DEAN: AUTUMN IS FINALLY HERE AND PERSEUS AND
THE PLEIADES ARE MAKING A REAPPEARANCE IN
THE EARLY EVENING SKY IN A FEW WEEKS.
JAMES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
LET S SHOW YOU!
DEAN: OK, WE'VE GOT OUR SKIES SET UP FOR OCTOBER
1ST AT 11 P.M.
FACING EAST-NORTHEAST.
IF YOU LOOK NEAR THE EASTERN HORIZON, YOU'LL
SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TINY CLUSTER OF STARS.
THESE ARE THE PLEIADES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE
SEVEN SISTERS.
JAMES: UP AND TO THE LEFT OF THE PLEIADES
YOU'LL SEE PERSEUS THE HERO.
AT THE CENTER OF THE CONSTELLATION PERSEUS,
YOU'LL SEE A STAR NAMED MIRFAK.
MIRFAK IS ARABIC FOR ELBOW.
TO THE RIGHT OF MIRFAK WE SEE PERSEUS HOLDING
SOMETHING IN HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARM.
THIS IS THE STAR ALGOL AND IT REPRESENTS THE
WINKING EYE OF MEDUSA.
BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!