WEBVTT 00:02.669 --> 00:22.322 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% MONSTERS IN THE SKY 00:22.422 --> 00:24.257 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.357 --> 00:27.594 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY 00:27.694 --> 00:29.596 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND I M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 00:29.696 --> 00:32.132 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:32.232 --> 00:35.435 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.535 --> 00:39.305 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT IS ALMOST HALLOWEEN, SO DEAN AND I THOUGHT WE D SHARE OUR FAVORITE MONSTERS 00:39.406 --> 00:40.540 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% IN THE SKY. 00:40.640 --> 00:42.042 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THESE ARE THE STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS THAT 00:42.142 --> 00:45.045 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% STRUCK TERROR IN THE HEARTS OF OUR ANCESTORS. 00:45.145 --> 00:48.681 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% AND THEY INCLUDE A DRAGON, A SEA MONSTER, AND A WOMAN WITH SNAKES 00:48.782 --> 00:49.916 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% FOR HAIR. 00:50.016 --> 00:51.851 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND FINALLY WE LL SHOW YOU THE STAR CLUSTER 00:51.951 --> 00:53.686 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% THAT SIGNALED THE DAY OF THE DEAD. 00:53.787 --> 00:55.321 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET S SHOW YOU 00:55.422 --> 00:58.858 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET FOR OCTOBER 31 FACING 00:58.958 --> 01:00.593 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% NORTH AT 8:30PM. 01:00.693 --> 01:03.897 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WE RE GOING DRAGON-HUNTING AND LOOKING FOR DRACO THE DRAGON. 01:03.997 --> 01:06.232 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THERE S OUR GUIDE STAR HALFWAY UP IN 01:06.332 --> 01:09.269 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% THE NORTH POLARIS AKA THE NORTH STAR. 01:09.369 --> 01:13.940 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% IT S NOT TERRIBLY BRIGHT BUT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPY IT FROM MOST LOCATIONS. 01:14.040 --> 01:16.443 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% THE DRAGON S SINUOUS BODY IS NEARBY 01:16.543 --> 01:19.012 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT THE DRAGON S HEAD HOLDS THE BRIGHTEST 01:19.112 --> 01:21.581 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% STARS IN THIS MONSTER CONSTELLATION. 01:21.681 --> 01:23.917 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% LOOK FOR THREE STARS IN A NEAT TRIANGLE. 01:24.017 --> 01:27.120 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% AND IF YOU RE IN A DARKER SKY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT A FOURTH STAR MAKING 01:27.220 --> 01:28.455 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% IT A REAL BLOCK-HEAD! 01:28.555 --> 01:29.756 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: CAREFUL JAMES! 01:29.856 --> 01:31.591 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% DON T UPSET THE DRAGON. 01:31.691 --> 01:34.494 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE ANCIENT BABYLONIANS REFERRED TO DRACO AS THE 01:34.594 --> 01:37.630 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% SHE-DRAGON TIAMAT WHO TERRORIZED CREATION. 01:37.730 --> 01:42.836 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SHE S SAID TO HAVE A BODY SEVEN MILES LONG AND A MOUTH AS BIG AS THE SKY. 01:42.936 --> 01:46.439 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ALONG CAME A GOD NAMED MARDUK WHO SLEW THE GREAT BEAST. 01:46.539 --> 01:50.510 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% MARDUK THEN SLICED THE DRAGON IN HALF ONE HALF BECOMING THE EARTH, AND THE OTHER, 01:50.610 --> 01:51.678 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% THE HEAVENS ABOVE. 01:51.778 --> 01:54.547 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: LET S LOOK HALFWAY UP IN THE NORTHEASTERN 01:54.647 --> 01:57.083 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% SKY NOW FOR THE CONSTELLATION PERSEUS. 01:57.183 --> 02:01.788 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% HE S A TOUGHIE TO FIND SINCE THE STARS DON T LOOK LIKE AN ARMOR-CLAD HERO WITH WINGED SANDALS. 02:01.888 --> 02:04.924 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WITH A LOT OF IMAGINATION, WE CAN SEE PERSEUS 02:05.024 --> 02:07.360 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% HOLDING SOMETHING IN HIS OUTSTRETCHED ARM. 02:07.460 --> 02:11.231 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% TO THE ANCIENT GREEKS IT S THE STAR ALGOL A.K.A. 02:11.331 --> 02:12.899 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% THE WINKING EYE OF MEDUSA. 02:12.999 --> 02:15.235 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SHE S THE GORGON WITH SNAKES FOR HAIR. 02:15.335 --> 02:17.737 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BUT OTHER CULTURES HAD SOME VERY FRIGHTENING 02:17.837 --> 02:21.341 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% NAMES FOR THIS STAR, LIKE: THE SPECTRE S HEAD, GHOST S HEAD, SATAN S 02:21.441 --> 02:24.944 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% HEAD, THE DOUBLE EYE, AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, PILED UP CORPSES. 02:25.044 --> 02:27.313 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WHY SUCH SCARY NAMES? 02:27.413 --> 02:30.717 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: ALGOL IS NO ORDINARY STAR - IT S A SPECIAL 02:30.817 --> 02:32.919 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% TYPE OF STAR CALLED AN ECLIPSING VARIABLE. 