1 00:00:02,335 --> 00:00:27,327 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 2 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:31,598 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 3 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:32,832 FLORIDA. 4 00:00:32,932 --> 00:00:35,568 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 5 00:00:35,668 --> 00:00:37,370 PEOPLE OFTEN ASK US 6 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:41,941 DEAN: HEY STAR GAZERS, I WAS OUTSIDE LAST NIGHT AND I SAW A REALLY BRIGHT STAR NEXT 7 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:42,942 TO THE MOON. 8 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,778 WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT THING? 9 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:48,715 JAMES: IF THE STAR WAS SO BRIGHT THAT YOU NOTICED IT, IT PROBABLY WASNT A STAR AT ALL. 10 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:50,150 DEAN: IT MAY HAVE BEEN A PLANET. 11 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:52,052 BUT WHICH ONE? 12 00:00:52,152 --> 00:00:56,423 OVER THE COURSE OF A MONTH, THE MOON CAN APPEAR TO PASS NEAR ANY OF THE FIVE PLANETS VISIBLE 13 00:00:56,523 --> 00:00:57,824 TO THE NAKED EYE. 14 00:00:57,924 --> 00:01:01,294 IT COULD HAVE BEEN MERCURY, VENUS, MARS, JUPITER, OR SATURN. 15 00:01:01,394 --> 00:01:06,399 JAMES: WELL, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE MOON WILL VISIT THREE OF THESE PLANETS NEXT WEEK, 16 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:09,669 AND WE WANT TO GET YOU READY TO IDENTIFY THEM ALL. 17 00:01:09,769 --> 00:01:13,373 DEAN: LET'S HEAD OUT TO THE SKY AND FOLLOW THE WANDERING MOON! 18 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:18,778 JAMES: OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN, OCTOBER 31ST. 19 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:22,615 LUCKILY WERE NEITHER SUPERSTITIOUS, NOR SCARED OF THE DARK. 20 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:26,653 PLUS THE MOON IS NOT FULL THIS HALLOWEEN, AND WAS ACTUALLY NEW ON THE NIGHT BEFORE. 21 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:30,924 DEAN: BUT WE'RE SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE MOON'S IMPENDING APPEARANCE. 22 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:35,295 WE'RE LOOKING TO THE SOUTHWEST JUST AFTER SUNSET, AROUND 7:30PM. 23 00:01:35,395 --> 00:01:39,099 IT'S NOT COMPLETELY DARK OUTSIDE, BUT I SEE THREE PLANETS ALREADY. 24 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:44,471 JAMES: PEOPLE ASK US ALL THE TIME HOW WE CAN TELL PLANETS FROM STARS IN THE SKY. 25 00:01:44,571 --> 00:01:49,709 IT DEFINITELY TAKES A LITTLE PRACTICE, BUT IF YOU KEEP LOOKING UP FREQUENTLY, OVER TIME, 26 00:01:49,809 --> 00:01:51,578 YOU'LL GET TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. 27 00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:55,348 DEAN: ESPECIALLY IF SOMEONE CAN POINT THEM OUT TO YOU FIRST! AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE THREE 28 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:57,050 PLANETS FOR HALLOWEEN. 29 00:01:57,150 --> 00:02:00,086 FOR NOW WE'RE GOING TO LABEL THEM 1, 2, AND 3. 30 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:01,888 JAMES: YOURE NOT GOING TO TELL THEM WHAT THEY ARE? 31 00:02:01,988 --> 00:02:02,922 DEAN: NO, NOT YET. 32 00:02:03,022 --> 00:02:04,290 I WANT TO BUILD UP THE EXCITEMENT. 33 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:06,226 JAMES: AHHHH, GOOD IDEA. 34 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:11,064 DEAN: THE PLANETS ALL CIRCLE THE SUN IN A FLAT DISC, SO THEY OFTEN LINE UP NEAR AN IMAGINARY 35 00:02:11,164 --> 00:02:12,765 LINE WE CALL THE ECLIPTIC. 36 00:02:12,866 --> 00:02:15,602 JAMES: BASICALLY THAT'S WHERE ECLIPSES CAN OCCUR. 37 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:20,974 DEAN: EXACTLY, AND THAT ALSO MEANS THAT THE SUN AND MOON CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND NEAR THIS 38 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:22,909 LINE. 39 00:02:23,009 --> 00:02:27,046 JAMES: AND THE MOON, AS IT CIRCLES THE EARTH, MUST PASS NEAR ALL OF THE PLANETS ONCE A MONTH. 