JAMES:
WANT TO LEARN THE STARS IN THE NORTHERN AND
EASTERN SKY
AFTER DARK?
DEAN:
LETS DO SOME STAR HOPPING!
(STOP DROP)
DEAN:
FACE NORTH AFTER SUNSET TO FIND SOMETHING
EASY.
AHA, THERES THE BIG DIPPER LOOKING LIKE ITS
GOING TO SCOOP US UP!
JAMES:
NOW, START YOUR STAR HOPPING!
CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE TWO STARS AT THE END
OF THE BIG DIPPERS SPOON AND CONTINUE THAT
LINE UP AND
TO THE RIGHT,
AND YOU'LL RUN INTO A STAR OF SIMILAR BRIGHTNESS.
THATS POLARIS, A.K.A.
THE NORTH STAR.
DEAN:
THE NORTH STAR MARKS THE END OF THE MUCH FAINTER
LITTLE DIPPER.
NOW MAKE ANOTHER
HOP - AND YOU'LL COME TO THE STAR IN THE
W-SHAPED CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA THE QUEEN.
JAMES:
AND ONE MORE HOP BRINGS YOU TO THE CORNER
OF A GIANT SQUARE OF STARS THAT MARKS PEGASUS
THE FLYING HORSE.
DEAN:
FROM THE BIG DIPPER YOU CAN FIND A LOT BY
STAR HOPPING,
ESPECIALLY
IF YOU
BOTH:
KEEP LOOKING UP!