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great midnight triangle fest welcome 
stargazers I'm Dean Regas a stronger

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from the Cincinnati Observatory and I'm 
James Albert director the kike Sola plop

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planetarium in Gainesville Florida 
summer is almost here and our favorite

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winter constellations are almost gone 
but don't despair after midnight

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any night this week we have 250 
triangles that are going to dazzle the

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night sky that's right James one of the 
Triangle's you see every summer but the

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other one is formed by a unique 
arrangement of the planet's plus if you

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go outside at midnight the morning of 
May 15th and 16th you'll see yet another

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triangle formed by the moon a planet and 
a star wondering what we're talking

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about let's show you ok we have our 
skies set for midnight the morning of

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May 15th if you look to the west will 
see the giant planet jupiter among the

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stars of Leo the Lion Jupiter will have 
a close conjunction with the moon on may

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fifteenth and sixteenth so if you're 
into geometric shapes like we are you

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can form a triangle between Jupiter the 
waxing crescent moon and the star

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Regulus on may fifteenth and then use 
leos tale start the nebula the Mormon

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triangle at Jupiter and the moon on May 
16 since the moon moves pretty quickly

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triangles formed using the moon only 
last a few hours so if you want to see

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more stable triangles all week long

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check out the sky toward the southeast 
and you can do that any night this week

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or next

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at midnight any night this week look 
southeast you'll spot our next triangle

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the northernmost point in this triangle 
is the red planet Mars and it's right

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next to the star shubha the center star 
of the three stars making the face of

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Scorpius the Scorpion Mars is fairly 
close to us right now and was named

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after the Roman god of war because red 
color of this planet reminded many

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ancient people of blood and violence the 
second part of our triangle is formed by

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the ringed planet Saturn Saturn is an 
excellent spot for viewing right now and

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its rings are tipped toward us in such a 
way that if you have a small telescope

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will get a picture perfect view of 
Saturn Saturn reaches opposition in just

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a few weeks so it'll get bigger and 
brighter as the days pass so definitely

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get outside and final part of our 
triangle is formed by the star in

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taryn's Antares means rival Mars and if 
you look at it closely as the same

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reddish tint is mars however this red 
celestial Dazzler isn't ready for the

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same reason that Mars is red and Terry's 
is a red supergiant star that's nearing

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the end of its life

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the star is just over five hundred and 
fifty light years away from us so large

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that you could easily fit the orbits of 
Mercury Venus Earth and Mars inside

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already let's take a look at our second 
triangle of the midnight triangle fast

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ok we still have our sky set to midnight 
and if you look east you'll see the

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three billion stars summer triangle then 
gets the brightest damages the brain

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storm signals that alter his brightest 
star of Aquila the eagle

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the brightest star of the 38 Vega only 
25 light years from Earth and is one of

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the most luminous stars in our 
neighborhood the second brightest star

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in the summer triangle is an alternate 
only seventeen light years from Earth of

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all the stars nearest alter spins the 
fastest and its equator alter can make

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one complete rotation only nine hours

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compare that to our side which takes 
twenty six days to complete one rotation

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last start of the summer triangle is the 
blue-white supergiant Danny Danon just

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happens to be the North Star on mars and 
is almost 60,000 times as bright as our

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son however because it's over three 
thousand light years away from us

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it appears much fainter than Vega and 
Altair so there you have it too right

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triangles to light up your night sky 
Mars Saturn and I'm tired eyes and the

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ever-popular and lovely summer triangle 
Vega solitaire and Jenna and if you're

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outside later this week

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Jupiter and the moon make a triangle 
with Regulus on May 15 and Annapolis on

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May 16 keep let me know