WEBVTT 00:02.635 --> 00:23.890 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:23.990 --> 00:27.460 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:27.560 --> 00:30.930 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:31.031 --> 00:33.433 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% THIS WEEK, WE'LL BE YOUR GUIDES TO THE GALAXY. 00:33.533 --> 00:37.904 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: YEP, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE MILKY WAY, SOMETHING I HARDLY EVER GET TO SEE IN 00:38.004 --> 00:39.105 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% FLORIDA. 00:39.205 --> 00:40.874 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN THE MILKY WAY DEAN? 00:40.974 --> 00:45.211 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% DEAN: HA, THE ONLY MILKY WAY I SEE IN CINCINNATI IS FILLED WITH CHOCOLATE AND NOUGAT. 00:45.311 --> 00:47.881 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% FOR ME, LIGHT POLLUTION IS A BIG PROBLEM. 00:47.981 --> 00:50.517 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% CITY LIGHTS, ILLUMINATE SIGNS, PARKING LOTS, BUILDINGS 00:50.617 --> 00:52.685 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% JAMES: AND ALSO THE NIGHT SKY. 00:52.786 --> 00:56.389 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE MORE LIGHT THAT WE SHINE UP, THE LESS STAR-LIGHT WE CAN SEE SHINING DOWN. 00:56.489 --> 01:01.127 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: EVEN THOUGH IT'S INVISIBLE FROM CITIES, JAMES AND I CAN SHARE A SNEAKY TIP TO FIND 01:01.227 --> 01:03.296 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% THE MILKY WAY IN YOUR SKY. 01:03.396 --> 01:04.964 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET'S SHOW YOU! 01:05.065 --> 01:08.835 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% JAMES: OKAY, LET'S PRETEND IT'S 9:30 AT NIGHT AND WE'RE FAR FROM CITY LIGHTS. 01:08.935 --> 01:11.071 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEAN: WOW, IT IS DARK OUT HERE! 01:11.171 --> 01:13.606 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% JAMES: I KNOW, AND LOOK AT ALL THE STARS YOU CAN SEE! 01:13.706 --> 01:15.308 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% DEAN: SO MANY STARS! 01:15.408 --> 01:17.110 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% YOU CAN'T EVEN COUNT 'EM ALL. 01:17.210 --> 01:20.246 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: WE'RE FACING SOUTHEAST AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE A BAND OF FAINT LIGHT STRETCHING 01:20.346 --> 01:24.818 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% FROM THE HORIZON, TO WAY UP HIGH - ALMOST GOING STRAIGHT OVERHEAD. 01:24.918 --> 01:26.553 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% THIS IS THE MILKY WAY. 01:26.653 --> 01:30.890 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MILKY WAY, YOU ARE OBSERVING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF STARS. 01:30.990 --> 01:34.127 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% MOST OF THE STARS IN OUR GALAXY ARE STRETCHED OUT IN A BAND ALL AROUND US. 01:34.227 --> 01:38.798 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: THERE ARE SO MANY STARS IN OUR LINE OF SIGHT THAT THEY APPEAR AS MILKY CLOUDS. 01:38.898 --> 01:43.603 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% MOST ANCIENT CULTURES WERE JUST AS FASCINATED WITH THE MILKY WAY AS THEY WERE WITH ANY PLANET 01:43.703 --> 01:45.071 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% OR CONSTELLATION. 01:45.171 --> 01:46.940 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% YOU CAN DEFINITELY SEE WHY. 01:47.040 --> 01:49.776 align:left position:80%,start line:89% size:10% OUT IN THE COUNTRY IT DOMINATES THE SKY. 01:49.876 --> 01:54.981 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: SOME BRIGHT AND FAMOUS CONSTELLATIONS CAN BE FOUND ALONG THIS GALACTIC RIVER SUCH 01:55.081 --> 01:59.819 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AS CASSIOPEIA THE QUEEN, CYGNUS THE SWAN, AND SAGITTARIUS THE ARCHER. 01:59.919 --> 02:03.289 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% JAMES: CASSIOPEIA IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE CONSTELLATIONS. 02:03.389 --> 02:06.392 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IN THE SUMMER EVENINGS, SHE SITS ON HER THRONE IN THE NORTHEASTERN SKY. 02:06.493 --> 02:07.594 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% DEAN: WHAT? 02:07.694 --> 02:09.362 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% YOU MEAN THOSE STARS THAT LOOK LIKE THE LETTER W? 02:09.462 --> 02:10.363 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% THAT'S A QUEEN? 02:10.463 --> 02:12.098 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% JAMES: USE YOUR IMAGINATION DEAN. 02:12.198 --> 02:15.568 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: WELL THAT PICTURE CERTAINLY HELPS, BUT I GUESS I'M IMAGINATION-CHALLENGED. 02:15.668 --> 02:20.607 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: IN THAT CASE, PICTURE THIS W-SHAPE OF STARS AS CASSIOPEIA'S CROWN SPARKLING WITH 02:20.707 --> 02:21.608 align:left position:25%,start line:89% size:65% FIVE STELLAR JEWELS. 