1 00:00:02,302 --> 00:00:24,491 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 2 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:27,327 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 3 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:31,398 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 4 00:00:31,498 --> 00:00:32,599 FLORIDA. 5 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:35,702 WERE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 6 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:37,537 IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE DOG PEOPLE 7 00:00:37,637 --> 00:00:38,805 DEAN: AND CAT PEOPLE 8 00:00:38,905 --> 00:00:41,674 JAMES: WELL, WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS WEEK. 9 00:00:41,775 --> 00:00:43,610 WE HAVE TWO CANINE CONSTELLATIONS 10 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:46,079 DEAN: AND ONE GIANT FELINE IN THE NIGHT SKY. 11 00:00:46,179 --> 00:00:49,816 JAMES: AND IF YOU'RE NOT A DOG OR CAT PERSON, MAYBE WE CAN CONVINCE YOU TO BE A JUPITER 12 00:00:49,916 --> 00:00:50,817 PERSON! 13 00:00:50,917 --> 00:00:52,652 DEAN: LET'S SHOW YOU. 14 00:00:52,752 --> 00:00:56,556 DEAN: WHEN YOU FACE SOUTH AFTER DARK YOU'LL SEE THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, SIRIUS. 15 00:00:56,656 --> 00:01:00,860 I KNOW THAT JUPITER IS A LITTLE BRIGHTER BUT IT'S A PLANET, NOT A STAR. 16 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,363 BUT DONT WORRY, WELL GET TO THE LATER. 17 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:07,300 SIRIUS IS THE NOSE OF THE BIG DOG-CONSTELLATION, CANIS MAJOR. 18 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,372 HE'S ONE OF ORION'S HUNTING DOGS -- OH YEAH, THERE'S OUR MAIN MAN, ORION, OVER TO THE DOGS' 19 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:13,973 RIGHT. 20 00:01:14,074 --> 00:01:17,177 JAMES: IN FACT, YOU CAN USE THE THREE BELT STARS OF ORION TO FIND SIRIUS. 21 00:01:17,277 --> 00:01:21,247 SHOOT AN ARROW FROM THE BELT TO THE LEFT AND IT'LL TAKE YOU OVER TO SIRIUS. 22 00:01:21,347 --> 00:01:23,850 DEAN: SIRIUS IS ONE OF OUR CLOSEST STARS. 23 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:26,152 IT'S ONLY 8.6 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. 24 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:31,257 JAMES: OKAY, THAT' STILL LIKE 50 TRILLION MILES AWAY, BUT STILL IT'S WAY CLOSER THAN 25 00:01:31,357 --> 00:01:32,625 MOST STARS OUT THERE. 26 00:01:32,725 --> 00:01:35,795 DEAN: AND SIRIUS IS REALLY TWO STARS ORBITING EACH OTHER. 27 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:41,000 A BIG WHITE STAR, THAT'S TWICE AS MASSIVE AS OUR SUN, AND A SMALL WHITE DWARF STAR THAT 28 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:45,638 HAS ALMOST THE MASS OF OUR SUN, BUT IS ONLY THE SIZE OF THE EARTH. 29 00:01:45,738 --> 00:01:50,210 JAMES: HIGHER IN THE SOUTHERN SKY IS ANOTHER BRIGHT STAR CALLED PROCYON. 30 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:52,879 NOW GET YOUR IMAGINATIONS READY FOR THIS... 31 00:01:52,979 --> 00:01:58,084 PROCYON AND THE STAR NEXT TO IT (NAMED GOMEISA) MAKE UP THE ENTIRE CONSTELLATION CANIS MINOR, 32 00:01:58,184 --> 00:01:59,119 THE LITTLE DOG. 33 00:01:59,219 --> 00:02:00,553 DEAN: WAIT, TWO STARS? 34 00:02:00,653 --> 00:02:01,554 THAT'S IT? 35 00:02:01,654 --> 00:02:03,323 THAT MUST BE A HOT DOG! 36 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:08,161 JAMES: ANYWAY PROCYON, LIKE SIRIUS IS A WHITE STAR THAT'S CLOSE TO EARTH (RELATIVELY 37 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:09,162 SPEAKING). 38 00:02:09,262 --> 00:02:11,598 IT'S ONLY 11.5 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. 39 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:16,669 ALSO LIKE SIRIUS, PROCYON IS A MULTIPLE STAR SYSTEM WITH A WHITE DWARF STAR IN TOW. 40 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:21,374 JAMES: TO FIND OUR FRIENDLY FELINE CONSTELLATION WE NEED TO FACE EAST. 41 00:02:21,474 --> 00:02:26,713 LOOK FOR A BACKWARD QUESTION MARK OF STARS FOR A HEAD AND A TRIANGLE OF STARS FOR A REAR. 42 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:28,381 DEAN: FRIENDLY HA. 43 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:32,218 THIS IS LEO THE LION, MOST FEARED CREATURE TO EVER WALK THE FORESTS OF NEMEA. 