Find Zelda’s Giant Winter Rupee | January 30 - February 5
Season 46 Episode 5 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ249 Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2023 “Find Zelda’s Giant Winter Rupee”
Star Gazers STGZ249 Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2023 “Find Zelda’s Giant Winter Rupee”
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Find Zelda’s Giant Winter Rupee | January 30 - February 5
Season 46 Episode 5 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ249 Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2023 “Find Zelda’s Giant Winter Rupee”
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THE WINTER HEXAGON SHINING AGAIN!
OR IS IT A FOOTBALL??
... OR ZELDA S RUPEES?
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT -- THIS ASTERISM IS GLITTERING HIGH IN THE SKY THIS TIME OF YEAR!
TO FIND IT, LOOK SOUTHEAST AFTER 8PM -- THE RUPEE ENCOMPASSES SIX CONSTELLATIONS AND EIGHT OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS VISIBLE FROM EARTH!
THIS FIRST ONE IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY: SIRIUS THE DOG STAR.
FIND IT USING ORION S THREE BELT STARS, THEY POINT RIGHT AT IT.
FROM HERE: GO CLOCKWISE AND YOU LL FIND THE LITTLE DOG STAR -- PROCYON, THEN UP TO CASTOR AND POLLUX THE TWIN STARS OF GEMINI, AND TO THE OTHER DIAMOND-POINT CAPELLA!
THEN IT S BACK DOWN AND AROUND THROUGH ALDEBARAN, THE EYE OF TAURUS THE BULL, TO BLUE SUPERGIANT AND ORION S LEFT FOOT, RIGEL AND BACK TO SIRIUS.
THERE YOU HAVE IT THE GIANT RUPEE!
AS LINK MIGHT SAY: DO DILLY DO DILLY DOO!
KEEP LOOKIN UP!
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