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what's up for january

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new year new moon

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midnight meteors

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and mars rises

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january begins with a new moon on the

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second and that means the first week of

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the month is ideal for stargazing

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because the few days before and after

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the new moon are the darkest head

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outside around 8 or 9 pm all week and

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look southward to be dazzled by all the

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bright stars of the winter circle along

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with the pleiades and orion

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the quadrantid meteor shower peaks on

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the night of january 2nd and the morning

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of the third

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this tends to be one of the better

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meteor showers of the year and often

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produces a number of bright meteors

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called fireballs

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this year the peak coincides with the

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new moon making for great viewing

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conditions provided the skies are clear

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you should be able to see a few meteors

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on the couple of nights before and after

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as well

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for the best quadranted meteor viewing

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find a dark location away from bright

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city lights point your feet roughly

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toward the northeast and look up

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the meteors appear to radiate from the

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constellation bo otis which includes the

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bright star arcturus but they can appear

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anywhere in the sky

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generally the best viewing will be after

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midnight once boots rises above your

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local horizon

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the source of the quadrantids is thought

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to be the asteroid 2003 eh1 which might

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actually be an extinct comet so start

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off your new year by catching a few

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shooting stars after midnight on january

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3rd

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finally a couple of highlights at dusk

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and dawn

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on january 5th look to the southwest

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after sunset to find the crescent moon

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in a close pairing with brilliant

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jupiter

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the two will be only about four degrees

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apart which should make them appear

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together through most binoculars then at

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the end of the month on january 29th if

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you happen to be up early you can catch

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sight of the moon near the red planet

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joining the pair in the southeastern sky

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will be venus having left the evening

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skies last month venus is now rising

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before the sun as the morning star

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now mars is slowly returning to view

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after passing behind the sun over the

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past few months in fact nasa stops

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communicating with our spacecraft at

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mars for about two weeks every two years

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when the planet is directly opposite the

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sun

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that event called solar conjunction took

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place back in october

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mars will continue to brighten and climb

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higher over the next few months where

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it'll have super close conjunctions with

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saturn and jupiter which we'll tell you

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about in future videos so stay tuned

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here are the phases of the moon for

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stay up to date with all of nasa's

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missions to explore the solar system and

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beyond at nasa.gov

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i'm preston dykes from nasa's jet