44 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:33,786 JAMES: THAT'S IN GREECE. 45 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:38,258 DEAN: YES, AND LEO WAS FINALLY TAKEN OUT BY NONE OTHER THAN HERCULES. 46 00:02:38,358 --> 00:02:42,896 AFTER STRANGLING THE BEAST, HERCULES FASHIONED LEO'S HIDE INTO A COAT. 47 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:48,001 SO IF YOU EVER SEE PICTURES OF HERCULES WEARING A LION SKIN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO OLD LEO. 48 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:51,404 HEY HERCULES, THAT IS DEFINITELY A BOLD FASHION STATEMENT! 49 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:57,010 JAMES: BUT HERE WE SEE LEO IN MORE PEACEFUL DAYS, LYING CAT-LIKE IN THE SKIES. 50 00:02:57,110 --> 00:03:00,180 THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN LEO IS CALLED REGULUS AND MEANS LITTLE KING 51 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,317 DEAN: NOW THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO SPRING, YOU'LL BE SEEING THE KING OF THE STARRY SKIES, 52 00:03:04,417 --> 00:03:06,119 LEO, NIGHTLY. 53 00:03:06,219 --> 00:03:09,856 DEAN: WE'RE NOW LOOKING A LITTLE INTO THE FUTURE AND IT IS THE NIGHT OF MARCH 13 AT 54 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,691 10PM. 55 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:16,029 WHEN YOU LOOK EAST-SOUTHEAST, YOULL FIND THE WANING GIBBOUS MOON ABOVE A REALLY BRIGHT 56 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:17,764 STAR. 57 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:22,268 JAMES: THAT "STAR" IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM - JUPITER. 58 00:03:22,368 --> 00:03:27,507 LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, SIRIUS IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, BUT JUPITER, AS A PLANET, 59 00:03:27,607 --> 00:03:29,442 OUTSHINES IT ALMOST TWO-FOLD. 60 00:03:29,542 --> 00:03:34,013 DEAN: AND JUPITER IS GETTING CLOSER TO US EACH NIGHT THIS MONTH UNTIL IT REACHES OPPOSITION 61 00:03:34,113 --> 00:03:37,050 - THE CLOSEST POINT TO THE EARTH - ON APRIL 7TH. 62 00:03:37,150 --> 00:03:41,654 RIGHT NOW, JUPITER IS OVER 420 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH. 63 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:47,060 BUT ITS SUCH A HUGE PLANET THAT IT SHINES ITS REFLECTIVE SUNLIGHT ALL THE WAY TO US. 64 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,664 JAMES: IF YOU MISS SEEING JUPITER NEAR THE MOON ON MARCH 13TH, GO BACK OUTSIDE AGAIN 65 00:03:51,764 --> 00:03:53,132 ON MARCH 14TH. 66 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:56,502 THE MOON WILL APPEAR JUST BELOW AND TO THE LEFT OF JUPITER. 67 00:03:56,603 --> 00:03:59,973 PLUS YOU'LL WANT TO NOTE A BRIGHT BLUE STAR IN THE AREA. 68 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:04,377 THIS IS CALLED SPICA THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION VIRGO THE MAIDEN. 69 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:09,582 JAMES: SO DOG PEOPLE, CAT PEOPLE, AND PLANET PEOPLE - WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS 70 00:04:09,682 --> 00:04:10,583 WEEK. 71 00:04:10,683 --> 00:04:11,584 DEAN: NOT TO MENTION THE MOON! 72 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:12,919 JAMES: OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 73 00:04:13,019 --> 00:04:16,122 THE MOON WILL BE HANGING NEAR JUPITER ON MARCH 13 AND 14. 74 00:04:16,222 --> 00:04:20,994 DEAN: AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO HUNTING DOGS OF ORION, CANIS MAJOR AND CANIS MINOR AS WELL 75 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:23,263 AS ONE BIG CAT, LEO THE LION. 76 00:04:23,363 --> 00:04:24,797 AND IT'S ALL THERE WHEN YOU 77 00:04:24,897 --> 00:04:28,897 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!