WEBVTT 00:01.067 --> 00:05.672 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20% ORION ISN T REAL. IT S A TOTALLY MADE UP SHAPE 00:05.672 --> 00:07.607 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% THAT DOESN T OBJECTIVELY EXIST AT ALL IT MIGHT SOUND CRAZY, 00:07.607 --> 00:12.078 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% BUT IT S ACTUALLY TRUE AND IT S NOT JUST ORION HI STAR-FRIENDS, I M TRACE LEMME SHOW YOU 00:12.078 --> 00:14.914 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND 9PM AND LOOK SOUTHWEST. THERE, 00:14.914 --> 00:18.618 align:left position:87.5% line:83% size:2.5% YOU LL SEE ORION S SUPER-SPARKLY BELT STARS ALNITAK, ALNILAM, 00:18.618 --> 00:23.823 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% AND MINTAKA HIS SHOULDERS BETELGEUSE AND BELLATRIX, AND HIS ANKLES SAIPH AND RIGEL. 00:23.823 --> 00:27.193 align:left position:72.5% line:89% size:17.5% THE THING IS :: HANG ON LEMME JUMP UP HERE :: 00:27.193 --> 00:31.097 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% IF WE LEAVE EARTH AND TRAVEL FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT WE CAN COME AROUND TO 00:31.097 --> 00:36.970 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THE SIDE OF HIS EIGHT MAIN STARS. THE SHAPE IS ALL CHANGED! EVEN HIS BELT STARS ARE SPREAD OUT. 00:36.970 --> 00:39.572 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% THIS IS BECAUSE THE STARS ARE ALL DIFFERENT DISTANCES 00:39.572 --> 00:44.544 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% AWAY. BETELGEUSE IS 624 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY, WHILE BELLATRIX IS ONLY 243! 00:44.544 --> 00:48.314 align:left position:82.5% line:83% size:7.5% ORION ISN T REALLY THERE AT ALL; OVER HERE IT S A WHOLE NEW CONSTELLATION! 00:48.314 --> 00:51.618 align:left position:87.5% line:83% size:2.5% BUT JUST BECAUSE IT S AN ILLUSION DOESN T MEAN IT ISN T GORGEOUS. 00:51.618 --> 00:56.723 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% KEEP LOOKING UP!