WEBVTT 00:20.220 --> 00:25.925 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% great midnight triangle fest welcome stargazers I'm Dean Regas a stronger 00:26.026 --> 00:30.530 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% from the Cincinnati Observatory and I'm James Albert director the kike Sola plop 00:30.630 --> 00:34.567 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% planetarium in Gainesville Florida summer is almost here and our favorite 00:34.667 --> 00:39.272 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% winter constellations are almost gone but don't despair after midnight 00:39.372 --> 00:42.876 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% any night this week we have 250 triangles that are going to dazzle the 00:42.976 --> 00:47.547 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% night sky that's right James one of the Triangle's you see every summer but the 00:47.647 --> 00:52.352 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% other one is formed by a unique arrangement of the planet's plus if you 00:52.452 --> 00:56.656 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% go outside at midnight the morning of May 15th and 16th you'll see yet another 00:56.756 --> 01:01.728 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% triangle formed by the moon a planet and a star wondering what we're talking 01:01.828 --> 01:06.933 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% about let's show you ok we have our skies set for midnight the morning of 01:07.033 --> 01:11.337 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% May 15th if you look to the west will see the giant planet jupiter among the 01:11.438 --> 01:16.042 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% stars of Leo the Lion Jupiter will have a close conjunction with the moon on may 01:16.142 --> 01:21.314 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% fifteenth and sixteenth so if you're into geometric shapes like we are you 01:21.414 --> 01:25.652 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% can form a triangle between Jupiter the waxing crescent moon and the star 01:25.752 --> 01:30.990 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% Regulus on may fifteenth and then use leos tale start the nebula the Mormon 01:31.091 --> 01:36.529 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% triangle at Jupiter and the moon on May 16 since the moon moves pretty quickly 01:36.629 --> 01:41.134 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% triangles formed using the moon only last a few hours so if you want to see 01:41.234 --> 01:43.470 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% more stable triangles all week long 01:43.570 --> 01:47.440 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% check out the sky toward the southeast and you can do that any night this week 01:47.540 --> 01:49.075 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% or next 01:49.175 --> 01:53.913 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% at midnight any night this week look southeast you'll spot our next triangle 01:54.013 --> 01:58.918 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% the northernmost point in this triangle is the red planet Mars and it's right 01:59.018 --> 02:03.690 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% next to the star shubha the center star of the three stars making the face of 02:03.790 --> 02:08.528 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% Scorpius the Scorpion Mars is fairly close to us right now and was named 02:08.628 --> 02:13.399 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% after the Roman god of war because red color of this planet reminded many 02:13.500 --> 02:18.671 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% ancient people of blood and violence the second part of our triangle is formed by 02:18.771 --> 02:24.110 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% the ringed planet Saturn Saturn is an excellent spot for viewing right now and 02:24.210 --> 02:27.947 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% its rings are tipped toward us in such a way that if you have a small telescope 02:28.047 --> 02:32.719 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% will get a picture perfect view of Saturn Saturn reaches opposition in just 02:32.819 --> 02:36.689 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% a few weeks so it'll get bigger and brighter as the days pass so definitely 02:36.789 --> 02:41.761 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% get outside and final part of our triangle is formed by the star in 02:41.861 --> 02:47.567 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% taryn's Antares means rival Mars and if you look at it closely as the same 02:47.667 --> 02:52.539 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% reddish tint is mars however this red celestial Dazzler isn't ready for the 02:52.639 --> 02:57.777 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% same reason that Mars is red and Terry's is a red supergiant star that's nearing 02:57.877 --> 02:59.445 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% the end of its life 02:59.546 --> 03:04.517 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% the star is just over five hundred and fifty light years away from us so large 03:04.617 --> 03:09.689 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% that you could easily fit the orbits of Mercury Venus Earth and Mars inside 03:09.789 --> 03:14.994 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% already let's take a look at our second triangle of the midnight triangle fast 03:15.094 --> 03:20.433 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% ok we still have our sky set to midnight and if you look east you'll see the 03:20.533 --> 03:26.306 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% three billion stars summer triangle then gets the brightest damages the brain 03:26.406 --> 03:30.977 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% storm signals that alter his brightest star of Aquila the eagle 03:31.077 --> 03:37.217 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% the brightest star of the 38 Vega only 25 light years from Earth and is one of 03:37.317 --> 03:41.020 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% the most luminous stars in our neighborhood the second brightest star 03:41.120 --> 03:45.225 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% in the summer triangle is an alternate only seventeen light years from Earth of 03:45.325 --> 03:50.396 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% all the stars nearest alter spins the fastest and its equator alter can make 03:50.496 --> 03:53.333 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% one complete rotation only nine hours 03:53.433 --> 03:57.470 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% compare that to our side which takes twenty six days to complete one rotation 03:57.570 --> 04:02.909 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% last start of the summer triangle is the blue-white supergiant Danny Danon just 04:03.009 --> 04:08.648 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% happens to be the North Star on mars and is almost 60,000 times as bright as our 04:08.748 --> 04:13.386 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% son however because it's over three thousand light years away from us 04:13.486 --> 04:19.158 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% it appears much fainter than Vega and Altair so there you have it too right 04:19.259 --> 04:25.064 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% triangles to light up your night sky Mars Saturn and I'm tired eyes and the 04:25.164 --> 04:30.837 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% ever-popular and lovely summer triangle Vega solitaire and Jenna and if you're 04:30.937 --> 04:32.472 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% outside later this week 04:32.572 --> 04:36.843 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% Jupiter and the moon make a triangle with Regulus on May 15 and Annapolis on 04:36.943 --> 04:40.943 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% May 16 keep let me know