WEBVTT 00:20.754 --> 00:24.791 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.891 --> 00:28.361 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.461 --> 00:30.797 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI 00:30.897 --> 00:32.232 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% OBSERVATORY. 00:32.332 --> 00:35.201 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:35.301 --> 00:37.937 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% THE ANCIENT STAR GAZERS HAD A LOT OF IMAGINATION. 00:38.038 --> 00:40.507 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE STARS, THEY CONNECTED 00:40.607 --> 00:44.444 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE DOTS AND PICTURED PEOPLE, ANIMALS, RIVERS, AND EVEN ENTIRE SCENES. 00:44.544 --> 00:47.080 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND IN THE FALL EVENING SKY, IF YOU HAVE AN 00:47.180 --> 00:50.183 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ANCIENT IMAGINATION YOU CAN SEE A KING AND A QUEEN 00:50.283 --> 00:51.684 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: A PRINCE AND A PRINCESS 00:51.785 --> 00:53.153 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: TWO MONSTERS AND 00:53.253 --> 00:54.354 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: A FLYING HORSE. 00:54.454 --> 00:56.389 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: IT'S GONNA GET CROWDED UP THERE BUT WE CAN 00:56.489 --> 00:57.757 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% WALK YOU THROUGH IT. 00:57.857 --> 01:01.194 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET UP FOR 9 PM FACING 01:01.294 --> 01:02.962 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% NORTHEAST. 01:03.063 --> 01:06.299 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ABOUT HALFWAY-UP IN THE SKY YOU' LL FIND THE FIVE, FAMILIAR STARS THAT LOOK LIKE A 01:06.399 --> 01:07.434 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% LETTER W. 01:07.534 --> 01:09.469 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THIS IS THE BEAUTIFUL QUEEN CASSIOPEIA. 01:09.569 --> 01:14.307 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NOW STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATIONS A LITTLE AND SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE OUT A QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA 01:14.407 --> 01:15.642 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% SITTING ON HER THRONE. 01:15.742 --> 01:19.279 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: SORRY, I GUESS I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH IMAGINATION. 01:19.379 --> 01:21.915 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BUT ONCE YOU FIND HER, SHE IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER OF 01:22.015 --> 01:23.149 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% OUR STORY. 01:23.249 --> 01:25.151 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: LEGEND HAS IT THAT CASSIOPEIA BRAGGED ABOUT 01:25.251 --> 01:27.053 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% HER BEAUTY WAY TOO MUCH. 01:27.153 --> 01:29.789 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% IN FACT ONE DAY SHE SAID (NOW GET THIS), 01:29.889 --> 01:33.760 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SHE SAID, I'M MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ALL THE MERMAIDS IN THE OCEAN. 01:33.860 --> 01:34.961 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: YIKES! 01:35.061 --> 01:38.431 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% THAT GOT POSEIDON, THE GOD OF THE SEA, SUPER-MAD. 01:38.531 --> 01:42.068 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% HE CONFRONTED CASSIOPEIA'S HUSBAND, KING CEPHEUS, WHOSE FIVE FAINTER 01:42.168 --> 01:44.671 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% STARS ARE UP AND TO THE LEFT OF HIS WIFE. 01:44.771 --> 01:46.506 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THE STARS LOOK LIKE AN UPSIDE-DOWN HOUSE. 01:46.606 --> 01:49.242 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: FOR INSULTING THE GODS, CASSIOPEIA HAD TO 01:49.342 --> 01:53.680 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% GIVE UP HER ONE AND ONLY DAUGHTER, THE PRINCESS ANDROMEDA, AS A SACRIFICE. 01:53.780 --> 01:57.650 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BASICALLY, THEY HAD TO CHAIN ANDROMEDA TO A BIG ROCK IN THE OCEAN, 01:57.750 --> 02:00.019 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% AND LET POSEIDON'S PET SEA MONSTER EAT HER. 02:00.120 --> 02:03.056 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: YOU CAN FIND ANDROMEDA TO THE RIGHT OF CASSIOPEIA. 02:03.156 --> 02:05.391 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% HER STARS LOOK MORE LIKE A SKINNY LETTER A. 02:05.492 --> 02:06.960 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: A FOR ANDROMEDA. 02:07.060 --> 02:08.228 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: EXACTLY. 02:08.328 --> 02:11.197 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: ANDROMEDA ALSO HOUSES THE CLOSEST SPIRAL GALAXY 02:11.297 --> 02:12.799 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% TO OUR MILKY WAY. 02:12.899 --> 02:15.869 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S CALLED THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY BECAUSE YOU CAN FIND IT NEAR HER RIGHT 02:15.969 --> 02:17.370 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% HIP-STAR. 02:17.470 --> 02:19.172 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% OF COURSE IF YOU LIVE IN A LIGHT POLLUTED AREA, YOU WON'T BE ABLE 02:19.272 --> 02:20.974 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% TO SEE THIS GALAXY. 