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what's up for May planets strike a pose

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with the Moon

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reach Peak Venus and what's different

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about the Skies of the Southern

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Hemisphere on the morning of May 13th

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find the planet Saturn Rising together

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with a third quarter or half full moon

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find them together in the Southeast in

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the couple of hours before sunrise

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then on May 17th a slim Crescent Moon

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Rises about an hour before the sun and

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for much of the U.S and Canada the

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planet Jupiter will appear very close to

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the moon but from some Southern U.S

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states you'll be able to observe Jupiter

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passing behind the moon as the pair rise

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in morning Twilight and from the western

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states Jupiter will actually be behind

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the moon in occultation as the pair rise

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Jupiter will start to emerge from behind

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the moon as the sun comes up

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now this will be quite low in the sky so

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you'll need a clear view of the Horizon

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to observe it and a pair of binoculars

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will be a big help as the sky begins to

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brighten

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next following sunset on May 22nd

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through the 24th the Moon Venus and Mars

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form a close grouping in the west the

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moon sits between the two planets on the

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23rd

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Venus has been rising higher in the sky

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each evening for the past few months

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that begins to change in May as the

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brilliant Planet reaches its highest

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point in the Western sky and starts

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trending lower as we move into June

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it'll disappear from evening Skies by

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Late July reappearing in the Eastern Sky

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about a month later as a morning object

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there are some key differences between

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the night sky and the southern

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hemisphere compared to the north to

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start with there's no counterpart to the

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North Star for the southern hemisphere

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the celestial poles shift over time So

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eventually there will be a South Star

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but not at the moment

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next from Orion to the teapot to the

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Gemini twins the seasonal star patterns

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Northern observers are most familiar

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with appear flipped upside down when

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viewed in southern Skies

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the moon also appears the other way

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around and its phases fill up from left

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to right instead of right to left as

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they do in the North

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Stars near the north Celestial pole

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including Ursa Major and Cassiopeia are

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below the Horizon for much of the

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southern hemisphere

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but there are lots of dazzling

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constellations easily visible only from

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the southern hemisphere like Crux

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Karina tucana the toucan and Centaurus

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the centaur

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next while observers in both hemispheres

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are well acquainted with the brightest

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star in the sky Sirius southern

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hemisphere Sky Watchers get to enjoy the

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second and third brightest stars as well

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the second brightest star canopus

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appears about half as bright as Sirius

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but that's still quite bright

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and the two stars are often seen

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together in southern Skies the third

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brightest star in our skies here on

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Earth is also the closest star system to

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our own Alpha Centauri it's too far

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south in the sky to be visible for most

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of the northern hemisphere but it's

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quite well known to skywatchers to the

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finally there are two entire galaxies

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easily observed in the southern sky with

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the unaided eye these are the magellanic

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clouds which are dwarf galaxies that

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orbit our galaxy The Milky Way they make

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for a stunning sight in night sky photos

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from Southern latitudes

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and that's a really short list of some

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of the ways the skies above the southern

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hemisphere are unique

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our view of the cosmos may be different

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from one part of the planet to the other

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but the insights we gain from looking up

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and exploring are something we all can

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here are the phases of the moon for May

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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

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propulsion laboratory and that's what's