1 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:24,557 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 2 00:00:24,657 --> 00:00:27,460 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 3 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,664 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 4 00:00:31,765 --> 00:00:32,899 FLORIDA. 5 00:00:32,999 --> 00:00:35,201 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 6 00:00:35,301 --> 00:00:37,037 HEY DEAN, WHAT'S SCARIER? 7 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:39,372 A DRAGON OR A SCORPION? 8 00:00:39,472 --> 00:00:40,373 DEAN: WHAT? 9 00:00:40,473 --> 00:00:41,374 SCORPION? 10 00:00:41,474 --> 00:00:43,309 WHERE? 11 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:45,512 JAMES: OH RIGHT, I FORGOT ABOUT YOUR DEEP-SEATED FEAR OF SCORPIONS HEH, HEH, WELL DON'T WORRY, 12 00:00:45,612 --> 00:00:49,349 THIS SCORPION IS HANGING OUT IN THE SUMMER STARS, UP THERE IN THE SOUTHERN SKY. 13 00:00:49,449 --> 00:00:54,721 DEAN: WHEW! AND THE DRAGON MUST BE THE CONSTELLATION DRACO THE DRAGON WHO FLIES HIGH IN THE NORTHERN 14 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:56,356 SKY IN THE SUMMER. 15 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:59,893 JAMES: YEP, PLUS WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO FIND THE PLANETS JUPITER AND SATURN. 16 00:00:59,993 --> 00:01:02,629 DEAN: LET'S SHOW YOU THE DRAGON AND THE SCORPION. 17 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:09,302 JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET FOR ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AT 11PM FACING SOUTH. 18 00:01:09,402 --> 00:01:12,772 SCORPIUS IS ONE OF THE FEW CONSTELLATIONS THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE ITS NAMESAKE. 19 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:18,278 DEAN: SCORPIUS SCUTTLES JUST ABOVE THE SOUTHERN HORIZON AS A LONG FISH-HOOK SHAPE OF STARS. 20 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:21,214 THE CURVE MARKS THE SCORPION'S TAIL AND STINGER. 21 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:26,219 YOU MIGHT NEED MORE IMAGINATION TO SEE HIS BODY AND CLAWS, BUT THERE'S HIS RED BEATING 22 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,055 HEART - THE RED SUPERGIANT STAR ANTARES. 23 00:01:29,155 --> 00:01:33,193 JAMES: ANTARES HAS INSPIRED OBSERVERS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 24 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:37,230 IT MEANS 'RIVAL OF MARS' BECAUSE IT IS SIMILAR IN COLOR TO THE RED PLANET. 25 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:39,432 BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE MARS. 26 00:01:39,532 --> 00:01:43,169 FIRST, ANTARES IS A STAR AND MARS IS A PLANET. 27 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:47,107 SECOND, ANTARES IS ONE OF THE LARGEST KNOWN STARS IN THE GALAXY. 28 00:01:47,207 --> 00:01:50,777 THIS IS WHAT ANTARES WOULD LOOK LIKE NEXT TO OUR SUN. 29 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:52,979 MARS WOULD BE TOO SMALL TO SHOW ON THE SCREEN. 30 00:01:53,079 --> 00:01:55,248 YIKES, THAT'S A HUGE STAR! 31 00:01:55,348 --> 00:01:58,585 DEAN: IN MYTHOLOGY, SCORPIUS WAS THE SLAYER OF ORION. 32 00:01:58,685 --> 00:02:03,756 OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW ABOUT ORION'S BELT OF THREE STARS, BUT SCORPIUS HAS THREE STARS 33 00:02:03,857 --> 00:02:05,325 ALMOST IN A ROW. 34 00:02:05,425 --> 00:02:07,927 YOU CAN FIND THEM AT THE CLAWS OF THE SCORPION. 35 00:02:08,027 --> 00:02:12,465 OKAY, THEY'RE NOT QUITE LINED UP LIKE ORION'S BELT, BUT STILL THEY'RE EASY TO FIND. 36 00:02:12,565 --> 00:02:18,671 THEIR NAMES ARE GRAFFIAS ON THE TOP DSCHUBBA IN THE MIDDLE AND PI SCORPII ON THE BOTTOM. 