LAST WEEK, I POINTED YOU IN THE DIRECTION
OF
THE NORTH STAR.
USING THAT KNOWLEDGE, WE CAN
START HOPPING ACROSS THE SKY -- THERE ARE
TWO
BEARS, AND TWO DOGS OUT HERE, SO LET S CATCH
EM ALL!
FACE NORTH AT 9:30PM AND FIND THE BIG DIPPER.
THESE STARS MARK THE REAR HALF AND TAIL OF
URSA MAJOR, OR THE GREAT BEAR.
REMEMBER, THE TWO STARS ON THE END OF THE
BIG
DIPPER POINT YOU TO THE NORTH STAR, POLARIS.
WHICH MARKS THE END OF THE LITTLE DIPPER AND
THE TAIL OF THE CONSTELLATION URSA MINOR
THE
LITTLE BEAR!
BOOM, TWO BEARS.
NEXT TURN AROUND AND LOOK SOUTHEAST.
THE BIG
DOG, CANIS MAJOR IS EASY TO FIND SINCE IT
HAS
THE BRIGHTEST STAR, SIRIUS, FOR A NOSE.
THEN LOOK UP AND TO THE LEFT OF SIRIUS AND
YOU LL FIND ANOTHER BRIGHT STAR CALLED
PROCYON.
PROCYON IS PART OF THE LITTLE DOG
CONSTELLATION CANIS MINOR -- WHAT A GOOD BOY.
NEXT TIME YOU GO FOR A NIGHTTIME STROLL, SHOW
OFF THESE BEARS AND DOGS, AND KEEP LOOKING
UP!