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do


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a busy day in the sky at the end of
August

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their stargazers and Denarius astronomer
for the Cincinnati Observatory

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and I'm James all buried director the
key cassava pop planetarium in

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Gainesville Florida


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we're here to help you find your way
around sky tonight

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the mooncake lips the Sun but can it go
in front of a planet

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you bet it can we don't call this an
eclipse it's an

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Arkle tation they are so rare that I've
seen way more eclipses than Arkle

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tations


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on August 31st the moon will appear near
mars

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and Saturn the moon is close to covering
a planet

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but not quite but earlier in the day on
August 31st

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you just may see the moon a cold one of
those planets

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which one and how can you maybe possibly
see if you're really lucky

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let's show you okay we have our sky set
for Monday August 25th at 9:15 p.m.

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facing southwest two bright stars only
about 20 degrees above the horizon

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should grab your attention


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they will appear almost equal in
brightness but look closely

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there different colors Mars is the lower
or injure one

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and Saturn is the higher yellow or one
although they appear close together

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Mars and Saturn are really far from
earth and from each other

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marches over 120 million miles from us


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and Saturn is over 940 million miles
away notice there's another bright star

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low in the West that Speicher the
brightest star in the constellation

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Virgo the maiden


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now look what happens when we advance
the time day by day

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here's the 26th the 27th the twenty 8


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each night the planet spread out a
little more

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and spiky gets lower in the sky then
here is August 29th at 9:15 p.m.

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Wow the slender waxing crescent moon is
right next to spike a

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now let's go forward to august thirtieth
the moon is lit up a little more

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and closer to our planet's and here is
August 31st

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cool that'll definitely be a nice sight
to see

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but the moon didn't block out any
planetary light

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or did it it did but it happened earlier
in the day

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like an eclipse to see the moon occult a
planet you have to be at the right place

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at the right time in this case were
watching the sky from Washington DC at

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one o'clock in the afternoon


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the waxing crescent moon has just risen
in the eastern sky

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will be very low in the sky and tough to
see through the glow

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daytime but what's deemed down the glare
of the Sun

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and zoom in with the telescope to see
what's happened just to the left to the

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moon


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we can see the unmistakable shape my
favorite bring planet

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Satter now let's advanced time minute by
minute

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at about 1:15 p.m. the moon will slide
in front of Saturn

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first blocking out wanna side of the
Rings then

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the planet then the other side the Rings
proof

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saturns got but not for long the moon
will continue to shift in its

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orbit around the Earth and after less
than an hour pop

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Saturn will pop its rings out the other
side

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that is an occultation now


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I know what you're thinking that I want
some M&M's now you're always thinking

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that


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what you're thinking is how can you see
all this in the daytime

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kayak how can I see all this in the
daytime you

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probably can't but is possible if you
have a telescope

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and you have amazingly clear skies low
in the east

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you can find planets in the day time
with the telescope if you know where to

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look


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the daytime moon is a huge help aimed
the telescope at the moon and fish

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around for the plant


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then you might be wondering do I have to
be in Washington DC to see this

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no you may technically be able see this
from most locations in the eastern third

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of the US


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in Gainesville all be able see the whole
thing if the clouds cooperate miami

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florida is in a good shape to see it too


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noticed the different path that Saturn
takes behind the moon

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Miami Washington in Cincinnati


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from Cincinnati Ohio it's tougher but
possible

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but from saint louis Salt Lake City in
Seattle

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sorry your at a block no matter where
you live

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check out the skies at the end of August
for are two planets

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mars and Saturn and look for the moon
join in the fun on August 31st

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it's all there when you keep looking up


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me