WEBVTT 00:02.669 --> 00:24.557 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.657 --> 00:27.460 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.560 --> 00:31.664 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:31.765 --> 00:32.899 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:32.999 --> 00:35.201 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.301 --> 00:37.037 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% HEY DEAN, WHAT'S SCARIER? 00:37.137 --> 00:39.372 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% A DRAGON OR A SCORPION? 00:39.472 --> 00:40.373 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% DEAN: WHAT? 00:40.473 --> 00:41.374 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% SCORPION? 00:41.474 --> 00:43.309 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% WHERE? 00:43.410 --> 00:45.512 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: OH RIGHT, I FORGOT ABOUT YOUR DEEP-SEATED FEAR OF SCORPIONS HEH, HEH, WELL DON'T WORRY, 00:45.612 --> 00:49.349 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS SCORPION IS HANGING OUT IN THE SUMMER STARS, UP THERE IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. 00:49.449 --> 00:54.721 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% DEAN: WHEW! AND THE DRAGON MUST BE THE CONSTELLATION DRACO THE DRAGON WHO FLIES HIGH IN THE NORTHERN 00:54.821 --> 00:56.356 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% SKY IN THE SUMMER. 00:56.456 --> 00:59.893 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: YEP, PLUS WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO FIND THE PLANETS JUPITER AND SATURN. 00:59.993 --> 01:02.629 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% DEAN: LET'S SHOW YOU THE DRAGON AND THE SCORPION. 01:02.729 --> 01:09.302 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET FOR ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AT 11PM FACING SOUTH. 01:09.402 --> 01:12.772 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SCORPIUS IS ONE OF THE FEW CONSTELLATIONS THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE ITS NAMESAKE. 01:12.872 --> 01:18.278 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: SCORPIUS SCUTTLES JUST ABOVE THE SOUTHERN HORIZON AS A LONG FISH-HOOK SHAPE OF STARS. 01:18.378 --> 01:21.214 align:left position:70%,start line:89% size:20% THE CURVE MARKS THE SCORPION'S TAIL AND STINGER. 01:21.314 --> 01:26.219 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% YOU MIGHT NEED MORE IMAGINATION TO SEE HIS BODY AND CLAWS, BUT THERE'S HIS RED BEATING 01:26.319 --> 01:29.055 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% HEART - THE RED SUPERGIANT STAR ANTARES. 01:29.155 --> 01:33.193 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: ANTARES HAS INSPIRED OBSERVERS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 01:33.293 --> 01:37.230 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT MEANS 'RIVAL OF MARS' BECAUSE IT IS SIMILAR IN COLOR TO THE RED PLANET. 01:37.330 --> 01:39.432 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE MARS. 01:39.532 --> 01:43.169 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% FIRST, ANTARES IS A STAR AND MARS IS A PLANET. 01:43.269 --> 01:47.107 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SECOND, ANTARES IS ONE OF THE LARGEST KNOWN STARS IN THE GALAXY. 01:47.207 --> 01:50.777 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS IS WHAT ANTARES WOULD LOOK LIKE NEXT TO OUR SUN. 01:50.877 --> 01:52.979 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% MARS WOULD BE TOO SMALL TO SHOW ON THE SCREEN. 01:53.079 --> 01:55.248 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% YIKES, THAT'S A HUGE STAR! 01:55.348 --> 01:58.585 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: IN MYTHOLOGY, SCORPIUS WAS THE SLAYER OF ORION. 01:58.685 --> 02:03.756 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW ABOUT ORION'S BELT OF THREE STARS, BUT SCORPIUS HAS THREE STARS 02:03.857 --> 02:05.325 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% ALMOST IN A ROW. 02:05.425 --> 02:07.927 align:left position:70%,start line:89% size:20% YOU CAN FIND THEM AT THE CLAWS OF THE SCORPION. 02:08.027 --> 02:12.465 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% OKAY, THEY'RE NOT QUITE LINED UP LIKE ORION'S BELT, BUT STILL THEY'RE EASY TO FIND. 02:12.565 --> 02:18.671 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THEIR NAMES ARE GRAFFIAS ON THE TOP DSCHUBBA IN THE MIDDLE AND PI SCORPII ON THE BOTTOM. 02:18.771 --> 02:21.174 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: YOU JUST WANTED TO SAY DSCHUBBA DIDN'T YOU? 02:21.274 --> 02:22.175 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% DEAN: YOU KNOW IT! 02:22.275 --> 02:24.310 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% PLUS DSCHUBBA IS A VARIABLE STAR. 02:24.410 --> 02:27.380 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THAT MEANS IT CHANGES ITS BRIGHTNESS FROM TIME TO TIME. 02:27.480 --> 02:31.851 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: OKAY NOW LET'S LOOK TO THE NORTHERN SKY AND GO DRAGON-HUNTING! 