WEBVTT 00:20.687 --> 00:22.222 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% THE ORION FAMILY REUNION 00:22.322 --> 00:23.990 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.090 --> 00:27.460 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY 00:27.560 --> 00:29.462 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 00:29.562 --> 00:32.198 align:left position:70%,start line:89% size:20% SILVA PLA PLANETAR-IUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:32.298 --> 00:34.801 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:34.901 --> 00:36.903 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THIS WEEK WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON A GROUP 00:37.003 --> 00:40.840 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% OF WINTER CON-STELLATIONS SURROUNDING ORION THE MIGHTY HUNTER. 00:40.940 --> 00:44.010 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OFTEN CALLED THE ORION FAMILY, THESE CONSTELLATIONS 00:44.110 --> 00:46.513 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% HAVE SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THE ENTIRE SKY. 00:46.613 --> 00:49.149 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NOW, THE ANCIENTS WATCHED THE SKY THE SAME 00:49.249 --> 00:50.950 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% WAY WE WATCH TV. 00:51.051 --> 00:55.889 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% GET THIS, WHEN THEY TUNED INTO THE WINTER STARS, THEY SAW A GI-ANT HUNTER WITH THREE 00:55.989 --> 01:01.428 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% STARS FOR A BELT, BEING TRAMPLED BY A BULL, WITH SEVEN WOMEN ON ITS BACK, WHILE TWO HUNTING 01:01.528 --> 01:04.664 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DOGS WERE CHAS-ING AFTER A UNICORN AND A BUNNY RABBIT DOWN BY 01:04.764 --> 01:05.865 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THE RIVER. 01:05.965 --> 01:07.934 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, HOW CAN ANYONE SEE 01:08.034 --> 01:10.103 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% THAT MUCH INTO THE STARS. 01:10.203 --> 01:12.272 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DON'T WORRY, WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH IT AND INTRODUCE YOU 01:12.372 --> 01:14.307 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% TO THE ENTIRE ORION FAMILY. 01:14.407 --> 01:18.278 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE'VE GOT OUR SKIES SET FOR 8PM FACING 01:18.378 --> 01:20.180 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SOUTH. 01:20.280 --> 01:23.283 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE CON-STELLATION ORION TAKES CENTER STAGE AND HE'LL PLAY THE CENTRAL ROLE IN OUR WINTER 01:23.383 --> 01:24.517 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% SKY SAGA. 01:24.617 --> 01:27.120 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THERE ARE A LOT OF BRIGHT STARS IN THIS AREA 01:27.220 --> 01:31.591 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% OF THE SKY, AND WE HAVE AN ANCIENT STORY THAT TIES THEM ALL TOGETHER. 01:31.691 --> 01:35.695 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ORION'S BRIGHT-EST STARS ARE BLUE RIGEL ON HIS LEFT FOOT, AND 01:35.795 --> 01:39.732 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% RUBY-RED BETELGEUSE MARKING HIS, UH, ARMPIT. 01:39.833 --> 01:41.901 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: EW, STINKY! 01:42.001 --> 01:47.574 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BUT OF COURSE, ORION IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS TRADEMARK BELT - THREE STARS ALL LINED UP. 01:47.674 --> 01:51.444 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NOT ONLY ARE THE BELT STARS YOUR CUE THAT YOU'VE FOUND ORION, THEY'LL ALSO POINT YOU 01:51.544 --> 01:53.680 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% TO SEVERAL OTHER CONSTELLATIONS. 01:53.780 --> 01:56.749 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: CONNECT A LINE THROUGH THE BELT-STARS, AND 01:56.850 --> 01:58.284 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% KEEP GOING UP AND TO THE RIGHT. 01:58.384 --> 02:01.754 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% YOU'LL PASS JUST UNDER A BRIGHT ORANGE STAR CALLED ALDEBARAN. 02:01.855 --> 02:06.326 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% LOOK OUT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MENACING EYE OF TAURUS THE BULL. 02:06.426 --> 02:11.631 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% TAURUS HAS A SMALL V SHAPE OF FIVE STARS FOR A FACE AND TWO LONG HORNS. 02:11.731 --> 02:17.103 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% NOW IF YOU CONTINUE PAST THE V OF TAURUS YOU'LL RUN SMACK DAB INTO THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST 02:17.203 --> 02:19.506 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% OPEN STAR CLUSTER IN THE NIGHT SKY. 02:19.606 --> 02:22.842 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% THESE ARE THE PLEIADES OR SEVEN SISTERS. 02:22.942 --> 02:27.580 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE PLEIA-DES LOOK LIKE A LITTLE CLOUD TO THE NAKED EYE BUT UPON SECOND GLANCE YOU MIGHT 02:27.680 --> 02:31.251 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT 5 OR 6 OF THE INDIVIDUAL STARS. 