WEBVTT 00:19.686 --> 00:21.521 align:left position:87.5% line:89% size:2.5% FINDING DIRECTION IN THE NIGHT SKY 00:21.621 --> 00:24.691 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:24.791 --> 00:28.395 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:28.495 --> 00:31.197 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI 00:31.297 --> 00:32.565 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% OBSERVATORY. 00:32.665 --> 00:35.035 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 00:35.135 --> 00:38.071 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% HEY JAMES, ARE YOU SEEKING DIRECTION IN YOUR LIFE? 00:38.171 --> 00:40.807 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: WHY, HAVE I SEEMED MORE AIMLESS THAN USUAL? 00:40.907 --> 00:43.376 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NO, YOURE DEFINITELY NOT LOST IN SPACE. 00:43.476 --> 00:46.479 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% I'M TALKING ABOUT HOW THE STARS CAN TELL YOU YOUR DIRECTION. 00:46.579 --> 00:48.782 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5% WHICH WAY IS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST. 00:48.882 --> 00:51.618 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AHA, THIS IS A GREAT MONTH TO SHARE OUR TIPS 00:51.718 --> 00:54.020 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5% FOR FINDING POLARIS, AKA, THE NORTH STAR. 00:54.120 --> 00:57.023 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND ALONG THE WAY, WELL SHOW YOU THE BIG DIPPER, 00:57.123 --> 01:01.694 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% LITTLE DIPPER AND CASSIOPEIA - THE THREE MAJOR CONSTELLATIONS OF THE NORTHERN 01:01.795 --> 01:05.065 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45% SKY. AND WE'LL VISIT A FLYING HORSE TOO. 01:05.165 --> 01:06.299 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: LETS SHOW YOU! 01:06.399 --> 01:09.436 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO ANY NIGHT THIS 01:09.536 --> 01:11.971 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% WEEK, AT 9 PM, FACING NORTH. 01:12.072 --> 01:14.040 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% SINCE WE'RE FACING NORTH, THE NORTH STAR SHOULD 01:14.140 --> 01:16.409 align:left position:85% line:89% size:5% BE THERE SOMEWHERE, BUT WHERE IS IT? 01:16.509 --> 01:19.212 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, THE NORTH STAR 01:19.312 --> 01:21.881 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% IS NOT THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. 01:21.981 --> 01:24.417 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% THAT HONOR BELONGS TO SIRIUS, THE DOG STAR. 01:24.517 --> 01:30.190 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% IN FACT, POLARIS RANKS ABOUT 48TH IN BRIGHTNESS AND THROUGH CITY LIGHT POLLUTION, ITS JUST 01:30.290 --> 01:31.424 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% BARELY VISIBLE. 01:31.524 --> 01:34.260 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WELL, WHAT MAKES POLARIS SO DARNED SPECIAL? 01:34.360 --> 01:37.330 align:left position:80% line:89% size:10% LETS FLY UP THERE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. 01:37.430 --> 01:41.601 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: POLARIS RESIDES ALMOST DIRECTLY OVER OUR NORTH 01:41.701 --> 01:43.236 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% POLE. 01:43.336 --> 01:46.539 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% SO AS EARTH ROTATES, THIS CAUSES DAY AND NIGHT AND ALSO THE DAILY MOTION OF 01:46.639 --> 01:47.540 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% THE STARS. 01:47.640 --> 01:50.009 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5% BUT LOOK, THE NORTH STAR BARELY MOVES! 01:50.110 --> 01:52.479 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THAT MEANS THIS STAR SHINES IN THE NORTHERN 01:52.579 --> 01:56.516 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% SKY ALL NIGHT - MAKING IT THE PERFECT STELLAR SENTINEL. 01:56.616 --> 02:01.754 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AS THE WORLD TURNS AND THE NIGHT GOES ON, THE STARS APPEAR TO ROTATE IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE 02:01.855 --> 02:03.590 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% MOTION. 02:03.690 --> 02:07.827 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THIS MOTION GIVES US THE APPEARANCE THAT THE SKY SPINS ONCE A DAY WITH A PIVOT POINT AT 02:07.927 --> 02:08.962 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% POLARIS. 02:09.062 --> 02:11.064 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OF COURSE ITS THE EARTH THATS SPINNING. 02:11.164 --> 02:12.398 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% NOT THE SKY! 02:12.499 --> 02:15.401 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SINCE THE LITTLE DIPPER HAS SOME VERY FAINT 02:15.502 --> 02:17.437 align:left position:75% line:89% size:15% STARS, FINDING THE NORTH STAR CAN BE TOUGH. 02:17.537 --> 02:20.306 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5% BUT NEVER FEAR - THE OTHER DIPPER IS HERE! 02:20.406 --> 02:25.411 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE BIG DIPPER IS MUCH MORE DISTINCT, AND YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE NORTHWESTERN SKY THIS 02:25.512 --> 02:26.980 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% EVENING. 