WEBVTT 00:20.887 --> 00:21.821 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% BRIGHTEST OF THE BRIGHT 00:21.921 --> 00:24.257 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.357 --> 00:27.260 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.360 --> 00:29.863 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 00:29.963 --> 00:32.665 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:32.766 --> 00:35.668 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.769 --> 00:39.639 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% WITH SO MANY PLANETS, STARS, AND CONSTELLATIONS, WHERE DO YOU BEGIN? 00:39.739 --> 00:42.642 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OUR TIP - START WITH THE REALLY BRIGHT STUFF. 00:42.742 --> 00:45.879 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% WE'VE PICKED FOR YOU THE FIVE BRIGHTEST NIGHTTIME OBJECTS 00:45.979 --> 00:47.147 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% THIS WINTER. 00:47.247 --> 00:50.050 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: VISIBLE EVEN FROM URBAN LOCATIONS, THESE FIVE 00:50.150 --> 00:54.587 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% CELESTIAL WONDERS ARE SURE TO CAPTURE YOUR IMAGINATION AND JUMPSTART YOUR RELATIONSHIP 00:54.687 --> 00:55.588 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% WITH THE UNIVERSE. 00:55.688 --> 00:56.856 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: READY TO HEAD TO STARS? 00:56.956 --> 00:57.991 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% LET S GO! 00:58.091 --> 01:01.327 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: IF WE RE TALKING ABOUT BRIGHT STUFF, OF 01:01.428 --> 01:05.165 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% COURSE, WE HAVE TO BEGIN WITH THE MOON - #1 BRIGHTEST NIGHTTIME OBJECT. 01:05.265 --> 01:08.301 align:left position:35%,start line:83% size:55% HOW CAN YOU NOT BE AWED BY THE SIGHT OF A FULL MOON RISING 01:08.401 --> 01:10.136 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% ABOVE THE EASTERN HORIZON? 01:10.236 --> 01:13.940 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% OR A THIN, DELICATE CRESCENT CRADLING THE DARKENED ORB AFTER SUNSET? 01:14.040 --> 01:17.310 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NEXT WEEK THE MOON IS BEST SEEN BEFORE SUNRISE. 01:17.410 --> 01:20.914 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IT''LL BE IN ITS WANING PHASES AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD 01:21.014 --> 01:22.582 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% NEW MOON. 01:22.682 --> 01:26.886 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% IF WE AD-VANCE TIME DAY BY DAY WE LL SEE A THIRD QUARTER MOON ON FEBRUARY 25TH. 01:26.986 --> 01:29.823 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THAT S WHEN ONLY THE LEFT-HALF OF THE MOON IS LIT. 01:29.923 --> 01:32.358 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE MOON WILL CONTINUE ON ITS PATH AROUND 01:32.459 --> 01:34.461 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% EARTH AND SHIFT EVERY DAY. 01:34.561 --> 01:37.764 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HERE IT IS ON THE MORNING OF THE 26TH, AND 27TH. 01:37.864 --> 01:39.065 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WHOA! 01:39.165 --> 01:41.434 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WHAT S THAT BRIGHT THING NEXT TO THE MOON ON THE 27TH? 01:41.534 --> 01:42.435 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% JAMES: IS IT A BIRD? 01:42.535 --> 01:43.436 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% DEAN: IS IT A PLANE? 01:43.536 --> 01:44.704 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% JAMES: IS IT A UFO? 01:44.804 --> 01:47.373 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NO, THAT'S THE THIRD BRIGHTEST NIGHTTIME OBJECT. 01:47.474 --> 01:49.275 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% BUT LET S NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES. 01:49.375 --> 01:51.911 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% LET S FIND THE SECOND BRIGHTEST THING FIRST. 01:52.011 --> 01:55.048 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NOW WE VE SHIFTED OUR VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST 01:55.148 --> 01:57.183 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 27TH. 01:57.283 --> 02:00.186 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE WANING MOON IS STILL NEXT TO OUR MYSTERY OB-JECT. 02:00.286 --> 02:02.822 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OOH, THE MYSTERY IS KILLING ME! 02:02.922 --> 02:06.693 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BUT I SEE SOMETHING EVEN BRIGHTER LOWER IN THE SOUTHEAST. 02:06.793 --> 02:08.228 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% THAT IS THE DAZZLING PLANET VENUS. 02:08.328 --> 02:10.930 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: VENUS IS SO INCREDIBLY BRIGHT BECAUSE THE 02:11.030 --> 02:16.302 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% PLANET IS PERPETU-ALLY COVERED IN CLOUDS - AND THESE CLOUDS REFLECT SUNLIGHT MUCH BETTER 02:16.402 --> 02:18.071 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% THAN ANY OTHER PLANET. 02:18.171 --> 02:22.942 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% VENUS IS OVER 100 MILLION MILES AWAY RIGHT NOW, BUT IT S STILL WAY BRIGHTER THAN ANY 02:23.042 --> 02:25.211 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% STAR OR PLANET VISI-BLE FROM EARTH. 