Pegasus and Andromeda | July 21 - July 27
Season 48 Episode 29 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STG421 July 21-27, 2025 “Pegasus and Andromeda Share This One Thing”
Star Gazers STG421 July 21-27, 2025 “Pegasus and Andromeda Share This One Thing”
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
Pegasus and Andromeda | July 21 - July 27
Season 48 Episode 29 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STG421 July 21-27, 2025 “Pegasus and Andromeda Share This One Thing”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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IN 1930 THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION# CLASSIFIED THE 88 CONSTELLATIONS THAT WE USE TODAY.
THESE CONSTELLATIONS# ENCOMPASS EVERY STAR, NEBULA, AND GALAXY IN THE SKY - MOST FALL ONLY IN# ONE CONSTELLATION.
BUT THE NATURAL WORLD CAN BE DIFFICULT TO DRAW CLEAN CLASSIFICATIONS# AROUND.
THE SKY IS NO DIFFERENT!
LEMME SHOW YOU.
HIT THE DARKNESS ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK# AT MIDNIGHT AND LOOK NORTHEAST.
THERE YOU’LL SEE THE SQUIGGLY-V OF ANDROMEDA;# DAUGHTER OF THE VAIN QUEEN CASSIOPEIA!
AT THE POINT OF THE V - HERE - IS# ALPHERATZ, THE NAVEL OF THE HORSE.
WHAT?
RUDE.
THEY’RE NOT INSULTING ANDROMEDA.
THEY’RE TALKING# ABOUT PEGASUS - HERE.
THIS GIANT SQUARE FOUR STARS.IS THE BODY OF THE FLYING HORSE, MADE# OF SCHEAT, MARKAB, ALGENIB AND ALPHERATZ.
TECHNICALLY, ALPHERATZ IS PART# OF ANDROMEDA, BUT IT’S SHARED!
CLASSIFICATION CAN BE MESSY, AND# INTERESTING!
KEEP LOOKING UP!
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Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation