1 00:00:02,669 --> 00:00:23,323 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 2 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:26,059 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 3 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:28,328 JAMES: AND I M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 4 00:00:28,428 --> 00:00:31,064 SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 5 00:00:31,164 --> 00:00:34,334 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE WINTER SKY. 6 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:36,036 THIS IS PERFECT STAR-GAZING WEATHER 7 00:00:36,136 --> 00:00:37,971 DEAN: AND PERFECT FOOTBALL WEATHER. 8 00:00:38,071 --> 00:00:40,140 JAMES: THE MOST DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE WINTER 9 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,776 SKY IS A STAR PATTERN CALLED THE WINTER HEXAGON. 10 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:48,181 IT COVERS ALMOST HALF THE SKY, INCORPORATES SIX CONSTELLATIONS AND EIGHT OF THE TWENTY 11 00:00:48,281 --> 00:00:50,583 BRIGHTEST STARS VISIBLE FROM EARTH. 12 00:00:50,683 --> 00:00:53,420 THE WINTER HEXAGON DEFINITELY PUTS ITS STAMP ON THE SEASON. 13 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,689 DEAN: BUT IN HONOR OF THE NFL PLAYOFFS AND THE UPCOMING 14 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:59,759 BIG GAME, I RECOMMEND CHANGING ITS NAME TO THE WINTER 15 00:00:59,859 --> 00:01:01,561 FOOTBALL. 16 00:01:01,661 --> 00:01:05,732 WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE AND SEE THE CLEAR WINTER SKY, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 17 00:01:05,832 --> 00:01:07,200 LET'S SHOW YOU 18 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:11,271 JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET FOR 9 P.M LOOKING 19 00:01:11,371 --> 00:01:12,906 SOUTH-EAST. 20 00:01:13,006 --> 00:01:14,841 LOOK AT ALL THOSE BRIGHT STARS! 21 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:19,813 IF YOU CAN BRAVE THE COLD, A RING OF SPARKLING, MULTICOLORED JEWELS WILL SHINE DOWN ON YOU. 22 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:22,248 DEAN: SOME CALL THIS THE WINTER CIRCLE OR WINTER 23 00:01:22,348 --> 00:01:25,351 HEXAGON, BUT I THINK THESE STARS LOOK LIKE A GIANT 24 00:01:25,452 --> 00:01:29,889 FOOTBALL FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, POINTY ON TWO ENDS, ROUNDED IN THE MIDDLES. 25 00:01:29,989 --> 00:01:32,459 AND WINTER IS THE SEASON FOR FOOTBALL. 26 00:01:32,559 --> 00:01:33,726 JAMES: EXACTLY! 27 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:36,062 AND THE MAIN PLAYER INSIDE THE WINTER FOOTBALL IS ORION 28 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:37,931 THE HUNTER. 29 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:41,968 EASILY RECOGNIZED BY THE THREE STARS THAT MAKE HIS SNAZZY BELT, ORION STANDS ABOUT HALFWAY 30 00:01:42,068 --> 00:01:46,072 UP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY, LIKE A HULKING LINEBACKER ABOUT TO MAKE A 31 00:01:46,172 --> 00:01:47,407 TACKLE. 32 00:01:47,507 --> 00:01:50,743 DEAN: NOW LET'S TAKE A TOUR AROUND THE WINTER FOOTBALL. 33 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,779 BEGIN WITH THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. 34 00:01:52,879 --> 00:01:54,981 THIS IS THE DOG STAR, NAMED SIRIUS. 35 00:01:55,081 --> 00:02:00,019 IF YOU CONNECT THE DOTS OF ORION'S BELT STARS AND CONTINUE THAT LINE TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN'T 36 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,654 MISS IT. 37 00:02:01,754 --> 00:02:05,091 SIRIUS IS A BRILLIANT WHITE STAR AND ONE OF OUR CLOSEST STELLAR NEIGHBORS. 38 00:02:05,191 --> 00:02:09,696 FOLLOWING OUR FOOTBALL THEME, SIRIUS MARKS THE NOSE OF ONE OF OUR TWO TEAM 39 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:12,966 MASCOTS, THE BIG DOG, OR CANIS MAJOR. 40 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:17,370 IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, CANIS MAJOR WAS ONE OF ORION'S GREAT HUNTING DOGS. 41 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:20,039 JAMES: ORION'S OTHER HUNTING DOG, AND OUR OTHER TEAM 42 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:25,678 MASCOT, CAN BE FOUND UP AND TO THE LEFT OF SIRIUS - AROUND THE BRIGHT STAR PROCYON. 43 00:02:25,778 --> 00:02:29,449 PROCYON IS A YELLOW-WHITE STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION CANIS MINOR, THE LITTLE DOG. 44 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:31,818 DEAN: KEEP GOING UP AND TO THE LEFT, AND YOU'LL 45 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:34,521 FIND TWO STARS OF SIMILAR BRIGHTNESS. 