WEBVTT 00:02.335 --> 00:27.327 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.427 --> 00:31.598 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:31.698 --> 00:32.832 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:32.932 --> 00:35.568 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.668 --> 00:37.370 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% PEOPLE OFTEN ASK US 00:37.470 --> 00:41.941 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: HEY STAR GAZERS, I WAS OUTSIDE LAST NIGHT AND I SAW A REALLY BRIGHT STAR NEXT 00:42.042 --> 00:42.942 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% TO THE MOON. 00:43.043 --> 00:44.778 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT THING? 00:44.878 --> 00:48.715 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: IF THE STAR WAS SO BRIGHT THAT YOU NOTICED IT, IT PROBABLY WASNT A STAR AT ALL. 00:48.815 --> 00:50.150 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEAN: IT MAY HAVE BEEN A PLANET. 00:50.250 --> 00:52.052 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% BUT WHICH ONE? 00:52.152 --> 00:56.423 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH, THE MOON CAN APPEAR TO PASS NEAR ANY OF THE FIVE PLANETS VISIBLE 00:56.523 --> 00:57.824 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% TO THE NAKED EYE. 00:57.924 --> 01:01.294 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% IT COULD HAVE BEEN MERCURY, VENUS, MARS, JUPITER, OR SATURN. 01:01.394 --> 01:06.399 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE MOON WILL VISIT THREE OF THESE PLANETS NEXT WEEK, 01:06.499 --> 01:09.669 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AND WE WANT TO GET YOU READY TO IDENTIFY THEM ALL. 01:09.769 --> 01:13.373 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: LET'S HEAD OUT TO THE SKY AND FOLLOW THE WANDERING MOON! 01:13.473 --> 01:18.778 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER 31ST. 01:18.878 --> 01:22.615 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% LUCKILY WERE NEITHER SUPERSTITIOUS, NOR SCARED OF THE DARK. 01:22.715 --> 01:26.653 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% PLUS THE MOON IS NOT FULL THIS HALLOWEEN, AND WAS ACTUALLY NEW ON THE NIGHT BEFORE. 01:26.753 --> 01:30.924 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: BUT WE'RE SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE MOON'S IMPENDING APPEARANCE. 01:31.024 --> 01:35.295 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WE'RE LOOKING TO THE SOUTHWEST JUST AFTER SUNSET, AROUND 7:30PM. 01:35.395 --> 01:39.099 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S NOT COMPLETELY DARK OUTSIDE, BUT I SEE THREE PLANETS ALREADY. 01:39.199 --> 01:44.471 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: PEOPLE ASK US ALL THE TIME HOW WE CAN TELL PLANETS FROM STARS IN THE SKY. 01:44.571 --> 01:49.709 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT DEFINITELY TAKES A LITTLE PRACTICE, BUT IF YOU KEEP LOOKING UP FREQUENTLY, OVER TIME, 01:49.809 --> 01:51.578 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% YOU'LL GET TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. 01:51.678 --> 01:55.348 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE CAN POINT THEM OUT TO YOU FIRST! AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE THREE 01:55.448 --> 01:57.050 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% PLANETS FOR HALLOWEEN. 01:57.150 --> 02:00.086 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% FOR NOW WE'RE GOING TO LABEL THEM 1, 2, AND 3. 02:00.186 --> 02:01.888 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: YOURE NOT GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT THEY ARE? 02:01.988 --> 02:02.922 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% DEAN: NO, NOT YET. 02:03.022 --> 02:04.290 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% I WANT TO BUILD UP THE EXCITEMENT. 02:04.390 --> 02:06.226 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JAMES: AHHHH, GOOD IDEA. 02:06.326 --> 02:11.064 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: THE PLANETS ALL CIRCLE THE SUN IN A FLAT DISC, SO THEY OFTEN LINE UP NEAR AN IMAGINARY 02:11.164 --> 02:12.765 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% LINE WE CALL THE ECLIPTIC. 02:12.866 --> 02:15.602 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE ECLIPSES CAN OCCUR. 02:15.702 --> 02:20.974 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: EXACTLY, AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THE SUN AND MOON CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND NEAR THIS 02:21.074 --> 02:22.909 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% LINE. 02:23.009 --> 02:27.046 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: AND THE MOON, AS IT CIRCLES THE EARTH, MUST PASS NEAR ALL OF THE PLANETS ONCE A MONTH. 