WEBVTT 00:03.036 --> 00:25.225 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:25.325 --> 00:28.061 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:28.161 --> 00:32.432 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, 00:32.532 --> 00:33.800 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:33.900 --> 00:36.436 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:36.536 --> 00:40.206 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% AS SUMMER STARTS HEADING TO FALL, THE SUMMER STARS START FADING AWAY. 00:40.306 --> 00:44.978 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: BUT WE HAVE A WEEK OR TWO TO TAKE IN MY FAVORITE CONSTELLATION OF SUMMER: SCORPIUS 00:45.078 --> 00:49.449 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THE SCORPION WITH ITS FLICKERING RED HEART-STAR AND TWO STINGER STARS. 00:49.549 --> 00:52.852 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: PLUS THE RED PLANET MARS WILL BE HANGING WITH THE SCORPION. 00:52.952 --> 00:55.955 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND WE HAVE A BONUS PLANET FOR YOU TO LOOK FOR. 00:56.056 --> 00:56.990 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% SHOULD WE TELL THEM WHICH ONE? 00:57.090 --> 00:57.991 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% JAMES: NO, NOT YET. 00:58.091 --> 00:58.992 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% LETS BUILD UP THE SUSPENSE! 00:59.092 --> 01:00.460 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% DEAN: MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. 01:00.560 --> 01:02.195 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% TO THE STARS! 01:02.295 --> 01:07.000 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK, AT 9:30PM, FACING SOUTH. 01:07.100 --> 01:11.771 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% TO FIND THE SCORPION, LOOK JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON FOR STARS THAT FORM A FISHHOOK SHAPE. 01:11.871 --> 01:16.676 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IT'S A LITTLE TOUGHER TO SEE THE DISTINCT OUTLINE OF THE CONSTELLATION SINCE THERE ARE 01:16.776 --> 01:20.447 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% TWO VISITING PLANETS AMONG THE NORMAL STARS OF THE SCORPION. 01:20.547 --> 01:22.882 align:left position:70%,start line:89% size:20% BUT BE PATIENT, WE'LL GET TO THOSE SOON ENOUGH. 01:22.982 --> 01:27.821 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: IT MAY BE TOUGH TO IMAGINE THESE STARS AS A SCUTTLING SCORPION BUT HOPEFULLY THE 01:27.921 --> 01:29.622 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% PICTURE HELPS. 01:29.722 --> 01:33.460 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WHEN I LOOK FOR SCORPIUS, THE FIRST THING I NOTICE IS THE REALLY RED, REALLY TWINKLY 01:33.560 --> 01:35.562 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% STAR AT THE HEART OF THE SCORPION. 01:35.662 --> 01:37.397 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% THIS STAR IS CALLED ANTARES. 01:37.497 --> 01:42.936 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: IF WE ZOOM IN ON ANTARES WITH A LARGE TELESCOPE WE FIND THAT IT IS NOT JUST ONE 01:43.036 --> 01:45.238 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% STAR, BUT TWO ORBITING EACH OTHER. 01:45.338 --> 01:48.441 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE LARGER ONE IS THE RED STAR WE SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE. 01:48.541 --> 01:53.546 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE SMALLER IS OF A CONTRASTING COLOR AND MOST PEOPLE THINK IT LOOKS GREEN BUT YOULL 01:53.646 --> 01:55.582 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% NEED A BIG TELESCOPE TO SEE IT. 01:55.682 --> 02:00.653 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE MAIN STAR ANTARES IS GIGANTIC AND DAZZLINGLY BRIGHT. 02:00.753 --> 02:04.791 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IF WE PUT ANTARES NEXT TO THE SUN, THIS IS WHAT THEYD LOOK LIKE. 02:04.891 --> 02:06.259 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% DEAN: YIKES! 02:06.359 --> 02:10.497 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE BRIGHTEST STAR-LIKE OBJECT IN SCORPIUS RIGHT NOW ISN'T A STAR. 02:10.597 --> 02:16.002 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S THE PLANET MARS AND YOU CAN SEE IT JUST ABOVE THE SCORPION'S HEART-STAR, ABOVE ANTARES 02:16.102 --> 02:17.871 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% THIS WEEK. 02:17.971 --> 02:22.408 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: THE WORD ANTARES MEANS, RIVAL OF MARS, BUT THIS WEEK ANTARES IS NO MATCH FOR MARS 02:22.509 --> 02:24.010 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% (WHEN IT COMES TO BRIGHTNESS). 