1 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,222 THE ORION FAMILY REUNION 2 00:00:22,322 --> 00:00:23,990 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 3 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:27,460 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY 4 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,462 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 5 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:32,198 SILVA PLA PLANETAR-IUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 6 00:00:32,298 --> 00:00:34,801 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 7 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:36,903 DEAN: THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON A GROUP 8 00:00:37,003 --> 00:00:40,840 OF WINTER CON-STELLATIONS SURROUNDING ORION THE MIGHTY HUNTER. 9 00:00:40,940 --> 00:00:44,010 JAMES: OFTEN CALLED THE ORION FAMILY, THESE CONSTELLATIONS 10 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:46,513 HAVE SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE ENTIRE SKY. 11 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:49,149 DEAN: NOW, THE ANCIENTS WATCHED THE SKY THE SAME 12 00:00:49,249 --> 00:00:50,950 WAY WE WATCH TV. 13 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:55,889 GET THIS, WHEN THEY TUNED INTO THE WINTER STARS, THEY SAW A GI-ANT HUNTER WITH THREE 14 00:00:55,989 --> 00:01:01,428 STARS FOR A BELT, BEING TRAMPLED BY A BULL, WITH SEVEN WOMEN ON ITS BACK, WHILE TWO HUNTING 15 00:01:01,528 --> 00:01:04,664 DOGS WERE CHAS-ING AFTER A UNICORN AND A BUNNY RABBIT DOWN BY 16 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:05,865 THE RIVER. 17 00:01:05,965 --> 00:01:07,934 JAMES: YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, HOW CAN ANYONE SEE 18 00:01:08,034 --> 00:01:10,103 THAT MUCH INTO THE STARS. 19 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:12,272 DON'T WORRY, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT AND INTRODUCE YOU 20 00:01:12,372 --> 00:01:14,307 TO THE ENTIRE ORION FAMILY. 21 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:18,278 JAMES: OKAY, WE'VE GOT OUR SKIES SET FOR 8PM FACING 22 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:20,180 SOUTH. 23 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,283 THE CON-STELLATION ORION TAKES CENTER STAGE AND HE'LL PLAY THE CENTRAL ROLE IN OUR WINTER 24 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:24,517 SKY SAGA. 25 00:01:24,617 --> 00:01:27,120 DEAN: THERE ARE A LOT OF BRIGHT STARS IN THIS AREA 26 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:31,591 OF THE SKY, AND WE HAVE AN ANCIENT STORY THAT TIES THEM ALL TOGETHER. 27 00:01:31,691 --> 00:01:35,695 ORION'S BRIGHT-EST STARS ARE BLUE RIGEL ON HIS LEFT FOOT, AND 28 00:01:35,795 --> 00:01:39,732 RUBY-RED BETELGEUSE MARKING HIS, UH, ARMPIT. 29 00:01:39,833 --> 00:01:41,901 JAMES: EW, STINKY! 30 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:47,574 BUT OF COURSE, ORION IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS TRADEMARK BELT - THREE STARS ALL LINED UP. 31 00:01:47,674 --> 00:01:51,444 NOT ONLY ARE THE BELT STARS YOUR CUE THAT YOU'VE FOUND ORION, THEY'LL ALSO POINT YOU 32 00:01:51,544 --> 00:01:53,680 TO SEVERAL OTHER CONSTELLATIONS. 33 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:56,749 DEAN: CONNECT A LINE THROUGH THE BELT-STARS, AND 34 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:58,284 KEEP GOING UP AND TO THE RIGHT. 35 00:01:58,384 --> 00:02:01,754 YOU'LL PASS JUST UNDER A BRIGHT ORANGE STAR CALLED ALDEBARAN. 36 00:02:01,855 --> 00:02:06,326 LOOK OUT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MENACING EYE OF TAURUS THE BULL. 37 00:02:06,426 --> 00:02:11,631 TAURUS HAS A SMALL V SHAPE OF FIVE STARS FOR A FACE AND TWO LONG HORNS. 38 00:02:11,731 --> 00:02:17,103 NOW IF YOU CONTINUE PAST THE V OF TAURUS YOU'LL RUN SMACK DAB INTO THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST 39 00:02:17,203 --> 00:02:19,506 OPEN STAR CLUSTER IN THE NIGHT SKY. 40 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:22,842 THESE ARE THE PLEIADES OR SEVEN SISTERS. 41 00:02:22,942 --> 00:02:27,580 THE PLEIA-DES LOOK LIKE A LITTLE CLOUD TO THE NAKED EYE BUT UPON SECOND GLANCE YOU MIGHT 42 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,251 BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT 5 OR 6 OF THE INDIVIDUAL STARS. 