WEBVTT 00:20.320 --> 00:24.290 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.391 --> 00:27.193 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.293 --> 00:31.197 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:31.297 --> 00:32.432 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:32.532 --> 00:35.101 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.201 --> 00:40.073 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE STAR HOPPING AND DISCOVER NEW STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS. 00:40.173 --> 00:41.975 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% OUR JUMPING-OFF POINT WILL BE THE BIG DIPPER. 00:42.075 --> 00:47.047 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THE BIG DIPPER - THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE STAR PATTERN IN ALL THE NORTHERN SKY - VISIBLE 00:47.147 --> 00:51.084 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% ALMOST ALL YEAR-ROUND - THIS WILL BE OUR GUIDE TO THE HEAVENS. 00:51.184 --> 00:52.919 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% FIRST IT'LL POINT US TO THE NORTH STAR 00:53.019 --> 00:55.989 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: THEN SHOW US THE WAY TO THE BRIGHT ORANGE STAR ARCTURUS 00:56.089 --> 00:59.526 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: THEN LEAD US TO THE BRILLIANT BLUE STAR SPICA. 00:59.626 --> 01:01.928 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: AND WE'LL EVEN MEET A PLANET ALONG THE WAY. 01:02.028 --> 01:04.264 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% DEAN: ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAD OUT TO THE SKY! 01:04.364 --> 01:10.070 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET FOR 10PM FACING NORTHEAST WHERE WE SEE THE BIG DIPPER HIGH 01:10.170 --> 01:11.938 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% ABOVE THE NORTH STAR. 01:12.038 --> 01:15.975 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IF ITS CUP WAS FULL OF WATER IT'D BE POURING RIGHT INTO THE LITTLE DIPPER AND OVERFLOWING 01:16.076 --> 01:16.976 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ONTO ME! 01:17.077 --> 01:18.912 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% DEAN: COOL UMBRELLA! 01:19.012 --> 01:22.782 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% NOW IF WE SHOOT AN ARROW THROUGH THE TWO STARS ON THE END OF THE BIG DIPPER'S CUP, AND CONTINUE 01:22.882 --> 01:26.019 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THAT LINE, IT'LL RUN SMACK DAB INTO THE NORTH STAR. 01:26.119 --> 01:30.957 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: NOW LET'S USE THE BIG DIPPER'S HANDLE TO FIND TWO MORE WONDERFUL STARS. 01:31.057 --> 01:35.061 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SIMPLY DRAW AN IMAGINARY LINE THROUGH THE HANDLE OF THE BIG DIPPER AND EXTEND IT OUT 01:35.161 --> 01:39.833 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ALONG THE CURVE, OR ARC, AND YOU'LL ARC YOUR WAY TO THE BRIGHT STAR, ARCTURUS. 01:39.933 --> 01:44.003 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: SO IN OTHER WORDS, REPEAT AFTER ME, FOLLOW THE ARC TO ARCTURUS. 01:44.104 --> 01:46.139 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% JAMES: FOLLOW THE ARC TO ARCTURUS. 01:46.239 --> 01:47.140 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% HEY THAT'S PRETTY CATCHY. 01:47.240 --> 01:48.141 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% DEAN: I KNOW RIGHT? 01:48.241 --> 01:50.543 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING I MADE UP. 01:50.643 --> 01:54.581 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% ARCTURUS IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION BOOTES THE HERDSMAN. 01:54.681 --> 01:57.350 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: HIS OUTLINE LOOKS MORE LIKE A NARROW KITE 01:57.450 --> 01:59.853 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% DEAN: OR AN ICE CREAM CONE ON ITS SIDE. 01:59.953 --> 02:00.820 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% JAMES: LOOKOUT DEAN! 02:00.920 --> 02:02.522 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% THAT SCOOP IS LOOSE! 02:02.622 --> 02:03.623 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DEAN: AAAAAAAAH! 02:03.723 --> 02:06.960 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% JAMES: AFTER YOU ARC TO ARCTURUS, KEEP GOING. 02:07.060 --> 02:11.631 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% STRAIGHTEN OUT THE ARC A BIT AND YOU WILL RUN INTO A BRILLIANT BLUE STAR CALLED SPICA. 02:11.731 --> 02:15.668 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% SPICA IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION VIRGO THE MAIDEN. 02:15.768 --> 02:18.671 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SHE'S STANDING UPRIGHT AND COVERS MOST OF THE EASTERN SKY. 02:18.771 --> 02:21.774 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% DO YOU HAVE A CATCHY SAYING TO FIND SPICA? 02:21.875 --> 02:22.842 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% DEAN: OF COURSE. 02:22.942 --> 02:24.110 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% FIRST FOLLOW THE ARC TO ARCTURUS. 02:24.210 --> 02:25.111 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% JAMES: UH HUH. 02:25.211 --> 02:27.013 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEAN: THEN HIT A SPIKE TO SPICA! 