WEBVTT 00:20.487 --> 00:21.721 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% CAN YOU SPOT VENUS? 00:21.821 --> 00:25.091 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, IM DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER 00:25.191 --> 00:26.626 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:26.726 --> 00:29.095 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND IM JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 00:29.195 --> 00:31.898 align:left position:72.5% line:89% size:17.5% SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:31.998 --> 00:35.535 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:35.635 --> 00:39.172 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% YOU MAY KNOW THAT, OTHER THAN THE MOON, THE PLANET VENUS IS THE BRIGHTEST THING IN THE 00:39.272 --> 00:40.373 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% NIGHT SKY. 00:40.473 --> 00:41.741 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WHETHER YOU CALL IT THE MORNING STAR, THE 00:41.841 --> 00:45.345 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% EVENING STAR, THE FIRST STAR YOU SEE AT NIGHT, OR A U.F.O., 00:45.445 --> 00:47.080 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% THIS PLANET IS UNMISTAKABLE. 00:47.180 --> 00:48.915 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% IT IS SO INCREDIBLY BRIGHT! 00:49.015 --> 00:51.151 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT YOU PROBABLY HAVENT SEEN VENUS IN 00:51.251 --> 00:53.153 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% A WHILE. 00:53.253 --> 00:56.456 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THATS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN BEHIND THE SUN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH INVISIBLE. 00:56.556 --> 00:59.159 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BUT VENUS IS ROUNDING THE SUN AND HEADING 00:59.259 --> 01:04.330 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% INTO THE EVENING SKIES SOON, AND SO WE WANTED TO ISSUE A CHALLENGE: WHO CAN BE THE FIRST 01:04.431 --> 01:05.598 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% PERSON TO SEE VENUS? 01:05.698 --> 01:08.868 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WE WILL GIVE YOU THE TIPS AND TRICKS TO SPOTTING 01:08.968 --> 01:12.672 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% IT FIRST, SO YOU CAN CLAIM THE TITLE OF VENUSIAN OBSERVER #1. 01:12.772 --> 01:14.140 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: LETS SHOW YOU! 01:14.240 --> 01:16.910 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET UP FOR SATURDAY 01:17.010 --> 01:19.846 align:left position:85% line:89% size:5% OCTOBER 26TH A LITTLE BEFORE SUNSET. 01:19.946 --> 01:24.684 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% TO SPOT VENUS YOULL NEED IMPECCABLE TIMING, A CLEAR VIEW TO THE SOUTHWESTERN HORIZON, 01:24.784 --> 01:26.019 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% AND NO CLOUDS. 01:26.119 --> 01:28.955 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AS THE SUN SETS, THE BRIGHTER STARS WILL POP 01:29.055 --> 01:30.523 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% OUT. 01:30.623 --> 01:33.460 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE FIRST STAR YOU MAY SEE, JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON, IS NO STAR AT ALL. 01:33.560 --> 01:35.695 align:left position:72.5% line:89% size:17.5% IT IS THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAZZLING PLANET VENUS. 01:35.795 --> 01:37.230 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WELL, THAT WAS EASY. 01:37.330 --> 01:39.432 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% THERE, I SPOTTED VENUS ON SATURDAY 01:39.532 --> 01:41.935 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% OCTOBER 26 JUST AFTER SUNSET. 01:42.035 --> 01:43.002 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% CHALLENGE COMPLETED! 01:43.103 --> 01:44.938 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NOW HOLD ON, DEAN. 01:45.038 --> 01:47.640 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT MIGHT NOT BE QUITE THAT EASY. 01:47.740 --> 01:51.411 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THIS WEEK YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK FOR VENUS AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME OF NIGHT. 01:51.511 --> 01:55.048 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% IF YOU LOOK TOO EARLY, THE SUN WILL BE UP, AND THE SKY WILL BE TOO BRIGHT. 01:55.148 --> 01:57.417 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% IF YOU LOOK TOO LATE, VENUS WILL BE BELOW THE TREES. 01:57.517 --> 02:00.920 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AH, AND OUR SIMULATED SKY IS ALSO GIVING US 02:01.020 --> 02:03.389 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5% THE ABSOLUTE BEST VIEWING CONDITIONS. 02:03.490 --> 02:08.027 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% IF THERE ARE ANY CLOUDS NEAR THE HORIZON, THEY COULD BLOCK VENUS - NOT TO MENTION TREES 02:08.128 --> 02:09.262 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% OR BUILDINGS. 02:09.362 --> 02:11.397 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN START TO SEE 02:11.498 --> 02:14.467 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% VENUS ON SATURDAY, BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY GET EASIER AS THE WEEKS 02:14.567 --> 02:15.668 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% GO ON. 02:15.768 --> 02:18.138 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AS WE APPROACH VENUS, WE CAN SEE THAT THIS 02:18.238 --> 02:23.543 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% PLANET IS ABOUT 7,500 MILES IN DIAMETER - JUST SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN EARTH. 