WEBVTT 00:20.353 --> 00:24.691 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.791 --> 00:28.695 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.795 --> 00:32.265 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:32.365 --> 00:35.235 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.335 --> 00:39.773 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S ALMOST THE 4TH OF JULY AND WE'RE READY TO CELEBRATE THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. 00:39.873 --> 00:41.574 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% JAMES: THAT'S RIGHT, DEAN! 00:41.674 --> 00:45.512 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% I'M READY TO GET OUTSIDE ON A WARM NIGHT, KICK BACK IN A LAWN CHAIR, AND WATCH SOME 00:45.612 --> 00:47.313 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% FIREWORKS. 00:47.414 --> 00:50.183 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: BUT AFTER THE FIREWORKS WHY NOT TO STAY OUT A LITTLE LATER AND WATCH THE STARS. 00:50.283 --> 00:53.853 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AND WE CAN CHECK OUT A RED STAR, A WHITE ONE, AND A BLUE ONE. 00:53.953 --> 00:58.591 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: PLUS THE MOON WILL SHINE, LIGHTING UP THE NIGHT, ALONG WITH TWO GIANT PLANETS. 00:58.691 --> 01:00.660 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEAN: IT SHOULD BE A BUSY NIGHT. 01:00.760 --> 01:02.162 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% LET'S HEAD TO THE SKY! 01:02.262 --> 01:05.632 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO JULY 4TH AT 11PM. 01:05.732 --> 01:09.069 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I KNOW IT GETS DARK REALLY LATE IN THE HEART OF SUMMER. 01:09.169 --> 01:11.438 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% BUT IT HAS TO BE DARK TO SEE FIREWORKS RIGHT? 01:11.538 --> 01:12.906 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% JAMES: CUE THE FIREWORKS! 01:13.006 --> 01:15.775 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% BOTH: OOOH, AAAHH 01:15.875 --> 01:21.381 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND AFTER THE GRAND FINALE, AFTER THE SMOKE CLEARS, FACE SOUTH AND YOU'LL SEE A 01:21.481 --> 01:24.184 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WAXING GIBBOUS MOON ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE SKY. 01:24.284 --> 01:29.823 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: THE MOON WILL BE ALMOST 250,000 MILES FROM EARTH THAT NIGHT, BUT LET'S FLY UP FOR 01:29.923 --> 01:31.057 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% A CLOSER LOOK. 01:31.157 --> 01:35.095 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: IF YOU LIKE EXPLOSIONS, CHECK OUT THE MOON. 01:35.195 --> 01:36.930 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% LOOK AT ALL THOSE CRATERS! 01:37.030 --> 01:41.668 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE MOON HAS BEEN BOMBARDED BY METEOROIDS EVER SINCE IT WAS FORMED, AND THEY LEFT HUGE 01:41.768 --> 01:43.536 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% HOLES ON THE LUNAR SURFACE. 01:43.636 --> 01:48.508 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: THE LARGEST IMPACTS CREATED THE DARKER AREAS ON THE MOON - WHAT WE CALL THE SEAS. 01:48.608 --> 01:54.214 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE METEOROIDS HIT THE MOON SO HARD THAT THEY CRACKED THE SURFACE; LAVA ERUPTED TO THE SURFACE, 01:54.314 --> 01:56.282 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% AND COOLED INTO THE FLAT DARK AREAS. 01:56.382 --> 02:00.553 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THEY'RE NOT REALLY SEAS OF WATER, BUT THEY MADE INTRIGUING PLACES TO EXPLORE. 02:00.653 --> 02:03.656 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% DEAN: TAKE THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY OVER THERE. 02:03.756 --> 02:08.428 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THAT IS WHERE NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN LANDED ON THE MOON IN 1969. 02:08.528 --> 02:13.299 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WHEN I LOOK AT THE MOON, I OFTEN THINK, WOW, WE ACTUALLY WENT THERE! AND I CAN IMAGINE 02:13.399 --> 02:17.570 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% BOUNDING ACROSS THE LUNAR SURFACE. 02:17.670 --> 02:22.075 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% DEAN: THERE ARE TWO PLANETS OUT THERE AS WELL. 02:22.175 --> 02:26.946 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% GIANT JUPITER IS IN THE SOUTHWEST, LOOKING LIKE A SUSPICIOUSLY-BRIGHT, CREAM-COLORED 02:27.046 --> 02:28.381 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% STAR... 02:28.481 --> 02:30.650 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: AND THE RINGED PLANET SATURN IS IN THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST. 02:30.750 --> 02:34.621 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT DOESNT STAND OUT AS MUCH AS JUPITER, BUT IT GLOWS WITH A STEADY YELLOW LIGHT. 