02:31.951 --> 02:36.322 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DRACO THE DRAGON LURKS IN THE NORTH WITH HER TAIL BEGINNING BETWEEN THE BIG DIPPER ON THE 02:36.422 --> 02:38.591 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% LEFT AND THE NORTH STAR RIGHT THERE. 02:38.691 --> 02:42.495 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE NORTH STAR, USE THE BRIGHTER STARS IN THE 02:42.595 --> 02:44.364 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% BIG DIPPER TO POINT THE WAY. 02:44.464 --> 02:48.501 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SHOOT AN ARROW FROM THE TWO STARS AT THE END OF THE BIG DIPPER'S SPOON AND CONTINUE THAT 02:48.601 --> 02:50.336 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% TO THE RIGHT AND BINGO! 02:50.436 --> 02:52.205 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% YOU'LL RUN INTO THE NORTH STAR. 02:52.305 --> 02:56.643 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: YOU'LL NEED A DARK SKY TO SEE THE DRAGON'S TAIL THAT COILS AROUND THE LITTLE DIPPER, 02:56.743 --> 03:02.182 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SO LET'S ZOOM INTO THE DRAGON'S HEAD WHICH HOLDS THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THIS MONSTER 03:02.282 --> 03:04.017 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% CONSTELLATION. 03:04.117 --> 03:08.188 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: THREE SEMI-BRIGHT STARS MARK HIS HEAD IN A NEAT TRIANGLE - THEY ARE, IN ORDER OR 03:08.288 --> 03:14.093 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% BRIGHTNESS ELTANNIN RASTABAN AND GRUMIUM AND IF YOU'RE IN A DARKER SKY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE 03:14.194 --> 03:15.395 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% TO MAKE OUT A FOURTH. 03:15.495 --> 03:17.597 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: YOU JUST WANTED TO SAY RASTABAN DIDN'T YOU? 03:17.697 --> 03:18.598 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% DEAN: YEP. 03:18.698 --> 03:19.966 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% I LIKE MY QUIRKY STAR NAMES. 03:20.066 --> 03:23.970 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% JAMES: TO THE BABYLONIANS, DRACO WAS THE SHE-DRAGON TIAMAT. 03:24.070 --> 03:28.608 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SHE'S SAID TO HAVE HAD A BODY SEVEN MILES LONG AND A MOUTH AS BIG AS THE SKY. 03:28.708 --> 03:33.179 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ALONG CAME A GOD NAMED MARDUK WHO SLEW THE GREAT BEAST WITH A BOW AND ARROW. 03:33.279 --> 03:37.784 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% MARDUK THEN SLICED THE DRAGON IN HALF - ONE HALF BECOMING THE EARTH, AND THE OTHER BECOMING 03:37.884 --> 03:39.319 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% THE HEAVENS ABOVE. 03:39.419 --> 03:43.456 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: OKAY, SO NOW WE WANT TO LOOK FOR TWO PLANETS IN THE NIGHT SKY. 03:43.556 --> 03:46.926 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE FIRST ONE IS EASY TO FIND BECAUSE ITS SO BRIGHT. 03:47.026 --> 03:49.762 align:left position:67.5%,start line:89% size:22.5% FACE SOUTHWEST AFTER DARK AND YOU'LL SEE JUPITER. 03:49.862 --> 03:53.600 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: IT'S THE BRIGHTEST STARLIKE OBJECT IN THE NIGHT SKY RIGHT NOW. 03:53.700 --> 03:58.271 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THEN LOOK SOUTH AGAIN, JUST ABOVE THE SCORPIONS TAIL, AND YOU'LL SEE A BRIGHT YELLOW STAR. 03:58.371 --> 04:03.476 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: IT SHOULDNT TWINKLE AS MUCH AS THE OTHER STARS BECAUSE IT IS IN FACT THE PLANET SATURN. 04:03.576 --> 04:04.844 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% AH, MY FAVORITE! 04:04.944 --> 04:06.379 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN. 04:06.479 --> 04:08.681 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% SO GET OUTSIDE EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK. 04:08.781 --> 04:13.253 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND DON'T FORGET TO LOOK FOR SCORPIUS THE SCORPION IN THE SOUTHERN SKY - NOT AT 04:13.353 --> 04:14.254 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% YOUR FEET! 04:14.354 --> 04:15.255 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% DEAN: AAH! 04:15.355 --> 04:17.056 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% DON'T DO THAT! 04:17.156 --> 04:19.392 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: AND SEE DRACO THE DRAGON IN THE NORTHERN SKY BETWEEN THE BIG AND LITTLE DIPPER. 04:19.492 --> 04:23.492 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!