HI STAR FLIERS - A POET ONCE# WROTE: LET’S GO FLY A KITE, UP TO THE HIGHEST HEIGHT - WHAT’S# HIGHER THAN STARS IN DEEP SPACE?

HIT THE DARKNESS AT MIDNIGHT AND LOOK FOR THE# BIG DIPPER FLYING HIGH IN THE NORTHEASTERN SKY.. DRAW AN IMAGINARY LINE THROUGH THE# HANDLE OF THE BIG DIPPER AND EXTEND IT OUT FOLLOWING THE CURVE.

IN THIS WAY# WE CAN ARC OUR WAY TO THIS STAR, ARCTURUS.

ARCTURUS IS THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN# BOOTES THE HERDSMAN.

A KITE SHAPED CONSTELLATION OF EIGHT STARS.

LET’S# JUMP ON THE SKYBOARD FOR A CLOSER LOOK.

THEIR NAMES, TRAVELING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE FROM# ARCTURUS ARE: RHO BOOTIS, SEGINUS, NEKKAR, DELTA BOOTIS, AND IZAR.

THE TWO HANGING OFF EITHER# SIDE OF ARCTURUS ARE MUPHRID AND ZETA BOOTIS.

ARCTURUS IS A RED GIANT STAR# ABOUT THIRTY SEVEN LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.

POLYNESIAN NAVIGATORS CALLED# IT "HO-KU-LE'A," THE "STAR OF JOY."

THERE’S NOTHING MORE JOYFUL# THAN ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF THE SKY - NOW YOU CAN FLY A KITE, DAY OR NIGHT!

KEEP LOOKING UP!