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follow the arc to Artur this and hit a
spike

to spike hey there sorry gazers and in
re guess astronomer for the Cincinnati

Observatory

and I'm James Aubrey director the key
cassava pop planetarium in Gainesville

Florida

we're gonna do a little star hopping
this week and discover new stars

and constellations are jumping off point
will be the Big Dipper

the Big Dipper the most recognizable
star pattern visible most to the year

will be your guide to the heavens

first it all points to the North Star
then shows the way to the bright orange

star

terrace then lead us to the brilliant
blue star spike a

ever will even be a planted along the
way lets show

okay we have our April skies set up to
10 p.m. facing north East

where we see the Big Dipper high above
the North Star

its couples for water it be pouring
right internal dipper

and overflowing onto the ground ball up
if we shoot an arrow through the two

stars on the end of the big dippers Cup

and continue that line in a run smack
dab into the North Star

now let's use the big dippers handle to
find two more wonderful stars

and a planet simply draw an imaginary
line through the handle the Big Dipper

an extended out along the curve or arc
and your

arc your way to the bright star Park
Terrace so in other words repeat after

me

follow the arc to work towards follow
the actor terrace

pay it's pretty catchy thanks just a
little something I came up with are

tourists is the brightest star in the
constellation below tease the herds

his outline looks more like a narrow
kite or an ice cream cone on its side

without doing that scooping ice cream is
falling on your after you

art Park Terrace keep going straighten
out the arc a bit

and to the right you run into the bright
blue star called spike a

spike is the brightest star in the
constellation Virgo the maiden

she's standing operate and covers most
to the eastern sky

their catchy saying to find spike a of
course

first we follow the arc torturous her
then hit a spike

to spike Wow at a lot less catchy

yeah I now but maybe it's so bad you
remember anyway

let's compare arc tourists and Spike it
to

our star the Sun arc turns is relatively
close to us

only 37% light years away Spyker

is about seven times farther around 261
like yours

the Sun on the other hand is only eight
light minutes away

now what size these three stars up

the Sun is about eight hundred
sixty-five thousand miles in diameter

that's large enough for 109 hurts to
struct

and and across its with but that's
nothing compared to spike

which is over seven times wider than our
Sun and our terrace

which is over 25 times wider this

artwork Torres and Spike to spike a
trick works

every spring but this year we have
something extra

you're probably wondering about that
extra point light above spike

it's really bright and a little red so

let's follow the arc torturous spike to
Spyker

and then motor up to mars %ah

the red planet you probably noticed mars
in the evening sky

rising in the east after sunset not only
does it have a distinctive color

but it doesn't went well as much as the
stars do earlier this month marshals

that its closest point to the year

but now the earth stone leaving mars
behind you know mars is almost 60

million miles away

you'll still be able see it in the
evening skies for the restive 2014

since mars a planet it wanders around
the background stars

it just happens to be in the right place
this year to crash are

arc to work tourists and Spike to spike
a party n

adds a little extra spice your evening
star gazing

cell this spring get outside and let the
Big Dipper be your guide

the two stars on the end of the spoon
will take you to the North Star

and the curve stars in the handle will
let you art tartar us

hit a spike to Spyker and motor up to
mars

and as you spin around the galaxy this
week remember to

heat look enough

Duke E

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