37 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:21,174 JAMES: YOU JUST WANTED TO SAY DSCHUBBA DIDN'T YOU? 38 00:02:21,274 --> 00:02:22,175 DEAN: YOU KNOW IT! 39 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,310 PLUS DSCHUBBA IS A VARIABLE STAR. 40 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:27,380 THAT MEANS IT CHANGES ITS BRIGHTNESS FROM TIME TO TIME. 41 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,851 DEAN: OKAY NOW LET'S LOOK TO THE NORTHERN SKY AND GO DRAGON-HUNTING! 42 00:02:31,951 --> 00:02:36,322 DRACO THE DRAGON LURKS IN THE NORTH WITH HER TAIL BEGINNING BETWEEN THE BIG DIPPER ON THE 43 00:02:36,422 --> 00:02:38,591 LEFT AND THE NORTH STAR RIGHT THERE. 44 00:02:38,691 --> 00:02:42,495 JAMES: IF YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THE NORTH STAR, USE THE BRIGHTER STARS IN THE 45 00:02:42,595 --> 00:02:44,364 BIG DIPPER TO POINT THE WAY. 46 00:02:44,464 --> 00:02:48,501 SHOOT AN ARROW FROM THE TWO STARS AT THE END OF THE BIG DIPPER'S SPOON AND CONTINUE THAT 47 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:50,336 TO THE RIGHT AND BINGO! 48 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:52,205 YOU'LL RUN INTO THE NORTH STAR. 49 00:02:52,305 --> 00:02:56,643 DEAN: YOU'LL NEED A DARK SKY TO SEE THE DRAGON'S TAIL THAT COILS AROUND THE LITTLE DIPPER, 50 00:02:56,743 --> 00:03:02,182 SO LET'S ZOOM INTO THE DRAGON'S HEAD WHICH HOLDS THE BRIGHTEST STARS IN THIS MONSTER 51 00:03:02,282 --> 00:03:04,017 CONSTELLATION. 52 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:08,188 DEAN: THREE SEMI-BRIGHT STARS MARK HIS HEAD IN A NEAT TRIANGLE - THEY ARE, IN ORDER OR 53 00:03:08,288 --> 00:03:14,093 BRIGHTNESS ELTANNIN RASTABAN AND GRUMIUM AND IF YOU'RE IN A DARKER SKY, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE 54 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:15,395 TO MAKE OUT A FOURTH. 55 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:17,597 JAMES: YOU JUST WANTED TO SAY RASTABAN DIDN'T YOU? 56 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:18,598 DEAN: YEP. 57 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:19,966 I LIKE MY QUIRKY STAR NAMES. 58 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:23,970 JAMES: TO THE BABYLONIANS, DRACO WAS THE SHE-DRAGON TIAMAT. 59 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:28,608 SHE'S SAID TO HAVE HAD A BODY SEVEN MILES LONG AND A MOUTH AS BIG AS THE SKY. 60 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:33,179 ALONG CAME A GOD NAMED MARDUK WHO SLEW THE GREAT BEAST WITH A BOW AND ARROW. 61 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:37,784 MARDUK THEN SLICED THE DRAGON IN HALF - ONE HALF BECOMING THE EARTH, AND THE OTHER BECOMING 62 00:03:37,884 --> 00:03:39,319 THE HEAVENS ABOVE. 63 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:43,456 DEAN: OKAY, SO NOW WE WANT TO LOOK FOR TWO PLANETS IN THE NIGHT SKY. 64 00:03:43,556 --> 00:03:46,926 THE FIRST ONE IS EASY TO FIND BECAUSE ITS SO BRIGHT. 65 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:49,762 FACE SOUTHWEST AFTER DARK AND YOU'LL SEE JUPITER. 66 00:03:49,862 --> 00:03:53,600 JAMES: IT'S THE BRIGHTEST STARLIKE OBJECT IN THE NIGHT SKY RIGHT NOW. 67 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:58,271 THEN LOOK SOUTH AGAIN, JUST ABOVE THE SCORPIONS TAIL, AND YOU'LL SEE A BRIGHT YELLOW STAR. 68 00:03:58,371 --> 00:04:03,476 DEAN: IT SHOULDNT TWINKLE AS MUCH AS THE OTHER STARS BECAUSE IT IS IN FACT THE PLANET SATURN. 69 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:04,844 AH, MY FAVORITE! 70 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:06,379 I CANT WAIT TO SEE IT AGAIN. 71 00:04:06,479 --> 00:04:08,681 SO GET OUTSIDE EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK. 72 00:04:08,781 --> 00:04:13,253 JAMES: AND DON'T FORGET TO LOOK FOR SCORPIUS THE SCORPION IN THE SOUTHERN SKY - NOT AT 73 00:04:13,353 --> 00:04:14,254 YOUR FEET! 74 00:04:14,354 --> 00:04:15,255 DEAN: AAH! 75 00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:17,056 DON'T DO THAT! 76 00:04:17,156 --> 00:04:19,392 JAMES: AND SEE DRACO THE DRAGON IN THE NORTHERN SKY BETWEEN THE BIG AND LITTLE DIPPER. 77 00:04:19,492 --> 00:04:23,492 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!