1 00:00:02,702 --> 00:00:06,639 REMEMBER LAST WEEK WHEN WE FOUND THE SHARED STAR ALPHERATZ IN ANDROMEDA? 2 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:11,845 KNOWING ALPHERATZ MAKES IT EASY WAY TO FIND THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY, THE MOST DISTANT OBJECT 3 00:00:11,945 --> 00:00:14,347 THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH YOUR BARE EYES. 4 00:00:14,447 --> 00:00:17,417 HERE S ALPHERATZ IN THE WESTERN SKY AT 11PM. 5 00:00:17,517 --> 00:00:20,653 REMEMBER ITS AT THE MEETING POINT OF THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS AND ANDROMEDA. 6 00:00:20,754 --> 00:00:24,157 FROM THERE, LOOK FOR MIRACH [mir-ahk] AND MU -- THE SECOND PAIR OF STARS ALONG ANDROMEDA S 7 00:00:24,257 --> 00:00:25,492 SPIKE. 8 00:00:25,592 --> 00:00:27,060 FROM THOSE TWO STARS YOU CAN DRAW A SHORT LINE AND BAM! 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,829 THAT FUZZY-LOOKING SPOT IS GALAXY M31 -- ANDROMEDA. 10 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:32,899 5 IT S EVEN BETTER WITH BINOCULARS. 11 00:00:32,999 --> 00:00:35,902 THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY IS THE CLOSEST LARGE SPIRAL GALAXY TO US 12 00:00:36,002 --> 00:00:36,903 HERE IN THE MILKY WAY. 13 00:00:37,003 --> 00:00:38,638 IT S 40 PERCENT LARGER TOO, AND 14 00:00:38,738 --> 00:00:40,407 IN ABOUT 4 BILLION YEARS 15 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:42,609 ANDROMEDA AND THE MILKY WAY WILL COLLIDE! 16 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:46,279 BUT DON T WORRY, GALAXIES ARE MOSTLY EMPTY SPACE, SO IT WON T AFFECT YOUR DISTANT GRANDCHILDREN 17 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:47,680 TOO MUCH, BUT I BET THEIR SKIES WILL BE FANTASTIC -- SO HOPEFULLY YOU BOTH 18 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:51,781 WILL KEEP LOOKING UP!