1 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:24,357 JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 2 00:00:24,457 --> 00:00:28,261 I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 3 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:31,831 DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 4 00:00:31,931 --> 00:00:34,401 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 5 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:38,204 I KNOW WE NORMALLY FOCUS ON WHAT'S UP IN THE EVENING SKY. 6 00:00:38,304 --> 00:00:42,942 JAMES: THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW THE SKY AFTER WORK OR RIGHT 7 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,277 BEFORE BEDTIME. 8 00:00:44,377 --> 00:00:46,713 PLUS MOST PEOPLE ARE NIGHT OWLS LIKE DEAN. 9 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:50,850 BUT THIS WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO WAKE UP EARLY AND CHECK OUT THE SKY BEFORE DAWN. 10 00:00:50,950 --> 00:00:52,685 DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT JAMES. 11 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:56,456 WE'RE SETTING OUR ALARMS, WAKING UP EARLY, SEEING THE STARS, AND THEN GOING RIGHT BACK 12 00:00:56,556 --> 00:00:57,457 TO SLEEP. 13 00:00:57,557 --> 00:00:58,525 JAMES: NO WAY! 14 00:00:58,625 --> 00:01:00,193 YOU HAVE TO STAY UP AT LEAST UNTIL SUNRISE. 15 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:03,830 DEAN: OKAY, BUT DONT EXPECT ME TO BE MY USUAL BUBBLY, AND EFFERVESCENT SELF. 16 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:05,732 JAMES: HA! 17 00:01:05,832 --> 00:01:09,235 JUST DONT HIT THE SNOOZE ON THIS SHOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY BRIGHT PLANET TO WATCH FOR. 18 00:01:09,335 --> 00:01:10,603 DEAN: OH YEAH! 19 00:01:10,703 --> 00:01:13,907 OKAY, NOW I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE GET TO WAKE UP WITH VENUS. 20 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,375 LET'S SHOW YOU. 21 00:01:15,475 --> 00:01:19,345 JAMES: OKAY, WE'RE UP BRIGHT AND EARLY, READY TO GREET THE DAY. 22 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:22,582 IT'S ABOUT 90 MINUTES BEFORE SUNRISE AND WE'RE FACING EAST. 23 00:01:22,682 --> 00:01:23,550 DEAN, STOP YAWNING! 24 00:01:23,650 --> 00:01:24,551 DEAN: I'M AWAKE. 25 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:25,618 I'M AWAKE. 26 00:01:25,718 --> 00:01:27,720 JAMES: THE WORLD AROUND YOU IS STILL ASLEEP. 27 00:01:27,821 --> 00:01:31,057 IT'S SO QUIET AND PEACEFUL AND THERE ARE SOME AMAZING STARS TO OBSERVE. 28 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:33,226 DEAN: I HAVE TO ADMIT, THIS IS PRETTY COOL. 29 00:01:33,326 --> 00:01:37,697 AND THE FIRST THING THAT CATCHES MY EYE IS A REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT OBJECT JUST ABOVE 30 00:01:37,797 --> 00:01:39,065 THE EASTERN HORIZON. 31 00:01:39,165 --> 00:01:42,902 THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THE DAZZLING PLANET VENUS. 32 00:01:43,002 --> 00:01:46,673 WAY BRIGHTER THAN ANY STAR, VENUS DEFINITELY COMMANDS YOUR ATTENTION. 33 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:51,077 JAMES: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WERE OBSERVING VENUS IN THE EVENING SKY. 34 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:56,049 SO SHE WAS THE FIRST STAR YOU SAW JUST AFTER SUNSET LOW IN THE WESTERN SKY. 35 00:01:56,149 --> 00:01:57,984 BACK THEN SHE WAS THE EVENING STAR. 36 00:01:58,084 --> 00:02:02,889 DEAN: BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, SHE SWITCHED OVER TO THE MORNING SKY AND CAN BE SEEN JUST BEFORE 37 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:05,125 SUNRISE IN THE EASTERN SKY. 38 00:02:05,225 --> 00:02:07,160 SO NOW SHE'S THE MORNING STAR. 39 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:09,195 SAME PLANET - DIFFERENT TIME OF DAY. 40 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:13,900 DEAN: WHEN WE LOOK AT VENUS IN A TELESCOPE THIS WEEK, IT'LL LOOK MORE LIKE A HALF-MOON. 41 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,038 VENUS REFLECTS A LOT OF SUNLIGHT TOWARD EARTH AND FROM THIS ANGLE, THIS WEEK, WE CAN SEE 42 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:22,575 HALF OF THE DAYTIME SIDE AND HALF OF THE NIGHTTIME SIDE OF VENUS. 