1 00:00:15,499 --> 00:00:11,200 your guide to constellations deep-sky 2 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:15,509 objects planets and events tonight's sky 3 00:00:51,770 --> 00:00:40,119 bright Jupiter shines in the eastern sky 4 00:01:10,880 --> 00:00:54,960 the giant planet will remain a great 5 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:15,170 as the brilliant stars of winter 6 00:01:19,460 --> 00:01:17,310 progressed toward the west the 7 00:01:22,430 --> 00:01:19,470 constellations of spring make their 8 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:22,440 appearance to March constellations 9 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:25,770 derived from Greek mythology Gemini and 10 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:30,000 cancer lie in the zodiac the zodiac is 11 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:32,610 the name for the band of sky through 12 00:01:39,950 --> 00:01:36,810 which the Sun Moon and planets appear to 13 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:39,960 travel the Gemini twins lie high 14 00:01:46,310 --> 00:01:42,930 overhead they were among Jason's 15 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:46,320 Argonauts who sailed the seas searching 16 00:02:07,540 --> 00:02:00,370 the two bright stars are the heads of 17 00:02:09,940 --> 00:02:07,550 the brothers castor and pollux a fuzzy 18 00:02:17,290 --> 00:02:09,950 patch lies near the feet of the Gemini 19 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:17,300 twins called m35 it is a pretty cluster 20 00:02:43,010 --> 00:02:40,790 cancer is often identified as a crab but 21 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:43,020 has also been seen as a lobster or 22 00:02:51,110 --> 00:02:47,910 crayfish in Greek mythology cancer was 23 00:02:54,710 --> 00:02:51,120 placed in the heavens by Hera wife of 24 00:03:01,580 --> 00:02:54,720 Zeus to immortalize its tenacious but 25 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:01,590 futile battle with Hercules it is a much 26 00:03:08,870 --> 00:03:04,170 dimmer constellation than Gemini and 27 00:03:11,630 --> 00:03:08,880 hard to see in light polluted skies with 28 00:03:15,559 --> 00:03:11,640 in cancer lies the lovely beehive 29 00:03:18,940 --> 00:03:15,569 cluster ancient stargazers called it the 30 00:03:24,339 --> 00:03:18,950 cloudy star this large cluster contains 31 00:03:49,979 --> 00:03:24,349 hundreds of stars and lies about 577 32 00:04:04,089 --> 00:03:53,199 Saturn and Mars rise in the southeast 33 00:04:22,510 --> 00:04:04,099 after midnight they will climb higher 34 00:04:29,350 --> 00:04:25,600 a total solar eclipse will take place on 35 00:04:34,779 --> 00:04:29,360 March 9th visible mainly in singapore 36 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:34,789 and indonesia sky watchers in parts of 37 00:04:39,670 --> 00:04:37,220 asia and australia will witness a 38 00:04:42,249 --> 00:04:39,680 partial solar eclipse on the morning of 39 00:04:45,070 --> 00:04:42,259 march nine while some in alaska and 40 00:04:53,970 --> 00:04:45,080 hawaii could see a bite taken out of the 41 00:05:01,000 --> 00:04:57,460 the night sky is always a celestial