1 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,255 JUPITER AT MIDNIGHT 2 00:00:22,355 --> 00:00:27,360 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS, I M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 3 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:31,531 JAMES: AND I M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 4 00:00:31,631 --> 00:00:32,866 FLORIDA. 5 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:35,301 WE RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOU WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 6 00:00:35,402 --> 00:00:40,707 IT S ALMOST TIME FOR VIEWING MY FAVORITE GAS GIANT PLANET AT ITS BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST. 7 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:45,378 DEAN: JUPITER, LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WILL REACH OPPOSITION ON JUNE 10TH 8 00:00:45,478 --> 00:00:49,315 AND THAT MEANS IT WILL SOON BE CLOSEST TO EARTH FOR THE YEAR. 9 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:50,316 JAMES: EXACTLY. 10 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:52,552 NOW THERE IS ONE LITTLE TRICK. 11 00:00:52,652 --> 00:00:55,922 SINCE IT S ALMOST SUMMER, IT DOESN T GET DARK UNTIL VERY LATE AT NIGHT. 12 00:00:56,022 --> 00:00:59,526 DEAN: SO WE RE GOING TO STAY UP LATE, AND VIEW THE SKY AT MIDNIGHT. 13 00:00:59,626 --> 00:01:04,531 AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MIGHT GET AN EXTRA SPECIAL GUEST PLANET TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE. 14 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:06,332 JAMES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 15 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,134 LET S SHOW YOU. 16 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:12,338 JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET FOR THE END OF THIS WEEK AT 10PM FACING SOUTHEAST. 17 00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:16,776 AS THE SUN SETS IN THE WEST, THE BRIGHTER STARS ARE STARTING TO POP OUT. 18 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:22,182 DEAN: AS WE GET TOWARD 10:30 AND EVEN 11PM, IT S FINALLY DARK AND YOU CAN T MISS OUR 19 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:25,985 FEATURED PLANET SHINING LIKE A CREAM-COLORED BEACON IN THE NIGHT. 20 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:28,855 THAT S JUPITER, AND IT IS REALLY BRIGHT! 21 00:01:28,955 --> 00:01:33,560 JAMES: IF WE COMPARE JUPITER TO A STAR, LIKE ANTARES OVER THERE, BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE 22 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:37,764 CONSTELLATION SCORPIUS, YOU LL NOTICE JUPITER DOESN T TWINKLE AS MUCH AS ANTARES. 23 00:01:37,864 --> 00:01:40,433 DEAN: STARS GENERALLY TWINKLE MORE THAN PLANETS. 24 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:42,902 SO ANTARES WILL SPARKLE RED AND WHITE. 25 00:01:43,002 --> 00:01:43,870 RED AND WHITE. 26 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:45,472 BUT MOSTLY YOU LL NOTICE THE RED. 27 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:47,974 JUPITER WILL GIVE OFF A STEADY, CREAM-COLORED LIGHT. 28 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:53,146 JAMES: EVEN THOUGH JUPITER IS COMING CLOSER TO THE EARTH, IT S STILL NOT EXACTLY CLOSE. 29 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:55,582 JUPITER WILL BE ABOUT 400 MILLION MILES AWAY FROM YOU. 30 00:01:55,682 --> 00:01:59,285 DEAN: BUT THAT S SIGNIFICANTLY CLOSER THAN IT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO. 31 00:01:59,385 --> 00:02:02,589 LET S TAKE A LOOK AT THE EARTH AND JUPITER FROM SPACE. 32 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:04,557 LET S HEAD ABOVE THE SUN! 33 00:02:04,657 --> 00:02:09,596 DEAN: WE RE LOOKING DOWN AT THE ORBITS OF THE EARTH AND JUPITER AROUND THE SUN. 34 00:02:09,696 --> 00:02:14,934 THE EARTH IS, ON AVERAGE, 93 MILLION MILES AWAY FROM THE SUN, WHEREAS JUPITER S AVERAGE 35 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:17,737 DISTANCE IS 484 MILLION MILES. 36 00:02:17,837 --> 00:02:22,375 JAMES: AS JUPITER AND EARTH ORBIT THE SUN, THEY CONSTANTLY VARY THEIR DISTANCE FROM EACH 37 00:02:22,475 --> 00:02:24,277 OTHER. 