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!