02:25.311 --> 02:27.780 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE MOON WILL GET CLOSER TO VENUS ON FEBRUARY 02:27.881 --> 02:29.516 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% 28TH. 02:29.616 --> 02:33.319 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND ON MARCH 1ST THE MOON WILL BE NEXT TO THE RINGED PLANET SATURN (WHICH DOESN T 02:33.419 --> 02:36.089 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% CRACK THE TOP 5 BRIGHTEST OBJECTS, BUT IS STILL WAY-COOL!) 02:36.189 --> 02:39.993 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND THEN JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ON MARCH 2ND, 02:40.093 --> 02:43.730 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% YOU CAN SEE THE TWO BRIGHTEST NIGHTTIME OBJECTS IN CONJUNCTION! 02:43.830 --> 02:45.565 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% THE MOON AND VE-NUS. 02:45.665 --> 02:46.833 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SWEET! 02:46.933 --> 02:49.502 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 02:49.602 --> 02:52.272 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% 27TH TO RE-VEAL WHAT LARGE, GASEOUS PLANET, WITH A 02:52.372 --> 02:54.674 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% GREAT RED SPOT WILL BE NEXT TO THE MOON. 02:54.774 --> 02:57.110 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% OOPS, DID I GIVE AWAY TOO MANY HINTS? 02:57.210 --> 02:59.078 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: I THINK YOU MAY HAVE FIGURED OUT, THIS 02:59.179 --> 03:02.649 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THIRD-BRIGHTEST NIGHTTIME OBJECT, IS THE PLANET JUPITER. 03:02.749 --> 03:06.052 align:left position:62.5%,start line:83% size:27.5% THERE IS NO MISTAKING JUPI-TER'S STEADY, CREAM-COLORED GLOW. 03:06.152 --> 03:11.591 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WHEN YOU POINT A TELESCOPE AT IT, JUPITER REVEALS A HIDDEN SYSTEM OF FOUR MOONS, IO, 03:11.691 --> 03:14.194 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% EUROPA, GAN-YMEDE, AND CALLISTO. 03:14.294 --> 03:18.631 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE CLOUD BANDS AND GREAT RED SPOT CAN ALSO BE SEEN WITH A LARGER SCOPE. 03:18.731 --> 03:22.735 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: TO FIND #4 AND #5 ON OUR LIST, WE JUST NEED 03:22.835 --> 03:26.606 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% TO FACE SOUTH ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK AT AROUND 8PM. 03:26.706 --> 03:31.377 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THAT REALLY BRIGHT AND TWINKLING STAR IS SIRIUS, AKA THE DOG STAR. 03:31.477 --> 03:34.180 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SIRIUS IS SERIOUSLY BRIGHT - MAKING IT THE 03:34.280 --> 03:36.549 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% FOURTH BRIGHTEST NIGHTTIME OBJECT. 03:36.649 --> 03:40.853 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THE NAME SIRIUS COMES FROM A GREEK WORD MEANING SEARING OR SCORCHING. 03:40.954 --> 03:45.858 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AND IT LIVES UP TO ITS NAME, SINCE IT'S TWICE AS BRIGHT AS ANY OTHER STAR IN THE SKY. 03:45.959 --> 03:48.294 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: IT S CALLED THE DOG STAR BECAUSE THE STAR 03:48.394 --> 03:52.532 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% MARKS THE NOSE OF THE CONSTELLATION CANIS MAJOR, THE BIG DOG. 03:52.632 --> 03:54.434 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NUMBER 5 ON OUR LIST 03:54.534 --> 03:56.102 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IS A YELLOW STAR NAMED CAPELLA. 03:56.202 --> 03:57.837 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% DEAN: AAAH, CAPELLA 03:57.937 --> 04:00.940 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: CAPELLA CAN BE FOUND ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD 04:01.040 --> 04:02.709 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% ON WINTER EVENINGS. 04:02.809 --> 04:05.478 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT'S THE PRIMARY STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION AURIGA THE CHARIOTEER. 04:05.578 --> 04:07.680 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WHEN YOU OBSERVE CAPELLA, YOU RE REALLY 04:07.780 --> 04:12.318 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% LOOKING AT A COM-PLEX SYSTEM OF AT LEAST FOUR STARS ORBITING EACH OTHER IN TWO 04:12.418 --> 04:14.287 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% BI-NARY PAIRS. 04:14.387 --> 04:16.889 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% IMAGINE HAVING FOUR SUNS IN OUR SKY! 04:16.990 --> 04:18.324 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THERE YOU HAVE IT, 04:18.424 --> 04:20.593 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THE TOP FIVE BRIGHTEST NIGHTTIME OBJECTS. 04:20.693 --> 04:23.329 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% THE MOON, VENUS, JUPITER, SIRIUS, AND CAPELLA. 04:23.429 --> 04:26.132 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WAKE UP EARLY AND FIND THE MOON, VENUS, JUPITER, 04:26.232 --> 04:27.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% (AND SATURN, WHILE YOU RE AT IT) 04:27.600 --> 04:30.003 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND THE STARS SIRIUS, AND CAPELLA AFTER SUNSET. 04:30.103 --> 04:32.071 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND THEN CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO IDENTIFY 04:32.171 --> 04:34.607 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% 5, 10, OR 100 MORE CELESTIAL OBJECTS. 04:34.707 --> 04:36.709 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS THERE WHEN YOU 04:36.809 --> 04:40.809 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!