38 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:28,381 WHEN JUPITER IS AT ITS FARTHEST DISTANCE FROM US, AND IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN, IT 39 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:31,651 CAN BE AS FAR AS 580 MILLION MILES AWAY. 40 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:36,756 DEAN: HOWEVER, ONCE EVERY YEAR, EARTH AND JUPITER LINE UP ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SUN 41 00:02:36,856 --> 00:02:38,491 AND THEY ARE A LOT CLOSER. 42 00:02:38,591 --> 00:02:43,796 INSTEAD OF 580 MILLION MILES, THEY RE ONLY ABOUT 400 MILLION MILES FROM EACH OTHER. 43 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:48,501 JAMES: WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS WE SAY JUPITER IS AT OPPOSITION BECAUSE JUPITER IS OPPOSITE 44 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:50,436 THE SUN IN THE SKY AS SEEN FROM EARTH. 45 00:02:50,537 --> 00:02:55,909 AND WHEN JUPITER IS AT OPPOSITION, IT IS ALWAYS AT ITS CLOSEST, BRIGHTEST AND BEST FOR VIEWING. 46 00:02:56,009 --> 00:03:00,680 JAMES: I KNOW YOU D LOVE STAYING UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT DEAN, SO LET S ADVANCE TIME TO 47 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:02,048 THEN. 48 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:05,351 DEAN: THANKS! AND THIS ALSO PUTS JUPITER HIGHER IN THE SKY. 49 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:09,822 SINCE JUPITER IS NEAR OPPOSITION, IT MAKES A GREAT SIGHT IN A TELESCOPES. 50 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:14,794 THROUGH A SMALL TELESCOPE YOU CAN SEE THE DISC OF THE PLANET AND FOUR MOONS NEARBY. 51 00:03:14,894 --> 00:03:18,064 THOSE ARE IO, EUROPA, GANYMEDE, AND CALLISTO. 52 00:03:18,164 --> 00:03:22,302 JAMES: THROUGH A LARGER TELESCOPE YOU CAN SEE FEATURES ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET. 53 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:27,273 YOU CAN SEE TWO OR MORE HORIZONTAL STRIPES AND IF YOU RE REALLY LUCKY, YOU CAN SOMETIMES 54 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:29,142 MAKE OUT THE GREAT RED SPOT. 55 00:03:29,242 --> 00:03:34,414 DEAN: THE GREAT RED SPOT IS A HUMONGOUS CYCLONE OF GASSES THAT WELL UP FROM THE INSIDE AND 56 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:36,716 CHURN THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE PLANET. 57 00:03:36,816 --> 00:03:40,119 RIGHT NOW, THE GREAT RED SPOT IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF TWO EARTHS. 58 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:46,125 JAMES: ONE OTHER PLUS OF STAYING UP PAST MIDNIGHT: YOU MAY BE ABLE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF NEXT 59 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:49,596 MONTH S FEATURED PLANET: AND IT HAS LOTS OF RINGS. 60 00:03:49,696 --> 00:03:53,466 THAT STEADY YELLOW LIGHT, CLEARING THE TREETOPS IS ACTUALLY THE RINGED PLANET SATURN! 61 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:54,701 DEAN; NO WAY! 62 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:56,436 JAMES: YES WAY! 63 00:03:56,536 --> 00:04:00,106 DEAN: I M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS SUMMER WHEN I CAN SEE BOTH OF THESE GIANT 64 00:04:00,206 --> 00:04:01,708 PLANETS IN THE NIGHTTIME SKY. 65 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:03,943 THIS WEEK, HERE IS YOUR PREVIEW. 66 00:04:04,043 --> 00:04:08,781 JAMES: SO LOOK FOR JUPITER THIS WEEK RISING IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY. 67 00:04:08,881 --> 00:04:12,619 YOU MAY HAVE TO STAY UP A LITTLE LATER THAN NORMAL, BUT IT IS TOTALLY WORTH IT. 68 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:15,655 DEAN: AND BE SURE TO LOOK AT JUPITER IN A TELESCOPE THIS MONTH. 69 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:17,624 YOUR VIEW WON T QUITE BE THIS GOOD. 70 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:22,662 THIS WAS TAKEN BY SPACECRAFTS THAT FLEW MUCH CLOSER TO THE PLANET, BUT IT DOESN T TAKE 71 00:04:22,762 --> 00:04:27,500 MUCH MAGNIFICATION TO SEE JUPITER S FOUR LARGEST MOONS AT OPPOSITION THIS MONTH. 72 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,303 JAMES: JUPITER WILL TIDE YOU OVER UNTIL SATURN SEASON. 73 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:31,571 IT S ALL THERE WHEN YOU. 74 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:35,671 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!