Find the Gigantic Winter Football! | December 15 - December 21
Season 48 Episode 50 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ543 December 15-21, 2025 “Find the Gigantic Winter Football!”
Star Gazers STGZ543 December 15-21, 2025 “Find the Gigantic Winter Football!”
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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
Find the Gigantic Winter Football! | December 15 - December 21
Season 48 Episode 50 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ543 December 15-21, 2025 “Find the Gigantic Winter Football!”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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SIX# CONSTELLATIONS!
HUT HUT HUT!
HI STARNERDS - TRACE HERE.
DID YOU# KNOW EIGHT OF THE TWENTY BRIGHTEST STARS CAN BE SEEN IN ONE GIANT# SHAPE CALLED THE WINTER FOOTBALL?
HIT THE DARKNESS AFTER 10PM# LOOKING EAST.
LIKE LAST WEEK, YOU’LL SEE BRIGHT JUPITER.
THAT PAIR# OF STARS NEARBY ARE CASTOR AND POLLUX!
FOLLOW THE CURVE MADE BY GEMINI’S NOGGINS UP TO CAPELLA IN AURIGA - THAT’S# THE TOP OF THE FOOTBALL.
NEXT HEAD DOWN TO THE RIGHT LOOKING FOR ALDEBARAN# IN TAURUS, THEN TO RIGEL IN ORIONS LEFT FOOT!
THEN FINALLY SWOOP DOWN THROUGH# SIRIUS THE DOG STAR IN CANIS MAJOR, UP TO PROCYON IN CANIS MINOR,# AND BACK TO GEMINI.
TOUCHDOWN!
ON THIS JOURNEY YOU’VE HIT STARS IN GEMINI, AURIGA, TAURUS, ORION, CANIS MAJOR, AND# MINOR - PLUS PASSED THROUGH MONOCEROS!
THE WINTER FOOTBALL IS AN ASTERISM -# A RECOGNIZED SHAPE - BUT NOT A TRUE CONSTELLATION.
IF YOU’RE LUCKY YOU’LL SEE# SOME GEMINID METEORS TOO!
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