1 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:05,872 ORION IS THE UNMISTAKABLE KING OF THE WINTER CONSTELLATIONS. 2 00:00:05,972 --> 00:00:08,541 HE S ONLY VISIBLE DURING THE WINTER, BECAUSE HE S LOCATED ON THE OTHER 3 00:00:08,641 --> 00:00:10,443 SIDE OF THE SUN THE REST OF THE YEAR! 4 00:00:10,543 --> 00:00:14,114 WITH THIS WEEK S NEW MOON HE SHOULD BE EASY TO SPOT. 5 00:00:14,214 --> 00:00:17,317 IF YOU FACE SOUTHEAST ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK: THERE HE IS! 6 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:19,586 ORION IN ALL HIS BELTED GLORY. 7 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:21,721 LOOK FOR THE THREE STARS IN A ROW SIGNIFYING HIS 8 00:00:21,821 --> 00:00:23,757 BELT, PLUS TWO SHOULDER STARS AND TWO LEG STARS. 9 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:28,161 BUT, THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT ANY OF OUR CONSTELLATIONS, IS THEY ONLY REALLY EXIST 10 00:00:28,261 --> 00:00:30,163 FROMOUR PERSPECTIVE. 11 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:34,300 IF YOU SAILED FAR FROM OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, EVENTUALLY OUR CONSTELLATIONS WOULD DISTORT AND BECOME 12 00:00:34,401 --> 00:00:36,302 UNRECOGNIZABLE. 13 00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:40,173 ALL OF THE STARS ARE DIFFERENT DISTANCES AWAY FROM US SO LET'S LOOK AT HIM FROM A DIFFERENT 14 00:00:40,273 --> 00:00:41,908 PERSPECTIVE. 15 00:00:42,008 --> 00:00:45,712 IF WE LEAVE EARTH FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT WE CAN COME AROUND TO THE SIDE. 16 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:46,780 THE SHAPE IS ALL CHANGED! 17 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,215 EVEN HIS BELT STARS ARE SPREAD OUT. 18 00:00:49,315 --> 00:00:53,153 IT S A WHOLE NEW CONSTELLATION FROM A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE. 19 00:00:53,253 --> 00:00:57,253 KEEP LOOKING UP!