WEBVTT 00:02.602 --> 00:03.937 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% HEY SKYSPOTTERS! 00:04.037 --> 00:07.040 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% SOMETIMES YOU RE LOOKING UP AT THE SKY AND YOUR FRIEND IS LIKE 00:07.140 --> 00:08.708 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% WHAT IS THAT BRIGHT THING? 00:08.808 --> 00:12.712 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% NOW YOU LL BE ABLE TO TELL RIGHT AWAY WHETHER IT S A PLANET OR A STAR! 00:12.812 --> 00:14.714 align:left position:87.5% line:89% size:2.5% LET S USE THIS WEEK AS AN EXAMPLE. 00:14.814 --> 00:17.350 align:left position:80% line:89% size:10% HERE WE ARE AT ABOUT 4 AM LOOKING SOUTH. 00:17.450 --> 00:20.787 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THERE ARE TWO PLANETS VISIBLE RIGHT NOW JUPITER AND SATURN. 00:20.887 --> 00:24.724 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% FIRST PLANETS ARE WAY CLOSER THAN STARS, SO THEY LL BE EXTRA BRIGHT, OFTEN BRIGHTER 00:24.824 --> 00:26.726 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% THAN EVEN THE BRIGHTEST STARS. 00:26.826 --> 00:30.163 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% SECOND, PLANETS DON T TWINKLE, SHIMMER OR BLINK. 00:30.263 --> 00:34.367 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THIRD IT WILL BE ON THE ECLIPTIC, MAYBE YOU REMEMBER, THAT S THE PATH THE MOON, SUN 00:34.467 --> 00:36.870 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5% AND OTHER PLANETS TAKE ACROSS THE SKY. 00:36.970 --> 00:40.640 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% IF A BRIGHT OBJECT FITS THESE, IT S PROBABLY A PLANET AND NOT A STAR! 00:40.740 --> 00:45.245 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% TRY IT YOURSELF, AND BRING BINOCULARS FOR A GREAT VIDEO WHILE Y ALL KEEP LOOKIN 00:45.345 --> 00:49.345 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% UP!