1 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:22,222 "DELPHINUS THE DOLPHIN" 2 00:00:22,322 --> 00:00:24,057 DEAN: WELCOME TO STAR GAZERS! 3 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:27,027 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FROM THE CINCINATTI OBSERVATORY. 4 00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:29,295 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 5 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:32,132 SILVA PLA PLANETAR-IUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 6 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:35,935 NOW THAT WE'RE WELL INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS, THIS IS A WONDERFUL TIME TO GET OUTSIDE WITH 7 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,537 THE FAMILY AND GAZE AT THE STARS! 8 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:39,339 DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT, JAMES! 9 00:00:39,439 --> 00:00:43,009 WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE OUR FELLOW STAR GAZERS TO ENJOY THE NIGHT SKY TOGETHER WITH THEIR 10 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:44,177 FAMILIES. 11 00:00:44,277 --> 00:00:46,079 YOU CAN MAKE IT A TRADITION, AND THE SUMMER SKY 12 00:00:46,179 --> 00:00:49,649 IS RICH WITH STAR PATTERNS YOU CAN SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE. 13 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:52,085 JAMES: WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE BIG CONSTELLATIONS 14 00:00:52,185 --> 00:00:54,554 LIKE CYGNUS, AQUILA AND LYRA. 15 00:00:54,654 --> 00:00:58,858 HOWEVER, THERE'S A TINY LITTLE CONSTELLATION IN THIS SAME PART OF THE SKY THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY 16 00:00:58,958 --> 00:01:01,961 ALWAYS SEEN, BUT NEVER KNEW ITS NAME OR ITS STORY. 17 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:05,231 DEAN: THAT CONSTELLATION IS DELPHINUS THE DOLPHIN. 18 00:01:05,331 --> 00:01:06,466 LET'S SHOW YOU! 19 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:09,069 DEAN: OK, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET UP FOR JUST AFTER 20 00:01:09,169 --> 00:01:11,071 SUNSET FACING EAST. 21 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:15,175 HIGH IN THE SKY YOU CAN SEE THE FAMILIAR PATTERN OF THE SUM-MER TRIANGLE. 22 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:19,312 THE BRIGHTEST STAR OF THE GROUP IS VEGA, AND ITS NEAR THE TOP OF THE TRIANGLE. 23 00:01:19,412 --> 00:01:21,781 JAMES: THEN, DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT OF VEGA IS THE 24 00:01:21,881 --> 00:01:26,352 BRIGHT STAR AL-TAIR, AND DOWN AND TO THE LEFT OF VEGA IS DENEB. 25 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:28,922 THESE THREE STARS WILL HELP YOU FIND DELPHINUS THE DOLPHIN. 26 00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:31,724 DEAN: IF YOU DRAW A LINE BETWEEN DENEB AND ALTAIR, 27 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:36,629 BELOW IT ALMOST HALF WAY BETWEEN THE TWO STARS IS A SMALL DIAMOND SHAPED 28 00:01:36,729 --> 00:01:38,431 CON-STELLATION MADE UP OF FIVE STARS. 29 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:43,570 IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE SEEING IT AT FIRST, YOU CAN USE A TECHNIQUE KNOWN AS AVERTED VISION. 30 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:46,806 SIMPLY LOOK AT ALTAIR, AND IN YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION, 31 00:01:46,906 --> 00:01:50,443 YOU CAN SEE THE SMALL GROUPING OF STARS THAT MAKE UP DELPHINUS. 32 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:53,113 JAMES: MY FAVORITE STORY OF DELPHINUS INVOLVES A 33 00:01:53,213 --> 00:01:55,682 SINGER AND POET NAMED ARION. 34 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:59,252 HE WAS SO SKILLED AT PLAYING THE HARP AND HAD SUCH AN AMAZING SINGING VOICE 35 00:01:59,352 --> 00:02:02,388 THAT IT MADE HIM VERY POPULAR DURING THE 7TH CENTURY BC. 36 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:05,058 DEAN: ARION WAS SO POPULAR THAT HE HAD CONCERTS 37 00:02:05,158 --> 00:02:06,459 THROUGH-OUT THE MEDITERRANEAN. 38 00:02:06,559 --> 00:02:09,996 HOWEVER, ONE DAY, ON HIS WAY HOME TO GREECE AFTER A GIG 39 00:02:10,096 --> 00:02:13,600 IN SOUTHERN ITALY, THE SAILORS ON HIS SHIP CON-SPIRED AGAINST 40 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:14,934 HIM. 41 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:16,870 THEY PLOTTED TO KILL HIM AND TAKE THE MONEY HE'D EARNED. 