02:23.643 --> 02:26.446 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% ITS OFTEN CALLED OUR SISTER PLANET FOR THIS VERY REASON. 02:26.546 --> 02:29.082 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HOWEVER, THAT IS WHERE THE SIMILARITIES END, 02:29.182 --> 02:34.120 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% BECAUSE UNDER A THICK BLANKET OF CARBON DIOXIDE LIES A BATTERED, SWELTERING SURFACE THAT IS 02:34.220 --> 02:35.855 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% 900 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. 02:35.955 --> 02:37.390 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: UM, IS IT GETTING HOT 02:37.490 --> 02:38.725 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% OUT HERE? 02:38.825 --> 02:40.293 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: ALSO THE AIR PRESSURE, UNDER ALL THAT ATMOSPHERE, 02:40.393 --> 02:43.096 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% WOULD BE SO INTENSE THAT IT WOULD SQUISH YOU FLAT. 02:43.196 --> 02:44.597 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: I DONT FEEL SO GOOD. 02:44.697 --> 02:47.066 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND FINALLY WHEN IT RAINS ON VENUS 02:47.167 --> 02:48.067 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% JAMES: OH NO 02:48.168 --> 02:49.869 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: IT RAINS SULFURIC ACID. 02:49.969 --> 02:54.841 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% SO, THAT WOULD LEAVE ANY VISITOR TO VENUS, LIKE JAMES OVER THERE, A MELTED, SQUISHED, 02:54.941 --> 02:56.109 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% ACIDY PILE OF GOOP. 02:56.209 --> 02:58.645 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OKAY, I THINK WEVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. 02:58.745 --> 03:01.781 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% LETS GET BACK OUT IN SPACE! 03:01.881 --> 03:04.784 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THOSE CLOUDS THAT SQUISHED AND RAINED ACID 03:04.884 --> 03:08.188 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% ON JAMES BACK THERE ARE ALSO WHAT MAKE VENUS SO BRIGHT. 03:08.288 --> 03:09.989 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THATS RIGHT DEAN. 03:10.089 --> 03:13.026 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% ALL OF THE PLANETS REFLECT LIGHT FROM THE SUN - THATS WHY WE CAN SEE THEM AT NIGHT. 03:13.126 --> 03:16.996 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% BUT VENUS ATMOSPHERE IS THE MOST REFLECTIVE OF ANY PLANET. 03:17.096 --> 03:20.600 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% PLUS VENUS IS RELATIVELY LARGE, AND CAN COME RELATIVELY CLOSE TO EARTH. 03:20.700 --> 03:23.136 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THAT COMBINATION MAKES VENUS SUPER-BRIGHT! 03:23.236 --> 03:26.472 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WE'RE BACK ON EARTH AGAIN, ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 03:26.573 --> 03:28.508 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% 26TH JUST AFTER SUNSET. 03:28.608 --> 03:31.744 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THERES VENUS, JUST BARELY ABOVE THE SOUTHWESTERN HORIZON. 03:31.844 --> 03:34.414 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: VENUS WILL GET EASIER TO SEE AS THE DAYS AND 03:34.514 --> 03:35.815 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% WEEKS GO ON. 03:35.915 --> 03:38.718 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% IF WE LOOK AGAIN, DAY BY DAY, HERE IS THE VIEW ON THE 27TH 03:38.818 --> 03:39.719 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% THE 28TH 03:39.819 --> 03:42.121 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% AND THE 29TH. 03:42.222 --> 03:46.726 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% VENUS DIDNT GET MUCH HIGHER ABOVE THE HORIZON BUT OUR FRIEND THE MOON CAME AROUND TO HELP. 03:46.826 --> 03:49.495 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: A SLIM, WAXING CRESCENT MOON WILL BE JUST 03:49.596 --> 03:53.333 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% ABOVE VENUS ON THE 29TH AND THIS CAN HELP YOU IN YOUR SEARCH. 03:53.433 --> 03:56.836 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AND MERCURY WILL BE THERE TOO- BUT IT WILL BE TOUGH TO SPOT. 03:56.936 --> 03:58.638 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% BONUS POINTS IF YOU SEE IT. 03:58.738 --> 04:00.907 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SO ACCEPT OUR CHALLENGE AND 04:01.007 --> 04:04.711 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% TRY TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO SPOT VENUS IN THE NIGHTTIME SKY. 04:04.811 --> 04:07.280 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% LET US KNOW WHEN YOU SEE VENUS AND SHARE SOME PICTURES 04:07.380 --> 04:10.984 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% WITH US AT: WWW.STARGAZERS ONLINE.ORG. 04:11.084 --> 04:14.020 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: YOU MAY EVEN BE ABLE TO FIND IT AT THE BEGINNING 04:14.120 --> 04:15.588 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% OF THE WEEK. 04:15.688 --> 04:18.658 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% BUT IF NOTHING ELSE LOOK FOR THE CRESCENT MOON NEAR VENUS ON THE 29TH. 04:18.758 --> 04:20.159 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: ITS ALL THERE WHEN YOU 04:20.260 --> 04:24.260 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!