1 00:00:02,469 --> 00:00:04,070 HOWDY STARSHINES, TRACE HERE. 2 00:00:04,170 --> 00:00:06,840 LEARNING THE STARS IS A BIG PART OF SKY WATCHING, AND THE BEST WAY 3 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:12,379 TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW IS TO BUILD ON WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW; WE CALL THAT STAR HOPPING! 4 00:00:12,479 --> 00:00:15,248 FACE NORTH AROUND 8:30 TO FIND SOMETHING EASY: 5 00:00:15,348 --> 00:00:18,852 THE BIG DIPPER -- PART OF THE CONSTELLATION URSA MAJOR, THE GREAT BEAR! 6 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:23,323 NOW, START YOUR STAR HOPPING! CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE TWO STARS AT THE END OF THE BIG DIPPERS SPOON 7 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:25,825 AND CON-TINUE THAT LINE UP AND TO THE RIGHT, AND YOU'LL RUN INTO A 8 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:29,496 STAR OF SIMILAR BRIGHTNESS. THAT'S POLARIS, A.K.A. THE NORTH STAR. 9 00:00:29,596 --> 00:00:33,566 THE NORTH STAR MARKS THE END OF THE MUCH FAINTER LIT-TLE DIPPER. NOW MAKE ANOTHER 10 00:00:33,666 --> 00:00:38,304 HOP - AND YOU'LL COME TO THE STAR IN THE W-SHAPED CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA THE QUEEN. 11 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:40,707 AND ONE MORE HOP BRINGS YOU TO THE CORNER 12 00:00:40,807 --> 00:00:45,178 OF A GIANT SQUARE OF STARS THAT MARKS PEGASUS THE FLYING HORSE. 13 00:00:45,278 --> 00:00:48,448 ADD THESE TO YOUR SKY-KNOWLEDGE SO WE CAN HOP SOME MORE, AND 14 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:52,548 KEEP LOOKIN UP!