42 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:18,037 JAMES: THAT'S NOT VERY NICE. 43 00:02:18,138 --> 00:02:19,672 DEAN: NO IT WASN'T. 44 00:02:19,772 --> 00:02:23,543 FINDING HIMSELF SURROUNDED, ARION BEGGED THE SAILORS TO ALLOW HIM TO SING 45 00:02:23,643 --> 00:02:25,445 ONE LAST SONG. 46 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:29,649 FORTUNATELY FOR ARION, THE SAILORS ALLOWED THIS AND HE PERFORMED ONE OF THE BEST SONGS 47 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:30,783 OF HIS LIFE. 48 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,919 JAMES: WHILE ARION PLAYED HIS HARP AND SANG, 49 00:02:33,019 --> 00:02:35,622 HIS MUSIC ATTRACTED SEVERAL DOLPHINS TO THE SHIP. 50 00:02:35,722 --> 00:02:40,793 THEY SWAM ALONG SIDE THE SHIP AS ARI-ON PERFORMED, AND IN A DARING LEAP OF FAITH, ARION THREW 51 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:42,061 HIMSELF OVERBOARD. 52 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,464 DEAN: ONE OF THE DOLPHINS RESCUED ARION AND CARRIED 53 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:47,901 HIM ALL THE WAY BACK TO GREECE, SAVING HIS LIFE. 54 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:53,039 IN GRATITUDE TO THE DOLPHIN, APOLLO, THE GOD OF MUSIC AND POETRY PLACED AN IMAGE 55 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:58,111 OF THE DOL-PHIN IN THE SKY AMONG THE STARS OF THE MILKY WAY AND ALSO PLACED AN IMAGE 56 00:02:58,211 --> 00:03:01,114 OF ARIONS HARP, LYRA IN THE SAME REGION. 57 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:03,783 JAMES: ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STARS 58 00:03:03,883 --> 00:03:05,051 THAT MAKE UP DELPHINUS. 59 00:03:05,151 --> 00:03:08,621 JAMES: OK, WE AGAIN HAVE OUR SKY SET UP FOR ANY NIGHT 60 00:03:08,721 --> 00:03:10,924 THIS WEEK JUST AFTER SUNSET. 61 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:14,627 AS WE ZOOM IN ON DELPHINUS, YOU CAN SEE FIVE STARS THAT MAKE UP THE BODY 62 00:03:14,727 --> 00:03:16,462 AND TAIL OF THE DOLPHIN. 63 00:03:16,563 --> 00:03:20,800 THE FOUR STARS MAKING THE BODY OF THE DOLPHIN ARE ALSO KNOWN AS JOBS COF-FIN. 64 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:25,371 THE STAR ON THE FAR LEFT IS AL SALIB (ALSO KNOWN AS GAMMA DEL-PHINI). 65 00:03:25,471 --> 00:03:28,508 ITS A BINARY STAR SYSTEM 101 LIGHT YEARS FROM US. 66 00:03:28,608 --> 00:03:31,144 DEAN: TRAVELING CLOCKWISE, WE HAVE ALPHA AND 67 00:03:31,244 --> 00:03:32,512 BETA DELPHINI. 68 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:36,816 THESE STARS ALSO HAVE THE NAMES SUALOCIN AND ROTANEV; 69 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:40,420 WHICH ARE NICO-LAUS AND VENATOR SPELLED BACKWARDS. 70 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:45,058 THESE ARE THE LATINIZED NAMES IN HONOR OF THE 19TH CENTURY DIRECTOR OF THE PALERMO 71 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:48,661 OBSERVATORY, WHO SNUCK HIS NAME ONTO THESE STARS. 72 00:03:48,761 --> 00:03:49,896 CRAFTY! 73 00:03:49,996 --> 00:03:53,967 JAMES: SUALOCIN IS 240 LIGHT YEARS AWAY AND ROTANEV 74 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:55,768 IS 97 LIGHT YEARS DISTANT. 75 00:03:55,868 --> 00:04:01,407 THE LAST STAR IN THE BODY OF DELPHINUS IS AL UKUD (ALSO KNOWN AS DELTA DELPHINI) AND 76 00:04:01,507 --> 00:04:04,410 ITS A BINARY STAR SYSTEM 223 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. 77 00:04:04,510 --> 00:04:08,748 DEAN: AND LASTLY WE HAVE EPSILON DELPHINI MARKING 78 00:04:08,848 --> 00:04:10,683 DELPHINUS TAIL. 79 00:04:10,783 --> 00:04:18,057 THIS STAR IS APPROPRIATELY CALLED DENEB DULFIM; DENEB MEANING TAIL AND DULFIM MEANING DOLPHIN. 80 00:04:18,157 --> 00:04:22,462 ITS A SOLITARY BLUE-WHITE GIANT STAR, 330 LIGHT YEARS AWAY 81 00:04:22,562 --> 00:04:26,399 AND OVER 670 TIMES AS BRIGHT AS OUR SUN. 82 00:04:26,499 --> 00:04:27,834 JAMES: SO, THERE YOU HAVE IT, 83 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:31,004 A DARING AND DAZZLING DOLPHIN TO GRACE YOUR SUMMER NIGHTS. 84 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,672 DEAN: IT'S DEFINITELY A REASON TO 85 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:36,772 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!