WEBVTT 00:02.702 --> 00:06.639 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% REMEMBER LAST WEEK WHEN WE FOUND THE SHARED STAR ALPHERATZ IN ANDROMEDA? 00:06.740 --> 00:11.845 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% KNOWING ALPHERATZ MAKES IT EASY WAY TO FIND THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY, THE MOST DISTANT OBJECT 00:11.945 --> 00:14.347 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5% THAT YOU CAN SEE WITH YOUR BARE EYES. 00:14.447 --> 00:17.417 align:left position:75% line:89% size:15% HERE S ALPHERATZ IN THE WESTERN SKY AT 11PM. 00:17.517 --> 00:20.653 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% REMEMBER ITS AT THE MEETING POINT OF THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS AND ANDROMEDA. 00:20.754 --> 00:24.157 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% FROM THERE, LOOK FOR MIRACH [mir-ahk] AND MU -- THE SECOND PAIR OF STARS ALONG ANDROMEDA S 00:24.257 --> 00:25.492 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% SPIKE. 00:25.592 --> 00:27.060 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% FROM THOSE TWO STARS YOU CAN DRAW A SHORT LINE AND BAM! 00:27.160 --> 00:29.829 align:left position:65% line:89% size:25% THAT FUZZY-LOOKING SPOT IS GALAXY M31 -- ANDROMEDA. 00:29.929 --> 00:32.899 align:left position:85% line:89% size:5% 5 IT S EVEN BETTER WITH BINOCULARS. 00:32.999 --> 00:35.902 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY IS THE CLOSEST LARGE SPIRAL GALAXY TO US 00:36.002 --> 00:36.903 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% HERE IN THE MILKY WAY. 00:37.003 --> 00:38.638 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT S 40 PERCENT LARGER TOO, AND 00:38.738 --> 00:40.407 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% IN ABOUT 4 BILLION YEARS 00:40.507 --> 00:42.609 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5% ANDROMEDA AND THE MILKY WAY WILL COLLIDE! 00:42.709 --> 00:46.279 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% BUT DON T WORRY, GALAXIES ARE MOSTLY EMPTY SPACE, SO IT WON T AFFECT YOUR DISTANT GRANDCHILDREN 00:46.379 --> 00:47.680 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% TOO MUCH, BUT I BET THEIR SKIES WILL BE FANTASTIC -- SO HOPEFULLY YOU BOTH 00:47.781 --> 00:51.781 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% WILL KEEP LOOKING UP!