02:34.721 --> 02:39.425 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: NOW THAT WE'RE IN A PATRIOTIC MOOD, LET'S LOOK AT A RED STAR, A WHITE STAR, AND 02:39.526 --> 02:41.294 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% A BLUE STAR ON THE 4TH OF JULY. 02:41.394 --> 02:44.931 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% OUR RED STAR IS BELOW THE MOON AND A LITTLE TO THE LEFT. 02:45.031 --> 02:48.001 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ITS NAME IS ANTARES AND IT SHOULD TWINKLE LIKE CRAZY. 02:48.101 --> 02:52.939 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: THIS STAR MARKS THE BEATING HEART OF THE CONSTELLATION SCORPIUS THE SCORPION. 02:53.039 --> 02:57.644 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AND AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE OUT THE SCORPIONS BODY AND TAIL ABOVE 02:57.744 --> 02:58.811 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% THE HORIZON. 02:58.912 --> 03:00.880 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% THE CLAWS ARE REACHING OUT TO GRAB THE MOON. 03:00.980 --> 03:03.049 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% DEAN: THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A SCORPION! 03:03.149 --> 03:04.884 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% JAMES: I KNOW, RIGHT?! 03:04.984 --> 03:09.556 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: TO SEE A GREAT WHITE STAR, TURN TO THE EAST AND LOOK HIGH IN THE SKY FOR A BIG, 03:09.656 --> 03:12.091 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% BRIGHT TRIANGLE OF THREE STARS. 03:12.192 --> 03:13.927 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% THAT IS THE SUMMER TRIANGLE. 03:14.027 --> 03:18.798 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE FAINTEST OF THE THREE STARS IS WHITE IN COLOR AND NAMED DENEB, AND IT HAS QUITE A 03:18.898 --> 03:19.799 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% STORY. 03:19.899 --> 03:21.701 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% DEAN: THAT'S RIGHT, JAMES. 03:21.801 --> 03:24.737 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DENEB MARKS THE TAIL OF CYGNUS THE SWAN AND IS PERHAPS THE FARTHEST STAR YOU CAN SEE WITH 03:24.837 --> 03:25.872 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% THE NAKED EYE. 03:25.972 --> 03:28.841 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% IT COULD BE OVER 3000 LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH. 03:28.942 --> 03:31.511 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% THAT IS ABOUT 17 QUADRILLION MILES! 03:31.611 --> 03:35.048 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND OUR BLUE STAR FOR THE 4TH OF JULY IS NEARBY. 03:35.148 --> 03:39.018 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% IT'S THE TOP-STAR IN THE TRIANGLE, AND BRIGHTEST OF THE THREE. 03:39.118 --> 03:43.122 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THAT IS VEGA THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE LITTLE CONSTELLATION LYRA THE HARP. 03:43.223 --> 03:46.159 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ITS BLUE COLOR MAKES A NICE CONTRAST TO RED ANTARES. 03:46.259 --> 03:51.331 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: YOU CAN SEE THE MOON, TWO PLANETS, AND RED, WHITE, AND BLUE STARS ALL WEEK. 03:51.431 --> 03:53.233 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% NOT JUST ON THE 4TH OF JULY. 03:53.333 --> 03:58.571 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% JAMES: BUT IF YOU STAY UP LATE AFTER THE FIREWORKS, GET COMFORTABLE FOR A REAL STELLAR SHOW. 03:58.671 --> 04:01.374 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% YOU'LL SEE THE WAXING GIBBOUS MOON HALFWAY UP IN THE SOUTH 04:01.474 --> 04:04.077 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: JUPITER IN THE SOUTHWEST, SATURN IN THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 04:04.177 --> 04:07.780 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: RED ANTARES IN THE SOUTH, DOWN AND TO THE LEFT OF THE MOON 04:07.880 --> 04:11.884 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND WHITE DENEB AND BLUE VEGA IN THE SUMMER TRIANGLE IN THE EAST. 04:11.985 --> 04:14.821 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: WHAT A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY. 04:14.921 --> 04:15.855 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% ITS ALL THERE WHEN YOU 04:15.955 --> 04:19.955 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!