WEBVTT 00:20.553 --> 00:22.355 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% LOOKING NORTH AND SOUTH THIS SUMMER 00:22.455 --> 00:24.190 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.290 --> 00:27.327 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.427 --> 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 --> 00:32.465 align:left position:70%,start line:89% size:20% SILVA PLA PLANETAR-IUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:32.565 --> 00:35.602 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:35.702 --> 00:38.571 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST AND SETS IN THE WEST RIGHT? 00:38.671 --> 00:39.739 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: FOR THE MOST PART. 00:39.839 --> 00:41.841 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND THE MOON, PLANETS, AND STARS RISE IN 00:41.941 --> 00:43.309 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% THE EAST AND SET IN THE WEST TOO? 00:43.410 --> 00:44.511 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: UH HUH. 00:44.611 --> 00:46.880 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO HOW DO THE STARS MOVE IN THE NORTH AND 00:46.980 --> 00:47.881 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SOUTH? 00:47.981 --> 00:49.549 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OH, I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING. 00:49.649 --> 00:52.218 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE GONNA DO SOME SPINNING IN THIS EPISODE AREN'T WE? 00:52.318 --> 00:53.620 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: YEP. 00:53.720 --> 00:55.688 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE STARS AND CONSTEL-LATIONS 00:55.789 --> 00:58.324 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% YOU CAN FIND WHEN YOU FACE NORTH AND SOUTH AFTER DARK. 00:58.425 --> 01:00.994 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND THEN WE'LL DEMONSTRATE HOW THE SKY SEEMS 01:01.094 --> 01:04.064 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% TO MOVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT IN EACH DIRECTION. 01:04.164 --> 01:06.933 align:left position:32.5%,start line:83% size:57.5% HOLD ON TIGHT, LET'S GET SPINNING! 01:07.033 --> 01:10.503 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OKAY WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO 10PM FACING NORTH 01:10.603 --> 01:12.205 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK. 01:12.305 --> 01:13.473 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE? 01:13.573 --> 01:15.275 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THE BIG DIPPER, OF COURSE! 01:15.375 --> 01:17.977 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT'S ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE NORTHWESTERN SKY. 01:18.078 --> 01:20.814 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% FOUR BRIGHTER STARS MAKE A CUP AND THREE MORE MAKE A 01:20.914 --> 01:22.082 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% CURVED HANDLE. 01:22.182 --> 01:24.617 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND SINCE WE'RE FACING NORTH, THE NORTH STAR, 01:24.717 --> 01:26.920 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% OR POLARIS SHOULD BE HERE TOO. 01:27.020 --> 01:29.823 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT'S NOT TERRIBLY BRIGHT BUT IT SHOULD BE AS BRIGHT AS THE BIG 01:29.923 --> 01:31.291 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% DIPPER STARS. 01:31.391 --> 01:33.393 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THERE IT IS, ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE SKY. 01:33.493 --> 01:35.929 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THE NORTH STAR IS PART OF THE LITTLE DIPPER, 01:36.029 --> 01:38.298 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% BUT GOOD LUCK TRYING TO FIND THAT. 01:38.398 --> 01:41.835 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% FOUR OF ITS SEVEN STARS ARE TOO FAINT TO SEE IN MOST CITIES. 01:41.935 --> 01:43.870 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT FINDING THE NORTH STAR IS SIMPLE WHEN 01:43.970 --> 01:45.805 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU HAVE THE BIG DIPPER AROUND. 01:45.905 --> 01:48.942 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% SIMPLY CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE TWO SPOON-STARS, 01:49.042 --> 01:53.279 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% CONTINUE THAT LINE OVER TO THE RIGHT, AND YOU WILL RUN SMACK-DAB INTO THE NORTH STAR. 01:53.379 --> 01:55.181 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND IF YOU CONTINUE THAT LINE, 01:55.281 --> 01:58.351 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HOP OVER TO ANOTHER RECOG-NIZABLE GROUP OF STARS. 01:58.451 --> 01:59.953 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THEY LOOK LIKE THE LETTER W. 02:00.053 --> 02:02.889 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YEP AND THIS IS THE CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA 02:02.989 --> 02:04.390 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THE QUEEN. 02:04.491 --> 02:07.260 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK MUCH LIKE A QUEEN BUT THE W CAN BE HER CROWN. 