DEAN: YOU HAVE ONE MORE WEEK TO MAYBE CATCH
ORION.

JAMES: AND YOU CAN LOOK FOR HIS LARGEST STAR
BETELGEUSE ONE MORE TIME.

DEAN: IT'S MAY 1ST AT 9:30PM AND YOU CAN JUST
BARELY SEE ALL OF ORION - INCLUDING HIS BELT

- ABOVE THE WESTERN HORIZON.

JAMES: AS WE MOVE TIME FORWARD, DAY BY DAY,
WELL SEE THAT ORION SETS EARLIER AND EARLIER.

BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, YOU MAY HAVE TROUBLE
SEEING HIS BELT.

DEAN: BUT THE LAST MAJOR STAR IN ORION TO
SET IS BETELGEUSE.

JAMES: BETELGEUSE IS A GIGANTIC RED VARIABLE
STAR ABOUT 640 LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH, AND

IS ABOUT 1200 TIMES THE DIAMETER OF OUR SUN.

DEAN: IT HAS SUNSPOTS ON IT TOO.

OR SHOULD WE CALL THEM BEETLE-SPOTS?

JAMES: BETELGEUSE IS SO MASSIVE THAT WHEN
IT DIES, IT WILL CREATE A BRIGHT SUPERNOVA.

DEAN: IT COULD HAPPEN TOMORROW, OR IT COULD
BE DECADES AWAY.

SO YOU BETTER

BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!