WEBVTT 00:20.787 --> 00:24.924 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:25.025 --> 00:28.661 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.762 --> 00:31.297 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI 00:31.398 --> 00:32.532 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% OBSERVATORY. 00:32.632 --> 00:34.768 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:34.868 --> 00:37.237 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: ON THE MORNINGS OF NOVEMBER 17TH 00:37.337 --> 00:39.472 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% AND 18TH, FROM MIDNIGHT TO DAWN, 00:39.572 --> 00:42.509 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% WE MAY GET TO SEE THE ANNUAL LEONID METEOR SHOWER. 00:42.609 --> 00:44.277 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND THIS YEAR THE MOON IS GOING TO HELP 00:44.377 --> 00:46.212 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% BY STAYING OUT OF THE WAY. 00:46.312 --> 00:47.380 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET'S SHOW YOU. 00:47.480 --> 00:49.282 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: IF YOU'RE FAR FROM 00:49.382 --> 00:53.720 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% CITY LIGHTS ON ANY CLEAR MOONLESS NIGHT YOU'RE LIKELY TO SEE A FEW METEORS, IF YOU STAY OUT 00:53.820 --> 00:54.721 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% LONG ENOUGH AND..... 00:54.821 --> 00:56.122 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP. 00:56.222 --> 00:58.391 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.... 00:58.491 --> 00:59.659 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% THERE'S MORE. 00:59.759 --> 01:01.961 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: METEORS HAVE LONG BEEN CALLED "SHOOTING STARS" 01:02.062 --> 01:03.329 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. 01:03.430 --> 01:06.199 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% BUT THEYRE NOT REALLY STARS SHOOTING ACROSS THE SKY. 01:06.299 --> 01:08.301 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: IN FACT WHEN YOU SEE 01:08.401 --> 01:13.006 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% A METEOR-- YOU ARE SEEING A TINY SPECK OF SPACE DEBRIS, ANYWHERE FROM THE SIZE OF A 01:13.106 --> 01:15.008 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% GRAIN OF SAND-TO PEBBLE SIZED. 01:15.108 --> 01:19.112 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% THEY SLAM INTO OUR EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AT SUCH HIGH SPEEDS THAT FRICTION WITH 01:19.212 --> 01:21.981 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE GASSES IN OUR EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE CAUSES THE AIR TO GLOW. 01:22.082 --> 01:23.783 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SO WHEN YOU SEE A "SHOOTING STAR" 01:23.883 --> 01:28.888 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% YOU ARE ACTUALLY SEEING THE GAS ATOMS IN OUR EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE GLOW ALL ALONG THE 01:28.988 --> 01:29.956 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% PATH THAT THE METEOR 01:30.056 --> 01:31.724 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% HAS TRAVELED. 01:31.825 --> 01:35.562 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% SO ON ANY CLEAR, DARK, MOONLESS NIGHT YOU CAN SEE A HANDFUL OF METEORS IF YOU HAVE 01:35.662 --> 01:36.830 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% A LOT OF PATIENCE. 01:36.930 --> 01:39.866 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT ABOUT 12 TIMES A YEAR, WE EXPERIENCE WHAT 01:39.966 --> 01:41.868 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% WE CALL A METEOR SHOWER. 01:41.968 --> 01:44.537 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% AND EVERY NOVEMBER WE HAVE THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER, 01:44.637 --> 01:48.374 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% SO NAMED BECAUSE ITS METEORS APPEAR TO RADIATE FROM THE CONSTELLATION 01:48.475 --> 01:49.943 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% LEO THE LION. 01:50.043 --> 01:51.277 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: METEOR SHOWERS ARE 01:51.377 --> 01:53.279 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE METEORS YOU SEE EVERY NIGHT 01:53.379 --> 01:55.515 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% BECAUSE THE METEORS IN A METEOR SHOWER 01:55.615 --> 01:58.017 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% ARE PREDICTABLE AND ARE MADE UP OF COMET DEBRIS. 01:58.118 --> 01:59.352 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YOU SEE, EVERY TIME 01:59.452 --> 02:01.421 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% A COMET PASSES THROUGH OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 02:01.521 --> 02:06.126 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% IT SHEDS SOME OF ITS DEBRIS ALONG ITS ORBIT, AND IF THE EARTH INTERSECTS WITH 02:06.226 --> 02:08.461 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% THE COMETS PATH-- WE'LL GET A 02:08.561 --> 02:09.729 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% METEOR SHOWER. 