JAMES: ORION IS THE UNMISTAKABLE KING OF THE
WINTER STARS.
FROM EARTH, HE'S EASY TO IDENTIFY.
DEAN: BUT WHAT IF YOU COULD TAKE A TRIP OFF
THE EARTH AND SAIL AMONG THE STARS?
WOULD
ORION STILL LOOK LIKE ORION?
DEAN: WE ARE FACING SOUTHEAST ANY NIGHT THIS
WEEK, AND THERE HE IS!
ORION IN ALL HIS GLORY.
JAMES: LOOK FOR THREE STARS IN A ROW FOR A
BELT PLUS TWO SHOULDER STARS AND TWO LEG STARS.
I CAN EASILY PICTURE A HUNTER IN THOSE STARS.
DEAN: ALL OF THE STARS ARE DIFFERENT DISTANCES
AWAY FROM US SO LET'S LOOK AT HIM FROM A DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE.
JAMES: IF WE LEAVE EARTH FASTER THAN THE SPEED
OF LIGHT WE CAN COME AROUND
TO THE SIDE.
THE SHAPE IS ALL CHANGED!
EVEN HIS BELT STARS ARE SPREAD OUT.
DEAN: WOW!
ITS A WHOLE NEW CONSTELLATION FROM A WHOLE
NEW PERSPECTIVE.
BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!