JAMES:
8 OF THE 20 BRIGHTEST STARS CAN BE SEEN IN
ONE PLACE TONIGHT.
DEAN:
WE CALL IT THE WINTER FOOTBALL.
JAMES:
WHEN YOU LOOK SOUTHEAST TONIGHT, YOU CAN'T
MISS ORION AND HIS BELT OF THREE STARS.
DEAN:
SOME PEOPLE CALL THOSE BRIGHT STARS AROUND
HIM, THE WINTER HEXAGON, BUT IT LOOKS MORE
LIKE A GIANT FOOTBALL TO ME.
JAMES:
THE BRIGHTEST STAR IS SIRIUS, THE DOG STAR
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOTBALL.
DEAN:
UP AND TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL FIND THE LITTLE
DOG STAR PROCYON, AND THEN HIGHER STILL ARE
THE TWIN STARS OF GEMINI, CASTOR AND POLLUX.
JAMES:
CAPELLA MARKS THE OTHER POINT OF THE FOOTBALL,
AND WHEN YOU COME BACK DOWN THE SKY YOU'LL
SPY THE EYE OF TAURUS THE
BULL - AN ORANGE STAR CALLED ALDEBARAN.
DEAN:
PASS BY BLUE RIGEL, ORION'S LEFT FOOT AND
THEN COME BACK TO SIRIUS.
YOU'VE TRACED THE WINTER FOOTBALL!
LOOK FOR IT FLYING ABOVE...
BOTH:
KEEP LOOKING UP!