02:27.080 --> 02:29.415 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND SOME NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS CALLED THESE STARS 02:29.516 --> 02:30.683 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% A BIG BEAR. 02:30.783 --> 02:33.653 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BEAR WITH A TAIL LIKE THAT? 02:33.753 --> 02:36.055 align:left position:85% line:89% size:5% IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A RACCOON TO ME. 02:36.156 --> 02:38.291 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NEVERTHELESS, WE'RE NOW GOING TO STAR HOP 02:38.391 --> 02:42.395 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% - AND USE THE MORE NOTABLE STARS OF THE BIG DIPPER AS POINTERS. 02:42.495 --> 02:44.430 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% CONNECT THE DOTS OF THE TWO STARS AT THE END OF THE 02:44.531 --> 02:46.032 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% BIG DIPPER'S SPOON. 02:46.132 --> 02:48.568 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THEY'RE CALLED MERAK AND DUBHE. 02:48.668 --> 02:52.639 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% CONTINUE THAT LINE UP AND TO THE RIGHT AND BINGO THEY'LL POINT YOU RIGHT TO POLARIS. 02:52.739 --> 02:54.741 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: WE'RE NOT DONE WITH THE BIG DIPPER'S POINTER 02:54.841 --> 02:56.142 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% STARS YET. 02:56.242 --> 02:58.778 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% IF YOU GO FROM THE BIG DIPPER TO THE NORTH STAR, KEEP GOING, 02:58.878 --> 03:01.181 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% BECAUSE YOU WILL THEN RUN INTO A STAR AT THE TOP 03:01.281 --> 03:03.516 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% OF A W-SHAPED CONSTELLATION. 03:03.616 --> 03:07.420 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% THE STARS NAME IS CAPH AND NOW YOU'VE DISCOVERED CASSIOPEIA 03:07.520 --> 03:08.888 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% THE QUEEN. 03:08.988 --> 03:12.025 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% CAN YOU SEE THE BEAUTIFUL, BOASTFUL QUEEN SITTING ON HER THRONE? 03:12.125 --> 03:13.026 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: UHHHH 03:13.126 --> 03:14.127 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45% NO! 03:14.227 --> 03:16.062 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: ME NEITHER, SO I PICTURE THESE STARS 03:16.162 --> 03:18.932 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% AS HER CROWN GLITTERING IN THE NORTHEASTERN SKY. 03:19.032 --> 03:20.600 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AHHH, THATS BETTER. 03:20.700 --> 03:24.571 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AND CASSIOPEIA IS EASY TO FIND AS YOU HOP ACROSS THE HEAVENS. 03:24.671 --> 03:29.275 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BIG DIPPER AND POLARIS IS THE SAME AS THE DISTANCE FROM POLARIS TO 03:29.375 --> 03:30.276 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% CASSIOPEIA. 03:30.376 --> 03:32.078 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT WAIT, THERES MORE. 03:32.178 --> 03:34.614 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5% HOP FROM THE BIG DIPPERS SPOON TO POLARIS 03:34.714 --> 03:36.316 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% ON TO CASSIOPEIA 03:36.416 --> 03:38.151 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% AND MAKE ONE MORE HOP. 03:38.251 --> 03:40.753 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE CORNER OF A HUGE SQUARE OF 03:40.853 --> 03:42.088 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% FOUR STARS. 03:42.188 --> 03:44.757 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% AND WE'VE LANDED ON ONE CORNER, A STAR CALLED ALPHERATZ. 03:44.857 --> 03:47.393 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: THIS IS REALLY THE BODY OF PEGASUS THE 03:47.493 --> 03:48.695 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% FLYING HORSE. 03:48.795 --> 03:50.163 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% LET'S SEE THE PICTURE 03:50.263 --> 03:52.665 align:left position:75% line:89% size:15% WOW, THAT DEFINITELY TAKES SOME IMAGINATION! 03:52.765 --> 03:55.301 align:left position:80% line:89% size:10% I GUESS THAT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A HORSE. 03:55.401 --> 03:57.670 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: IT MAY BE HARD TO PICTURE, BUT ITS EASY TO 03:57.770 --> 03:59.706 align:left position:87.5% line:89% size:2.5% FIND ONCE YOU BEGIN STAR-HOPPING. 03:59.806 --> 04:01.507 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% AND REMEMBER ALPHERATZ? 04:01.608 --> 04:06.579 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THIS STAR NOT ONLY MARKS PEGASUS FLANK BUT IS ALSO THE HEAD OF THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS 04:06.679 --> 04:07.814 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% ANDROMEDA. 04:07.914 --> 04:09.916 align:left position:85% line:83% size:5% SHE LOOKS LIKE A LONG, STRETCHED-OUT LETTER A. 04:10.016 --> 04:13.186 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO THE BIG DIPPER WILL POINT YOU A TON OF 04:13.286 --> 04:15.321 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS. 04:15.421 --> 04:18.891 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% FIRST FOLLOW THE END OF THE SPOON TO POLARIS, THEN ON TO THE W 04:18.992 --> 04:19.892 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: CASSIOPEIA 04:19.993 --> 04:21.227 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THEN TO THE GREAT SQUARE 04:21.327 --> 04:22.795 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: PEGASUS 04:22.895 --> 04:25.632 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AND NOW THAT YOU CAN FIND THE NORTH STAR, YOU'LL NEVER BE LOST AGAIN! 04:25.732 --> 04:29.732 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!