The Goat, the Frog and the Rings of Saturn | August 26 - September 1
Season 47 Episode 35 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ427 Aug 26 - Sept 1, 2024 “The Goat, the Frog and the Rings of Saturn”
Star Gazers STGZ427 Aug 26 - Sept 1, 2024 “The Goat, the Frog and the Rings of Saturn”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
The Goat, the Frog and the Rings of Saturn | August 26 - September 1
Season 47 Episode 35 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ427 Aug 26 - Sept 1, 2024 “The Goat, the Frog and the Rings of Saturn”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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THAT IS TO SAY: CAPRICORNUS, FOMALHAUT, AND SATURN!
STOP HIT THE DARKNESS AT 11PM AND FACE SOUTHEAST.
FIRST, IT’S SUPER EASY TO FIND PLANETS, SO LOOK FOR YELLOWISH SATURN GRAB A TELESCOPE OR BINOCULARS AND SEE ITS RINGS!
WATCH IT ALL WEEK, NEXT WEEK IT’LL BE AT ITS BRIGHTEST!
CAPRICORNUS IS TO THE RIGHT OF SATURN.
LOOK FOR A FAINTER STAR NAMED DENEB ALGIEDI.
THIS MARKS THE TAIL OF CAPRICORNUS THE SEA GOAT.
YEP.
SEA GOAT.
HALF GOAT, HALF FISH.
CAPRICORNUS IS TOUGH TO PICTURE.
ITS KIND OF A TRIANGULAR SQUIGGLE.
THE LONE, BRIGHT STAR BELOW ALL THIS IS CALLED FOMALHAUT.
MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS WAS THE MOUTH OF A FISH CONSTELLATION CALLED PISCIS AUSTRALIS.
BUT SOME ARABIC ASTRONOMERS HAD A FROGGY NICKNAME FOR FOMALHAUT.
THEY CALLED IT THE FIRST FROG.
WHY???
NO IDEA!
JUST ONE OF THE MANY MYSTERIES OF THE STARS!
KEEP LOOKING UP!
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