WEBVTT 00:02.302 --> 00:24.491 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.591 --> 00:27.327 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:27.427 --> 00:31.398 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:31.498 --> 00:32.599 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:32.699 --> 00:35.702 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WERE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY. 00:35.802 --> 00:37.537 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE DOG PEOPLE 00:37.637 --> 00:38.805 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% DEAN: AND CAT PEOPLE 00:38.905 --> 00:41.674 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: WELL, WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS WEEK. 00:41.775 --> 00:43.610 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% WE HAVE TWO CANINE CONSTELLATIONS 00:43.710 --> 00:46.079 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% DEAN: AND ONE GIANT FELINE IN THE NIGHT SKY. 00:46.179 --> 00:49.816 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: AND IF YOU'RE NOT A DOG OR CAT PERSON, MAYBE WE CAN CONVINCE YOU TO BE A JUPITER 00:49.916 --> 00:50.817 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% PERSON! 00:50.917 --> 00:52.652 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% DEAN: LET'S SHOW YOU. 00:52.752 --> 00:56.556 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: WHEN YOU FACE SOUTH AFTER DARK YOU'LL SEE THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, SIRIUS. 00:56.656 --> 01:00.860 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I KNOW THAT JUPITER IS A LITTLE BRIGHTER BUT IT'S A PLANET, NOT A STAR. 01:00.960 --> 01:03.363 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% BUT DONT WORRY, WELL GET TO THE LATER. 01:03.463 --> 01:07.300 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% SIRIUS IS THE NOSE OF THE BIG DOG-CONSTELLATION, CANIS MAJOR. 01:07.400 --> 01:12.372 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% HE'S ONE OF ORION'S HUNTING DOGS -- OH YEAH, THERE'S OUR MAIN MAN, ORION, OVER TO THE DOGS' 01:12.472 --> 01:13.973 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% RIGHT. 01:14.074 --> 01:17.177 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: IN FACT, YOU CAN USE THE THREE BELT STARS OF ORION TO FIND SIRIUS. 01:17.277 --> 01:21.247 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SHOOT AN ARROW FROM THE BELT TO THE LEFT AND IT'LL TAKE YOU OVER TO SIRIUS. 01:21.347 --> 01:23.850 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% DEAN: SIRIUS IS ONE OF OUR CLOSEST STARS. 01:23.950 --> 01:26.152 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S ONLY 8.6 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. 01:26.252 --> 01:31.257 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: OKAY, THAT' STILL LIKE 50 TRILLION MILES AWAY, BUT STILL IT'S WAY CLOSER THAN 01:31.357 --> 01:32.625 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% MOST STARS OUT THERE. 01:32.725 --> 01:35.795 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: AND SIRIUS IS REALLY TWO STARS ORBITING EACH OTHER. 01:35.895 --> 01:41.000 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% A BIG WHITE STAR, THAT'S TWICE AS MASSIVE AS OUR SUN, AND A SMALL WHITE DWARF STAR THAT 01:41.101 --> 01:45.638 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% HAS ALMOST THE MASS OF OUR SUN, BUT IS ONLY THE SIZE OF THE EARTH. 01:45.738 --> 01:50.210 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: HIGHER IN THE SOUTHERN SKY IS ANOTHER BRIGHT STAR CALLED PROCYON. 01:50.310 --> 01:52.879 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% NOW GET YOUR IMAGINATIONS READY FOR THIS... 01:52.979 --> 01:58.084 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% PROCYON AND THE STAR NEXT TO IT (NAMED GOMEISA) MAKE UP THE ENTIRE CONSTELLATION CANIS MINOR, 01:58.184 --> 01:59.119 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% THE LITTLE DOG. 01:59.219 --> 02:00.553 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% DEAN: WAIT, TWO STARS? 02:00.653 --> 02:01.554 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THAT'S IT? 02:01.654 --> 02:03.323 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% THAT MUST BE A HOT DOG! 02:03.423 --> 02:08.161 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% JAMES: ANYWAY PROCYON, LIKE SIRIUS IS A WHITE STAR THAT'S CLOSE TO EARTH (RELATIVELY 02:08.261 --> 02:09.162 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% SPEAKING). 02:09.262 --> 02:11.598 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IT'S ONLY 11.5 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. 