02:21.708 --> 02:23.776 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% DEAN: OKAY, NOW THAT I CAN SEE. 02:23.877 --> 02:27.413 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% DEAN: NOW, KICK BACK AND LOOK HIGH IN THE SKY. 02:27.514 --> 02:32.318 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% ALMOST STRAIGHT OVERHEAD YOU'LL SEE THREE VERY BRIGHT STARS MARKING THE SUMMER TRIANGLE. 02:32.418 --> 02:37.790 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% THE SUMMER TRIANGLE IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CONSTELLATION - IT'S REALLY THREE CONSTELLATIONS: LYRA THE 02:37.891 --> 02:40.693 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% HARP, CYGNUS THE SWAN, AND AQUILA THE EAGLE. 02:40.793 --> 02:45.398 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% JAMES: LET'S FOCUS ON CYGNUS SINCE IT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST TO IDENTIFY BECAUSE OF ITS CROSS-LIKE 02:45.498 --> 02:46.466 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SHAPE. 02:46.566 --> 02:48.535 align:left position:75%,start line:89% size:15% IN FACT IT'S ALSO CALLED THE NORTHERN CROSS. 02:48.635 --> 02:52.972 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: CYGNUS' BRIGHTEST STAR IS DENEB, WHICH MARKS THE TAIL OF THE SWAN. 02:53.072 --> 02:58.278 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% CYGNUS IS LOCATED IN AN EXTREMELY RICH PART OF THE MILKY WAY, SO IMAGINE IT FLYING ALONG 02:58.378 --> 03:00.079 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75% THE GREAT RIVER IN THE SKY. 03:00.180 --> 03:04.751 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% JAMES: NEAR DENEB, THE MILKY WAY BRANCHES INTO TWO CHANNELS LEAVING A DARK REGION IN 03:04.851 --> 03:05.752 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% THE MIDDLE. 03:05.852 --> 03:07.620 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% THIS IS CALLED THE CYGNUS RIFT. 03:07.720 --> 03:10.156 align:left position:87.5%,start line:89% size:2.5% JAMES: NOW LOOK TOWARD THE SOUTH. 03:10.256 --> 03:16.362 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% HERE THE MILKY WAY THREADS BETWEEN TWO ZODIACAL CONSTELLATIONS - SCORPIUS AND SAGITTARIUS. 03:16.462 --> 03:20.433 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% SCORPIUS THE SCORPION IS EASY TO SPOT WITH ITS BRIGHT RED STAR FOR A HEART AND ITS CURVED 03:20.533 --> 03:22.235 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% TAIL-STARS. 03:22.335 --> 03:25.805 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE STARS IN SAGITTARIUS RESEMBLE MORE OF A TEAPOT THAN A CENTAUR WIELDING A BOW AND 03:25.905 --> 03:27.607 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% ARROW. 03:27.707 --> 03:30.443 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: WHEN YOU LOOK TOWARD SAGITTARIUS, YOU'RE PEERING INTO THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY. 03:30.543 --> 03:35.582 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% IN THAT DIRECTION, THERE ARE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF STARS, AND AT THE VERY CENTER 03:35.682 --> 03:38.151 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LIES A SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE. 03:38.251 --> 03:43.022 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: OF COURSE YOU CAN'T SEE THE MILKY WAY IF YOU'RE A CITY-BOUND STAR GAZER. 03:43.122 --> 03:45.992 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% LET'S SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RURAL SKY 03:46.092 --> 03:47.660 align:left position:17.5%,start line:89% size:72.5% AND A LIGHT POLLUTED SKY. 03:47.760 --> 03:48.661 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% JAMES: YIKES! 03:48.761 --> 03:50.530 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% WHAT A DIFFERENCE! 03:50.630 --> 03:53.833 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% EVEN THOUGH THE MILKY WAY DISAPPEARED, WE STILL HAVE THREE CONSTELLATIONS CLEARLY VISIBLE 03:53.933 --> 03:55.635 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% TO GUIDE US. 03:55.735 --> 03:59.706 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% CASSIOPEIA IN THE NORTHEAST, CYGNUS HIGH OVERHEAD, AND SAGITTARIUS LOW IN THE SOUTH. 03:59.806 --> 04:03.509 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% DEAN: AND THAT'S WHERE THE MILKY WAY IS - EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SEE IT. 04:03.610 --> 04:10.083 align:left position:62.5%,start line:83% size:27.5% ONCE YOU IDENTIFY CASSIOPEIA, CYGNUS, OR SAGITTARIUS, SCAN THESE REGIONS OF THE SKY WITH BINOCULARS. 04:10.183 --> 04:14.721 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% WITH JUST A LITTLE MAGNIFICATION, A WEALTH OF STARS WILL BE REVEALED TO YOU. 04:14.821 --> 04:17.156 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% JAMES: SO FOLLOW THE MILKY WAY TONIGHT 04:17.257 --> 04:21.628 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% DEAN: AND START COUNTING THOSE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF STARS AS YOU 04:21.728 --> 04:25.728 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!