WEBVTT 00:20.520 --> 00:22.255 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% JUPITER AT MIDNIGHT 00:22.355 --> 00:27.360 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, I M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.460 --> 00:31.531 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% JAMES: AND I M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:31.631 --> 00:32.866 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:32.966 --> 00:35.301 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% WE RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOU WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:35.402 --> 00:40.707 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% IT S ALMOST TIME FOR VIEWING MY FAVORITE GAS GIANT PLANET AT ITS BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST. 00:40.807 --> 00:45.378 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: JUPITER, LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WILL REACH OPPOSITION ON JUNE 10TH 00:45.478 --> 00:49.315 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AND THAT MEANS IT WILL SOON BE CLOSEST TO EARTH FOR THE YEAR. 00:49.416 --> 00:50.316 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% JAMES: EXACTLY. 00:50.417 --> 00:52.552 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% NOW THERE IS ONE LITTLE TRICK. 00:52.652 --> 00:55.922 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% SINCE IT S ALMOST SUMMER, IT DOESN T GET DARK UNTIL VERY LATE AT NIGHT. 00:56.022 --> 00:59.526 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: SO WE RE GOING TO STAY UP LATE, AND VIEW THE SKY AT MIDNIGHT. 00:59.626 --> 01:04.531 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MIGHT GET AN EXTRA SPECIAL GUEST PLANET TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE. 01:04.631 --> 01:06.332 align:left position:87.5% line:89% size:2.5% JAMES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 01:06.433 --> 01:08.134 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% LET S SHOW YOU. 01:08.234 --> 01:12.338 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK AT 10PM FACING SOUTHEAST. 01:12.439 --> 01:16.776 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AS THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST, THE BRIGHTER STARS ARE STARTING TO POP OUT. 01:16.876 --> 01:22.182 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% DEAN: AS WE GET TOWARD 10:30 AND EVEN 11PM, IT S FINALLY DARK AND YOU CAN T MISS OUR 01:22.282 --> 01:25.985 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% FEATURED PLANET SHINING LIKE A CREAM-COLORED BEACON IN THE NIGHT. 01:26.086 --> 01:28.855 align:left position:80% line:89% size:10% THAT S JUPITER, AND IT IS REALLY BRIGHT! 01:28.955 --> 01:33.560 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% JAMES: IF WE COMPARE JUPITER TO A STAR, LIKE ANTARES OVER THERE, BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE 01:33.660 --> 01:37.764 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% CONSTELLATION SCORPIUS, YOU LL NOTICE JUPITER DOESN T TWINKLE AS MUCH AS ANTARES. 01:37.864 --> 01:40.433 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20% DEAN: STARS GENERALLY TWINKLE MORE THAN PLANETS. 01:40.533 --> 01:42.902 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5% SO ANTARES WILL SPARKLE RED AND WHITE. 01:43.002 --> 01:43.870 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% RED AND WHITE. 01:43.970 --> 01:45.472 align:left position:87.5% line:89% size:2.5% BUT MOSTLY YOU LL NOTICE THE RED. 01:45.572 --> 01:47.974 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% JUPITER WILL GIVE OFF A STEADY, CREAM-COLORED LIGHT. 01:48.074 --> 01:53.146 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% JAMES: EVEN THOUGH JUPITER IS COMING CLOSER TO THE EARTH, IT S STILL NOT EXACTLY CLOSE. 01:53.246 --> 01:55.582 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% JUPITER WILL BE ABOUT 400 MILLION MILES AWAY FROM YOU. 01:55.682 --> 01:59.285 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: BUT THAT S SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER THAN IT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO. 01:59.385 --> 02:02.589 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% LET S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EARTH AND JUPITER FROM SPACE. 02:02.689 --> 02:04.557 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% LET S HEAD ABOVE THE SUN! 02:04.657 --> 02:09.596 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: WE RE LOOKING DOWN AT THE ORBITS OF THE EARTH AND JUPITER AROUND THE SUN. 02:09.696 --> 02:14.934 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE EARTH IS, ON AVERAGE, 93 MILLION MILES AWAY FROM THE SUN, WHEREAS JUPITER S AVERAGE 02:15.034 --> 02:17.737 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% DISTANCE IS 484 MILLION MILES. 02:17.837 --> 02:22.375 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: AS JUPITER AND EARTH ORBIT THE SUN, THEY CONSTANTLY VARY THEIR DISTANCE FROM EACH 02:22.475 --> 02:24.277 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% OTHER. 