1 00:00:20,553 --> 00:00:22,355 LOOKING NORTH AND SOUTH THIS SUMMER 2 00:00:22,455 --> 00:00:24,190 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 3 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:27,327 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 4 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:29,596 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 5 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:32,465 SILVA PLA PLANETAR-IUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 6 00:00:32,565 --> 00:00:35,602 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 7 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:38,571 THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST AND SETS IN THE WEST RIGHT? 8 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:39,739 DEAN: FOR THE MOST PART. 9 00:00:39,839 --> 00:00:41,841 JAMES: AND THE MOON, PLANETS, AND STARS RISE IN 10 00:00:41,941 --> 00:00:43,309 THE EAST AND SET IN THE WEST TOO? 11 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:44,511 DEAN: UH HUH. 12 00:00:44,611 --> 00:00:46,880 JAMES: SO HOW DO THE STARS MOVE IN THE NORTH AND 13 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:47,881 SOUTH? 14 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:49,549 DEAN: OH, I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING. 15 00:00:49,649 --> 00:00:52,218 WE'RE GONNA DO SOME SPINNING IN THIS EPISODE AREN'T WE? 16 00:00:52,318 --> 00:00:53,620 JAMES: YEP. 17 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,688 FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE STARS AND CONSTEL-LATIONS 18 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:58,324 YOU CAN FIND WHEN YOU FACE NORTH AND SOUTH AFTER DARK. 19 00:00:58,425 --> 00:01:00,994 DEAN: AND THEN WE'LL DEMONSTRATE HOW THE SKY SEEMS 20 00:01:01,094 --> 00:01:04,064 TO MOVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT IN EACH DIRECTION. 21 00:01:04,164 --> 00:01:06,933 HOLD ON TIGHT, LET'S GET SPINNING! 22 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:10,503 JAMES: OKAY WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO 10PM FACING NORTH 23 00:01:10,603 --> 00:01:12,205 ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK. 24 00:01:12,305 --> 00:01:13,473 WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE? 25 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:15,275 DEAN: THE BIG DIPPER, OF COURSE! 26 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:17,977 IT'S ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE NORTHWESTERN SKY. 27 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:20,814 FOUR BRIGHTER STARS MAKE A CUP AND THREE MORE MAKE A 28 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,082 CURVED HANDLE. 29 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:24,617 JAMES: AND SINCE WE'RE FACING NORTH, THE NORTH STAR, 30 00:01:24,717 --> 00:01:26,920 OR POLARIS SHOULD BE HERE TOO. 31 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:29,823 IT'S NOT TERRIBLY BRIGHT BUT IT SHOULD BE AS BRIGHT AS THE BIG 32 00:01:29,923 --> 00:01:31,291 DIPPER STARS. 33 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:33,393 THERE IT IS, ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE SKY. 34 00:01:33,493 --> 00:01:35,929 DEAN: THE NORTH STAR IS PART OF THE LITTLE DIPPER, 35 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:38,298 BUT GOOD LUCK TRYING TO FIND THAT. 36 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:41,835 FOUR OF ITS SEVEN STARS ARE TOO FAINT TO SEE IN MOST CITIES. 37 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:43,870 JAMES: BUT FINDING THE NORTH STAR IS SIMPLE WHEN 38 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:45,805 YOU HAVE THE BIG DIPPER AROUND. 39 00:01:45,905 --> 00:01:48,942 SIMPLY CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE TWO SPOON-STARS, 40 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:53,279 CONTINUE THAT LINE OVER TO THE RIGHT, AND YOU WILL RUN SMACK-DAB INTO THE NORTH STAR. 41 00:01:53,379 --> 00:01:55,181 DEAN: AND IF YOU CONTINUE THAT LINE, 42 00:01:55,281 --> 00:01:58,351 HOP OVER TO ANOTHER RECOG-NIZABLE GROUP OF STARS. 43 00:01:58,451 --> 00:01:59,953 JAMES: THEY LOOK LIKE THE LETTER W. 44 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:02,889 DEAN: YEP AND THIS IS THE CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA 45 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:04,390 THE QUEEN. 46 00:02:04,491 --> 00:02:07,260 I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK MUCH LIKE A QUEEN BUT THE W CAN BE HER CROWN. 