WEBVTT 00:02.302 --> 00:25.392 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS. 00:25.492 --> 00:29.162 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE FLORIDA. 00:29.262 --> 00:32.565 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:32.665 --> 00:36.503 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: WELL MY FRIENDS, WERE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT ANNUAL ABOMINATION I LIKE TO CALL 00:36.603 --> 00:38.004 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% DAYLIGHT SHIFTING TIME. 00:38.104 --> 00:40.006 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% DEAN: DON'T YOU MEAN, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME? 00:40.106 --> 00:42.042 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% JAMES: SAME THING, AND I DON'T LIKE IT. 00:42.142 --> 00:43.943 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% DEAN: COME ON JAMES, ITS NOT THAT BAD. 00:44.044 --> 00:45.445 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% JAMES: SPEAK FOR YOURSELF! 00:45.545 --> 00:47.714 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% MOVING MY CLOCK FORWARD MAKES ME HAVE TO WAKE UP AN HOUR EARLIER. 00:47.814 --> 00:51.451 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: BUT, I THOUGHT YOU LIKED WAKING UP EARLY - TO LOOK AT THE STARS? 00:51.551 --> 00:54.687 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: YEAH, BUT EVEN US EARLY BIRDS HAVE OUR LIMITS, YOU KNOW. 00:54.788 --> 00:58.925 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN (LAUGHING): WHAT JAMES IS GRIPING ABOUT IS SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE FIND ANNOYING 00:59.025 --> 01:02.962 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR, AND IT CAN ACTUALLY IMPACT STAR GAZING. 01:03.063 --> 01:07.333 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: FORTUNATELY, WE DONT HAVE TO MOVE OUR CLOCKS FORWARD UNTIL MARCH 12TH, AND WE HAVE 01:07.434 --> 01:11.137 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% A REALLY GROOVY OCCULTATION OF ALDEBARAN BY THE MOON LATER THIS WEEK. 01:11.237 --> 01:12.572 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEAN: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 01:12.672 --> 01:14.407 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% LETS SHOW YOU. 01:14.507 --> 01:18.678 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS THAT TIME OF YEAR BETWEEN THE SECOND SUNDAY OF MARCH, AND 01:18.778 --> 01:22.916 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE FIRST SUNDAY OF NOVEMBER, WHEN EVERYONE MOVES THEIR CLOCKS FORWARD ONE HOUR. 01:23.016 --> 01:26.152 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: NOT EVERYONE DOES IT, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO. 01:26.252 --> 01:30.390 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE PURPOSE OF US COLLECTIVELY CHANGING THE TIME ON OUR CLOCKS ONE HOUR FORWARD IS SO 01:30.490 --> 01:32.459 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% THAT THE EVENING DAYLIGHT LASTS LONGER. 01:32.559 --> 01:34.994 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THIS IN TURN SACRIFICES THE SUNRISE TIME. 01:35.095 --> 01:39.466 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS WE EXPERIENCE GRADUALLY 01:39.566 --> 01:43.136 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% CHANGES DUE TO THE CURVATURE AND TILT OF THE EARTH. 01:43.236 --> 01:47.507 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% EVEN IF WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE TIME ON OUR CLOCKS, WE WOULD STILL NOTICE THAT THE DAYLIGHT HOURS 01:47.607 --> 01:50.710 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% IN THE SUMMER WOULD BE LONGER AND THE NIGHTTIME HOURS SHORTER. 01:50.810 --> 01:53.713 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. 01:53.813 --> 01:55.648 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% HERE'S WHERE THE ISSUE LIES. 01:55.748 --> 01:59.285 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% FOR THOSE FOLKS LIKE DEAN WHO LIVE AT MORE NORTHERN LATITUDES, THE AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT 01:59.385 --> 02:02.088 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND DARKNESS THEY EXPERIENCE DURING THE YEAR CAN VARY DRAMATICALLY. 02:02.188 --> 02:07.293 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: BUT FOR PEOPLE LIKE JAMES, WHO LIVE CLOSER TO THE EQUATOR, DAY LIGHT SAVING TIME 02:07.393 --> 02:08.895 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% ISN'T AS USEFUL. 02:08.995 --> 02:10.697 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET'S SHOW YOU. 02:10.797 --> 02:15.068 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: THE EARTH TILTS AT ROUGHLY 23.5 DEGREES WITH RESPECT TO OUR PATH AROUND THE SUN. 02:15.168 --> 02:19.939 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DURING THE EQUINOXES IN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER, NEITHER THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, NOR THE SOUTHERN 02:20.039 --> 02:22.075 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% HEMISPHERE IS POINTING MORE TOWARD THE SUN. 02:22.175 --> 02:27.514 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS GIVES US 12 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT AND 12 HOURS OF DARKNESS; HENCE THE TERM EQUINOX, 02:27.614 --> 02:29.415 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% WHICH MEANS EQUAL NIGHT. 