02:07.360 --> 02:09.095 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OOH, I CAN PICTURE THAT. 02:09.195 --> 02:11.131 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% BUT THE CROWN LOOKS BENT ON ONE SIDE. 02:11.231 --> 02:14.834 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AH, I'LL SHOW YOU WHY AS WE GO FOR A SPIN. 02:14.934 --> 02:17.670 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AS THE NIGHT MOVES ON THE STARS IN THE NORTH 02:17.770 --> 02:19.205 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% MOVE LIKE THIS. 02:19.305 --> 02:21.908 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% NOTICE THEY SEEM TO ROTATE AROUND A CENTRAL POINT - 02:22.008 --> 02:23.209 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% THE NORTH STAR. 02:23.309 --> 02:26.679 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT'S ALSO CALLED POLARIS BECAUSE IT'S OUR POLE STAR, 02:26.779 --> 02:29.382 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE STAR THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE ABOVE OUR NORTH POLE. 02:29.482 --> 02:32.752 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: YEAH, LIKE 432 LIGHT YEARS ABOVE OUR NORTH 02:32.852 --> 02:34.587 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% POLE. 02:34.687 --> 02:38.124 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BUT AS THE EARTH SPINS, THE STARS SEEM TO MAKE A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE CIRCLE AROUND THIS 02:38.224 --> 02:39.859 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SPOT. 02:39.959 --> 02:43.763 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AS THE NIGHT ROLLS ON, THE BIG DIPPER GETS LOWER WHILE CASSIOPEIA RISES UP HIGHER. 02:43.863 --> 02:46.900 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AS DAYTIME COMES ON, THE STARS ARE STILL THERE. 02:47.000 --> 02:48.902 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% WE JUST CAN'T SEE THEM WITH ALL THE SUNLIGHT. 02:49.002 --> 02:53.439 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BUT THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND POLARIS AND AS WE MOVE TOWARD AFTERNOON, 02:53.540 --> 02:56.576 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% THE BIG DIPPER IS HIGH IN THE SKY AND CASSIOPEIA 02:56.676 --> 02:57.577 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% BONK! 02:57.677 --> 02:59.646 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BONKS HER HEAD ON THE GROUND. 02:59.746 --> 03:01.948 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% AAAAAH, THAT'S WHY HER CROWN IS BENT. 03:02.048 --> 03:03.149 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: EXACTLY! 03:03.249 --> 03:05.218 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NOW LET'S FACE SOUTH. 03:05.318 --> 03:10.757 align:left position:62.5%,start line:83% size:27.5% IT'S 10PM AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT SUM-MER CONSTELLATIONS JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON. 03:10.857 --> 03:13.226 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SCORPIUS IS ON THE RIGHT AND SAGITTARIUS IS ON THE LEFT. 03:13.326 --> 03:15.195 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YOU CAN RECOGNIZE SCORPIUS BY THE 03:15.295 --> 03:18.731 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% BRIGHT RED, SUPERGIANT STAR CALLED ANTARES. 03:18.831 --> 03:24.337 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ANTARES CAN BE REALLY TWINKLY WHEN IT'S LOW IN THE SKY AND THUS STANDS IN FOR THE SCORPION'S 03:24.437 --> 03:25.538 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% BEATING HEART. 03:25.638 --> 03:27.574 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: CHASING THE SCORPION IS THE CONSTELLATION 03:27.674 --> 03:29.442 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% SAGITTARIUS THE ARCHER. 03:29.542 --> 03:32.879 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% HE'S A CENTAUR, HALF MAN, HALF HORSE, WITH AN ARROW NOTCHED 03:32.979 --> 03:34.514 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% IN HIS BOW. 03:34.614 --> 03:38.017 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IN REALITY, THE STARS YOU CAN SEE LOOK MORE LIKE A TEA POT THAN A CENTAUR. 03:38.117 --> 03:40.920 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YOU SHOULD ALSO SEE TWO OTHER BRIGHT, NIGHT 03:41.020 --> 03:42.555 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% LIGHTS AROUND THE CENTAUR. 03:42.655 --> 03:46.492 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THOSE ARE THE PLANETS SATURN (TO THE RIGHT) AND MARS (TO THE LEFT). 03:46.593 --> 03:47.760 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: COOL! 03:47.860 --> 03:50.330 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AND DON'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE MOON PASSING THROUGH. 03:50.430 --> 03:54.667 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT'LL BE NEAR SATURN ON THE NIGHT OF THE 20TH AND OVER BY MARS ON THE 22ND. 03:54.767 --> 03:58.504 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO IN THE SOUTH LOOK FOR SCORPIUS AND SAGITTARIUS 03:58.605 --> 04:01.908 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% WITH THE PLANETS SATURN AND MARS HANGING AROUND THE CENTAUR. 04:02.008 --> 04:04.177 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND IN THE NORTH LOOK FOR THE BIG DIPPER, 04:04.277 --> 04:05.712 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% POLARIS, AND CASSIO-PEIA. 04:05.812 --> 04:09.582 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% HEY JAMES, CAN WE SPIN THE EARTH REALLY FAST JUST FOR FUN? 04:09.682 --> 04:11.317 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND SHOW DAYS AND NIGHTS FLY BY? 04:11.417 --> 04:12.318 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: UH HUH. 04:12.418 --> 04:13.786 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OKAY, HOLD ON 04:13.886 --> 04:15.455 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% BOTH: AAAAH! 04:15.555 --> 04:19.555 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!