02:24.377 --> 02:28.381 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% WHEN JUPITER IS AT ITS FARTHEST DISTANCE FROM US, AND IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN, IT 02:28.481 --> 02:31.651 align:left position:80% line:89% size:10% CAN BE AS FAR AS 580 MILLION MILES AWAY. 02:31.751 --> 02:36.756 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: HOWEVER, ONCE EVERY YEAR, EARTH AND JUPITER LINE UP ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SUN 02:36.856 --> 02:38.491 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% AND THEY ARE A LOT CLOSER. 02:38.591 --> 02:43.796 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% INSTEAD OF 580 MILLION MILES, THEY RE ONLY ABOUT 400 MILLION MILES FROM EACH OTHER. 02:43.897 --> 02:48.501 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% JAMES: WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS WE SAY JUPITER IS AT OPPOSITION BECAUSE JUPITER IS OPPOSITE 02:48.601 --> 02:50.436 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5% THE SUN IN THE SKY AS SEEN FROM EARTH. 02:50.537 --> 02:55.909 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% AND WHEN JUPITER IS AT OPPOSITION, IT IS ALWAYS AT ITS CLOSEST, BRIGHTEST AND BEST FOR VIEWING. 02:56.009 --> 03:00.680 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: I KNOW YOU D LOVE STAYING UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT DEAN, SO LET S ADVANCE TIME TO 03:00.780 --> 03:02.048 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% THEN. 03:02.148 --> 03:05.351 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% DEAN: THANKS! AND THIS ALSO PUTS JUPITER HIGHER IN THE SKY. 03:05.451 --> 03:09.822 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% SINCE JUPITER IS NEAR OPPOSITION, IT MAKES A GREAT SIGHT IN A TELESCOPES. 03:09.923 --> 03:14.794 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THROUGH A SMALL TELESCOPE YOU CAN SEE THE DISC OF THE PLANET AND FOUR MOONS NEARBY. 03:14.894 --> 03:18.064 align:left position:72.5% line:89% size:17.5% THOSE ARE IO, EUROPA, GANYMEDE, AND CALLISTO. 03:18.164 --> 03:22.302 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: THROUGH A LARGER TELESCOPE YOU CAN SEE FEATURES ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET. 03:22.402 --> 03:27.273 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% YOU CAN SEE TWO OR MORE HORIZONTAL STRIPES AND IF YOU RE REALLY LUCKY, YOU CAN SOMETIMES 03:27.373 --> 03:29.142 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% MAKE OUT THE GREAT RED SPOT. 03:29.242 --> 03:34.414 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% DEAN: THE GREAT RED SPOT IS A HUMONGOUS CYCLONE OF GASSES THAT WELL UP FROM THE INSIDE AND 03:34.514 --> 03:36.716 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5% CHURN THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE PLANET. 03:36.816 --> 03:40.119 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% RIGHT NOW, THE GREAT RED SPOT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO EARTHS. 03:40.220 --> 03:46.125 align:left position:67.5% line:83% size:22.5% JAMES: ONE OTHER PLUS OF STAYING UP PAST MIDNIGHT: YOU MAY BE ABLE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF NEXT 03:46.226 --> 03:49.596 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% MONTH S FEATURED PLANET: AND IT HAS LOTS OF RINGS. 03:49.696 --> 03:53.466 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THAT STEADY YELLOW LIGHT, CLEARING THE TREETOPS IS ACTUALLY THE RINGED PLANET SATURN! 03:53.566 --> 03:54.701 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% DEAN; NO WAY! 03:54.801 --> 03:56.436 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% JAMES: YES WAY! 03:56.536 --> 04:00.106 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% DEAN: I M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SUMMER WHEN I CAN SEE BOTH OF THESE GIANT 04:00.206 --> 04:01.708 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% PLANETS IN THE NIGHTTIME SKY. 04:01.808 --> 04:03.943 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS WEEK, HERE IS YOUR PREVIEW. 04:04.043 --> 04:08.781 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% JAMES: SO LOOK FOR JUPITER THIS WEEK RISING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY. 04:08.881 --> 04:12.619 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% YOU MAY HAVE TO STAY UP A LITTLE LATER THAN NORMAL, BUT IT IS TOTALLY WORTH IT. 04:12.719 --> 04:15.655 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND BE SURE TO LOOK AT JUPITER IN A TELESCOPE THIS MONTH. 04:15.755 --> 04:17.624 align:left position:85% line:89% size:5% YOUR VIEW WON T QUITE BE THIS GOOD. 04:17.724 --> 04:22.662 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THIS WAS TAKEN BY SPACECRAFTS THAT FLEW MUCH CLOSER TO THE PLANET, BUT IT DOESN T TAKE 04:22.762 --> 04:27.500 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% MUCH MAGNIFICATION TO SEE JUPITER S FOUR LARGEST MOONS AT OPPOSITION THIS MONTH. 04:27.600 --> 04:30.303 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: JUPITER WILL TIDE YOU OVER UNTIL SATURN SEASON. 04:30.403 --> 04:31.571 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% IT S ALL THERE WHEN YOU. 04:31.671 --> 04:35.671 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!