Spot Sagittarius the Centaur | July 29 - August 4
Season 47 Episode 31 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STG423 July 29 - August 4, 2024 “Spot Sagittarius the Centaur”
Star Gazers STG423 July 29 - August 4, 2024 “Spot Sagittarius the Centaur”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
Spot Sagittarius the Centaur | July 29 - August 4
Season 47 Episode 31 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STG423 July 29 - August 4, 2024 “Spot Sagittarius the Centaur”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipHI STARGAZERS; IF A CENTAUR WERE WEARING PANTS, WOULD IT BE ON JUST THE FRONT LEGS?
JUST THE BACK ONES?
OR ON ALL FOUR LET’S CONTEMPLATE THIS CONUNDRUM WHILE WE FIND SAGITTARIUS IN THE SKY!
HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND 11PM AND LOOK SOUTH.
YOU’LL SEE A SORT OF TILTED TEAPOT SHAPE OF EIGHT STARS.
THAT’S AN ASTERISM INSIDE THE CONSTELLATION SAGITTARIUS THE ARCHER!
THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THIS CONSTELLATION IS KAUS AUSTRALIS.
THE FURTHER SOUTH YOU GO, THE MORE PROMINENT THE TEAPOT WILL BE.
SAGITTARIUS IS AN OLD CONSTELLATION, DATING TO THE BABYLONIANS IN 1000 BCE.
THEN, IT WAS LIKELY AN ANCIENT GOD, DESCRIBED AS BOTH A WARRIOR AND POWERFUL BULL.
IT WAS THE GREEKS WHO MADE IT A CENTAUR REPRESENTING THE ARCHER CROTUS, A FAVORITE OF THE MUSES WHO ASKED HE BE PUT IN THE SKY.
THE ARCHER WILL BE VISIBLE FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER.
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE PANTS THING, AND KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!
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