43 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:34,654 IN A GOOD PAIR OF BINOCULARS, THEY ARE JUST AWESOME! 44 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:37,724 JAMES: FORMED FROM THE SAME NEBULA, THE SEVEN SISTERS 45 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:41,528 ARE YOUNG HOT STARS BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS. 46 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:46,065 THESE STARS MAY ONLY LIVE MILLIONS OF YEARS AS OPPOSED TO OUR SUN WHICH HAS A LIFESPAN 47 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:47,967 OF ABOUT 10 BILLION YEARS. 48 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:49,969 BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE THAN SEVEN OF THEM! 49 00:02:50,069 --> 00:02:55,108 THE CLUSTER INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF STARS, WITH ONLY THE SEVEN BRIGHTEST VISIBLE TO THE NAKED 50 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:56,342 EYE. 51 00:02:56,442 --> 00:02:59,012 DEAN: IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, ORION FELL IN LOVE WITH 52 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:01,581 THE SISTERS - ALL SEVEN OF THEM. 53 00:03:01,681 --> 00:03:04,417 THE SISTERS, WELL THEY DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM AT ALL. 54 00:03:04,517 --> 00:03:09,155 UP IN THE SKY THE SISTERS ARE SITTING PRETTY ON THE BULL'S BACK WHILE ORION MUST FEND OFF 55 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:10,423 THEIR SWORN PROTECTOR. 56 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:12,959 JAMES: THE GODS LET ORION BRING HIS FAVORITE TWO 57 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:15,161 HUNTING DOGS UP TO THE SKY WITH HIM. 58 00:03:15,261 --> 00:03:19,432 THIS TIME LET THE BELT STARS POINT YOU DOWN AND TO THE LEFT. 59 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:23,469 WHEN YOU KEEP GOING, YOU'LL RUN INTO THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, SIRIUS. 60 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:28,308 ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOG STAR, SIRIUS MARKS THE NOSE OF CANIS MAJOR, THE BIG DOG. 61 00:03:28,408 --> 00:03:30,510 DEAN: FROM SIRIUS, MAKE A 62 00:03:30,610 --> 00:03:35,648 90 DEGREE TURN UP AND TO THE LEFT TO FIND THE LITTLE DOG STAR, PROCYON IN CANIS MINOR. 63 00:03:35,748 --> 00:03:37,317 AWW, WHAT A CUTE LITTLE PUPPY. 64 00:03:37,417 --> 00:03:40,086 JAMES: UNFORTUNATELY THE TWO DOGS ARENT HELPING ORION 65 00:03:40,186 --> 00:03:41,321 WITH THE BULL. 66 00:03:41,421 --> 00:03:43,456 THEY'RE TOO BUSY CHASING AFTER A UNICORN 67 00:03:43,556 --> 00:03:46,593 (THE CONSTELLATION MONOCEROS) AND A BUNNY RABBIT 68 00:03:46,693 --> 00:03:49,796 (THE CONSTELLATION LEPUS) BY THE BANKS OF THE COSMIC RIVER 69 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,664 (THE CONSTELLATION ERIDANUS). 70 00:03:51,764 --> 00:03:54,500 DEAN: AND IN MARCH, YOU MIGHT NOTICE ANOTHER VISITOR 71 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:56,803 PASSING THROUGH THE ORION FAMILY. 72 00:03:56,903 --> 00:04:03,610 DAY BY DAY, THE MOON WILL MOVE THROUGH TAURUS AND OVER ORION'S HEAD ON THE 12TH, 13TH, AND 73 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:05,245 14TH. 74 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:09,849 SO, TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET, GO TO THE HEAVENLY MOVIES AND SEE A GIANT HUNTER 75 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:11,884 BEING TRAMPLED BY A BULL 76 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:13,386 WITH SEVEN WOMEN ON ITS BACK 77 00:04:13,486 --> 00:04:14,921 WHILE TWO HUNTING DOGS 78 00:04:15,021 --> 00:04:15,989 CHASE AFTER A UNICORN 79 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:16,990 AND A BUNNY RABBIT 80 00:04:17,090 --> 00:04:17,991 DOWN BY THE RIVER. 81 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:19,859 JAMES: WHEW! 82 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:22,829 THIS IS THE ORION FAMILY OF CONSTELLATIONS AND THEY GET TOGETHER LIKE THIS EVERY WINTER. 83 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:27,333 YOU CAN SEE THEM JUST AS YOUR ANCESTORS HAVE DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 84 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:29,602 WITNESS THEIR LATEST REUNION THIS MONTH AS YOU 85 00:04:29,702 --> 00:04:33,702 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!