02:09.829 --> 02:11.498 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% METEOR SHOWERS ARE SOMEWHAT 02:11.598 --> 02:15.335 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% PREDICTABLE BECAUSE THE EARTH RETURNS TO ABOUT THE SAME SPOT IN SPACE AT THE SAME 02:15.435 --> 02:16.636 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% TIME EACH YEAR. 02:16.736 --> 02:18.071 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND EVERY NOVEMBER 02:18.171 --> 02:20.773 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WE PLOW INTO SOME OF THE DEBRIS TRAILS OF COMET TEMPEL-TUTTLE, 02:20.874 --> 02:25.311 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% A COMET WHICH VISITS THE SUN EVERY 33 YEARS. 02:25.411 --> 02:28.848 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND IN THE YEARS JUST PRECEDING OR FOLLOWING TEMPEL-TUTTLE'S PASSAGE 02:28.948 --> 02:32.719 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WE PASS THROUGH DENSER DEBRIS TRAILS, AND WE MAY EXPERIENCE METEOR SHOWERS 02:32.819 --> 02:35.121 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% WITH GREATER THAN USUAL INTENSITY WHICH WE CALL 02:35.221 --> 02:36.856 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% METEOR STORMS. 02:36.956 --> 02:40.360 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% THE LAST STORM FROM THE LEONIDS WAS IN 2002. 02:40.460 --> 02:43.062 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN ONE OF THESE STORMS MAY 02:43.163 --> 02:45.532 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% HAPPEN, BUT THE BEST PREDICTION TO SEE SOME METEORS 02:45.632 --> 02:49.302 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THIS YEAR FOR NORTH AMERICA IS TO GO OUT FROM 1 A.M. 02:49.402 --> 02:51.471 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% THROUGH DAWN ON THE 17TH OR 18TH. 02:51.571 --> 02:53.940 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: I KNOW THATS REALLY LATE AT NIGHT, 02:54.040 --> 02:57.010 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND IT MIGHT BE COLD OUTSIDE, BUT THAT'S THE BEST TIME TO LOOK. 02:57.110 --> 02:58.478 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: FACE EAST WHERE 02:58.578 --> 02:59.979 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% OU'LL FIND LEO RISING. 03:00.079 --> 03:04.184 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% HE HAS A BACKWARD QUESTION MARK FOR HEAD, AND A TRIANGLE FOR A TAIL. 03:04.284 --> 03:06.886 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE METEORS WILL SEEM TO RADIATE FROM AROUND THERE. 03:06.986 --> 03:09.789 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AS THE NIGHT GOES ON, LEO WILL GET HIGHER 03:09.889 --> 03:12.959 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IN THE SKY AND YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING MORE METEORS. 03:13.059 --> 03:15.361 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MAYBE YOU'LL SEE A FEW REALLY BRIGHT METEORS 03:15.461 --> 03:16.663 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% WITH LONG TRAILS! 03:16.763 --> 03:18.198 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OR MAYBE NOT. 03:18.298 --> 03:20.033 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND ONE MORE THING, 03:20.133 --> 03:25.104 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE LEONIDS ARE THE FASTEST OF ALL METEORS BECAUSE WE ARE HITTING THEM NEARLY HEAD ON. 03:25.205 --> 03:31.511 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THEY SLAM INTO OUR EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OVER 158,000 MILES PER HOUR! 03:31.611 --> 03:32.745 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% WATCH OUT! 03:32.845 --> 03:35.782 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND FOR THOSE OF YOU CAN ONLY STAY UP UNTIL 03:35.882 --> 03:39.285 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% 10PM, YOU CAN GET A PREVIEW OF THE WINTER SKY. 03:39.385 --> 03:43.723 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% LOOK SOUTHEAST FOR ORION AND HIS SNAZZY BELT OF THREE STARS RISING UP. 03:43.823 --> 03:46.326 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE BELT STARS CAN POINT YOU TO OTHER STAR 03:46.426 --> 03:47.327 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% PATTERNS. 03:47.427 --> 03:49.195 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% CONNECT THE DOTS AND KEEP GOING UP. 03:49.295 --> 03:54.033 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% YOU'LL RUN INTO TAURUS THE BULL - THAT LOOKS LIKE A V-SHAPE OF STARS. 03:54.133 --> 03:56.769 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% AND IF YOU KEEP GOING A LITTLE FURTHER YOU'LL COME TO THE BEST STAR 03:56.869 --> 03:59.772 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% CLUSTER IN THE SKY, THE SEVEN SISTERS. 03:59.872 --> 04:02.609 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BACK TO THE EARLY MORNING SKY ON THE 17TH 04:02.709 --> 04:04.510 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% OR 18TH BE SURE TO GET OUT 04:04.611 --> 04:07.146 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AND WATCH THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER RADIATING FROM 04:07.247 --> 04:08.414 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% LEO THE LION. 04:08.514 --> 04:11.084 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND JUST AS DAWN BREAKS THE GIANT PLANET JUPITER 04:11.184 --> 04:12.885 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% WILL RISE AND JOIN THE SHOW. 04:12.986 --> 04:14.487 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% SO HAPPY METEOR SHOWER AND... 04:14.587 --> 04:18.587 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!