WEBVTT 00:20.353 --> 00:24.357 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.457 --> 00:28.261 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.361 --> 00:31.831 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:31.931 --> 00:34.401 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:34.501 --> 00:38.204 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I KNOW WE NORMALLY FOCUS ON WHAT'S UP IN THE EVENING SKY. 00:38.304 --> 00:42.942 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S OFTEN MORE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW THE SKY AFTER WORK OR RIGHT 00:43.043 --> 00:44.277 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% BEFORE BEDTIME. 00:44.377 --> 00:46.713 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% PLUS MOST PEOPLE ARE NIGHT OWLS LIKE DEAN. 00:46.813 --> 00:50.850 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BUT THIS WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO WAKE UP EARLY AND CHECK OUT THE SKY BEFORE DAWN. 00:50.950 --> 00:52.685 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT JAMES. 00:52.786 --> 00:56.456 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WE'RE SETTING OUR ALARMS, WAKING UP EARLY, SEEING THE STARS, AND THEN GOING RIGHT BACK 00:56.556 --> 00:57.457 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% TO SLEEP. 00:57.557 --> 00:58.525 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% JAMES: NO WAY! 00:58.625 --> 01:00.193 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% YOU HAVE TO STAY UP AT LEAST UNTIL SUNRISE. 01:00.293 --> 01:03.830 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: OKAY, BUT DONT EXPECT ME TO BE MY USUAL BUBBLY, AND EFFERVESCENT SELF. 01:03.930 --> 01:05.732 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% JAMES: HA! 01:05.832 --> 01:09.235 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JUST DONT HIT THE SNOOZE ON THIS SHOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE A REALLY BRIGHT PLANET TO WATCH FOR. 01:09.335 --> 01:10.603 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% DEAN: OH YEAH! 01:10.703 --> 01:13.907 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% OKAY, NOW I'M EXCITED BECAUSE WE GET TO WAKE UP WITH VENUS. 01:14.007 --> 01:15.375 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET'S SHOW YOU. 01:15.475 --> 01:19.345 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE'RE UP BRIGHT AND EARLY, READY TO GREET THE DAY. 01:19.446 --> 01:22.582 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT'S ABOUT 90 MINUTES BEFORE SUNRISE AND WE'RE FACING EAST. 01:22.682 --> 01:23.550 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% DEAN, STOP YAWNING! 01:23.650 --> 01:24.551 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DEAN: I'M AWAKE. 01:24.651 --> 01:25.618 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% I'M AWAKE. 01:25.718 --> 01:27.720 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% JAMES: THE WORLD AROUND YOU IS STILL ASLEEP. 01:27.821 --> 01:31.057 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT'S SO QUIET AND PEACEFUL AND THERE ARE SOME AMAZING STARS TO OBSERVE. 01:31.157 --> 01:33.226 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% DEAN: I HAVE TO ADMIT, THIS IS PRETTY COOL. 01:33.326 --> 01:37.697 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND THE FIRST THING THAT CATCHES MY EYE IS A REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT OBJECT JUST ABOVE 01:37.797 --> 01:39.065 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% THE EASTERN HORIZON. 01:39.165 --> 01:42.902 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS THE DAZZLING PLANET VENUS. 01:43.002 --> 01:46.673 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WAY BRIGHTER THAN ANY STAR, VENUS DEFINITELY COMMANDS YOUR ATTENTION. 01:46.773 --> 01:51.077 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WERE OBSERVING VENUS IN THE EVENING SKY. 01:51.177 --> 01:56.049 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SO SHE WAS THE FIRST STAR YOU SAW JUST AFTER SUNSET LOW IN THE WESTERN SKY. 01:56.149 --> 01:57.984 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% BACK THEN SHE WAS THE EVENING STAR. 01:58.084 --> 02:02.889 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, SHE SWITCHED OVER TO THE MORNING SKY AND CAN BE SEEN JUST BEFORE 02:02.989 --> 02:05.125 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% SUNRISE IN THE EASTERN SKY. 02:05.225 --> 02:07.160 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% SO NOW SHE'S THE MORNING STAR. 02:07.260 --> 02:09.195 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% SAME PLANET - DIFFERENT TIME OF DAY. 02:09.295 --> 02:13.900 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: WHEN WE LOOK AT VENUS IN A TELESCOPE THIS WEEK, IT'LL LOOK MORE LIKE A HALF-MOON. 02:14.000 --> 02:19.038 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% VENUS REFLECTS A LOT OF SUNLIGHT TOWARD EARTH AND FROM THIS ANGLE, THIS WEEK, WE CAN SEE 02:19.139 --> 02:22.575 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% HALF OF THE DAYTIME SIDE AND HALF OF THE NIGHTTIME SIDE OF VENUS. 