WEBVTT 00:20.754 --> 00:24.824 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS. 00:24.924 --> 00:28.862 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.962 --> 00:32.332 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:32.432 --> 00:37.737 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: BACK IN MAY, WE TOLD YOU ABOUT SOME TRIANGLES YOU COULD SEE IN THE SKY AFTER MIDNIGHT. 00:37.837 --> 00:42.008 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WELL, THANKS TO OUR POSITIONING IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE PLANETS, 00:42.108 --> 00:46.246 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE GET TO SEE ANOTHER TRIANGLE FORMED BY THE PLANETS, AND A LOT EARLIER IN THE NIGHT! 00:46.346 --> 00:47.747 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT, JAMES! 00:47.847 --> 00:52.252 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE OTHER TRIANGLE YOU SEE EVERY YEAR, HIGH OVER HEAD ON LABOR DAY. 00:52.352 --> 00:54.087 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% WONDERING WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT? 00:54.187 --> 00:55.989 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% LETS SHOW YOU! 00:56.089 --> 00:59.793 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER SUNSET, ON LABOR DAY, SEPTEMBER 00:59.893 --> 01:01.728 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% 5TH, FACING WEST. 01:01.828 --> 01:07.400 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% THE FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE IS THE WAXING CRESCENT MOON AMONG THE STARS OF VIRGO THE MAIDEN. 01:07.500 --> 01:12.272 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE BRIGHTEST STAR, SPICA IS VERY CLOSE TO THE HORIZON, AND WILL GET CAUGHT UP IN THE 01:12.372 --> 01:13.540 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% SUN'S GLARE SOON. 01:13.640 --> 01:17.143 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SO, IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, CHECK IT OUT ON LABOR DAY! 01:17.243 --> 01:22.715 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: NEXT, LOOK TOWARD THE SOUTH AND YOU'LL SEE THE FAMILIAR SHAPE OF SCORPIUS THE SCORPION. 01:22.816 --> 01:26.352 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AMONG THESE STARS IS OUR FIRST TRIANGLE OF THE EVENING. 01:26.453 --> 01:30.623 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE NORTHERN-MOST POINT IN THIS TRIANGLE IS THE RINGED PLANET, SATURN. 01:30.723 --> 01:34.961 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SATURN'S RINGS ARE TIPPED TOWARD US IN SUCH A WAY THAT IF YOU HAVE A SMALL TELESCOPE, 01:35.061 --> 01:37.764 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% YOU'LL GET A PICTURE-PERFECT VIEW. 01:37.864 --> 01:42.035 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SATURN IS ALSO GETTING A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM US AND GETTING A LITTLE DIMMER, SO THIS 01:42.135 --> 01:46.272 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IS THE BRIGHTEST AND BIGGEST IT WILL BE UNTIL NEXT YEAR THIS TIME. 01:46.372 --> 01:47.974 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IT OUT THIS WEEK! 01:48.074 --> 01:52.545 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THE LEFT-MOST STAR IN THE TRIANGLE IS THE RED PLANET MARS. 01:52.645 --> 01:58.651 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% MARS IS STILL FAIRLY CLOSE TO US, BUT LIKE SATURN, ITS ALSO GETTING FARTHER AWAY AND 01:58.751 --> 02:00.720 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% A LITTLE DIMMER EACH DAY. 02:00.820 --> 02:06.259 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% MARS WAS NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF WAR, BECAUSE THE RED COLOR OF THIS PLANET REMINDED 02:06.359 --> 02:09.362 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% MANY ANCIENT PEOPLE OF BLOOD AND VIOLENCE. 02:09.462 --> 02:14.534 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: THE FINAL PART OF OUR TRIANGLE IS FORMED BY THE STAR, ANTARES. 02:14.634 --> 02:19.706 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ANTARES MEANS RIVAL OF MARS AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT CLOSELY, IT HAS THE SAME REDDISH TINT 02:19.806 --> 02:21.508 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% AS MARS. 02:21.608 --> 02:26.346 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HOWEVER, THIS RED CELESTIAL DAZZLER ISN'T RED FOR THE SAME REASON THAT MARS IS RED. 02:26.446 --> 02:30.917 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% ANTARES IS A RED SUPERGIANT STAR THAT'S NEARING THE END OF ITS LIFE. 02:31.017 --> 02:36.523 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THIS STAR IS JUST OVER 550 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US AND IT'S SO LARGE THAT YOU COULD EASILY 02:36.623 --> 02:42.228 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% FIT THE ORBITS OF MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH AND MARS INSIDE IT. 02:42.328 --> 02:46.799 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: ALRIGHTY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SECOND TRIANGLE FOR LABOR DAY. 02:46.900 --> 02:51.404 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: OK, WE STILL HAVE OUR SKIES SET TO AN HOUR AFTER SUNSET (21:00) AND IF YOU LOOK 02:51.504 --> 02:56.776 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DIRECTLY OVERHEAD YOU WILL SEE THE 3 BRILLIANT STARS OF THE SUMMER TRIANGLE. 02:56.876 --> 03:00.113 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% VEGA IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR OF LYRA THE HARP. 03:00.213 --> 03:04.417 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DENEB IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR OF CYGNUS THE SWAN AND ALTAIR IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR OF AQUILA, 03:04.517 --> 03:06.286 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THE EAGLE. 03:06.386 --> 03:11.191 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE TRIANGLE IS VEGA AND ITS ONLY 25 LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH, 03:11.291 --> 03:14.894 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND IS ONE OF THE MOST LUMINOUS STARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 03:14.994 --> 03:20.600 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: THE SECOND BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SUMMER TRIANGLE IS ALTAIR AND IT IS ONLY 17 LIGHT 03:20.700 --> 03:22.001 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% YEARS FROM EARTH. 03:22.101 --> 03:26.206 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% OF ALL THE STARS NEAR US, ALTAIR SPINS THE FASTEST. 03:26.306 --> 03:31.811 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AT ITS EQUATOR, ALTAIR CAN MAKE ONE COMPLETE ROTATION IN ONLY 9 HOURS! 03:31.911 --> 03:36.416 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% COMPARE THAT TO OUR SUN, WHICH TAKES 26 DAYS TO COMPLETE ONE ROTATION. 03:36.516 --> 03:41.621 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: THE LAST STAR OF THE SUMMER TRIANGLE IS THE BLUE-WHITE SUPERGIANT DENEB. 03:41.721 --> 03:48.161 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DENEB JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE NORTH STAR ON MARS AND IS ALMOST 60,000 TIMES AS BRIGHT 03:48.261 --> 03:54.500 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AS OUR SUN, HOWEVER, BECAUSE IT'S OVER 3,000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US, IT APPEARS MUCH 03:54.601 --> 03:56.536 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% FAINTER THAN VEGA AND ALTAIR. 03:56.636 --> 04:02.675 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% JAMES: SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, TWO BRIGHT TRIANGLES TO LIGHT UP YOUR NIGHT SKY THIS LABOR DAY. 04:02.775 --> 04:04.944 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% MARS, SATURN AND ANTARES. 04:05.044 --> 04:11.050 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND THE EVER POPULAR AND LOVELY SUMMER TRIANGLE, VEGA, ALTAIR AND DENEB. 04:11.150 --> 04:15.150 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!