WEBVTT 00:02.669 --> 00:22.055 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% WHERE DID THE BIG DIPPER GO? 00:22.155 --> 00:24.024 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS. 00:24.124 --> 00:26.559 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA 00:26.659 --> 00:28.161 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.261 --> 00:30.930 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND I M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI 00:31.031 --> 00:32.165 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% OBSERVATORY. 00:32.265 --> 00:35.268 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.368 --> 00:38.905 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% HEY JAMES, WHAT IS THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE STAR PATTERN IN THE SKY? 00:39.005 --> 00:41.474 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THAT WOULD, OF COURSE, BE THE SMILING DEAN 00:41.574 --> 00:42.642 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% REGAS ASTERISM. 00:42.742 --> 00:44.544 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WELL, OBVIOUSLY. 00:44.644 --> 00:48.381 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% PUT ANY NUMBER STARS TOGETHER AND YOU MIGHT IMAGINE THAT. 00:48.481 --> 00:51.384 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AND WE CAN T FORGET THE JAMES ALBURY, HERCULES CONSTELLATION. 00:51.484 --> 00:52.786 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% JAMES: WELL, DUH? 00:52.886 --> 00:56.322 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: BUT I THINK THE EASIEST TO IDENTIFY IS THE BIG DIPPER. 00:56.423 --> 00:57.991 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: DEFINITELY! 00:58.091 --> 01:00.827 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE SEVEN SEMI-BRIGHT STARS THAT GRAB YOUR ATTENTION. 01:00.927 --> 01:03.696 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND THE BIG DIPPER IS UP ALMOST ALL YEAR-ROUND. 01:03.797 --> 01:05.665 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: EMPHASIS ON THE ALMOST 01:05.765 --> 01:08.268 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YES, AND THERE IS ONE SEASON WHERE THE BIG 01:08.368 --> 01:11.905 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DIPPER DIPS SO LOW IN THE NORTHERN SKY THAT IT MAY BECOME INVISIBLE. 01:12.005 --> 01:13.873 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND THAT SEASON IS NOW. 01:13.973 --> 01:18.178 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% WE RE GOING TO HEAD OUT TO THE STARS AND SHOW YOU WHERE NOT TO LOOK FOR THE BIG DIPPER 01:18.278 --> 01:19.179 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% IN THE SKY. 01:19.279 --> 01:21.081 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% DEAN: AND WHEN YOU CAN SEE IT AGAIN. 01:21.181 --> 01:23.550 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: I KNOW IT MAY SEEM WEIRD THAT WE RE DOING 01:23.650 --> 01:26.186 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% A SHOW ON WHAT NOT TO LOOK FOR IN THE NIGHT SKY. 01:26.286 --> 01:30.490 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% BUT WE DON T WANT YOU TO FREAK OUT WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE AND NOT SEE THE BIG DIPPER. 01:30.590 --> 01:32.892 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE BIG DIPPER IS ALWAYS SOMEWHERE IN THE 01:32.992 --> 01:34.828 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% NORTHERN SKY. 01:34.928 --> 01:39.099 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% WE CALL IT CIRCUMPOLAR - SINCE IT CAN BE SEEN MAKING A COMPLETE CIRCLE AROUND POLARIS, A.K.A. 01:39.199 --> 01:40.333 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% THE NORTH STAR. 01:40.433 --> 01:42.769 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WHEN YOU FACE NORTH AND WATCH THE STARS LONG 01:42.869 --> 01:46.873 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% ENOUGH, YOU LL NOTICE THAT THEY MOVE IN A SLOW COUNTER-CLOCKWISE CIRCLE AROUND ONE 01:46.973 --> 01:47.974 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% POINT. 01:48.074 --> 01:50.076 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THAT PIVOT POINT IS THE NORTH STAR. 01:50.176 --> 01:54.080 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ANY CONSTELLATIONS NEAR THE NORTH STAR MAKE A TINY CIRCLE AROUND IT. 01:54.180 --> 01:58.485 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% LIKE THE CONSTELLATIONS URSA MINOR (WHICH INCLUDES THE LITTLE DIPPER STARS), CASSIOPEIA 01:58.585 --> 02:01.888 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE QUEEN, AND URSA MAJOR (WHICH INCLUDES THE STARS FROM THE BIG DIPPER). 02:01.988 --> 02:04.424 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BUT THE BIG DIPPER CAN GET LOW IN THE SKY 02:04.524 --> 02:06.693 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% IN ITS NIGHTLY JOURNEY AROUND POLARIS. 02:06.793 --> 02:11.164 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SO, WHILE MOST NIGHTS YOU CAN SEE THE BIG DIPPER SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTHERN SKY, FOR 02:11.264 --> 02:14.767 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5% ABOUT TWO MONTHS, IT CAN SKIM ACROSS THE HORIZON AND BE BLOCKED 02:14.868 --> 02:17.403 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% BY TREES, BUILDINGS, OR THE GROUND ITSELF. 