WEBVTT 00:20.253 --> 00:21.721 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% MOON CONJUNCTION JUNCTION 00:21.821 --> 00:25.458 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HEY THERE STARGAZERS, I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER 00:25.558 --> 00:27.127 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.227 --> 00:29.662 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND IM JAMES ALBURY DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA 00:29.763 --> 00:31.164 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:31.264 --> 00:34.634 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% FLORIDA AND WERE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:34.734 --> 00:37.437 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: LONG-TIME STAR GAZERS OUT THERE MAY KNOW THAT 00:37.537 --> 00:40.673 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% JAMES GETS VERY EXCITED DURING CONJUNCTIONS. 00:40.774 --> 00:42.675 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% AND HE AUTOMATICALLY STARTS DANCING. 00:42.776 --> 00:44.611 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WHENEVER THE MOON APPEARS NEXT TO 00:44.711 --> 00:47.380 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% A PLANET, OR TWO OR MORE PLANETS COME TOGETHER, 00:47.480 --> 00:49.149 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% IT'S CALLED A CONJUNCTION. 00:49.249 --> 00:52.652 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% AND THESE ARE SUCH EXCITING ASTRONOMICAL ALIGNMENTS THAT I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF. 00:52.752 --> 00:54.587 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND WITH THAT INFORMATION, 00:54.687 --> 01:00.260 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND THE DREADED ANTICIPATION OF THE DANCE PARTIES TO COME, I HESITATE TO EVEN MENTION 01:00.360 --> 01:01.261 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THIS BUT 01:01.361 --> 01:02.262 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: YES??? 01:02.362 --> 01:03.663 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OVER THE PERIOD OF 01:03.763 --> 01:07.667 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% TWO SHORT WEEKS, THE MOON WILL APPROACH ALL FIVE OF THE NAKED-EYE 01:07.767 --> 01:08.668 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% PLANETS. 01:08.768 --> 01:09.669 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: YOU MEAN ? 01:09.769 --> 01:10.670 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YES, THE MOON WILL 01:10.770 --> 01:12.605 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% PASS NEAR MERCURY, VENUS, JUPITER, 01:12.705 --> 01:14.040 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% SATURN, AND FINALLY 01:14.140 --> 01:15.041 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: MARS! 01:15.141 --> 01:16.042 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YEP. 01:16.142 --> 01:17.977 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% THAT'S FIVE CONJUNCTIONS BETWEEN 01:18.078 --> 01:20.713 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% OH MY, WELL 01:20.814 --> 01:21.714 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% LET'S HEAD TO THE SKY... 01:21.815 --> 01:22.982 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OH GOOD, YOU'RE ALIVE! 01:23.083 --> 01:24.350 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OF COURSE, 01:24.451 --> 01:27.954 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% I'M NOT GOING TO LET A LITTLE SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION GET IN 01:28.054 --> 01:31.591 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THE WAY OF SEEING THE FIVE CONJUNCTIONS BETWEEN JULY 14TH 01:31.691 --> 01:32.592 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% AND 27TH. 01:32.692 --> 01:33.660 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: EXCELLENT! 01:33.760 --> 01:36.596 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% LETS START ON JULY 14TH FOR CONJUNCTION #1. 01:36.696 --> 01:40.366 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THIS WILL BE THE TOUGHEST OF THE FIVE SINCE WERE DEALING WITH MERCURY HERE. 01:40.467 --> 01:43.636 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% MERCURY NEVER STRAYS FAR FROM THE SUN AND SO YOU CAN ONLY 01:43.736 --> 01:45.805 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% SEE IT JUST, AND I MEAN JUST 01:45.905 --> 01:47.040 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% AFTER SUNSET. 01:47.140 --> 01:49.742 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: LOOK WEST AS THE SUN DIPS BELOW THE HORIZON 01:49.843 --> 01:52.946 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% FOR THE SLIMMEST CRESCENT MOON YOU'LL EVER SEE. 01:53.046 --> 01:55.115 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% JUST BELOW IT IS A TINY DOT. 01:55.215 --> 01:56.583 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% THAT DOT IS THE PLANET MERCURY. 01:56.683 --> 01:59.552 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: CONJUNCTION #2 WILL OCCUR ON THE VERY 01:59.652 --> 02:01.254 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% NEXT NIGHT. 02:01.354 --> 02:05.792 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JULY 15TH JUST AFTER SUNSET THE MOON WILL APPROACH THE DAZZLING PLANET VENUS. 02:05.892 --> 02:08.328 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: VENUS AND THE MOON MAKE A LOVELY PAIR 02:08.428 --> 02:09.696 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% IN THE TWILIGHT. 02:09.796 --> 02:12.866 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BUT KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THEM BECAUSE AS THE NIGHT ROLLS ON, 02:12.966 --> 02:14.534 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% AND THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST, 02:14.634 --> 02:18.771 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE MOON WILL GET EVEN CLOSER TO VENUS BEFORE THEY BOTH GO BELOW THE HORIZON. 02:18.872 --> 02:23.209 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NOW WERE FACING SOUTHWEST AT 10:30PM AND YOU 02:23.309 --> 02:25.945 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% CANT MISS SPOTTING JUPITER ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE SKY. 02:26.045 --> 02:28.281 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% IT IS INCREDIBLY BRIGHT! 