WEBVTT 00:19.886 --> 00:26.226 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% head-to-head planet to planet the star gazers I'm james oberg director the kike 00:26.326 --> 00:30.030 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% Silverpop planetarium in Gainesville Florida and I'm Dean Regas astronomer 00:30.130 --> 00:33.900 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% for the Cincinnati Observatory we're here to help you find your way around 00:34.000 --> 00:40.173 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% the sky as we roll into June two planets shine bright and as he does every june 00:40.273 --> 00:46.112 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% the mighty Hercules flexes muscles and the eastern sky he's strong brave enough 00:46.212 --> 00:49.716 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% but how do I put this delicately he's not very bright 00:49.816 --> 00:53.853 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% exactly and his dim stars make him hard to find 00:53.953 --> 00:58.691 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% luckily hercules is also hard-headed because when we show you how to find it 00:58.792 --> 01:03.430 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% we'll see that he goes head-to-head with another large constellation let's show 01:03.530 --> 01:09.536 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% you ok sky set for any night this week at around 10:30 p.m. facing southeast 01:09.636 --> 01:14.007 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% that's where you can find two planets just after sunset they look like very 01:14.107 --> 01:19.379 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% bright stars but are much much different which planets are these well let me give 01:19.479 --> 01:23.683 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% you some clues the brighter of the two and the one up and to the right is also 01:23.783 --> 01:28.321 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% known as the red planet it's the fourth planet from the Sun and it's the place 01:28.421 --> 01:35.028 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% to look firm martians its mars what gave it away a good guesser and I was going 01:35.128 --> 01:39.599 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% to say that Mars usually appears rather than the other stars but this spring 01:39.699 --> 01:44.871 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% well that isn't the case lower in the southeast you'll spy a very red twinkly 01:44.971 --> 01:48.741 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% star called and terrorists this marks the beating heart of the constellation 01:48.842 --> 01:54.714 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% Scorpius the Scorpion mars an entire should be similar in color after all the 01:54.814 --> 02:00.720 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% Greek name from mars with Aries and Antares means rival of mars other planet 02:00.820 --> 02:03.890 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% is that yellow star-like object to the left 02:03.990 --> 02:07.727 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% I don't need to give you any verbal clues for this 1 I'll just show you read 02:07.827 --> 02:13.867 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% it looks like in a telescope and you'll saying my favorite planet Saturn be 02:13.967 --> 02:17.570 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% closest to Earth this week so definitely check it out 02:17.670 --> 02:22.208 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% now we're facing east southeast at 10:30 p.m. and we're looking for a 02:22.308 --> 02:28.081 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% muscle-bound hero right over here Dean that is true you've got the muscles but 02:28.181 --> 02:33.820 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% you're definitely too bright indeed and hercules is tough to find even for me I 02:33.920 --> 02:38.691 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% first look for the bright blue star Vega that lets me know I'm in the area above 02:38.791 --> 02:43.530 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% Vegas is a four sided figure of stars called the Keystone that is hercules is 02:43.630 --> 02:48.501 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% body to picture the rest of his body takes a lot of imagination so let's 02:48.601 --> 02:50.436 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% throw the picture of them up there 02:50.537 --> 02:54.340 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% yep he's upside down he's actually doing some acrobatics with another 02:54.440 --> 02:59.112 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% constellation Ophiuchus he's just as tough to picture in the stars but Greek 02:59.212 --> 03:03.416 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% legend says he's holding a snake as well can you see that 03:03.516 --> 03:08.288 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% hercules is no fix our head to head in the sky and the names of their stars 03:08.388 --> 03:09.956 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% attest to that 03:10.056 --> 03:14.294 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% hercules is head Start is named Russell get and it means head of the kneeler its 03:14.394 --> 03:17.830 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% dimmer than the North Star but you may detect a slightly reddish tint to it 03:17.931 --> 03:23.670 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% that's because Russell Gaffey is a red giant star but 360 light years away from 03:23.770 --> 03:29.576 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% us a few cases had stars called rossoll Hague and means head of the serpent pair 03:29.676 --> 03:34.581 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% of u-kiss may look like he is being strangled by the snake but he's actually 03:34.681 --> 03:39.118 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% showing it off Greek myths say that he learned to bring the dead back to life 03:39.219 --> 03:44.591 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% thanks to the help of the snake you know the symbol on ambulances of the snake 03:44.691 --> 03:48.328 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% coiled around a staff that comes from this ledge 03:48.428 --> 03:53.466 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% after sunset this week look for the two planets in the southeastern sky Mars and 03:53.566 --> 03:58.037 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% Saturn will be hanging out near the constellation Scorpius and its red heart 03:58.137 --> 04:02.976 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% star Antares then see the two giant constellations going head-to-head in the 04:03.076 --> 04:09.115 align:left position:82.5%,start line:83% size:7.5% east southeast Hercules and Ophiuchus and behold airhead stars Russell and 04:09.215 --> 04:13.653 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% Russell hey hey James have you ever wanted to be a constellation all the 04:13.753 --> 04:18.424 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% time should we posed I don't have a snake but I have been the stargazers 04:18.524 --> 04:24.030 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% graphics can fix that for stargazers I'm James Hercules all dairy and I'm Dean 04:24.130 --> 04:25.865 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Ophiuchus Regus 04:25.965 --> 04:29.965 align:left position:85%,start line:83% size:5% they found a snake for me hoping you keep looking up