40 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:31,618 DEAN: NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR TIME FORWARD, DAY BY DAY AND SEE WHAT CHANGES. 41 00:02:31,718 --> 00:02:35,622 AT 7:30PM ON NOVEMBER 1ST, HELLO THERE, WHAT DO YOU NOTICE? 42 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:39,926 JAMES: JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON YOU MIGHT, JUST MIGHT SEE THE SLIMMEST CRESCENT MOON. 43 00:02:40,026 --> 00:02:45,265 IT WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW IN THE SKY AND WILL SET FAST, SO A BETTER CHANCE OF CATCHING IT 44 00:02:45,365 --> 00:02:47,534 WOULD BE ON THE NEXT NIGHT, NOVEMBER 2ND. 45 00:02:47,634 --> 00:02:51,838 DEAN: AS THE MOON WANDERS ALONG THE ECLIPTIC, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COZYING UP NEXT TO OUR 46 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:53,506 FIRST TWO PLANETS. 47 00:02:53,606 --> 00:02:55,241 NOW WE CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE. 48 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:56,476 JAMES: FINALLY! 49 00:02:56,576 --> 00:02:58,711 PLANET #1 IS DAZZLINGLY BRIGHT. 50 00:02:58,811 --> 00:03:00,480 IT'S SUSPICIOUSLY BRIGHT! 51 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:02,315 IT IS VENUS! 52 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:06,786 VENUS IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE EVENING STAR SINCE, AT TIMES, YOU CAN CATCH IT JUST AFTER 53 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:07,787 SUNSET. 54 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:09,622 IT'LL BE EASY TO SPOT ALL THIS MONTH. 55 00:03:09,722 --> 00:03:13,092 DEAN: BUT YOU MIGHT MISS THE FAINTER PLANET RIGHT NEXT TO IT. 56 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:18,398 THAT HARDER-TO-SEE OBJECT, PLANET #2, IS IN REALITY, THE PLANET SATURN. 57 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:23,536 SATURN IS WAY BIGGER THAN VENUS, BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S WAY FARTHER AWAY. 58 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:29,008 VENUS IS ABOUT 110 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH WHILE SATURN IS A WHOPPING 1 BILLION MILES 59 00:03:29,108 --> 00:03:30,710 AWAY. 60 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:35,481 JAMES: THAT LEAVES PLANET #3 ALL BY ITSELF WAY OVER THERE IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. 61 00:03:35,582 --> 00:03:40,620 IT WONT BE LONELY FOR LONG BECAUSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 3RD 62 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,422 NOVEMBER 4TH 63 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:47,026 AND NOVEMBER 5TH, THE CRESCENT MOON WILL APPEAR FULLER AND NEAR THE RED PLANET, MARS! 64 00:03:47,126 --> 00:03:51,030 DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT JAMES, MARS IS STILL HANGING AROUND IN THE SKY. 65 00:03:51,130 --> 00:03:56,169 IT WAS A LOT CLOSER TO US EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BUT NOW IT'S EVEN FARTHER THAN VENUS - AT 66 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:59,239 AROUND 116 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH. 67 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:04,677 JAMES: MARS IS NOWHERE NEAR AS BRIGHT AS VENUS BUT IT WILL BE EASY TO SPOT FOR A FEW MONTHS 68 00:04:04,777 --> 00:04:07,847 AND GLOW WITH A YELLOW, ORANGE, OR RED TINT. 69 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:12,719 DEAN: SO CHECK OUT THE SKY NEXT WEEK AND LET THE WANDERING MOON BE YOUR GUIDE. 70 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:16,556 JAMES: IT WILL PASS BY THE PLANETS VENUS AND SATURN, ON NOVEMBER 2ND 71 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:19,425 DEAN: AND THE RED PLANET MARS ON NOVEMBER 5TH. 72 00:04:19,525 --> 00:04:21,761 JAMES: WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE YOULL FIND WHEN YOU 73 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:25,861 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!