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flying along the Milky Way Heather
stargazers

I'm james oberg director the key cassava
plant planetarium in Gainesville Florida

I'm di Maria's astronomer for the
Cincinnati Observatory

this week will be your guide to the
galaxy yep

we're going to show you the Milky Way
something I hardly

ever get to see in Florida how many
times have you seen the Milky waiting

haha the call the Milky Way I see in
Cincinnati is a

filled with chocolate and new get for me
light pollution is a big problem

citylights aluminate signs parking lots
buildings and also the night sky

the more like that we shine up the less
like the stars

shine down even though it's invisible
from cities James and I can share as

sneaky tip to find the Milky Way in your
Sky

let's show you okay let's pretend it's
10 o'clock at night

and we're far from city lights may hand
it's dark out here

now and look at all the summer stars you
can see so many stars that you can't

even count them all

you can also see a band a faint light
stretching from the northeast

up overhead and down to the southwest
this

is the Milky Way when you look at the
Milky Way you're observing

billions and billions of stars most the
stars in our galaxy are stretched out in

a band

all around us with us in the middle
there are so many stars a our line of

sight that they appear as milky clouds

most ancient cultures were just as
fascinated with the Milky Way

as they were with any planet or
constellation you can definitely see why

out in the country it dominates the sky
some bright and famous constellations

can be found along this galactic River

such as Casio Pierre the Queen Cygnus
the Swan

and Scorpius the Scorpion Cassie appear
as one of the most recognizable

constellations

in the summer evenings she sits on her
throne

in the north eastern sky what you mean
those stars that look like the letter W

that's a queen

use your imagination Dean well that
picture certainly helps but

I guess some imagination challenged in
that case

picture this W shape stars as Cassie
apiece crowned sparkling with five

stellar joel's

okay now that I can see now

kickback and look high in the sky almost
straight overhead you'll see three very

bright stars marking the summer triangle

the summer triangle is not an official
constellation

it's really three constellations Lyra
the harp

Cygnus the Swan and a quality Eagle
let's focus on Cygnus since it's

probably the easiest to identify

because its cross like shape in fact
it's also called the northern cross

sicknesses brightest star is Dana which
marks the tale The Swan

sickness is located in an extremely rich
part in the Milky Way

so imagine it flying along the Great
river in the sky

near dead the Milky Way branches into
two channels

leaving a dark region in the middle this
is called the sickness rift

or the northern call sec now face South

here the Milky Way threads between two
xoxo constellations

Scorpius and secretary s Scorpius the
scorpion is

easy to spot with its bright red star
for heart and its curtail

and stinger stars the stars and said the
terrace resemble more about teapot been

a centaur wielding a bow and arrow

when you look between Scorpius and said
it areas you're peering into the center

of our galaxy

in that direction are billions and
billions of stars

and at the very center those is a
supermassive black hole

X-ray satellites have captured amazing
activity around this region called Sajan

teri is a

of course you can see the Milky Way

if you're a citibank and stargazer let's
show you the difference between a rural

sky

and a light polluted skies yaks

what a difference even though the Milky
Way's disappeared

we still have three constellations
clearly visible to guide us

Casio p in the Northeast Cygnus high
overhead

and Scorpius low in the south and that's
where the Milky Way

is even if you can't see it once you
identify Casio p.m.

Cygnus or scorpions scan these regions
on the sky with the not

just a little magnification well stars
will be revealed

so start counting those billions and
billions of stars tonight

as you keep looking up

Duke