02:31.351 --> 02:34.654 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IN A GOOD PAIR OF BINOCULARS, THEY ARE JUST AWESOME! 02:34.754 --> 02:37.724 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: FORMED FROM THE SAME NEBULA, THE SEVEN SISTERS 02:37.824 --> 02:41.528 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ARE YOUNG HOT STARS BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS. 02:41.628 --> 02:46.065 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THESE STARS MAY ONLY LIVE MILLIONS OF YEARS AS OPPOSED TO OUR SUN WHICH HAS A LIFESPAN 02:46.166 --> 02:47.967 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% OF ABOUT 10 BILLION YEARS. 02:48.067 --> 02:49.969 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE THAN SEVEN OF THEM! 02:50.069 --> 02:55.108 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE CLUSTER INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF STARS, WITH ONLY THE SEVEN BRIGHTEST VISIBLE TO THE NAKED 02:55.208 --> 02:56.342 align:left position:45%,start line:89% size:45% EYE. 02:56.442 --> 02:59.012 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, ORION FELL IN LOVE WITH 02:59.112 --> 03:01.581 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE SISTERS - ALL SEVEN OF THEM. 03:01.681 --> 03:04.417 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE SISTERS, WELL THEY DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM AT ALL. 03:04.517 --> 03:09.155 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% UP IN THE SKY THE SISTERS ARE SITTING PRETTY ON THE BULL'S BACK WHILE ORION MUST FEND OFF 03:09.255 --> 03:10.423 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% THEIR SWORN PROTECTOR. 03:10.523 --> 03:12.959 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE GODS LET ORION BRING HIS FAVORITE TWO 03:13.059 --> 03:15.161 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% HUNTING DOGS UP TO THE SKY WITH HIM. 03:15.261 --> 03:19.432 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THIS TIME LET THE BELT STARS POINT YOU DOWN AND TO THE LEFT. 03:19.532 --> 03:23.469 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% WHEN YOU KEEP GOING, YOU'LL RUN INTO THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, SIRIUS. 03:23.570 --> 03:28.308 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ALSO KNOWN AS THE DOG STAR, SIRIUS MARKS THE NOSE OF CANIS MAJOR, THE BIG DOG. 03:28.408 --> 03:30.510 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: FROM SIRIUS, MAKE A 03:30.610 --> 03:35.648 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% 90 DEGREE TURN UP AND TO THE LEFT TO FIND THE LITTLE DOG STAR, PROCYON IN CANIS MINOR. 03:35.748 --> 03:37.317 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% AWW, WHAT A CUTE LITTLE PUPPY. 03:37.417 --> 03:40.086 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: UNFORTUNATELY THE TWO DOGS ARENT HELPING ORION 03:40.186 --> 03:41.321 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% WITH THE BULL. 03:41.421 --> 03:43.456 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THEY'RE TOO BUSY CHASING AFTER A UNICORN 03:43.556 --> 03:46.593 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% (THE CONSTELLATION MONOCEROS) AND A BUNNY RABBIT 03:46.693 --> 03:49.796 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% (THE CONSTELLATION LEPUS) BY THE BANKS OF THE COSMIC RIVER 03:49.896 --> 03:51.664 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% (THE CONSTELLATION ERIDANUS). 03:51.764 --> 03:54.500 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND IN MARCH, YOU MIGHT NOTICE ANOTHER VISITOR 03:54.601 --> 03:56.803 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% PASSING THROUGH THE ORION FAMILY. 03:56.903 --> 04:03.610 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DAY BY DAY, THE MOON WILL MOVE THROUGH TAURUS AND OVER ORION'S HEAD ON THE 12TH, 13TH, AND 04:03.710 --> 04:05.245 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% 14TH. 04:05.345 --> 04:09.849 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SO, TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET, GO TO THE HEAVENLY MOVIES AND SEE A GIANT HUNTER 04:09.949 --> 04:11.884 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% BEING TRAMPLED BY A BULL 04:11.985 --> 04:13.386 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% WITH SEVEN WOMEN ON ITS BACK 04:13.486 --> 04:14.921 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% WHILE TWO HUNTING DOGS 04:15.021 --> 04:15.989 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% CHASE AFTER A UNICORN 04:16.089 --> 04:16.990 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% AND A BUNNY RABBIT 04:17.090 --> 04:17.991 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% DOWN BY THE RIVER. 04:18.091 --> 04:19.859 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WHEW! 04:19.959 --> 04:22.829 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS IS THE ORION FAMILY OF CONSTELLATIONS AND THEY GET TOGETHER LIKE THIS EVERY WINTER. 04:22.929 --> 04:27.333 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% YOU CAN SEE THEM JUST AS YOUR ANCESTORS HAVE DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 04:27.433 --> 04:29.602 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% WITNESS THEIR LATEST REUNION THIS MONTH AS YOU 04:29.702 --> 04:33.702 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!