02:11.698 --> 02:16.669 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% ALSO LIKE SIRIUS, PROCYON IS A MULTIPLE STAR SYSTEM WITH A WHITE DWARF STAR IN TOW. 02:16.769 --> 02:21.374 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: TO FIND OUR FRIENDLY FELINE CONSTELLATION WE NEED TO FACE EAST. 02:21.474 --> 02:26.713 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% LOOK FOR A BACKWARD QUESTION MARK OF STARS FOR A HEAD AND A TRIANGLE OF STARS FOR A REAR. 02:26.813 --> 02:28.381 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% DEAN: FRIENDLY HA. 02:28.481 --> 02:32.218 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS IS LEO THE LION, MOST FEARED CREATURE TO EVER WALK THE FORESTS OF NEMEA. 02:32.318 --> 02:33.786 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% JAMES: THAT'S IN GREECE. 02:33.887 --> 02:38.258 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: YES, AND LEO WAS FINALLY TAKEN OUT BY NONE OTHER THAN HERCULES. 02:38.358 --> 02:42.896 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AFTER STRANGLING THE BEAST, HERCULES FASHIONED LEO'S HIDE INTO A COAT. 02:42.996 --> 02:48.001 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% SO IF YOU EVER SEE PICTURES OF HERCULES WEARING A LION SKIN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO OLD LEO. 02:48.101 --> 02:51.404 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% HEY HERCULES, THAT IS DEFINITELY A BOLD FASHION STATEMENT! 02:51.504 --> 02:57.010 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: BUT HERE WE SEE LEO IN MORE PEACEFUL DAYS, LYING CAT-LIKE IN THE SKIES. 02:57.110 --> 03:00.180 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN LEO IS CALLED REGULUS AND MEANS LITTLE KING 03:00.280 --> 03:04.317 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: NOW THAT WE'RE HEADING INTO SPRING, YOU'LL BE SEEING THE KING OF THE STARRY SKIES, 03:04.417 --> 03:06.119 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% LEO, NIGHTLY. 03:06.219 --> 03:09.856 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: WE'RE NOW LOOKING A LITTLE INTO THE FUTURE AND IT IS THE NIGHT OF MARCH 13 AT 03:09.956 --> 03:11.691 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% 10PM. 03:11.791 --> 03:16.029 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WHEN YOU LOOK EAST-SOUTHEAST, YOULL FIND THE WANING GIBBOUS MOON ABOVE A REALLY BRIGHT 03:16.129 --> 03:17.764 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% STAR. 03:17.864 --> 03:22.268 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: THAT "STAR" IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM - JUPITER. 03:22.368 --> 03:27.507 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, SIRIUS IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, BUT JUPITER, AS A PLANET, 03:27.607 --> 03:29.442 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% OUTSHINES IT ALMOST TWO-FOLD. 03:29.542 --> 03:34.013 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND JUPITER IS GETTING CLOSER TO US EACH NIGHT THIS MONTH UNTIL IT REACHES OPPOSITION 03:34.113 --> 03:37.050 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% - THE CLOSEST POINT TO THE EARTH - ON APRIL 7TH. 03:37.150 --> 03:41.654 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% RIGHT NOW, JUPITER IS OVER 420 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH. 03:41.754 --> 03:47.060 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BUT ITS SUCH A HUGE PLANET THAT IT SHINES ITS REFLECTIVE SUNLIGHT ALL THE WAY TO US. 03:47.160 --> 03:51.664 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: IF YOU MISS SEEING JUPITER NEAR THE MOON ON MARCH 13TH, GO BACK OUTSIDE AGAIN 03:51.764 --> 03:53.132 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% ON MARCH 14TH. 03:53.233 --> 03:56.502 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE MOON WILL APPEAR JUST BELOW AND TO THE LEFT OF JUPITER. 03:56.603 --> 03:59.973 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% PLUS YOU'LL WANT TO NOTE A BRIGHT BLUE STAR IN THE AREA. 04:00.073 --> 04:04.377 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS IS CALLED SPICA THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION VIRGO THE MAIDEN. 04:04.477 --> 04:09.582 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: SO DOG PEOPLE, CAT PEOPLE, AND PLANET PEOPLE - WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE THIS 04:09.682 --> 04:10.583 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% WEEK. 04:10.683 --> 04:11.584 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% DEAN: NOT TO MENTION THE MOON! 04:11.684 --> 04:12.919 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 04:13.019 --> 04:16.122 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE MOON WILL BE HANGING NEAR JUPITER ON MARCH 13 AND 14. 04:16.222 --> 04:20.994 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: AND YOU CAN SEE THE TWO HUNTING DOGS OF ORION, CANIS MAJOR AND CANIS MINOR AS WELL 04:21.094 --> 04:23.263 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% AS ONE BIG CAT, LEO THE LION. 04:23.363 --> 04:24.797 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% AND IT'S ALL THERE WHEN YOU 04:24.897 --> 04:28.897 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!