02:22.675 --> 02:27.180 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: IF WE WANT TO FLY TO THE PLANET, AND SEE THE WHOLE THING, IT WOULD BE QUITE A TRIP. 02:27.280 --> 02:31.384 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% VENUS IS OVER 75 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH THIS WEEK. 02:31.484 --> 02:33.720 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% UNFORTUNATELY, FROM ABOVE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A LOT TO SEE. 02:33.820 --> 02:36.589 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% DEAN: VENUS IS PERPETUALLY COVERED IN CLOUDS. 02:36.689 --> 02:41.161 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE CLOUDS REFLECT A LOT OF SUNLIGHT AND TRAP IN A WHOLE LOT OF HEAT. 02:41.261 --> 02:45.231 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SO VENUS, ALTHOUGH FARTHER FROM THE SUN THAN MERCURY, IS THE HOTTEST PLANET. 02:45.331 --> 02:46.699 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% JAMES: THATS RIGHT! 02:46.799 --> 02:50.370 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE SURFACE OF VENUS SWELTERS AT AROUND 900 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT! 02:50.470 --> 02:54.174 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: VENUS WILL BE HANGING OUT BETWEEN THREE CONSTELLATIONS. 02:54.274 --> 02:58.945 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ARIES THE RAM WILL BE ABOVE VENUS, PISCES THE FISH WILL BE UP AND TO THE RIGHT, AND 02:59.045 --> 03:02.081 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE HEAD OF CETUS THE SEA MONSTER IS JUST BELOW HER. 03:02.182 --> 03:07.320 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IF YOU CANT MAKE OUT A RAM, TWO FISH TIED TOGETHER WITH STRING, AND A VICIOUS SEA MONSTER, 03:07.420 --> 03:08.321 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% YOU'RE NOT ALONE. 03:08.421 --> 03:09.689 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% THEY ARE TOUGH TO IMAGINE. 03:09.789 --> 03:13.693 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: LET'S ADVANCE TIME DAY BY DAY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. 03:13.793 --> 03:17.630 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 18, THE WANING MOON IS COMING INTO THE SCENE. 03:17.730 --> 03:22.602 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND ON JUNE 19 ITS A WANING CRESCENT AND IS APPEARING A LITTLE CLOSER TO VENUS. 03:22.702 --> 03:26.172 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND ON JUNE 20, WOW, IT'LL BE REALLY CLOSE TO VENUS. 03:26.272 --> 03:29.709 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% SO CLOSE I THINK WE CAN CONSIDER IT A CONJUNCTION. 03:29.809 --> 03:32.312 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% DEAN: JAMES LOVES A GOOD CONJUNCTION. 03:32.412 --> 03:36.716 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BUT I THINK IT MIGHT LOOK EVEN BETTER ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 21. 03:36.816 --> 03:40.587 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% YOU'LL SEE AN EVEN SLIMMER CRESCENT MOON WITH VENUS UP AND TO THE RIGHT. 03:40.687 --> 03:46.526 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AS WE MOVE OUR TIME TO 5:30 AND EVENTUALLY TO SUNRISE, THE MOON AND VENUS RISE UP, AS 03:46.626 --> 03:48.428 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% THE SKY BRIGHTENS. 03:48.528 --> 03:52.432 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE THEM BOTH ALL THE WAY TO SUNRISE, AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE 03:52.532 --> 03:53.433 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% BIT BEYOND. 03:53.533 --> 03:55.068 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% VENUS IS THAT BRIGHT! 03:55.168 --> 03:58.605 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: SO GET UP EARLY THIS WEEK TO CHECK OUT VENUS BEFORE DAWN. 03:58.705 --> 04:02.675 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: EVEN IF YOU'RE A NIGHT OWL, IT IS TOTALLY WORTH SEEING IT WITH THE MOON NEARBY. 04:02.775 --> 04:06.613 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND NOW THAT YOU'VE WATCHED A SUNRISE ON JUNE 21, GUESS WHAT? 04:06.713 --> 04:07.847 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER! 04:07.947 --> 04:08.848 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% DEAN: AWESOME! 04:08.948 --> 04:10.483 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% I'M GLAD I WOKE UP EARLY. 04:10.583 --> 04:12.218 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START A SEASON! 04:12.318 --> 04:16.318 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!