WEBVTT 00:02.335 --> 00:24.491 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.591 --> 00:28.361 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.461 --> 00:32.065 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:32.165 --> 00:35.502 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:35.602 --> 00:38.505 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% THE ANCIENT STAR GAZERS HAD A LOT OF IMAGINATION. 00:38.605 --> 00:43.843 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE STARS, THEY CONNECTED THE DOTS AND PICTURED PEOPLE, ANIMALS, 00:43.943 --> 00:45.879 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% RIVERS, AND EVEN ENTIRE SCENES. 00:45.979 --> 00:51.451 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND IN THE FALL EVENING SKY, IF YOU HAVE AN ANCIENT IMAGINATION YOU CAN SEE A 00:51.551 --> 00:52.452 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% KING AND A QUEEN 00:52.552 --> 00:53.820 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JAMES: A PRINCE AND A PRINCESS 00:53.920 --> 00:55.221 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% DEAN: TWO MONSTERS AND 00:55.321 --> 00:58.024 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: A FLYING HORSE (WHO'S FLYING UPSIDE-DOWN BY THE WAY). 00:58.124 --> 01:01.494 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: IT'S GONNA GET CROWDED UP THERE BUT WE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH IT. 01:01.594 --> 01:06.766 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET UP FOR 9 PM FACING NORTHEAST. 01:06.866 --> 01:11.404 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ABOUT HALFWAY-UP IN THE SKY YOU' LL FIND THE FIVE, FAMILIAR STARS THAT LOOK LIKE A LETTER 01:11.504 --> 01:12.505 align:left position:47.5%,start line:89% size:42.5% W. 01:12.605 --> 01:14.941 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% DEAN: THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN CASSIOPEIA. 01:15.041 --> 01:20.013 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NOW STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATIONS A LITTLE AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE OUT A QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA 01:20.113 --> 01:21.347 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% SITTING ON HER THRONE. 01:21.448 --> 01:25.151 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: SORRY, I GUESS I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH IMAGINATION. 01:25.251 --> 01:29.055 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BUT ONCE YOU FIND HER, SHE IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER OF OUR STORY. 01:29.155 --> 01:33.893 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: LEGEND HAS IT THAT CASSIOPEIA BRAGGED ABOUT HER BEAUTY WAY TOO MUCH. 01:33.993 --> 01:39.399 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IN FACT ONE DAY SHE SAID (NOW GET THIS), SHE SAID, I'M MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ALL THE MERMAIDS 01:39.499 --> 01:40.500 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% IN THE OCEAN. 01:40.600 --> 01:42.102 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% JAMES: YIKES! 01:42.202 --> 01:45.905 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% THAT GOT POSEIDON, THE GOD OF THE SEA, SUPER-MAD. 01:46.005 --> 01:51.010 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% HE CONFRONTED CASSIOPEIA'S HUSBAND, KING CEPHEUS, WHOSE FIVE FAINTER STARS ARE UP AND TO THE 01:51.111 --> 01:52.645 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% LEFT OF HIS WIFE. 01:52.745 --> 01:54.981 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THE STARS LOOK LIKE AN UPSIDE-DOWN HOUSE. 01:55.081 --> 01:59.752 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: FOR INSULTING THE GODS, CASSIOPEIA HAD TO GIVE UP HER ONE AND ONLY DAUGHTER, THE 01:59.853 --> 02:01.754 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% PRINCESS ANDROMEDA, AS A SACRIFICE. 02:01.855 --> 02:06.860 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BASICALLY, THEY HAD TO CHAIN ANDROMEDA TO A BIG ROCK IN THE OCEAN, AND LET POSEIDON'S 02:06.960 --> 02:08.695 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% PET SEA MONSTER EAT HER. 02:08.795 --> 02:11.998 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: YOU CAN FIND ANDROMEDA TO THE RIGHT OF CASSIOPEIA. 02:12.098 --> 02:14.501 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% HER STARS LOOK MORE LIKE A SKINNY LETTER A. 02:14.601 --> 02:16.202 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% DEAN: A FOR ANDROMEDA. 02:16.302 --> 02:17.737 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% JAMES: EXACTLY. 02:17.837 --> 02:23.109 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: ANDROMEDA ALSO HOUSES THE CLOSEST SPIRAL GALAXY TO OUR MILKY WAY. 02:23.209 --> 02:28.047 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S CALLED THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY BECAUSE YOU CAN FIND IT NEAR HER RIGHT HIP-STAR. 02:28.148 --> 02:31.518 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% OF COURSE IF YOU LIVE IN A LIGHT POLLUTED AREA, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THIS GALAXY. 