02:17.504 --> 02:19.873 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND SO, ON NOVEMBER EVENINGS, YOU WILL HAVE 02:19.973 --> 02:21.774 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% A HARD TIME FINDING THE BIG DIPPER. 02:21.875 --> 02:23.676 align:left position:45%,start line:83% size:45% MAN, THAT S A BUMMER! 02:23.776 --> 02:26.880 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NOW THIS ANNUAL DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BIG DIPPER 02:26.980 --> 02:29.482 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% IS DESCRIBED IN SOME NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS. 02:29.582 --> 02:33.186 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% INSTEAD OF A BIG SPOON, THEY SAW A BIG BEAR. 02:33.286 --> 02:36.756 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% NOW THE NORMAL PICTURE OF THE BEAR SHOWS THE BODY WITH 02:36.856 --> 02:38.424 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% A LONG STRETCHED OUT TAIL. 02:38.525 --> 02:40.960 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT OTHER NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS PICTURED 02:41.060 --> 02:42.762 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. 02:42.862 --> 02:47.500 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE IROQUOIS TRIBES SAW THE FOUR STARS IN THE SPOON AS THE BEAR, AND THE THREE STARS 02:47.600 --> 02:49.002 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN THE HANDLE AS THREE HUNTERS. 02:49.102 --> 02:51.204 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THE FIRST HUNTER IS CARRYING A BOW 02:51.304 --> 02:52.805 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% AND ARROW. 02:52.906 --> 02:56.509 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% THE SECOND IS CARRYING A POT. AND THE THIRD IS CARRYING STICKS TO MAKE A 02:56.609 --> 02:57.610 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% FIRE. 02:57.710 --> 02:59.479 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE SECOND HUNTER. 02:59.579 --> 03:05.151 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE BRIGHT STAR IS CALLED MIZAR, BUT IF YOU SQUINT, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE A DIMMER STAR 03:05.251 --> 03:06.619 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% ABOVE IT. 03:06.719 --> 03:10.723 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THAT IS THE STAR ALCOR AND IT CAN BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE TOO. 03:10.823 --> 03:14.661 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% MIZAR CAN BE THE HUNTER AND ALCOR IS THE POT ON HIS SHOULDER. 03:14.761 --> 03:17.964 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AS THE NIGHT MOVES ON, IT LOOKS LIKE THE HUNTERS 03:18.064 --> 03:19.799 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% ARE CHASING THE BEAR. 03:19.899 --> 03:24.237 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% LEGEND HAS IT THAT WHEN THE BEAR IS TOO LOW IN THE SKY AND BECOMES INVISIBLE, THAT THE 03:24.337 --> 03:27.707 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% HUNTER FINALLY CAUGHT HIM. AND THIS HAPPENS ON THE EVENINGS OF OCTOBER 03:27.807 --> 03:29.375 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% AND NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR. 03:29.475 --> 03:31.978 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TREES EVERY OCTOBER 03:32.078 --> 03:35.481 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% AND NOVEMBER IN THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES? 03:35.582 --> 03:40.286 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% STORY-TELLERS WOULD POINT TO THE CHANGING LEAVES AS EVIDENCE OF THE COSMIC BATTLE. 03:40.386 --> 03:41.454 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: EXACTLY! 03:41.554 --> 03:43.957 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% NOW THIS MAY BE A LITTLE GROSS BUT 03:44.057 --> 03:48.595 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THEY WOULD SAY THAT THE FIRST HUNTER HAD SHOT AND KILLED THE BEAR, AND ITS BLOOD FELL FROM 03:48.695 --> 03:53.233 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE SKY AND TURNED THE LEAVES ON THE TREES ORANGE AND BROWN AND RED. 03:53.333 --> 03:55.768 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND THAT S WHY YOU CAN T SEE THE BIG DIPPER 03:55.868 --> 03:57.070 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% IN THE NIGHT SKY THIS FALL. 03:57.170 --> 03:58.972 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% BUT DON T WORRY, IT WILL BE BACK. 03:59.072 --> 04:01.507 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: IN FACT, IF YOU STAY UP PAST MIDNIGHT YOU 04:01.608 --> 04:03.109 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% CAN SEE IT STANDING ON ITS HANDLE. 04:03.209 --> 04:06.012 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND EVERY SPRING THE BEAR COMES BACK TO LIFE, 04:06.112 --> 04:09.148 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE HUNTERS RESUME THEIR CHASE, AND THE LEAVES RETURN TO THE TREES. 04:09.249 --> 04:11.351 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE CIRCLE OF LIFE IN THE STARS. 04:11.451 --> 04:12.752 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% IT S ALL THERE WHEN YOU 04:12.852 --> 04:16.852 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!