JAMES:
IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, WHEN THE BIG
DIPPER GIVES UP ITS ROLE AS AN EASY, EARLY-EVENING
INDICATOR
OF NORTH.
DEAN:
BUT FEAR NOT MY FRIENDS!
THE BIG DIPPER'S POSITION HIGH ABOVE THE NORTH
STAR IS REPLACED BY CASSIOPEIA
THE QUEEN.
DEAN:
OK., IF YOU GO OUT ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK
AROUND 9 P.M.
YOU'LL SEE THE 5 BRIGHT STARS OF CASSIOPEIA
WHICH, IF WE CONNECT WITH IMAGINARY LINES,
TRACE OUT THE
LETTER 'M'.
JAMES:
AND IF WE SPEED UP TIME A FEW HOURS, YOU CAN
SEE THE QUEEN, SITTING MAJESTICALLY ON HER
THRONE, AS SHE CRUISES AROUND THE NORTH STAR.
DEAN:
AT NIGHT, CASSIOPEIA STANDS REALLY HIGH IN
THE NORTHERN SKY.
HER FIVE SEMI-BRIGHT STARS MAKE A NOTICEABLE
M-SHAPE PATTERN.
JAMES:
THE THREE BRIGHTEST STARS MAKE A NEAT TRIANGLE.
THEIR NAMES ARE CAPH, SCHEDAR, AND TSIH AND
WHEN YOU CONNECT THEM TO THE OTHER TWO, YOUVE
FOUND QUEEN CASSIOPEIA.
BOTH:
KEEP LOOKING UP!