1 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:10,700 HOWDY ASTRONOMATES TRACE HERE. SPACE IS VERY LARGE, EVEN IN OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD. 2 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:15,033 HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND ONE AM ON NOVEMBER 25th AND LOOK WEST FOR THE NEARLY-FULL MOON. NEXT TO 3 00:00:15,033 --> 00:00:18,966 IT IS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A YELLOW STAR, BUT THAT'’’S JUPITER! THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 4 00:00:18,966 --> 00:00:22,766 DISTANCES IN SPACE ARE TOUGH TO GRASP. RIGHT NOW THE MOON IS 230,000 MILES FROM 5 00:00:22,766 --> 00:00:27,066 EARTH. BUT JUPITER IS 378 MILLION MILES AWAY THAT'’’S 1500 TIMES 6 00:00:27,066 --> 00:00:27,766 FURTHER. (NOT TO MENTION JUPITER IS THOUSANDS OF TIMES LARGER). 7 00:00:27,766 --> 00:00:30,366 IF YOU USE JUPITER AND THE MOON AS AN ARROW LOOK FOR THE GREAT 8 00:00:30,366 --> 00:00:32,700 SQUARE OF PEGASUS AND THE STAR ALPHERATZ. 9 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:38,200 ALPHERATZ IS 97 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY, OR 570 TRILLION MILES AWAY, 10 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,566 MEANING AT LIGHT SPEED IT WOULD TAKE NEARLY A CENTURY TO GET TO ALPHERATZ! 11 00:00:42,566 --> 00:00:46,466 THE MOON AND PLANETS ARE VERY VERY FAR AND YET, EACH TWINKLE OF EVERY STAR YOU SEE AT NIGHT HAS 12 00:00:46,466 --> 00:00:50,500 TRAVELED TRILLIONS OF MILES TO REACH YOUR EYES. SPACE DISTANCES ARE LITERALLY ASTRONOMICAL! 13 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:59,733 KEEP LOOKING UP!