02:29.516 --> 02:33.386 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: HOWEVER, WHEN WE'RE CLOSE TO THE SOLSTICES IN SUMMER AND WINTER, THE HEMISPHERES OF THE 02:33.486 --> 02:37.323 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% EARTH ARE POINTING MORE TOWARD, OR AWAY FROM THE SUN. 02:37.423 --> 02:42.428 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BECAUSE OUR PLANET IS ROUND, PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT EXTREMELY NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN LATITUDES 02:42.529 --> 02:47.200 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SEE A WHOLE LOT OF DAYLIGHT IN THE SUMMER AND VERY LITTLE SUNLIGHT IN THE WINTER. 02:47.300 --> 02:52.405 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: THE PROBLEM IS, IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE SUN RISES SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE MOST PEOPLE 02:52.505 --> 02:54.240 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% WAKE UP IN THE MORNING. 02:54.340 --> 02:59.179 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SO, TO COMPENSATE, WE ALL COLLECTIVELY MOVE OUR CLOCKS FORWARD ONE HOUR AND THUS, AS A 02:59.279 --> 03:01.648 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% SOCIETY, WE AGREE TO WAKE UP AN HOUR EARLIER. 03:01.748 --> 03:05.185 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THAT WAY, WE CAN HAVE MORE DAYLIGHT IN THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE WE GO TO SLEEP. 03:05.285 --> 03:09.822 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: FOR US ASTRONOMERS, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME DELAYS WHEN WE CAN BEGIN OUR EVENING 03:09.923 --> 03:14.360 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% OBSERVATIONS, WHICH IS PROBABLY ANOTHER THING THAT ADDS TO JAMES' FRUSTRATION. 03:14.460 --> 03:16.029 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% JAMES (FRUSTRATED): YEAH! 03:16.129 --> 03:18.798 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SPEAKING OF WHICH, LETS' SEE WHAT THE MOON AND ALDEBARAN ARE DOING THIS WEEK. 03:18.898 --> 03:25.438 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% JAMES: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH AT 7:30 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME. 03:25.538 --> 03:28.875 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% WERE LOOKING HIGH IN THE SKY FACING SOUTHWEST. 03:28.975 --> 03:33.580 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% TIMING IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE THE ALMOST-FIRST QUARTER MOON IS AMONG THE STARS 03:33.680 --> 03:35.515 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% OF TAURUS THE BULL. 03:35.615 --> 03:39.819 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 4TH, THE MOON IS GOING TO GET TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE TO ALDEBARAN, 03:39.919 --> 03:41.721 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% THE STAR THAT MARKS THE EYE OF TAURUS. 03:41.821 --> 03:46.993 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: LET'S ADVANCE TIME ONE HOUR AT TIME, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT AS EACH HOUR PASSES, 03:47.093 --> 03:50.663 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE MOON GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ALDEBARAN, UNTIL SUDDENLY 03:50.763 --> 03:52.298 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% DEAN: WHERE DID ALDEBARAN GO? 03:52.398 --> 03:53.299 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% JAMES: YEP 03:53.399 --> 03:55.802 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% THE MOON IS GOING TO OCCULT ALDEBARAN! 03:55.902 --> 03:59.239 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% FOR THOSE OF US LIVING IN THE EASTERN TIME ZONE, THE MOON WILL BE IN THE WESTERN SKY 03:59.339 --> 04:01.140 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% DURING THE OCCULTATION. 04:01.241 --> 04:05.245 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: YEP, THAT MEANS EVERYONE IN NORTH AMERICA WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT, PRESUMING THE CLOUDS 04:05.345 --> 04:07.113 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% STAY OUT OF THE WAY. 04:07.213 --> 04:10.583 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, ONE LAST REALLY COOL CELESTIAL EVENT BEFORE WE HAVE TO MOVE 04:10.683 --> 04:11.985 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% OUR CLOCKS FORWARD AN HOUR. 04:12.085 --> 04:14.153 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND IT'S ALL THERE FOR YOU TO SEE WHEN YOU 04:14.254 --> 04:18.254 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!