1 00:00:04,300 --> 00:00:07,766 HIYA STAR PALS THIS WEEK AND NEXT ARE A GREAT TIME TO SEE A BUNCH OF 2 00:00:07,766 --> 00:00:12,300 YOUNG STARS CLUSTERED IN THE SKY THE PLEIADES AND THE HYADES! 3 00:00:12,300 --> 00:00:15,766 HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND EIGHT PM THIS WEEK FACING EAST. ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN 4 00:00:15,766 --> 00:00:20,166 THE EASTERN SKY YOU CAN FIND THE PLEIADES AKA THE SEVEN SISTERS. 5 00:00:20,166 --> 00:00:23,733 THE PLEIADES MAY LOOK LIKE A SMALL, FAINT CLOUD AT FIRST, BUT IF YOU GAZE A WHILE YOU MIGHT PICK 6 00:00:23,733 --> 00:00:27,333 OUT THE BRIGHTEST 7 STARS IN THE CLUSTER THEY SORTA LOOK LIKE A TINY BIG DIPPER! 7 00:00:27,333 --> 00:00:30,166 TO FIND THE HYADES, LOOK FOR A SIDEWAYS, 8 00:00:30,166 --> 00:00:34,900 V-SHAPE OF FIVE STARS BELOW THE PLEIADES. THIS IS THE FACE OF THE CONSTELLATION TAURUS 9 00:00:34,900 --> 00:00:38,366 THE BULL WITH THE BRIGHT ORANGE STAR ALDEBARAN MARKING THE EYE OF THE BULL. 10 00:00:38,366 --> 00:00:42,700 THE STARS IN AND AROUND THE V-SHAPE ALSO MAKE UP HYADES. YOU CAN FIND BOTH OF 11 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:47,566 THESE CLUSTERS WITH THE NAKED EYE, AND SEE SWARMS OF STARS WITH A PAIR OF BINOCULARS. 12 00:00:47,566 --> 00:00:50,800 OPEN STAR CLUSTERS ARE WHERE YOUNG STARS HANG OUT, 13 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:52,666 BUT NOT WITH EACH OTHER THEY'’’RE HUNDREDS OF LIGHT YEARS APART! 14 00:00:52,666 --> 00:00:59,733 KEEP LOOKIN'’’ UP!