1 00:00:02,335 --> 00:00:24,491 DEAN: HEY THERE STAR GAZERS. 2 00:00:24,591 --> 00:00:27,660 I'M DEAN REGAS, ASTRONOMER FOR THE CINCINNATI OBSERVATORY. 3 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:29,929 JAMES: AND I'M JAMES ALBURY, DIRECTOR OF THE KIKA 4 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:32,866 SILVA PLA PLANETARIUM IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. 5 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:35,702 WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY AROUND THE SKY TONIGHT. 6 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:39,539 HEY DEAN, THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST AND SETS IN THE WEST RIGHT? 7 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:40,774 DEAN: FOR THE MOST PART. 8 00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:42,942 JAMES: AND THE MOON, PLANETS, AND STARS RISE IN THE 9 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:44,344 EAST AND SET IN THE WEST TOO? 10 00:00:44,444 --> 00:00:45,478 DEAN: UH HUH. 11 00:00:45,578 --> 00:00:47,714 JAMES: SO HOW DO THE STARS MOVE IN THE NORTH 12 00:00:47,814 --> 00:00:48,715 AND SOUTH? 13 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:50,083 DEAN: OH, I SEE WHERE THIS 14 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:51,384 IS GOING. 15 00:00:51,484 --> 00:00:53,720 WE'RE GONNA DO SOME SPINNING IN THIS EPISODE AREN'T WE? 16 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:55,555 JAMES: YEP. 17 00:00:55,655 --> 00:00:58,124 FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS YOU CAN FIND WHEN YOU FACE 18 00:00:58,224 --> 00:00:59,826 NORTH AND SOUTH AFTER DARK. 19 00:00:59,926 --> 00:01:02,328 DEAN: AND THEN WE'LL DEMONSTRATE HOW THE SKY SEEMS 20 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:05,665 TO MOVE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT IN EACH DIRECTION. 21 00:01:05,765 --> 00:01:08,401 HOLD ON TIGHT, LET'S GET SPINNING! 22 00:01:08,501 --> 00:01:12,472 JAMES: OKAY WE HAVE OUR SKY SET TO 10PM FACING NORTH 23 00:01:12,572 --> 00:01:14,140 ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK. 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,341 WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE? 25 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:17,410 DEAN: THE BIG DIPPER, OF COURSE! 26 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:20,080 IT'S ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE NORTHWESTERN SKY. 27 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:22,916 FOUR BRIGHTER STARS MAKE A CUP AND THREE MORE MAKE A 28 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:24,184 CURVED HANDLE. 29 00:01:24,284 --> 00:01:26,653 JAMES: AND SINCE WE'RE FACING NORTH, THE NORTH STAR, 30 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:29,122 OR POLARIS SHOULD BE HERE TOO. 31 00:01:29,222 --> 00:01:31,591 IT'S NOT TERRIBLY BRIGHT BUT IT SHOULD BE AS BRIGHT AS THE 32 00:01:31,691 --> 00:01:33,159 BIG DIPPER STARS. 33 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:35,128 THERE IT IS, ABOUT HALFWAY UP IN THE SKY. 34 00:01:35,228 --> 00:01:37,797 DEAN: THE NORTH STAR IS PART OF THE LITTLE DIPPER, 35 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:40,200 BUT GOOD LUCK TRYING TO FIND THAT. 36 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:43,503 FOUR OF ITS SEVEN STARS ARE TOO FAINT TO SEE IN MOST CITIES. 37 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:45,538 JAMES: BUT FINDING THE NORTH STAR IS SIMPLE WHEN 38 00:01:45,638 --> 00:01:47,740 YOU HAVE THE BIG DIPPER AROUND. 39 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:52,412 SIMPLY CONNECT THE DOTS ON THE TWO SPOON STARS, CONTINUE THAT LINE OVER TO THE RIGHT, AND 40 00:01:52,512 --> 00:01:54,514 YOU WILL RUN SMACK DAB INTO THE NORTH STAR. 41 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:57,083 DEAN: AND IF YOU CONTINUE THAT LINE, HOP OVER TO 42 00:01:57,183 --> 00:01:59,385 ANOTHER RECOGNIZABLE GROUP OF STARS. 43 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:01,020 JAMES: THEY LOOK LIKE THE LETTER W. 44 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:04,124 DEAN: YEP AND THIS IS THE CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA 45 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:05,391 THE QUEEN. 46 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:08,161 I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK MUCH LIKE A QUEEN BUT THE W CAN BE 47 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:09,162 HER CROWN. 