1 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:23,857 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 2 00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:26,926 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 3 00:00:27,027 --> 00:00:29,062 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 4 00:00:29,162 --> 00:00:31,264 SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 5 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:35,201 AND WERE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 6 00:00:35,301 --> 00:00:37,370 DEAN, I HAVE SOME SAD NEWS TO REPORT. 7 00:00:37,470 --> 00:00:38,371 CUE THE SAD MUSIC. 8 00:00:38,471 --> 00:00:39,672 DEAN: WHAT IS IT? 9 00:00:39,773 --> 00:00:42,042 OH MY GOSH, IS AN ASTEROID COMING TO DESTROY THE EARTH? 10 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,376 JAMES: NO. 11 00:00:43,476 --> 00:00:46,713 BUT I HATE TO TELL YOU, WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE WEEKS TO 12 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:48,248 SEE SATURN IN THE EVENING SKY. 13 00:00:48,348 --> 00:00:49,249 DEAN: NOOOOOOO! 14 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:50,483 JAMES: I'M AFRAID SO. 15 00:00:50,583 --> 00:00:51,518 DEAN: YEAH, I KNOW. 16 00:00:51,618 --> 00:00:53,253 BUT ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. 17 00:00:53,353 --> 00:00:57,757 IM JUST ALWAYS A LITTLE SAD WHEN MY FAVORITE PLANET DISAPPEARS BEHIND THE SUN. 18 00:00:57,857 --> 00:01:00,493 SATURN IS JUST SUCH A COOL THING TO SEE IN A TELESCOPE. 19 00:01:00,593 --> 00:01:01,961 JAMES: I KNOW. 20 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:03,830 IT LOOKS SO UNREAL WITH THE RINGS AND THE MOONS. 21 00:01:03,930 --> 00:01:05,965 IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE PUT A STICKER ON THE END OF THE TELESCOPE. 22 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:07,901 DEAN: BUT IT IS THE REAL THING. 23 00:01:08,001 --> 00:01:11,104 SO LETS HEAD OUTSIDE AND FIND SATURN! 24 00:01:11,204 --> 00:01:14,407 DEAN: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET FOR OCTOBER 21ST 25 00:01:14,507 --> 00:01:16,709 AT 8PM FACING SOUTHWEST. 26 00:01:16,810 --> 00:01:21,247 THE MOST NOTICEABLE STAR IN THIS PART OF THE SKY IS NO STAR AT ALL. 27 00:01:21,347 --> 00:01:24,684 ITS MY FAVORITE PLANET, THE AMAZING RINGED WORLD, SATURN. 28 00:01:24,784 --> 00:01:27,420 JAMES: NOW SATURN DOESNT STAND OUT AS MUCH AS VENUS 29 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,489 OR JUPITER IN THE NIGHT SKY. 30 00:01:29,589 --> 00:01:32,692 SATURN IS ONLY ABOUT AS BRIGHT AS THE BRIGHTEST STARS OF SUMMER. 31 00:01:32,792 --> 00:01:36,563 AND YOU DEFINITELY CANT SEE THE RINGS WITHOUT A TELESCOPE - ALTHOUGH DEAN STILL TRIES. 32 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:37,630 DEAN: NOPE. 33 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:39,232 IM SQUINTING AND I STILL CANT SEE THEM. 34 00:01:39,332 --> 00:01:40,600 JAMES: JUST LOOK FOR A 35 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:43,570 PRETTY-BRIGHT, YELLOW-TINTED STAR THAT DOESNT TWINKLE VERY 36 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:45,371 MUCH. 37 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:49,008 NEARBY STARS LIKE ANTARES, JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON, AND NUNKI OVER THERE WILL TWINKLE 38 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:50,009 A LOT. 39 00:01:50,110 --> 00:01:51,711 PLANETS DONT TWINKLE AS MUCH AS STARS. 40 00:01:51,811 --> 00:01:54,114 DEAN: AND YOU CAN ALSO LOOK FOR THE CONSTELLATIONS 41 00:01:54,214 --> 00:01:55,648 AROUND SATURN. 42 00:01:55,748 --> 00:01:59,452 TO THE LEFT OF SATURN IS A GROUP OF STARS THAT LOOK LIKE A TEA POT. 43 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:03,223 THATS ACTUALLY THE CENTAUR NAMED SAGITTARIUS WHO IS 44 00:02:03,323 --> 00:02:04,591 HALF MAN, HALF HORSE. 45 00:02:04,691 --> 00:02:06,693 JAMES: UP AND TO THE RIGHT OF SATURN YOULL FIND A 46 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:09,229 GROUP OF STARS IN A STRETCHED PENTAGON SHAPE. 47 00:02:09,329 --> 00:02:12,198 THAT IS OPHIUCHUS, THE GREAT MYTHOLOGICAL DOCTOR WHO COULD RAISE 48 00:02:12,298 --> 00:02:14,400 THE DEAD AND JUST HAPPENS TO BE HOLDING A SNAKE. 