WEBVTT 00:01.634 --> 00:06.973 align:left position:87.5% line:83% size:2.5% HEY STAR LOVERS AS WE MOVE INTO WINTER ORION HAS RETURNED TO OUR SKIES, 00:06.973 --> 00:11.277 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% SO LET S USE HIS SPARKLEY BELT TO FIND THE PLEIADES AND HIS YOUNG LOVES. 00:11.277 --> 00:15.482 align:left position:87.5% line:83% size:2.5% HIT THE DARKNESS AFTER TWO AM AND LOOK EAST FOR ORION, AND USE THE 00:15.482 --> 00:19.986 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% THREE STARS OF HIS BELT TO DRAW A ROUGH LINE TOWARD ALDEBERAN IN THE CONSTELLATION 00:19.986 --> 00:25.025 align:left position:82.5% line:83% size:7.5% TAURUS AND YOU LL SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TINY DIPPER. THAT IS THE PLEIADES! 00:25.025 --> 00:29.996 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THIS CLUSTER IS NAMED FOR SEVEN SISTERS. LEGEND SAYS ORION FELL FOR THEM. PINING 00:29.996 --> 00:34.067 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AND CHASING THEIR AFFECTIONS BEFORE ZEUS TURNED THEM INTO THIS CLUSTER OF STARS. NOW, 00:34.067 --> 00:37.570 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% ORION AND THE PLEIADES MOVE ACROSS THE SKY ORION CHASING THEM STILL. 00:37.570 --> 00:43.143 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THE PLEIADES ARE ACTUALLY AN OPEN STAR CLUSTER OF MORE THAN 800 STARS THAT FORMED TOGETHER FROM 00:43.143 --> 00:47.580 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% A CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST. THE BRIGHT BLUE ONES WILL BURN OUT IN A SHORT ONE-HUNDRED-MILLION 00:47.580 --> 00:51.580 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% YEAR LIFETIME SHORT, FOR A STAR. BUT LONG ENOUGH FOR US TO ENJOY EM! KEEP LOOKIN UP!