WEBVTT 00:02.669 --> 00:23.323 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 00:23.423 --> 00:26.059 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 00:26.159 --> 00:28.328 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: AND I M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 00:28.428 --> 00:31.064 align:left position:72.5%,start line:89% size:17.5% SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 00:31.164 --> 00:34.334 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE WINTER SKY. 00:34.434 --> 00:36.036 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% THIS IS PERFECT STAR-GAZING WEATHER 00:36.136 --> 00:37.971 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND PERFECT FOOTBALL WEATHER. 00:38.071 --> 00:40.140 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE MOST DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE WINTER 00:40.240 --> 00:42.776 align:left position:70%,start line:89% size:20% SKY IS A STAR PATTERN CALLED THE WINTER HEXAGON. 00:42.876 --> 00:48.181 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT COVERS ALMOST HALF THE SKY, INCORPORATES SIX CONSTELLATIONS AND EIGHT OF THE TWENTY 00:48.281 --> 00:50.583 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% BRIGHTEST STARS VISIBLE FROM EARTH. 00:50.683 --> 00:53.420 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE WINTER HEXAGON DEFINITELY PUTS ITS STAMP ON THE SEASON. 00:53.520 --> 00:56.689 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BUT IN HONOR OF THE NFL PLAYOFFS AND THE UPCOMING 00:56.790 --> 00:59.759 align:left position:37.5%,start line:83% size:52.5% BIG GAME, I RECOMMEND CHANGING ITS NAME TO THE WINTER 00:59.859 --> 01:01.561 align:left position:37.5%,start line:89% size:52.5% FOOTBALL. 01:01.661 --> 01:05.732 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE AND SEE THE CLEAR WINTER SKY, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 01:05.832 --> 01:07.200 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% LET'S SHOW YOU 01:07.300 --> 01:11.271 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: OKAY, WE HAVE OUR SKIES SET FOR 9 P.M LOOKING 01:11.371 --> 01:12.906 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% SOUTH-EAST. 01:13.006 --> 01:14.841 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% LOOK AT ALL THOSE BRIGHT STARS! 01:14.941 --> 01:19.813 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% IF YOU CAN BRAVE THE COLD, A RING OF SPARKLING, MULTICOLORED JEWELS WILL SHINE DOWN ON YOU. 01:19.913 --> 01:22.248 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: SOME CALL THIS THE WINTER CIRCLE OR WINTER 01:22.348 --> 01:25.351 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% HEXAGON, BUT I THINK THESE STARS LOOK LIKE A GIANT 01:25.452 --> 01:29.889 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% FOOTBALL FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, POINTY ON TWO ENDS, ROUNDED IN THE MIDDLES. 01:29.989 --> 01:32.459 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% AND WINTER IS THE SEASON FOR FOOTBALL. 01:32.559 --> 01:33.726 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: EXACTLY! 01:33.827 --> 01:36.062 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AND THE MAIN PLAYER INSIDE THE WINTER FOOTBALL IS ORION 01:36.162 --> 01:37.931 align:left position:35%,start line:89% size:55% THE HUNTER. 01:38.031 --> 01:41.968 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% EASILY RECOGNIZED BY THE THREE STARS THAT MAKE HIS SNAZZY BELT, ORION STANDS ABOUT HALFWAY 01:42.068 --> 01:46.072 align:left position:15%,start line:83% size:75% UP IN THE SOUTHEASTERN SKY, LIKE A HULKING LINEBACKER ABOUT TO MAKE A 01:46.172 --> 01:47.407 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% TACKLE. 01:47.507 --> 01:50.743 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: NOW LET'S TAKE A TOUR AROUND THE WINTER FOOTBALL. 01:50.844 --> 01:52.779 align:left position:77.5%,start line:89% size:12.5% BEGIN WITH THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY. 01:52.879 --> 01:54.981 align:left position:85%,start line:89% size:5% THIS IS THE DOG STAR, NAMED SIRIUS. 01:55.081 --> 02:00.019 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% IF YOU CONNECT THE DOTS OF ORION'S BELT STARS AND CONTINUE THAT LINE TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN'T 02:00.120 --> 02:01.654 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% MISS IT. 02:01.754 --> 02:05.091 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% SIRIUS IS A BRILLIANT WHITE STAR AND ONE OF OUR CLOSEST STELLAR NEIGHBORS. 02:05.191 --> 02:09.696 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5% FOLLOWING OUR FOOTBALL THEME, SIRIUS MARKS THE NOSE OF ONE OF OUR TWO TEAM 02:09.796 --> 02:12.966 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% MASCOTS, THE BIG DOG, OR CANIS MAJOR. 02:13.066 --> 02:17.370 align:left position:80%,start line:83% size:10% IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, CANIS MAJOR WAS ONE OF ORION'S GREAT HUNTING DOGS. 02:17.470 --> 02:20.039 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: ORION'S OTHER HUNTING DOG, AND OUR OTHER TEAM 02:20.140 --> 02:25.678 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% MASCOT, CAN BE FOUND UP AND TO THE LEFT OF SIRIUS - AROUND THE BRIGHT STAR PROCYON. 02:25.778 --> 02:29.449 align:left position:65%,start line:83% size:25% PROCYON IS A YELLOW-WHITE STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION CANIS MINOR, THE LITTLE DOG. 02:29.549 --> 02:31.818 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: KEEP GOING UP AND TO THE LEFT, AND YOU'LL 02:31.918 --> 02:34.521 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% FIND TWO STARS OF SIMILAR BRIGHTNESS. 02:34.621 --> 02:38.358 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THESE ARE THE TWO HEADS OF THE GEMINI TWINS, POLLUX AND CASTOR. 