH YEAH, AND THIS WEEK THE WAXING CRESCENT MOON WILL BE PASSING THROUGH OUR PLANET PARADE. 03:03.883 --> 03:05.351 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DONT MISS THAT! 03:05.451 --> 03:09.622 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: NOW WERE UP JUST BEFORE DAWN - MY TIME OF DAY! 03:09.722 --> 03:14.093 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE STAYED UP ALL NIGHT AND IT IS NOW OCTOBER 9 AND THE SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. 03:14.194 --> 03:15.161 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% DEAN, WAKE UP! 03:15.261 --> 03:16.162 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DEAN: I'M AWAKE. 03:16.262 --> 03:17.430 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% I'M AWAKE. 03:17.530 --> 03:19.899 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: SO FAR, PLANET HUNTING HAS BEEN PRETTY EASY. 03:19.999 --> 03:24.237 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% FINDING VENUS, SATURN, AND MARS IN THE EVENING SKY WAS A PIECE OF CAKE. 03:24.337 --> 03:26.706 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BUT TO SEE JUPITER AND MERCURY 03:26.806 --> 03:27.974 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% WELL, IT COULD BE TOUGH. 03:28.074 --> 03:30.410 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: YOU'LL NEED A CLEAR VIEW TO THE EASTERN HORIZON. 03:30.510 --> 03:31.878 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% NO TREES. 03:31.978 --> 03:34.981 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NO BUILDINGS IN YOUR WAY. AND YOU'LL HAVE TO TIME IT JUST RIGHT. 03:35.081 --> 03:38.851 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IF YOU LOOK TOO EARLY, THE PLANETS WILL STILL BE BELOW THE GROUND. 03:38.952 --> 03:41.955 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IF YOU'RE TOO LATE, THE SUN WILL RISE AND WASH THEM OUT. 03:42.055 --> 03:46.626 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: ABOUT 30 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR LOCAL SUNRISE SHOULD BE BEST. 03:46.726 --> 03:52.098 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AS THE SKY GETS LIGHTER YOU MIGHT SPY TWO DISTINCT LIGHTS LOW IN THE EAST. 03:52.198 --> 03:57.337 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE FAINTER ONE IS MINISCULE MERCURY, SHINING AT YOU FROM OVER 110 MILLION MILES. 03:57.437 --> 04:03.042 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THE BRIGHTER ONE IS JUPITER COMING TO YOU FROM ALMOST 600 MILLION MILES ACROSS THE 04:03.142 --> 04:04.043 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% SOLAR SYSTEM. 04:04.143 --> 04:06.446 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JAMES: NOW HERE'S THE COOL PART. 04:06.546 --> 04:09.816 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% GET UP EACH MORNING NEXT WEEK TO SEE HOW THEY MOVE. 04:09.916 --> 04:11.985 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% HERE IS OCTOBER 10TH 04:12.085 --> 04:14.120 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND OCTOBER 11TH. (james dances) 04:14.220 --> 04:19.559 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: JAMES' DANCING IS INDICATING, YOU GUESSED IT, A CONJUNCTION! AND THIS JUPITER-MERCURY 04:19.659 --> 04:23.162 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% CONJUNCTION SHOULD BE A NICE ONE IN THE PRE-DAWN SKY! 04:23.263 --> 04:26.499 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% DEAN: SO CHECK OUT THE FIVE NAKED-EYE PLANETS 04:26.599 --> 04:29.102 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% JAMES: VENUS, SATURN, AND MARS IN THE EVENING 04:29.202 --> 04:31.271 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% DEAN: AND JUPITER AND MERCURY IN THE MORNING. 04:31.371 --> 04:35.371 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!