02:27.113 --> 02:29.149 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% JAMES: WOW, THAT'S A LOT LESS CATCHY 02:29.249 --> 02:32.652 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: YEAH I KNOW, BUT MAYBE IT'S SO BAD THAT YOU'LL REMEMBER IT. 02:32.752 --> 02:36.923 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: LET'S COMPARE ARCTURUS AND SPICA TO OUR STAR - THE SUN. 02:37.023 --> 02:41.060 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ARCTURUS IS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO US - ONLY 37 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. 02:41.161 --> 02:45.965 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SPICA IS ABOUT 7 TIMES FARTHER - AT AROUND 261 LIGHT YEARS. 02:46.065 --> 02:49.402 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE SUN, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS ONLY 8 LIGHT MINUTES AWAY. 02:49.502 --> 02:52.839 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% JAMES: NOW LET'S SIZE THESE THREE STARS UP. 02:52.939 --> 02:56.809 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% THE SUN IS ABOUT 865,000 MILES IN DIAMETER. 02:56.910 --> 03:01.080 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THAT'S LARGE ENOUGH FOR 109 EARTHS TO STRETCH END TO END ACROSS ITS WIDTH. 03:01.181 --> 03:06.519 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: BUT THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO SPICA WHICH IS OVER 7 TIMES WIDER THAN OUR SUN, 03:06.619 --> 03:09.656 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% AND ARCTURUS WHICH IS OVER 25 TIMES WIDER. 03:09.756 --> 03:15.828 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: THIS ARC-TO-ARCTURUS AND SPIKE-TO-SPICA TRICK WORKS EVERY SPRING, BUT THIS YEAR WE 03:15.929 --> 03:17.530 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% HAVE SOMETHING EXTRA. 03:17.630 --> 03:21.467 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THERES ALSO A REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE MIX THAT SHOULD DISTRACT YOU. 03:21.568 --> 03:24.971 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: IT'S WAY BRIGHTER THAN SPICA AND IS ACTUALLY A PLANET! 03:25.071 --> 03:26.339 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% BUT WHICH ONE IS IT? 03:26.439 --> 03:28.575 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% LET'S FLY UP THERE TO GET A CLOSER LOOK. 03:28.675 --> 03:29.576 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% JAMES: WOW! 03:29.676 --> 03:32.545 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% THAT IS ONE BRIGHT STAR - I MEAN PLANET. 03:32.645 --> 03:36.916 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT SHOULD SHINE WITH A STEADY, CREAM-COLORED GLOW JUST ABOVE BLUE SPICA. 03:37.016 --> 03:41.821 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: WHEN WE ZOOM IN ON OUR MYSTERY PLANET WE'LL SEE THAT IT IS JUPITER, LARGEST PLANET 03:41.921 --> 03:43.623 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 03:43.723 --> 03:47.627 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: THROUGH A BACKYARD TELESCOPE WE CAN SEE ITS FOUR MOONS, STRIPES ON THE PLANET, 03:47.727 --> 03:49.929 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% AND ON RARE OCCASIONS, THE GREAT RED SPOT. 03:50.029 --> 03:54.534 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: ASTRONOMERS HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE GREAT RED SPOT AND HAVE SEEN SOME CHANGES RECENTLY. 03:54.634 --> 03:58.571 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT USED TO BE A GIANT OVAL-SHAPED STORM THE SIZE OF THREE EARTHS. 03:58.671 --> 03:59.539 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% BUT NOW 03:59.639 --> 04:00.540 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% OH NO! 04:00.640 --> 04:01.641 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% ITS SHRINKING! 04:01.741 --> 04:04.010 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% JAMES: DEAN REGAS EVERYBODY. 04:04.110 --> 04:06.012 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% ACTING A LINE FROM THE MOVIE 2010. 04:06.112 --> 04:07.714 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% ANYWAY, IT'S SHRINKING FAST! 04:07.814 --> 04:11.251 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IF THIS KEEPS UP, THE GREAT RED SPOT COULD FADE AWAY. 04:11.351 --> 04:14.721 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SO BE SURE TO GO SEE IT THIS YEAR - JUST IN CASE. 04:14.821 --> 04:18.758 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: SO THIS SPRING GET OUTSIDE AND LET THE BIG DIPPER BE YOUR GUIDE. 04:18.858 --> 04:22.595 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THE TWO STARS ON THE END OF THE SPOON WILL TAKE YOU TO THE NORTH STAR. 04:22.695 --> 04:26.032 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: AND THE CURVED STARS ON THE HANDLE WILL LET YOU ARC TO ARCTURUS 04:26.132 --> 04:27.533 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% DEAN: HIT A SPIKE TO SPICA! 04:27.634 --> 04:29.269 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% JAMES: AND THEN JET UP TO JUPITER! 04:29.369 --> 04:30.270 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% DEAN: NICE! 04:30.370 --> 04:34.370 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!