48 00:02:09,262 --> 00:02:10,597 JAMES: OOH, I CAN PICTURE THAT. 49 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:12,499 BUT THE CROWN LOOKS BENT ON ONE SIDE. 50 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:16,269 DEAN: AH, I'LL SHOW YOU WHY AS WE GO FOR A SPIN. 51 00:02:16,369 --> 00:02:19,105 DEAN: AS THE NIGHT MOVES ON THE STARS IN THE NORTH 52 00:02:19,205 --> 00:02:20,673 MOVE LIKE THIS. 53 00:02:20,773 --> 00:02:23,443 NOTICE THEY SEEM TO ROTATE AROUND A CENTRAL POINT - 54 00:02:23,543 --> 00:02:25,278 THE NORTH STAR. 55 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:29,282 IT'S ALSO CALLED POLARIS BECAUSE IT'S OUR POLE STAR, THE STAR THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE 56 00:02:29,382 --> 00:02:30,783 ABOVE OUR NORTH POLE. 57 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:33,887 JAMES: YEAH, LIKE 432 LIGHT YEARS ABOVE OUR NORTH 58 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:35,722 POLE. 59 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:39,292 BUT AS THE EARTH SPINS, THE STARS SEEM TO MAKE A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE CIRCLE AROUND THIS 60 00:02:39,392 --> 00:02:41,027 SPOT. 61 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:45,064 AS THE NIGHT ROLLS ON, THE BIG DIPPER GETS LOWER WHILE CASSIOPEIA RISES UP HIGHER. 62 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:48,301 DEAN: AS DAYTIME COMES ON, THE STARS ARE STILL THERE. 63 00:02:48,401 --> 00:02:50,637 WE JUST CAN'T SEE THEM WITH ALL THE SUNLIGHT. 64 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:55,475 BUT THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE AROUND POLARIS AND AS WE MOVE TOWARD AFTERNOON, THE BIG DIPPER 65 00:02:55,575 --> 00:02:57,844 IS HIGH IN THE SKY AND CASSIOPEIA 66 00:02:57,944 --> 00:02:58,845 BONK! 67 00:02:58,945 --> 00:03:00,780 JAMES: BONKS HER HEAD ON THE GROUND. 68 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,049 AAH, THAT'S WHY HER CROWN IS BENT. 69 00:03:03,149 --> 00:03:04,217 DEAN: EXACTLY! 70 00:03:04,317 --> 00:03:06,886 JAMES: NOW LET'S FACE SOUTH. 71 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:11,991 IT'S 10PM AND WE HAVE TWO GREAT SUMMER CONSTELLATIONS JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON. 72 00:03:12,091 --> 00:03:14,561 SCORPIUS IS ON THE RIGHT AND SAGITTARIUS IS ON THE LEFT. 73 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:17,430 DEAN: YOU CAN RECOGNIZE SCORPIUS BY THE BRIGHT RED, 74 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:20,066 SUPERGIANT STAR CALLED ANTARES. 75 00:03:20,166 --> 00:03:25,772 ANTARES CAN BE REALLY TWINKLY WHEN IT'S LOW IN THE SKY AND THUS STANDS IN FOR THE SCORPION'S 76 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:26,973 BEATING HEART. 77 00:03:27,073 --> 00:03:28,942 JAMES: CHASING THE SCORPION IS THE CONSTELLATION 78 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:30,843 SAGITTARIUS THE ARCHER. 79 00:03:30,944 --> 00:03:35,748 HE'S A CENTAUR, HALF MAN, HALF HORSE, WITH AN ARROW NOTCHED IN HIS BOW. 80 00:03:35,848 --> 00:03:39,285 IN REALITY, THE STARS YOU CAN SEE LOOK MORE LIKE A TEA POT THAN A CENTAUR. 81 00:03:39,385 --> 00:03:42,121 DEAN: YOU SHOULD ALSO SEE TWO OTHER BRIGHT, NIGHT 82 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:43,523 LIGHTS IN THE SOUTH. 83 00:03:43,623 --> 00:03:46,559 THOSE ARE THE PLANETS JUPITER IN THE CONSTELLATION OPHIUCHUS, 84 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:48,561 AND SATURN IS IN SAGITTARIUS . 85 00:03:48,661 --> 00:03:51,798 JAMES: COOL! AND DON'T BE SURPRISED TO SEE THE MOON 86 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:55,034 PASSING THROUGH THESE PLANETS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. 87 00:03:55,134 --> 00:03:58,705 JAMES: SO IN THE SOUTH LOOK FOR SCORPIUS AND SAGITTARIUS 88 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:01,441 WITH THE PLANETS JUPITER AND SATURN AMONG THE STARS. 89 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:03,476 DEAN: AND IN THE NORTH LOOK FOR THE BIG DIPPER, 90 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:04,844 POLARIS, AND CASSIOPEIA. 91 00:04:04,944 --> 00:04:09,249 HEY JAMES, CAN WE SPIN THE EARTH REALLY FAST JUST FOR FUN? 92 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:11,284 JAMES: AND SHOW DAYS AND NIGHTS FLY BY? 93 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:13,920 DEAN: UH HUH. 94 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:17,490 JAMES: OKAY, HOLD ON 95 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:19,259 BOTH: AAAAH! 96 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:23,359 BOTH: KEEP LOOKING UP!