Dr. Brian Keating

There's only 88 constellations over the whole four pi spherical dome of the sky. But you can leave your own asterism on the podcast. You can leave five stars on your podcast and mine. So you can't have a constellation, but you can have an asterism.

Yeah, I was 14. It was right after I got my first telescope.

Yeah, I was 14. It was right after I got my first telescope.

Yeah, I was 14. It was right after I got my first telescope.

Yeah, you're making it to the next one. 76 years, yeah, that's right. I'm right? Yeah.

Yeah, you're making it to the next one. 76 years, yeah, that's right. I'm right? Yeah.

Yeah, you're making it to the next one. 76 years, yeah, that's right. I'm right? Yeah.

It's not like the best comet in history, in fact, there's been better ones.

It's not like the best comet in history, in fact, there's been better ones.

It's not like the best comet in history, in fact, there's been better ones.

And lunacy, for that matter, like full moon and lunacy. Yeah, lunacy, right, crime statistics. So look at these words, disaster, catastrophe. The ast in both of those means star, They used to believe that stars, comets, eclipses, those things were influencing events on Earth caused by these celestial forces for not propitiating them, making the gods happy or whatever.

And lunacy, for that matter, like full moon and lunacy. Yeah, lunacy, right, crime statistics. So look at these words, disaster, catastrophe. The ast in both of those means star, They used to believe that stars, comets, eclipses, those things were influencing events on Earth caused by these celestial forces for not propitiating them, making the gods happy or whatever.

And lunacy, for that matter, like full moon and lunacy. Yeah, lunacy, right, crime statistics. So look at these words, disaster, catastrophe. The ast in both of those means star, They used to believe that stars, comets, eclipses, those things were influencing events on Earth caused by these celestial forces for not propitiating them, making the gods happy or whatever.

And in fact, Columbus owes his life. He was almost killed in Jamaica. And I think it was 1498, a couple of years after discovering him, he's still exploring Jamaica. And he failed to ingratiate himself with the local native inhabitants of Jamaica or wherever he was. And they were going to kill him.

And in fact, Columbus owes his life. He was almost killed in Jamaica. And I think it was 1498, a couple of years after discovering him, he's still exploring Jamaica. And he failed to ingratiate himself with the local native inhabitants of Jamaica or wherever he was. And they were going to kill him.

And in fact, Columbus owes his life. He was almost killed in Jamaica. And I think it was 1498, a couple of years after discovering him, he's still exploring Jamaica. And he failed to ingratiate himself with the local native inhabitants of Jamaica or wherever he was. And they were going to kill him.

And he luckily had on for navigation – astronomy and navigation have always been intimately related because first of all, if you know where Polaris is, which is not the brightest star – It's in the little dipper. It's the pole star. It's the north star. You've heard of true north, north star.

And he luckily had on for navigation – astronomy and navigation have always been intimately related because first of all, if you know where Polaris is, which is not the brightest star – It's in the little dipper. It's the pole star. It's the north star. You've heard of true north, north star.

And he luckily had on for navigation – astronomy and navigation have always been intimately related because first of all, if you know where Polaris is, which is not the brightest star – It's in the little dipper. It's the pole star. It's the north star. You've heard of true north, north star.

It's actually very close to being – if you go to the north pole and look straight up, it's very close to being directly above you.