02:21.074 --> 02:24.477 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE COUNTRY YOU MIGHT SEE IT LOOKING LIKE A LITTLE CLOUD, 02:24.577 --> 02:26.279 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% BARELY VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. 02:26.379 --> 02:28.815 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WITH BINOCULARS YOU CAN RESOLVE A LOT MORE 02:28.915 --> 02:33.920 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% OF ITS CLOUDY NATURE, AND WITH A TELESCOPE YOU CAN SEE IT AS A LONG, FUZZY BLUR. 02:34.020 --> 02:39.392 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS IS A GALAXY, WITH ONE TRILLION STARS, THAT YOU CAN'T SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE. 02:39.492 --> 02:40.593 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% SPACE IS SCARY-BIG! 02:40.693 --> 02:43.062 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: NOW BEFORE THE 02:43.163 --> 02:47.534 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% SEA MONSTER MAKES HIS APPEARANCE WE MUST INTRODUCE OUR HERO, PERSEUS. 02:47.634 --> 02:51.571 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AS THE STORY GOES, PERSEUS, THAT VERY MORNING, SLEW THE WICKED GORGON MEDUSA. 02:51.671 --> 02:54.307 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SHE'S THE ONE WITH SNAKES FOR HAIR AND TURNS 02:54.407 --> 02:56.142 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU TO STONE WITH JUST ONE LOOK. 02:56.242 --> 02:59.112 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: LOOKING AT HER REFLECTION IN HIS SHIELD, PERSEUS 02:59.212 --> 03:02.348 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% CHOPPED OFF HER HEAD, THEN PUT THE HEAD IN A BAG FOR SAFE KEEPING. 03:02.448 --> 03:05.051 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AS HE WAS FLYING THROUGH 03:05.151 --> 03:07.687 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% THE AIR (ON HIS WINGED SANDALS), WITH THE INFAMOUS 03:07.787 --> 03:11.991 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BAG AT HIS SIDE, PERSEUS HAPPENED TO SPY A YOUNG MAIDEN IN DISTRESS. 03:12.091 --> 03:14.027 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: OUR PRINCESS, ANDROMEDA! 03:14.127 --> 03:17.997 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% NOW WE'RE FACING EAST AT 10PM AND PERSEUS APPEARS ON THE SCENE. 03:18.097 --> 03:20.733 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% YOU CAN FIND HIM AS A SQUIGGLE OF STARS BELOW ANDROMEDA'S FEET. 03:20.833 --> 03:22.235 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THE SEA MONSTER, 03:22.335 --> 03:26.339 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% A CONSTELLATION NAMED CETUS, IS JUST RISING IN THE EAST-SOUTHEAST. 03:26.439 --> 03:29.075 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% I THINK HIS STARS LOOK LIKE A RECLINER CHAIR. 03:29.175 --> 03:30.243 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: THAT DOESN'T SEEM 03:30.343 --> 03:31.444 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% SO SCARY. 03:31.544 --> 03:33.713 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: ANYWAY, PERSEUS YELLS TO ANDROMEDA, CLOSE 03:33.813 --> 03:35.582 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% YOUR EYES! 03:35.682 --> 03:40.286 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THEN HE CLOSES HIS EYES, REACHES INTO THE BAG AND PULLS OUT MEDUSA'S SEVERED HEAD, SHOWS 03:40.386 --> 03:44.224 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT TO THE SEA MONSTER WHO TAKES ONE LOOK AT IT AND, POOF TURNS 03:44.324 --> 03:45.225 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% TO STONE. 03:45.325 --> 03:47.093 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: PERSEUS SAVES THE DAY! 03:47.193 --> 03:49.896 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: WOW, WHAT A STARRY STORY. 03:49.996 --> 03:54.167 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% A KING, A QUEEN, A PRINCE AND PRINCESS, TWO MONSTERS AND OOPS, 03:54.267 --> 03:55.168 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% WE FORGOT THE FLYING HORSE. 03:55.268 --> 03:56.402 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OH YEAH! 03:56.502 --> 03:59.205 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% PEGASUS WAS, SUPPOSEDLY, BORN FROM THIS EPIC BATTLE. 03:59.305 --> 04:03.209 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% AS PERSEUS HELD OUT MEDUSA'S HEAD - THIS IS GROSS NOW - SOME OF 04:03.309 --> 04:07.113 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% HER BLOOD FELL INTO THE WATER, AND TURNED MAGICALLY INTO PEGASUS 04:07.213 --> 04:08.114 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% THE FLYING HORSE. 04:08.214 --> 04:09.115 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% JAMES: OH COME ON! 04:09.215 --> 04:10.116 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% THAT IS TOO WEIRD! 04:10.216 --> 04:12.018 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AGREED. 04:12.118 --> 04:15.455 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF IMAGINATION WE'RE DEALING WITH WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT THE CONSTELLATIONS 04:15.555 --> 04:16.456 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% AND WHEN YOU... 04:16.556 --> 04:20.556 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!