DEAN:
GALILEO WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 15, 1564
JAMES:
IN HONOR OF HIS 455TH BIRTHDAY, WE WANT YOU
TO WATCH THE SKIES LIKE OUR FAVORITE ASTRONOMER.
JAMES:
AFTER DARK ON THIS FEBRUARY 15TH , YOU LL
FIND THE WAXING
GIBBOUS MOON TO THE LEFT OF ORION.
DEAN:
THROUGH HIS TELESCOPE GALILEO SAW SUCH WONDERS
ON THE MOON - CHAINS OF MOUNTAINS AND DEPTHS
OF VALLEYS.
DEAN:
NOW WE RE FACING SOUTHEAST JUST BEFORE SUNRISE
AND CAN SEE THREE PLANETS GALILEO SAW OVER
400 YEARS AGO.
JAMES:
WHEN GALILEO LOOKED AT JUPITER UP CLOSE, HE
SAW JUPITER S FOUR LARGEST MOONS.
DEAN:
DAZZLING VENUS IS THERE FOR US TO MARVEL AT
JUST AS GALILEO DID WHEN HE OBSERVED ITS PHASES
IN 1610.
JAMES:
AND SATURN IS JUST BELOW VENUS LOOKING LIKE
A BRIGHT YELLOW STAR.
DEAN:
IMAGINE SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL RINGS OF SATURN
FOR THE FIRST TIME!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GALILEO AND...
BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!