02:28.381 --> 02:33.920 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JUPITER IS BY FAR THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND SHINES LIKE A STEADY, CREAM-COLORED 02:34.020 --> 02:35.021 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% STAR. 02:35.121 --> 02:37.423 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: LET'S ADVANCE OUR TIME, DAY BY DAY, 02:37.524 --> 02:38.424 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% NIGHT BY NIGHT. 02:38.525 --> 02:41.561 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% ON JULY 16TH 17TH 02:41.661 --> 02:42.695 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% AND 18TH 02:42.795 --> 02:45.198 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% THE MOON STARTS APPEARING CLOSER TO JUPITER. 02:45.298 --> 02:47.567 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ON JULY 19TH, ITS CLOSER STILL. 02:47.667 --> 02:48.568 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% AND 02:48.668 --> 02:49.769 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: I FEEL A CONJUNCTION 02:49.869 --> 02:50.770 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% #3 COMING ON! 02:50.870 --> 02:51.871 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: ON JULY 20TH, 02:51.971 --> 02:53.273 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% WE'VE GOT A CONJUNCTION! 02:53.373 --> 02:54.741 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SO COOL! 02:54.841 --> 02:57.710 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NOW I KNOW THE MOON AND JUPITER LOOK LIKE THEY'RE CLOSE TOGETHER. 02:57.810 --> 03:01.247 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% BUT THE MOON IS ABOUT 240,000 MILES FROM EARTH, 03:01.347 --> 03:05.952 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% WHILE JUPITER IS A WHOPPING 465 MILLION MILES AWAY. 03:06.052 --> 03:09.055 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OKAY, TWO MORE CONJUNCTIONS TO GO. 03:09.155 --> 03:10.890 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% WE'RE FACING SOUTH AT 11:30PM. 03:10.990 --> 03:12.525 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE FAINTER OF THE 03:12.625 --> 03:15.328 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% TWO PLANETS IN THIS PART OF THE SKY IS ON THE RIGHT. 03:15.428 --> 03:17.830 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE A STEADY, YELLOW-COLORED STAR. 03:17.931 --> 03:22.101 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% IF IT WASN'T ALMOST 850 MILLION MILES AWAY IT WOULD EASILY OUTSHINE 03:22.202 --> 03:23.069 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% ANY OTHER PLANET. 03:23.169 --> 03:24.370 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THIS FAR-FLUNG PLANET 03:24.470 --> 03:26.172 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% IS SATURN. 03:26.272 --> 03:29.609 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH TO THE NAKED EYE, BUT IT LOOKS UNBELIEVABLY AWESOME IN 03:29.709 --> 03:30.877 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% A TELESCOPE. 03:30.977 --> 03:33.246 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: DEAN IS SO EXCITED TO SEE SATURN THAT HE ALMOST 03:33.346 --> 03:34.480 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% DANCES! 03:34.581 --> 03:37.150 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: IF WE ADVANCE THE DATE TO JULY 24TH THE MOON 03:37.250 --> 03:38.685 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% COZIES UP NEXT TO SATURN. 03:38.785 --> 03:40.720 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO THAT LEAVES CONJUNCTION #5. 03:40.820 --> 03:43.423 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YES, AND FOR THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT 03:43.523 --> 03:45.191 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% BRIGHT, REDDISH LIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST. 03:45.291 --> 03:46.526 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% ITS BRIGHTER THAN MERCURY. 03:46.626 --> 03:47.527 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BRIGHTER THAN SATURN. 03:47.627 --> 03:49.395 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% BRIGHTER THAN EVEN JUPITER RIGHT NOW. 03:49.495 --> 03:51.164 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% IT IS THE PLANET MARS. 03:51.264 --> 03:53.866 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: MARS IS MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO EARTH 03:53.967 --> 03:56.402 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% ON JULY 27, AND THAT MEANS ALL 03:56.502 --> 03:59.739 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH, IT WILL LOOK SUPER-BRIGHT IN THE SKY. 03:59.839 --> 04:02.175 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED JULY 27 BECAUSE ON 04:02.275 --> 04:03.176 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% THAT NIGHT 04:03.276 --> 04:04.177 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NO WAY! 04:04.277 --> 04:05.645 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YES WAY! 04:05.745 --> 04:07.814 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE FULL MOON SLIDES OVER AND WILL BE JUST ABOVE THE RED PLANET. 04:07.914 --> 04:10.750 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO NOT ONLY WILL MARS BE AT ITS BRIGHTEST, 04:10.850 --> 04:12.151 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% IT WILL HAVE THE FULL MOON NEARBY. 04:12.252 --> 04:13.419 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YES SIR! 04:13.519 --> 04:14.954 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SO THAT'S FIVE 04:15.054 --> 04:17.123 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% MOON-PLANET CONJUNCTIONS IN 13 NIGHTS OF VIEWING. 04:17.223 --> 04:19.525 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% THE MOON TOUR PASSES BY MERCURY ON JULY 14 04:19.626 --> 04:21.160 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: VENUS ON JULY 15 04:21.261 --> 04:22.962 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: JUPITER ON JULY 20 04:23.062 --> 04:24.330 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SATURN ON JULY 24... 04:24.430 --> 04:26.599 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND MARS ON JULY 27. 04:26.699 --> 04:28.001 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% AND YOU CAN SEE IT ALL WHEN YOU 04:28.101 --> 04:32.101 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!