43 00:02:22,675 --> 00:02:27,180 JAMES: IF WE WANT TO FLY TO THE PLANET, AND SEE THE WHOLE THING, IT WOULD BE QUITE A TRIP. 44 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,384 VENUS IS OVER 75 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH THIS WEEK. 45 00:02:31,484 --> 00:02:33,720 UNFORTUNATELY, FROM ABOVE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOT TO SEE. 46 00:02:33,820 --> 00:02:36,589 DEAN: VENUS IS PERPETUALLY COVERED IN CLOUDS. 47 00:02:36,689 --> 00:02:41,161 THE CLOUDS REFLECT A LOT OF SUNLIGHT AND TRAP IN A WHOLE LOT OF HEAT. 48 00:02:41,261 --> 00:02:45,231 SO VENUS, ALTHOUGH FARTHER FROM THE SUN THAN MERCURY, IS THE HOTTEST PLANET. 49 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:46,699 JAMES: THATS RIGHT! 50 00:02:46,799 --> 00:02:50,370 THE SURFACE OF VENUS SWELTERS AT AROUND 900 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT! 51 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:54,174 DEAN: VENUS WILL BE HANGING OUT BETWEEN THREE CONSTELLATIONS. 52 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:58,945 ARIES THE RAM WILL BE ABOVE VENUS, PISCES THE FISH WILL BE UP AND TO THE RIGHT, AND 53 00:02:59,045 --> 00:03:02,081 THE HEAD OF CETUS THE SEA MONSTER IS JUST BELOW HER. 54 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:07,320 IF YOU CANT MAKE OUT A RAM, TWO FISH TIED TOGETHER WITH STRING, AND A VICIOUS SEA MONSTER, 55 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:08,321 YOU'RE NOT ALONE. 56 00:03:08,421 --> 00:03:09,689 THEY ARE TOUGH TO IMAGINE. 57 00:03:09,789 --> 00:03:13,693 JAMES: LET'S ADVANCE TIME DAY BY DAY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 58 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:17,630 ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 18, THE WANING MOON IS COMING INTO THE SCENE. 59 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:22,602 AND ON JUNE 19 ITS A WANING CRESCENT AND IS APPEARING A LITTLE CLOSER TO VENUS. 60 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:26,172 AND ON JUNE 20, WOW, IT'LL BE REALLY CLOSE TO VENUS. 61 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:29,709 SO CLOSE I THINK WE CAN CONSIDER IT A CONJUNCTION. 62 00:03:29,809 --> 00:03:32,312 DEAN: JAMES LOVES A GOOD CONJUNCTION. 63 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:36,716 BUT I THINK IT MIGHT LOOK EVEN BETTER ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 21. 64 00:03:36,816 --> 00:03:40,587 YOU'LL SEE AN EVEN SLIMMER CRESCENT MOON WITH VENUS UP AND TO THE RIGHT. 65 00:03:40,687 --> 00:03:46,526 AS WE MOVE OUR TIME TO 5:30 AND EVENTUALLY TO SUNRISE, THE MOON AND VENUS RISE UP, AS 66 00:03:46,626 --> 00:03:48,428 THE SKY BRIGHTENS. 67 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:52,432 JAMES: AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE THEM BOTH ALL THE WAY TO SUNRISE, AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE 68 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:53,433 BIT BEYOND. 69 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:55,068 VENUS IS THAT BRIGHT! 70 00:03:55,168 --> 00:03:58,605 JAMES: SO GET UP EARLY THIS WEEK TO CHECK OUT VENUS BEFORE DAWN. 71 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:02,675 DEAN: EVEN IF YOU'RE A NIGHT OWL, IT IS TOTALLY WORTH SEEING IT WITH THE MOON NEARBY. 72 00:04:02,775 --> 00:04:06,613 JAMES: AND NOW THAT YOU'VE WATCHED A SUNRISE ON JUNE 21, GUESS WHAT? 73 00:04:06,713 --> 00:04:07,847 IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER! 74 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:08,848 DEAN: AWESOME! 75 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:10,483 I'M GLAD I WOKE UP EARLY. 76 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:12,218 WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START A SEASON! 77 00:04:12,318 --> 00:04:16,318 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!