47 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,095 JAMES: OOH, I CAN PICTURE THAT. 48 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:11,131 BUT THE CROWN LOOKS BENT ON ONE SIDE. 49 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:14,834 DEAN: AH, I'LL SHOW YOU WHY AS WE GO FOR A SPIN. 50 00:02:14,934 --> 00:02:17,670 DEAN: AS THE NIGHT MOVES ON THE STARS IN THE NORTH 51 00:02:17,770 --> 00:02:19,205 MOVE LIKE THIS. 52 00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:21,908 NOTICE THEY SEEM TO ROTATE AROUND A CENTRAL POINT - 53 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:23,209 THE NORTH STAR. 54 00:02:23,309 --> 00:02:26,679 IT'S ALSO CALLED POLARIS BECAUSE IT'S OUR POLE STAR, 55 00:02:26,779 --> 00:02:29,382 THE STAR THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ABOVE OUR NORTH POLE. 56 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:32,752 JAMES: YEAH, LIKE 432 LIGHT YEARS ABOVE OUR NORTH 57 00:02:32,852 --> 00:02:34,587 POLE. 58 00:02:34,687 --> 00:02:38,124 BUT AS THE EARTH SPINS, THE STARS SEEM TO MAKE A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE CIRCLE AROUND THIS 59 00:02:38,224 --> 00:02:39,859 SPOT. 60 00:02:39,959 --> 00:02:43,763 AS THE NIGHT ROLLS ON, THE BIG DIPPER GETS LOWER WHILE CASSIOPEIA RISES UP HIGHER. 61 00:02:43,863 --> 00:02:46,900 DEAN: AS DAYTIME COMES ON, THE STARS ARE STILL THERE. 62 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,902 WE JUST CAN'T SEE THEM WITH ALL THE SUNLIGHT. 63 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:53,439 BUT THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND POLARIS AND AS WE MOVE TOWARD AFTERNOON, 64 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:56,576 THE BIG DIPPER IS HIGH IN THE SKY AND CASSIOPEIA 65 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:57,577 BONK! 66 00:02:57,677 --> 00:02:59,646 JAMES: BONKS HER HEAD ON THE GROUND. 67 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:01,948 AAAAAH, THAT'S WHY HER CROWN IS BENT. 68 00:03:02,048 --> 00:03:03,149 DEAN: EXACTLY! 69 00:03:03,249 --> 00:03:05,218 JAMES: NOW LET'S FACE SOUTH. 70 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:10,757 IT'S 10PM AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT SUM-MER CONSTELLATIONS JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON. 71 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:13,226 SCORPIUS IS ON THE RIGHT AND SAGITTARIUS IS ON THE LEFT. 72 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:15,195 DEAN: YOU CAN RECOGNIZE SCORPIUS BY THE 73 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:18,731 BRIGHT RED, SUPERGIANT STAR CALLED ANTARES. 74 00:03:18,831 --> 00:03:24,337 ANTARES CAN BE REALLY TWINKLY WHEN IT'S LOW IN THE SKY AND THUS STANDS IN FOR THE SCORPION'S 75 00:03:24,437 --> 00:03:25,538 BEATING HEART. 76 00:03:25,638 --> 00:03:27,574 JAMES: CHASING THE SCORPION IS THE CONSTELLATION 77 00:03:27,674 --> 00:03:29,442 SAGITTARIUS THE ARCHER. 78 00:03:29,542 --> 00:03:32,879 HE'S A CENTAUR, HALF MAN, HALF HORSE, WITH AN ARROW NOTCHED 79 00:03:32,979 --> 00:03:34,514 IN HIS BOW. 80 00:03:34,614 --> 00:03:38,017 IN REALITY, THE STARS YOU CAN SEE LOOK MORE LIKE A TEA POT THAN A CENTAUR. 81 00:03:38,117 --> 00:03:40,920 DEAN: YOU SHOULD ALSO SEE TWO OTHER BRIGHT, NIGHT 82 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,555 LIGHTS AROUND THE CENTAUR. 83 00:03:42,655 --> 00:03:46,492 THOSE ARE THE PLANETS SATURN (TO THE RIGHT) AND MARS (TO THE LEFT). 84 00:03:46,593 --> 00:03:47,760 JAMES: COOL! 85 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:50,330 AND DON'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE MOON PASSING THROUGH. 86 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:54,667 IT'LL BE NEAR SATURN ON THE NIGHT OF THE 20TH AND OVER BY MARS ON THE 22ND. 87 00:03:54,767 --> 00:03:58,504 JAMES: SO IN THE SOUTH LOOK FOR SCORPIUS AND SAGITTARIUS 88 00:03:58,605 --> 00:04:01,908 WITH THE PLANETS SATURN AND MARS HANGING AROUND THE CENTAUR. 89 00:04:02,008 --> 00:04:04,177 DEAN: AND IN THE NORTH LOOK FOR THE BIG DIPPER, 90 00:04:04,277 --> 00:04:05,712 POLARIS, AND CASSIO-PEIA. 91 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:09,582 HEY JAMES, CAN WE SPIN THE EARTH REALLY FAST JUST FOR FUN? 92 00:04:09,682 --> 00:04:11,317 JAMES: AND SHOW DAYS AND NIGHTS FLY BY? 93 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:12,318 DEAN: UH HUH. 94 00:04:12,418 --> 00:04:13,786 JAMES: OKAY, HOLD ON 95 00:04:13,886 --> 00:04:15,455 BOTH: AAAAH! 96 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:19,555 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!