02:27.147 --> 02:31.618 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR TIME FORWARD, DAY BY DAY AND SEE WHAT CHANGES. 02:31.718 --> 02:35.622 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AT 7:30PM ON NOVEMBER 1ST, HELLO THERE, WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? 02:35.722 --> 02:39.926 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON YOU MIGHT, JUST MIGHT SEE THE SLIMMEST CRESCENT MOON. 02:40.026 --> 02:45.265 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE SKY AND WILL SET FAST, SO A BETTER CHANCE OF CATCHING IT 02:45.365 --> 02:47.534 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% WOULD BE ON THE NEXT NIGHT, NOVEMBER 2ND. 02:47.634 --> 02:51.838 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: AS THE MOON WANDERS ALONG THE ECLIPTIC, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COZYING UP NEXT TO OUR 02:51.938 --> 02:53.506 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% FIRST TWO PLANETS. 02:53.606 --> 02:55.241 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% NOW WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE. 02:55.341 --> 02:56.476 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% JAMES: FINALLY! 02:56.576 --> 02:58.711 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% PLANET #1 IS DAZZLINGLY BRIGHT. 02:58.811 --> 03:00.480 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% IT'S SUSPICIOUSLY BRIGHT! 03:00.580 --> 03:02.315 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% IT IS VENUS! 03:02.415 --> 03:06.786 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% VENUS IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE EVENING STAR SINCE, AT TIMES, YOU CAN CATCH IT JUST AFTER 03:06.886 --> 03:07.787 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% SUNSET. 03:07.887 --> 03:09.622 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% IT'LL BE EASY TO SPOT ALL THIS MONTH. 03:09.722 --> 03:13.092 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: BUT YOU MIGHT MISS THE FAINTER PLANET RIGHT NEXT TO IT. 03:13.193 --> 03:18.398 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THAT HARDER-TO-SEE OBJECT, PLANET #2, IS IN REALITY, THE PLANET SATURN. 03:18.498 --> 03:23.536 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SATURN IS WAY BIGGER THAN VENUS, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S WAY FARTHER AWAY. 03:23.636 --> 03:29.008 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% VENUS IS ABOUT 110 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH WHILE SATURN IS A WHOPPING 1 BILLION MILES 03:29.108 --> 03:30.710 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% AWAY. 03:30.810 --> 03:35.481 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: THAT LEAVES PLANET #3 ALL BY ITSELF WAY OVER THERE IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. 03:35.582 --> 03:40.620 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT WONT BE LONELY FOR LONG BECAUSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 3RD 03:40.720 --> 03:42.422 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% NOVEMBER 4TH 03:42.522 --> 03:47.026 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% AND NOVEMBER 5TH, THE CRESCENT MOON WILL APPEAR FULLER AND NEAR THE RED PLANET, MARS! 03:47.126 --> 03:51.030 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT JAMES, MARS IS STILL HANGING AROUND IN THE SKY. 03:51.130 --> 03:56.169 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT WAS A LOT CLOSER TO US EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BUT NOW IT'S EVEN FARTHER THAN VENUS - AT 03:56.269 --> 03:59.239 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% AROUND 116 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH. 03:59.339 --> 04:04.677 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: MARS IS NOWHERE NEAR AS BRIGHT AS VENUS BUT IT WILL BE EASY TO SPOT FOR A FEW MONTHS 04:04.777 --> 04:07.847 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% AND GLOW WITH A YELLOW, ORANGE, OR RED TINT. 04:07.947 --> 04:12.719 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: SO CHECK OUT THE SKY NEXT WEEK AND LET THE WANDERING MOON BE YOUR GUIDE. 04:12.819 --> 04:16.556 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: IT WILL PASS BY THE PLANETS VENUS AND SATURN, ON NOVEMBER 2ND 04:16.656 --> 04:19.425 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND THE RED PLANET MARS ON NOVEMBER 5TH. 04:19.525 --> 04:21.761 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE YOULL FIND WHEN YOU 04:21.861 --> 04:25.861 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!