49 00:02:14,501 --> 00:02:17,570 DEAN: AND JUST BELOW SATURN YOU MAY FIND THE REMNANTS 50 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:20,640 OF SCORPIUS THE SCORPION WHO IS SETTING FAST. 51 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:25,211 THE BRIGHT STAR ANTARES IS THE SCORPIONS HEART AND IT'LL BE GONE SOON. 52 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:28,781 JAMES: WELL, LETS FLY UP TO SATURN REAL QUICKLY AND 53 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:30,016 TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. 54 00:02:30,116 --> 00:02:32,785 JAMES: THROUGH A TELESCOPE YOU MIGHT GET A VIEW OF 55 00:02:32,886 --> 00:02:34,120 SATURN LIKE THIS. 56 00:02:34,220 --> 00:02:36,923 YOU CAN SEE THE RINGS AND ITS BRIGHTEST MOON NAMED TITAN. 57 00:02:37,023 --> 00:02:39,292 DEAN: THROUGH A BETTER TELESCOPE YOU CAN SEE MORE 58 00:02:39,392 --> 00:02:45,131 DETAILS IN THE RINGS INCLUDING A GAP - THAT BLACK RING IN THERE - CALLED CASSINIS DIVISION. 59 00:02:45,231 --> 00:02:49,402 PLUS YOU MAY SEE A FEW MORE MOONS LIKE RHEA, TETHYS, AND DIONE. 60 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:51,671 JAMES: AND THEN IF YOU COULD'VE HITCHED A RIDE WITH 61 00:02:51,771 --> 00:02:56,009 THE CASSINI SPACECRAFT BEFORE IT CRASHED IN THE PLANET, YOU'D GET VIEWS OF SATURN LIKE 62 00:02:56,109 --> 00:02:57,210 THESE. 63 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:59,445 DEAN: THERE ARE SO MANY RINGS YOU CANT COUNT EM 64 00:02:59,546 --> 00:03:00,847 ALL! AND WE NOW KNOW OF 65 00:03:00,947 --> 00:03:03,082 AT LEAST 62 MOONS THAT CIRCLE SATURN. 66 00:03:03,183 --> 00:03:08,421 THE PLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW ON THE PLANET, RINGS, AND MOONS IS JUST SPECTACULAR. 67 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:10,790 THIS IS WHY SATURN IS MY FAVORITE PLANET! 68 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:11,958 BACK ON THE HORIZON 69 00:03:12,058 --> 00:03:14,394 DEAN: SO NOW WE GET TO THE SAD PART. 70 00:03:14,494 --> 00:03:19,599 SATURN IS QUICKLY HEADING AROUND THE SUN AND SOON WILL NOT BE VISIBLE IN THE EVENING SKY. 71 00:03:19,699 --> 00:03:20,934 YES, THAT IS TRAGIC 72 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,936 JAMES: BUT YOU HAVE A FEW MORE WEEKS TO 73 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:26,673 LOOK FOR IT. AND IF WE ADVANCE TIME TO OCTOBER 22ND CHECK 74 00:03:26,773 --> 00:03:28,608 OUT WHAT IS COMING INTO VIEW. 75 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:29,842 DEAN: THE MOON! 76 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:32,478 JAMES: EXACTLY! AND IF WE MOVE TO OCTOBER 23RD THE 77 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:35,215 WAXING CRESCENT MOON WILL SLIDE EVEN CLOSER TO SATURN. 78 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:36,216 AND THAT MEANS 79 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:37,951 DEAN: CUE THE CONJUNCTION MUSIC! 80 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:40,320 JAMES: WELL HAVE A MOON-SATURN CONJUNCTION! 81 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:43,256 DEAN: AND THE PARTY WON'T STOP-- THE NEXT NIGHT 82 00:03:43,356 --> 00:03:47,227 BECAUSE ON OCTOBER 24TH, THE MOON WILL STILL BE NEAR SATURN. 83 00:03:47,327 --> 00:03:48,628 JAMES: SO THATS STILL A CONJUNCTION? 84 00:03:48,728 --> 00:03:52,432 DEAN: EH, CLOSE ENOUGH FOR YOU. 85 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:56,202 DEAN: SO DONT WASTE ANOTHER NIGHT THIS MONTH WITHOUT 86 00:03:56,302 --> 00:03:57,937 LOOKING FOR SATURN IN THE SKY. 87 00:03:58,037 --> 00:04:00,373 JAMES: IT'LL BE THE BRIGHT, YELLOW, NON-TWINKLING 88 00:04:00,473 --> 00:04:02,408 LIGHT LOW IN THE SOUTHWEST AFTER DARK. 89 00:04:02,508 --> 00:04:04,377 DEAN: AND IF YOU CAN, GET A VIEW OF IT THROUGH A 90 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:06,713 TELESCOPE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL RINGS. 91 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:09,315 YOU MIGHT DISCOVER THAT ITS YOUR FAVORITE PLANET TOO. 92 00:04:09,415 --> 00:04:13,415 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!