Constellations, Asterisms, and Stars ❂ ASMR whisper, typing, cold ambience

Join me on this whispered journey through our celestial night sky (as seen from the northern hemisphere) as I show you my favorite asterisms that circle overhead every night, a few of our 88 constellations, some of their stars, and even a few deep space objects!

During the making of this video, and for the first time since January 2005, all five of our visible-with-the-naked-eye planets were in alignment in the morning sky. I hope that means this video was meant to be. :) This video is also best viewed in a darkened room.

Constellations and *Asterisms shown
Ursa Major 2:30
*Big Dipper 2:48
Ursa Minor / *Little Dipper 5:58
Draco 6:51
Boötes 10:44
Virgo 11:53
*Spring Triangle 13:06
Leo 13:29
*The Sickle 14:06
Corona Borealis 15:42
Cepheus 16:54
Cassiopeia 18:25
Andromeda 20:20
Triangulum 23:18
Pleiades (open star cluster) 24:39
Orion (the Hunter) 27:42
*Orion's Belt 30:00
*Orion's Sword 30:17
*Winter Triangle 33:19
Taurus (the Bull) 34:30
Auriga 35:42
*Summer Triangle 37:35
Lyra (the Harp) 38:38
*Northern Cross 39:57
Cygnus (the Swan) 40:27
Aquila (the Eagle) 40:49
Sagitta (the Arrow) 41:23
Vulpecula (the Little Fox) 41:28
Delphinus (the Dolphin) 42:16
Equuleus (the Little Horse) 42:26
Ophiuchus 43:13
Scorpius 45:20
*The Teapot (inside Sagittarius) 45:55

Screen recorded on January 15, and you can see Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter beginning to align if you pause at 51:22; they aligned in February.

A few notes and corrections:

• I state that Mizar is a double star and that it is two stars in one system, which is incorrect. Mizar is two stars close together in appearance only. While two stars close together in the same system is known as a binary star, a double star is when two stars appear to be close together from our vantage point on earth, whether it's a binary star or not.

• In the constellation Triangulum, I clicked on 7 Trianguli, which is, along with Delta Trianguli, extremely close to Gamma Trianguli, which is the star that the constellation actually connects to. Lest I anger Niel deGrasse-Tyson.

• Photo of Zeta Ophiuchi and its infrared shockwave: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_Op...

• In some cases, my rendition of a constellation will differ from that of Stellarium's due to personal preference or because I found a more professional source (IAU)

Thank you for watching!!

Photograph of the continental divide and ambient music by me.


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