CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE, THIS IS NEWS
6 AT 09:00AM GETTING RESULTS.
>> TODAY’S THE FIRST DAY OF
WINTER AND THE SHORTEST DAY
OF THE YEAR WILL ALSO COINCIDE
WITH THE CELESTIAL EVENT THAT
HASN’T BEEN OBSERVED SINCE
GALILEO’S TIME IN THE 17TH
CENTURY. BUT YOU HAVEN’T HEARD
ABOUT THIS. YEAH. OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM’S LARGEST PLANET HAVE
BEEN CREEPING CLOSER TOGETHER
IN THE
NIGHT SKY ALL MONTH LONG AND
NEWS. 6 ANCHOR JULIE BROUGHTON
SPOKE TO SEMINOLE STATE
PLANETARIUM DIRECTOR DEREK TO
MONITOR ABOUT TONIGHT’S GREAT
CONJUNCTION.
>> TELL US ABOUT THIS IN A
CELESTIAL EVENT HUNDREDS OF
YEARS IN THE MAKING.
>> SO SINCE 1623 ABOUT 15 YEARS
AFTER GALLONS. FIRST TIME
LOOKING THROUGH A THERE IS
REALLY MCCALL CONJUNCTION
STRONGLY WHERE ON THE PLANET,
JUPITER AND SATURN ARE GOING TO
BE VERY, VERY EXTREMELY CLOSE.
THIS KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE
BIT OF PERSPECTIVE. HOW CLOSE
WILL BE WILL BE
ONCE THIS THE DIAMETER OF THE
MOON APART. SO THEY’RE GOING TO
BE EXTREMELY,
EXTREMELY CLOSE.
>> AND WHY IS THIS SO RARE.
WHY DO WE JUST NOT SEE THIS
OFTEN.
>> WELL, ALL HAS TO DO WITH
THE ORBITS OF THE SATURN AND
JUPITER AND TAKE A LOT LONGER.
TORMENTS. AND SO THE ALIGNMENT
IF YOU WELL, AS ISSUES OF WHERE
THEY ARE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM,
MAKE IT SUCH THAT THESE
CONJUNCTIONS DON’T HAPPEN AS
OFTEN BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE
FOR THEM TO TRAVEL AROUND THE
SIGN AND THE POSITIONS OF THEM
JUST DON’T WANT JUST DON’T
MATCH UP WELL BUT THIS ACTUALLY
THAT CAN ONTO ITSELF DOES EVERY
20 YEARS OR CELL, BUT IT
DOESN’T HAPPEN IN TERMS OF OUR
VIEW OF THE SKY. IT DOESN’T
HAPPEN TO BE AS CLOSE AS IT
DOES UNTIL UNTIL THIS YEAR YOU
HAVE A TELESCOPE AND YOU HAVE
ONE AT HOME YOU CAN ACTUALLY
USING A FAIRLY MODEST ICKES.
BOTH JUPITER AND SATURN IN THE
SAME FIELD OF VIEW AND HOW COOL
IT IS TO ACTUALLY SEE BOTH
OBJECTS IN THIS IN ONE FIELD
ABUSE. I THINK IT’S JUST A YOU
KNOW, A FASCINATING TIME TO,
YOU KNOW, SEE SOMETHING THAT’S
FAIRLY RARE. YOU PLANTS AND ONE
EYED PEAS.
AND THAT’S EXCITING TO ME
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT’S A
CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO GO
OUTSIDE. LOOK OUT AND SEE
SOMETHING MAGICAL. THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON. SO THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT WE STEP OUTSIDE. WE CAN
LOOK UP AND SEE WITHOUT A
TELESCOPE.
>> YES. SO ACTUALLY YOU CAN SEE
HIM RIGHT NOW IN THE SKY.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE WEST RIGHT
AFTER SUNSET. YOU’LL SEE 2
FAIRLY BRIGHT STARS IN THE
WESTERN AND ONE OF THE BRIGHTER
ONES JUPITER. THE ONE LITTLE
BIT TWITTER LEFT IS SATURN AND
THOSE 2 OBJECTS ARE GOING TO BE
CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER
TOGETHER EACH AND EVERY DAY
TO LOOK 21ST OF THIS MONTH OF
DECEMBER WHERE THE PLANETS WILL
BE VERY CLOSE TO THE POINT THAT
DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR EYESIGHT
IS THEY MAY LOOK A LITTLE
LITTLE A BLUR
TOGETHER. BUT HUMAN EYES PRETTY
GOOD ABOUT SEEING DIFFERENCES.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE BOTH
STILL SPLIT APART, BUT IT WILL
BE VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE.
WHY SHOULD WE CONSIDER, YOU
KNOW, GOING OUTSIDE TAKING A
PEEK AT US.
>> WELL, SO THE HAVE A LOT OF
IMPORTANCE TO OR OUR HISTORY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE 7 DAYS OF THE
WEEK THAT WE ENJOY. YOU KNOW,
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY CENTER ACTUALLY COME
FROM THE OBSERVATIONS OF THESE
WANDERING OBJECTS IN THE
JUPITER ACTUALLY ACTUALLY IT
WAS OBSERVED BY THE ANCIENTS
AS THURSDAY AND SATURDAY
SATURDAY.
HUMANS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS
FASCINATION WITH THE NIGHT SKY
IN THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLANETS
AND POSITIONS OF THE PLANETS
SOME OF THESE CONJUNCTIONS
ACTUALLY WERE USED AS MARKERS
FOR EVENTS AND STUFF IN THE
PAST AND WHAT NOT. SO IT’S JUST
COOL TO LOOK UP IN THE SKY AND
SEE THE CHANGING ASPECTS OF
OUR PLANET AND OTHER PLANETS IN
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND KNOW THAT
OUR WORLD IS CONSTANTLY IN
MOTION. ANOTHER WORLD ARE IN
CONSTANT MOTION HOW THAT’S
ACTUALLY HELPED LEAD TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ALL THE THINGS
THAT WE ENJOY IN THE MODERN
WORLD.
>> AND DEREK SENT US THIS PHOTO
THAT HE TOOK FRIDAY NIGHT IN
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. IF YOU LOOK
CLOSELY THERE AT THE TOP OF
THE PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE
JUPITER AND SATURN SHINING OVER
LAKE EOLA. BEAUTIFUL SHOT
THERE. THE SEMINOLE STATE
PLANETARIUM IS HOSTING A
VIRTUAL VIEWING EVENT USING
THEIR TELESCOPES FOR TONIGHT’S
CONJUNCTION ON. PAGE AND ON
THEIR FACEBOOK LIVE, IF YOU
HAVE INTEREST IN THAT YOU CAN
SIGN UP FOR IT. WE’VE POSTED
A LINK.
>> BRIDGETT: IN THIS WEB STORY
ON CLICK ORLANDO. DOT COM AND
SAYS THIS IS HAPPENING SO CLOSE
TO CHRISTMAS. SOME PEOPLE ARE