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that dragon and the Scorpion


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hey there stargazers I'm Deanery guess a
stronger for the Cincinnati Observatory

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and I'm james oberg director Kika
Silverpop planetarium in Gainesville

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Florida


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we're here to help you find your way
around the sky tonight

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heeding what's scarier a dragon


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or scorpion scorpion where where Scorpia
alright I forgot about your

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deep-seated fear scorpions okay well
don't worry

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the Scorpions hang out in the summer
stars up there

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in the southern sky I and the dragon
must be the constellation Draco the

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dragon who flies high in the northern
sky and some

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yep plus will get you prepared for the
moon's close encounter with the ringed

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planet


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on July 7 let's show you the dragon and
the

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scorpion it okay


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we have our sky set for any night this
week at 11 p.m.

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facing south Scorpius is one of the few
constellations that

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actually looks like its namesake you
won't need to strain your imaginations

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to see a scorpion in the stars


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Scorpius cuddles just above the southern
horizon

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as a long fish hook shape up stars the
curve marks the Scorpion's tail and

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stinger


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anymore imagination to see his body and
claws but

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there's his red beating heart a red
supergiant star

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and tarts Antares has inspired observers
for thousands of years

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it means arrival at mars because it's
similar in color to the red planet

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but its nothing like Mars first Antares
is a star

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and mars as a planet second entire is
one of the largest known stars in the

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galaxy


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this is one in tires would look like
next our sup

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mars to be too small to show on the
screen expects a huge star

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mythology Scorpius was the Slayer a
variety course we all know about Orion's

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belt at three stars


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but Scorpius has three stars almost in a
row

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you can find them at the head of the
Scorpion okay

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they're not quite wind up like a Ryan
spell but still there easy to find

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their names are if I S on the top shubha


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in the middle and pie score PI on the
bot you just want to say to be dead

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yeah it's definitely a fun starts a plus
Schubert is a variable star

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that means changes its brightness from
time to time okay

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now let's look to the northern sky and
go dragon hunting

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trigger the dragon lurks in the north
with her tail beginning between the Big

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Dipper


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on the left and the Northstar right
there if you're having trouble finding

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the North Star


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use the brighter stars in the Big Dipper
to point the way shoot an arrow from the

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two stars at the and Big Dipper spoon
and continued that to the right

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and bingo you run into the North stock
the only a dark sky to see the dragon's

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tail the corals around the Little Dipper


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so let's zoom into the dragon's head
which holds the brightest stars in this

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monster constellation 3 semi bright
stars markets head and Ani triangle

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they are in order brightness L tannen
roster bon

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and groom him and if you're in a darker
sky you might be able to make out of or

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you just wanted to say rust abounded yep
I like my quirky star names

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to the Babylonians draco was the she
dragon TMR

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she said to have had a body seven miles
long and I'm out its biggest sky

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along came a got a martyr who slew the
Great Beast with a bow and arrow

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martic 10 fleiss the dragon and half 1/2
becoming the earth

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and the other becoming the heavens about
okay

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so now we fast forwarded in time to the
night of July 7 and the moon is just to

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the right and the Scorpions clause


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can I print star names this time sure
these are some good ones

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okay above the moon is supernaturally
and below is

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you been out to be yes and right next to
the moon is the ring planet Saturn bout

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will be


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really close together that night they'll
be about one degree part on July 7 and

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maybe just maybe


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you could see both the moon and Saturn
at the same time in a small telescope

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so get out and see the action in the sky
this week

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and don't forget to look for Scorpius in
the southern sky not at your feet stop

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stop doing that and feed Rico in the
northern sky

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keep looking up


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me