46 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:38,358 THESE ARE THE TWO HEADS OF THE GEMINI TWINS, POLLUX AND CASTOR. 47 00:02:38,458 --> 00:02:42,996 BOTH TWINS WERE INCREDIBLY ATHLETIC AND WOULD MAKE A GREAT QUARTERBACK AND WIDE RECEIVER 48 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:43,997 COMBO. 49 00:02:44,097 --> 00:02:45,031 JAMES: NOW LET S GO ALONG 50 00:02:45,131 --> 00:02:47,100 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINTER FOOTBALL. 51 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,538 THE BRIGHT STAR NEAREST THE ZENITH, AND AT THE TIP OF THE FOOTBALL IS CALLED CAPELLA. 52 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:55,742 CAPELLA IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION AURIGA, THE CHARIOTEER. 53 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:59,479 AURIGA COULD SERVE AS COACH AND CHAUFFEUR TO THE FOOTBALL TEAM. 54 00:02:59,579 --> 00:03:02,582 GREEK MYTHS DESCRIBED HIM AS THE INVENTOR OF THE CHARIOT. 55 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:07,153 BUT HE WAS ALSO GOOD AT GIVING ADVICE AND CAN LOOK OVER THE FIELD FROM HIS POSITION 56 00:03:07,253 --> 00:03:08,354 HIGH IN THE SKY. 57 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:10,156 DEAN: MOVING DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT WE'LL COME TO 58 00:03:10,256 --> 00:03:11,491 A BRIGHT, ORANGE STAR. 59 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:15,261 THIS IS ALDEBARAN, THE GLOWING EYE OF TAURUS THE BULL. 60 00:03:15,361 --> 00:03:18,398 NOW I REALIZE THERE IS NO PRO FOOTBALL TEAM CALLED THE BULLS. 61 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:20,300 JAMES: BUT HOW ABOUT THE BUFFALO BILLS? 62 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,868 DEAN: YEAH CLOSE ENOUGH. 63 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:24,270 JAMES: THE LAST STAR IN THE FOOTBALL IS THE BRIGHT 64 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:26,139 BLUE STAR, RIGEL. 65 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:31,110 THIS MARKS THE LEFT FOOT OF OUR BUDDY ORION AND IS ONE OF THE TRULY AMAZING STARS IN OUR 66 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:33,012 GALAXY. 67 00:03:33,112 --> 00:03:36,683 IT'S AROUND 800 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US AND IS STILL ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS...IT MUST 68 00:03:36,783 --> 00:03:37,817 BE HUMONGOUS! 69 00:03:37,917 --> 00:03:40,520 DEAN: FINALLY, YOU'RE BACK AROUND TO SIRIUS. 70 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:41,688 CONGRATULATIONS! 71 00:03:41,788 --> 00:03:44,057 YOU'VE TRACED THE WINTER FOOTBALL IN THE SKY. 72 00:03:44,157 --> 00:03:47,026 LOOK FOR IT AFTER DARK FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 73 00:03:47,126 --> 00:03:50,530 DEAN: BUT WHAT'S THAT BRIGHT STAR IN THE MIDDLE 74 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:51,798 OF THE FOOTBALL? 75 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:54,434 JAMES: THAT'S THE INFAMOUS BETELGEUSE, A RED SUPERGIANT 76 00:03:54,534 --> 00:03:56,803 STAR THAT MAKES EVEN RIGEL LOOK PUNY. 77 00:03:56,903 --> 00:03:59,906 LET'S COMPARE RIGEL TO OUR SUN. 78 00:04:00,006 --> 00:04:01,975 IN SIZE THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE. 79 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:04,644 NOW LET'S COMPARE BETELGEUSE TO RIGEL. 80 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:05,845 DEAN: YIKES! 81 00:04:05,945 --> 00:04:08,481 BETELGEUSE IS EVEN LARGER THAN THE EARTH'S ORBIT. 82 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:11,251 JAMES: THAT MEANS THAT IF BETELGEUSE WAS OUR SUN, 83 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:12,819 WE'D BE ORBITING INSIDE OF IT. 84 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,622 DEAN: GOOD THING WE'RE FAR, FAR AWAY FROM IT! 85 00:04:15,722 --> 00:04:19,192 JAMES: SO TONIGHT, TAKE A BREAK FROM THE NFL AND 86 00:04:19,292 --> 00:04:21,527 GO OUT TO SEE THE BIG GAME IN THE SKY. 87 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:27,367 LOOK FOR THE BRIGHT STARS IN THE WINTER FOOTBALL - SIRIUS, PROCYON, POLLUX AND CASTOR ON ONE 88 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:28,635 SIDE 89 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:30,737 DEAN: AND CAPELLA, ALDEBARAN AND RIGEL ON THE OTHER 90 00:04:30,837 --> 00:04:32,105 SIDE. 91 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:35,041 THE WINTER FOOTBALL HAS MORE BIG STARS THAN ANY PRO TEAM. 92 00:04:35,141 --> 00:04:39,112 AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO YOU EVERY NIGHT UNTIL BASEBALL SEASON WHEN YOU 93 00:04:39,212 --> 00:04:43,212 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!