Do You Know All the Names of the Pleiades? | November 11 - November 17
Season 47 Episode 46 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ438 November 11-17, 2024 “Do You Know All the Names of the Pleiades?”
Star Gazers STGZ438 November 11-17, 2024 “Do You Know All the Names of the Pleiades?”
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Do You Know All the Names of the Pleiades? | November 11 - November 17
Season 47 Episode 46 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ438 November 11-17, 2024 “Do You Know All the Names of the Pleiades?”
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CELESTIAL OBJECTS HELD MANY NAMES OVER THE AGES.
LEMME SHOW YOU.
HIT THE DARKNESS AT EIGHT PM THIS WEEK AND LOOK EAST!
LOOK FOR ORANGE ALDEBARAN IN TAURUS.
ALDEBARAN MEANS, THE FOLLOWER IN ARABIC BECAUSE IT’S FOLLOWING THE SEVEN SISTERS STAR CLUSTER THE PLEIADES LOOKING KINDA LIKE A MICRO-DIPPER.
THE PLEIADES ARE MENTIONED IN HINDU MYTHOLOGY AS KRITTIKA WIVES OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN OR SIX MOTHERS OF THE WAR GOD SKANDA, IN GERMAN AS A HEN AND CHICKS, IN HEBREW AS KIYMAH [KEE-MAW], AND IN JAPAN AS SUBARU.
THE PLEIADES CONTAIN OVER ONE THOUSAND STARS AND IS ONLY ONE HUNDRED MILLION YEARS YOUNG!
LOOK AT THEM WITH BINOCULARS TO SEE SEVERAL BLUISH BEAUTIES.
IF YOU’RE JONESING FOR MORE LOOK BACK TOWARD ALDEBARAN FOR THE HYADES, WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THEM IN TWO WEEKS!
STAR CLUSTERS EXIST BECAUSE STARS TEND TO FORM IN GROUPS, SO GRAB A FRIEND AND KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!
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