02:33.019 --> 02:35.855 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% ALGOL IS REALLY TWO STARS THAT ORBIT EACH OTHER. 02:35.955 --> 02:41.194 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% WHEN THE BIGGER, DIMMER STAR BLOCKED THE LIGHT OF THE SMALLER BRIGHTER STAR THE ANCIENTS 02:41.294 --> 02:42.462 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% NOTICED. 02:42.562 --> 02:45.298 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DURING THESE ECLIPSES ALGOL DIMS LIKE CLOCKWORK EVERY 02:45.398 --> 02:47.000 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% 2.87 DAYS. 02:47.100 --> 02:50.670 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SO, SEE IF YOU CAN SEE THE WINKING EYE OF MEDUSA THIS MONTH 02:50.770 --> 02:52.872 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% IT WON T TURN YOU TO STONE. 02:52.972 --> 02:55.742 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: PERSEUS IS USING MEDUSA S HEAD TO SAVE PRINCESS 02:55.842 --> 02:58.645 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% ANDROMEDA FROM A BRINY BEHEMOTH THE SEA MONSTER, CETUS. 02:58.745 --> 03:03.183 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% LOOK FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND MAYBE YOU CAN MAKE OUT THE SEA MONSTER. 03:03.283 --> 03:06.519 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HIS OUTLINE LOOKS MORE LIKE A RECLINER CHAIR. 03:06.619 --> 03:09.189 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NEVERTHELESS, THIS WAS POSEIDON S VICIOUS 03:09.289 --> 03:11.758 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% PET SEA MONSTER WHO WE SEE TURNED TO STONE BY 03:11.858 --> 03:13.059 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MEDUSA S HEAD! 03:13.159 --> 03:14.827 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: ALGOL STRIKES AGAIN! 03:14.928 --> 03:17.997 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MANY CULTURES SELECTED NOVEMBER 1 AS A SPECIAL 03:18.097 --> 03:19.766 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% DAY TO HONOR THEIR DEARLY DEPARTED. 03:19.866 --> 03:23.069 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% IT MARKS A HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN FALL AND WINTER, 03:23.169 --> 03:27.774 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% PLUS THE COOLEST STAR CLUSTER DOES SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT. 03:27.874 --> 03:30.743 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE SEVEN SISTERS, OR PLEIADES, ARE AN OPEN 03:30.843 --> 03:33.213 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% CLUSTER OF STARS VISIBLE IN THE EAST. 03:33.313 --> 03:34.714 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% AT FIRST GLANCE THEY LOOK LIKE A 03:34.814 --> 03:37.951 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% LITTLE CLOUD, BUT UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION YOU MAY BE ABLE 03:38.051 --> 03:40.053 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% TO MAKE OUT THE INDIVIDUAL STARS IN THE CLUSTER. 03:40.153 --> 03:42.522 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: A SHARP-EYED FIRST GRADER TOLD ME THEY LOOKED 03:42.622 --> 03:43.823 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% LIKE A DINKY DIPPER. 03:43.923 --> 03:46.593 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THIS "DINKY DIPPER" FEATURES HEAVILY IN ALL 03:46.693 --> 03:48.695 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HALLOW S EVE CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE - 03:48.795 --> 03:51.164 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% WHEN THEY ARE HIGHEST AT MIDNIGHT. 03:51.264 --> 03:57.403 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% MAYA, AZTECS, PERUVIANS, JAPANESE, AND HINDUS ALL HAD FESTIVALS FOR THE DEAD NEAR NOVEMBER 03:57.503 --> 03:58.671 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% 1ST, IN HONOR OF THE 03:58.771 --> 03:59.939 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% SEVEN SISTERS. 04:00.039 --> 04:02.342 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AS THE NIGHT ROLLS ON, THE PLEIADES RISE HIGHER 04:02.442 --> 04:05.878 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5% AND HIGHER IN THE SKY. AND AT LOCAL MIDNIGHT THEY REACH THEIR HIGHEST 04:05.979 --> 04:07.313 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% POINT. 04:07.413 --> 04:09.649 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% IN FACT, FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA, THE SEVEN SISTERS WOULD BE 04:09.749 --> 04:14.654 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% STRAIGHT OVERHEAD - THE GREAT MAYAN PYRAMIDS WOULD POINT DIRECTLY AT THE CLUSTER. 04:14.754 --> 04:16.456 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO, LOOK FOR DRACO 04:16.556 --> 04:17.991 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THE DRAGON IN THE NORTHERN SKY. 04:18.091 --> 04:19.359 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MEDUSA S HEAD, ALGOL, 04:19.459 --> 04:20.493 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% IN THE NORTHEAST. 04:20.593 --> 04:22.295 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: CETUS THE SEA MONSTER IN THE SOUTHEAST. 04:22.395 --> 04:24.831 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND, IF YOU DARE, STAY UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT TO 04:24.931 --> 04:28.234 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SEE THE SEVEN SISTERS RIDE ACROSS A SPOOKY SKY. 04:28.334 --> 04:30.103 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND 04:30.203 --> 04:34.203 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!