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!