God of War and A Starry Sword | November 18 - November 24
Season 47 Episode 47 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ439 November 18-24, 2024 “God of War and A Starry Sword”
Star Gazers STGZ439 November 18-24, 2024 “God of War and A Starry Sword”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
God of War and A Starry Sword | November 18 - November 24
Season 47 Episode 47 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ439 November 18-24, 2024 “God of War and A Starry Sword”
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LET’S KEEP THE SPOOKY FEELINGS GOING BY FINDING THE GOD OF WAR, A RED GIANT, AND A NEBULOUS SWORD ALL IN A ROW!
HIT THE DARKNESS AT TEN PM AND LOOK EAST.
ORION’S THREE SHINEY BELT STARS ARE EASY TO SPOT AS IS HIS HOURGLASS FIGURE IF YOU LOOK ABOVE HIS HEAD TOWARD TAURUS YOU’LL SEE JUPITER!
MOVING BACK TO ORION: THE LEFT SHOULDER IN THIS CONSTELLATION IS BETELGEUSE A RED GIANT TEN TIMES MORE MASSIVE THAN OUR SUN JUST DON’T SAY ITS NAME THREE TIMES!
ON THE HORIZON SIDE OF HIS BELT IS ORION’S SWORD.
LOOK CLOSELY FOR THE ORION NEBULA.
THOUGH FAINT, IT’S ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST IN THE NIGHT SKY.
IT WASN’T MENTIONED BY ANCIENT ASTRONOMERS AT ALL SO IT’S LIKELY BRIGHTER NOW THAN AT ANY TIME IN HISTORY!
THEN FIND RIGEL ORION’S FOOT A BLUE SUPERGIANT IMPORTANT TO ANCIENT GLOBAL NAVIGATION AND MODERN POP CULTURE APPEARING IN DC COMICS, THE SIMPSONS, AND STAR TREK KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!
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