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what's up for september

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mars on the move

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prime viewing time for jupiter and a

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clever way to find your bearings on the

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equinox

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you'll find mars hanging out high in the

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south on september mornings before

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sunrise

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early in the month it's near

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orange-colored aldebrain the eye of

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taurus the bull

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and over the course of the month mars

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works its way eastward from aldebaran

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toward reddish beetlejuice creating a

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sort of red triangle in the morning sky

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then the red planet will appear to hit

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the brakes and halt its eastward motion

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to hang out in that triangle for the

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next month or so we'll talk about what's

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going on there in our october video

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on the morning of the 11th before

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sunrise you'll find the moon just a

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couple of finger widths from jupiter on

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the sky making for a great viewing

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opportunity to observe them together

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through binoculars

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jupiter is at opposition this month

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making it visible all night under clear

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skies and it's around this time when the

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planet's at its biggest and brightest

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for telescope viewing but a pair of

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binoculars is enough to reveal the giant

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planet's four large moons as little

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star-like points of light next to

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jupiter

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juno spacecraft is slated to make a

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special vast flyby of one of those icy

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moons europa on the 29th the spacecraft

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is planned to pass a little over 200

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miles above the moon's surface returning

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images and science data

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and nasa is currently preparing its

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europa clipper spacecraft for launch in

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2024

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it's planned to make dozens of close

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flybys of europa to investigate whether

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the moon could have conditions suitable

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for life

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turning to the evening sky you'll have

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saturn together with jupiter as your

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planetary companions all month long

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on the night of the 9th jupiter and

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saturn escort the moon across the sky

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you'll find the trio rising in the

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southeast in the first couple of hours

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after dark and gliding westward together

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over the course of the night by the end

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of the month you'll find the pair of

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planets is rising even earlier appearing

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in the east soon after it gets dark with

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bright jupiter hanging low in the sky

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september 23rd brings the september

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equinox which marks the start of fall in

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the northern hemisphere and the start of

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spring in the southern hemisphere the

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equinoxes occur twice per year when

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earth's tilt with respect to the sun is

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the same for both hemispheres both north

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and south receive the same amount of

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sunlight and day and night are briefly

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of nearly equal length

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and get this if you take note of exactly

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where the sun appears to rise and set on

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the equinoxes those points mark the

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locations of due east and due west

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respectively and that's something useful

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to know for sky watchers whatever

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hemisphere you happen to live in

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so take note of any buildings tall trees

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lamp posts and the like at those places

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on the horizon

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and you can use them to find your

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bearings when looking skyward all year

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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