02:31.618 --> 02:36.456 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY YOU MIGHT SEE IT LOOKING LIKE A LITTLE CLOUD, 02:36.556 --> 02:38.358 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BARELY VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. 02:38.458 --> 02:43.096 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: WITH BINOCULARS YOU CAN RESOLVE A LOT MORE OF ITS CLOUDY NATURE, AND WITH A TELESCOPE 02:43.196 --> 02:46.432 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% YOU CAN SEE IT AS A LONG, FUZZY BLUR. 02:46.533 --> 02:51.304 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IMAGINE A GALAXY, WITH ONE TRILLION STARS, THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE. 02:51.404 --> 02:53.206 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% SPACE IS SCARY-BIG! 02:53.306 --> 02:59.646 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: NOW BEFORE THE SEA MONSTER MAKES HIS APPEARANCE WE MUST INTRODUCE OUR HERO, PERSEUS. 02:59.746 --> 03:03.950 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AS THE STORY GOES, PERSEUS, THAT VERY MORNING, SLEW THE WICKED GORGON MEDUSA. 03:04.050 --> 03:08.688 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: SHE'S THE ONE WITH SNAKES FOR HAIR AND TURNS YOU TO STONE WITH JUST ONE LOOK. 03:08.788 --> 03:13.693 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: LOOKING AT HER REFLECTION IN HIS SHIELD, PERSEUS CHOPPED OFF HER HEAD, THEN PUT THE 03:13.793 --> 03:15.595 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% HEAD IN A BAG FOR SAFE KEEPING. 03:15.695 --> 03:20.066 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AS HE WAS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR (ON HIS WINGED SANDALS), WITH 03:20.166 --> 03:25.038 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE INFAMOUS BAG AT HIS SIDE, PERSEUS HAPPENED TO SPY A YOUNG MAIDEN IN DISTRESS. 03:25.138 --> 03:27.440 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JAMES: OUR PRINCESS, ANDROMEDA! 03:27.540 --> 03:32.111 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NOW WE'RE FACING EAST AT 10PM AND PERSEUS APPEARS ON THE SCENE. 03:32.212 --> 03:35.381 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% YOU CAN FIND HIM AS A SQUIGGLE OF STARS BELOW ANDROMEDA'S FEET. 03:35.481 --> 03:40.954 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THE SEA MONSTER, A CONSTELLATION NAMED CETUS, IS JUST RISING IN THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. 03:41.054 --> 03:43.923 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% I THINK HIS STARS LOOK LIKE A RECLINER CHAIR. 03:44.023 --> 03:45.692 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% JAMES: THAT DOESN'T SEEM SO SCARY. 03:45.792 --> 03:50.129 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: ANYWAY, PERSEUS YELLS TO ANDROMEDA, CLOSE YOUR EYES! 03:50.230 --> 03:55.435 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THEN HE CLOSES HIS EYES, REACHES INTO THE BAG AND PULLS OUT MEDUSA'S SEVERED HEAD, SHOWS 03:55.535 --> 03:59.706 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT TO THE SEA MONSTER WHO TAKES ONE LOOK AT IT AND, POOF TURNS TO STONE. 03:59.806 --> 04:02.108 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: PERSEUS SAVES THE DAY! 04:02.208 --> 04:04.477 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JAMES: WOW, WHAT A STARRY STORY. 04:04.577 --> 04:09.349 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% A KING, A QUEEN, A PRINCE AND PRINCESS, TWO MONSTERS AND OOPS, WE FORGOT THE FLYING 04:09.449 --> 04:10.350 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% HORSE. 04:10.450 --> 04:11.584 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% DEAN: OH YEAH! 04:11.684 --> 04:13.686 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% PEGASUS WAS, SUPPOSEDLY, BORN FROM THIS EPIC BATTLE. 04:13.786 --> 04:18.858 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AS PERSEUS HELD OUT MEDUSA'S HEAD - THIS IS GROSS NOW - SOME OF HER BLOOD FELL INTO THE 04:18.958 --> 04:22.228 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WATER, AND TURNED MAGICALLY INTO PEGASUS THE FLYING HORSE. 04:22.328 --> 04:23.229 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% JAMES: OH COME ON! 04:23.329 --> 04:24.230 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% THAT IS TOO WEIRD! 04:24.330 --> 04:26.132 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% DEAN: AGREED. 04:26.232 --> 04:28.701 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF IMAGINATION WE'RE DEALING WITH WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT THE CONSTELLATIONS 04:28.801 --> 04:29.702 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% AND WHEN YOU... 04:29.802 --> 04:33.802 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!