02:24.110 --> 02:27.147 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% THE RED PLANET WILL LOOK ABOUT TWICE AS BRIGHT AS THE RED STAR. 02:27.247 --> 02:32.152 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: AND YOU WILL NOTICE ONE OTHER DIFFERENCE: WHILE ANTARES WILL TWINKLE, MARS' LIGHT WILL 02:32.252 --> 02:33.920 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% BE MUCH MORE STEADY. 02:34.020 --> 02:38.191 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% THIS IS A GENERAL RULE - STARS TWINKLE, PLANETS DONT (AS MUCH). 02:38.291 --> 02:43.229 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: NOW THAT WEVE INVESTIGATED THE HEART OF THE SCORPION, HOW ABOUT HIS TAIL? 02:43.329 --> 02:47.834 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AT THE END OF THE FISHHOOK SHAPE, LOOK FOR TWO STARS THAT ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. 02:47.934 --> 02:52.772 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THESE ARE THE STARS SHAULA AND LESATH AND TOGETHER THEY ARE KNOWN AS, THE STING. 02:52.872 --> 02:54.707 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% DEAN: MAKES SENSE. 02:54.807 --> 02:59.679 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% ALTHOUGH THESE TWO STARS LOOK CLOSE TOGETHER, THEY ARE SEPARATED BY TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS 02:59.779 --> 03:01.181 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% OF MILES. 03:01.281 --> 03:05.518 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% LESATH, THE DIMMER OF THE PAIR IS ABOUT 580 LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH. 03:05.618 --> 03:09.088 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% THE DISTANCE TO SHAULA HOWEVER IS UNKNOWN. 03:09.189 --> 03:13.560 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SOME ASTRONOMERS FOUND IT TO BE 700 LIGHT YEARS AWAY AND OTHERS FOUND IT TO BE ONLY 03:13.660 --> 03:15.962 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% 365 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. 03:16.062 --> 03:19.966 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% EITHER WAY, THE STINGER STARS ONLY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE CLOSE TOGETHER. 03:20.066 --> 03:24.938 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: I'VE ALSO HEARD THEM CALLED THE CATS EYES SINCE THEY ARE SO DISTINCT. 03:25.038 --> 03:29.909 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% AND WHILE YOU'RE IN THE AREA, TWO OPEN CLUSTERS LIE NEARBY FOR YOU TO DISCOVER WITH ONLY A 03:30.009 --> 03:31.144 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% PAIR OF BINOCULARS. 03:31.244 --> 03:33.379 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% THEY'RE CALLED M6 AND M7. 03:33.479 --> 03:37.450 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: AND FINALLY WE WILL REVEAL OUR MYSTERY GUEST PLANET FOR TODAY'S SHOW. 03:37.550 --> 03:40.019 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% DEAN: THE ANTICIPATION HAS BEEN KILLING ME! 03:40.119 --> 03:45.158 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: UH HUH, AND WHEN YOU LOOK ABOVE ANTARES, AND ABOVE MARS, YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER BRIGHT 03:45.258 --> 03:46.392 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% STEADY LIGHT. 03:46.492 --> 03:49.829 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: SO STEADY IT MUST BE A PLANET, BUT WHICH ONE? 03:49.929 --> 03:53.566 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% LET'S PRETEND WE'RE FOCUSING A TELESCOPE AND GETTING A CLEAR LOOK. 03:53.666 --> 03:58.504 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THIS IS THE SIXTH PLANET FROM THE SUN, THE SECOND LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 03:58.605 --> 04:03.810 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% KEEPER OF AT LEAST 62 MOONS, GORGEOUS RINGS, AND WELL I THINK YOUVE FIGURED IT OUT. 04:03.910 --> 04:08.748 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: THIS IS SATURN, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT THROUGH A TELESCOPE, MAKE IT YOUR 04:08.848 --> 04:10.717 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% MISSION TO DO SO THIS MONTH. 04:10.817 --> 04:15.722 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL ASTRONOMY CLUB, PLANETARIUM, OR SCIENCE CENTER AND ASK, HEY ARE YOU GUYS 04:15.822 --> 04:17.557 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% VIEWING SATURN THIS SEASON? 04:17.657 --> 04:18.558 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE IT. 04:18.658 --> 04:20.260 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEAN: IT IS TRULY BREATH-TAKING. 04:20.360 --> 04:22.929 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% AND IT'S ALL THERE WHEN YOU 04:23.029 --> 04:27.029 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!