Luke at These Tatooine-like Stars! | May 2 - May 8
Season 45 Episode 18 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ210 1 Minute May 2-8, 2022 “Look at These Tatooine-like Stars!”
Star Gazers STGZ210 1 Minute May 2-8, 2022 “Look at These Tatooine-like Stars!”
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Star Gazers is presented by your local public television station.
Funding provided by The Batchelor Foundation and The William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation
Luke at These Tatooine-like Stars! | May 2 - May 8
Season 45 Episode 18 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ210 1 Minute May 2-8, 2022 “Look at These Tatooine-like Stars!”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU STAR NERDS.
I M TRACE, AND IN HONOR OF LUKE SKYWALKER S DOUBLE-SUNNED HOME PLANET LET S FIND AN OPTICAL DOUBLE STAR SYSTEM IN OUR OWN SKIES!
HIT THE DARKNESS ANY NIGHT THIS WEEK JUST AFTER DARK AND FACE NORTH TO FIND THE BIG DIPPER IN URSA MAJOR.
LOOK FOR THE STAR AT THE BEND IN THE BIG DIPPER'S HANDLE: THAT S MIZAR AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU LL SEE A SMALL, FAINT COMPANION STAR NAMED ALCOR.
TOGETHER, THEY RE CALLED THE HORSE AND RIDER AND WERE OFTEN USED AS A TEST OF A PERSON S EYESIGHT.
IN STAR WARS, TATOOINE IS A DESERT PLANET WITH TWO SUNS CALLED A BINARY STAR SYSTEM.
MIZAR AND ALCOR AREN T IN THE SAME SYSTEM, THEY JUST APPEAR CLOSE TOGETHER, BUT MOST POINTS OF LIGHT WE SEE ARE MULTI-STAR SYSTEMS WITH TWO (OR MORE) STARS!
THE KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE FOUND AN EXOPLANET ORBITING TWO STARS IN 2011!
BUT THAT CAN T BE TATOOINE BECAUSE IT S IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.
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