02:38.458 --> 02:42.996 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% BOTH TWINS WERE INCREDIBLY ATHLETIC AND WOULD MAKE A GREAT QUARTERBACK AND WIDE RECEIVER 02:43.096 --> 02:43.997 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% COMBO. 02:44.097 --> 02:45.031 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: NOW LET S GO ALONG 02:45.131 --> 02:47.100 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WINTER FOOTBALL. 02:47.200 --> 02:51.538 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% THE BRIGHT STAR NEAREST THE ZENITH, AND AT THE TIP OF THE FOOTBALL IS CALLED CAPELLA. 02:51.638 --> 02:55.742 align:left position:67.5%,start line:83% size:22.5% CAPELLA IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE CONSTELLATION AURIGA, THE CHARIOTEER. 02:55.842 --> 02:59.479 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% AURIGA COULD SERVE AS COACH AND CHAUFFEUR TO THE FOOTBALL TEAM. 02:59.579 --> 03:02.582 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% GREEK MYTHS DESCRIBED HIM AS THE INVENTOR OF THE CHARIOT. 03:02.682 --> 03:07.153 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BUT HE WAS ALSO GOOD AT GIVING ADVICE AND CAN LOOK OVER THE FIELD FROM HIS POSITION 03:07.253 --> 03:08.354 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% HIGH IN THE SKY. 03:08.454 --> 03:10.156 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: MOVING DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT WE'LL COME TO 03:10.256 --> 03:11.491 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% A BRIGHT, ORANGE STAR. 03:11.591 --> 03:15.261 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THIS IS ALDEBARAN, THE GLOWING EYE OF TAURUS THE BULL. 03:15.361 --> 03:18.398 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% NOW I REALIZE THERE IS NO PRO FOOTBALL TEAM CALLED THE BULLS. 03:18.498 --> 03:20.300 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: BUT HOW ABOUT THE BUFFALO BILLS? 03:20.400 --> 03:21.868 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YEAH CLOSE ENOUGH. 03:21.968 --> 03:24.270 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THE LAST STAR IN THE FOOTBALL IS THE BRIGHT 03:24.370 --> 03:26.139 align:left position:27.5%,start line:89% size:62.5% BLUE STAR, RIGEL. 03:26.239 --> 03:31.110 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THIS MARKS THE LEFT FOOT OF OUR BUDDY ORION AND IS ONE OF THE TRULY AMAZING STARS IN OUR 03:31.211 --> 03:33.012 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% GALAXY. 03:33.112 --> 03:36.683 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% IT'S AROUND 800 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM US AND IS STILL ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS...IT MUST 03:36.783 --> 03:37.817 align:left position:32.5%,start line:89% size:57.5% BE HUMONGOUS! 03:37.917 --> 03:40.520 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: FINALLY, YOU'RE BACK AROUND TO SIRIUS. 03:40.620 --> 03:41.688 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% CONGRATULATIONS! 03:41.788 --> 03:44.057 align:left position:87.5%,start line:83% size:2.5% YOU'VE TRACED THE WINTER FOOTBALL IN THE SKY. 03:44.157 --> 03:47.026 align:left position:70%,start line:89% size:20% LOOK FOR IT AFTER DARK FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 03:47.126 --> 03:50.530 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: BUT WHAT'S THAT BRIGHT STAR IN THE MIDDLE 03:50.630 --> 03:51.798 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% OF THE FOOTBALL? 03:51.898 --> 03:54.434 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THAT'S THE INFAMOUS BETELGEUSE, A RED SUPERGIANT 03:54.534 --> 03:56.803 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5% STAR THAT MAKES EVEN RIGEL LOOK PUNY. 03:56.903 --> 03:59.906 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65% LET'S COMPARE RIGEL TO OUR SUN. 04:00.006 --> 04:01.975 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% IN SIZE THEY'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE. 04:02.075 --> 04:04.644 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% NOW LET'S COMPARE BETELGEUSE TO RIGEL. 04:04.744 --> 04:05.845 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: YIKES! 04:05.945 --> 04:08.481 align:left position:77.5%,start line:83% size:12.5% BETELGEUSE IS EVEN LARGER THAN THE EARTH'S ORBIT. 04:08.581 --> 04:11.251 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: THAT MEANS THAT IF BETELGEUSE WAS OUR SUN, 04:11.351 --> 04:12.819 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5% WE'D BE ORBITING INSIDE OF IT. 04:12.919 --> 04:15.622 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: GOOD THING WE'RE FAR, FAR AWAY FROM IT! 04:15.722 --> 04:19.192 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% JAMES: SO TONIGHT, TAKE A BREAK FROM THE NFL AND 04:19.292 --> 04:21.527 align:left position:82.5%,start line:89% size:7.5% GO OUT TO SEE THE BIG GAME IN THE SKY. 04:21.628 --> 04:27.367 align:left position:70%,start line:83% size:20% LOOK FOR THE BRIGHT STARS IN THE WINTER FOOTBALL - SIRIUS, PROCYON, POLLUX AND CASTOR ON ONE 04:27.467 --> 04:28.635 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SIDE 04:28.735 --> 04:30.737 align:left position:42.5%,start line:83% size:47.5% DEAN: AND CAPELLA, ALDEBARAN AND RIGEL ON THE OTHER 04:30.837 --> 04:32.105 align:left position:42.5%,start line:89% size:47.5% SIDE. 04:32.205 --> 04:35.041 align:left position:75%,start line:83% size:15% THE WINTER FOOTBALL HAS MORE BIG STARS THAN ANY PRO TEAM. 04:35.141 --> 04:39.112 align:left position:72.5%,start line:83% size:17.5% AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO YOU EVERY NIGHT UNTIL BASEBALL SEASON WHEN YOU 04:39.212 --> 04:43.212 align:left position:22.5%,start line:89% size:67.5% BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!