No Luck With Those Swans? | May 18 - May 24
Season 49 Episode 20 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ613 May 18-24, 2026 “No Luck With Those Swans? Then I Can Help!”
Star Gazers STGZ613 May 18-24, 2026 “No Luck With Those Swans? Then I Can Help!”
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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
No Luck With Those Swans? | May 18 - May 24
Season 49 Episode 20 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers STGZ613 May 18-24, 2026 “No Luck With Those Swans? Then I Can Help!”
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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I’M TRACE - THIS WEEK ON# STAR GAZERS WE’RE GOING TO FIND THE COOLEST BIRD IN THE SKIES - CYGNUS THE SWAN.
YARP!# EARTH SWANS HISS, BUT THIS ONE SPARKLES .
HIT THE DARKNESS AT 1AM LOOK TOWARDS# THE EAST - THERE YOU’LL SEE THE STARS OF THE SUMMER TRIANGLE.
LOOK FOR# DENEB, WHICH MARKS THE TAIL OF THE CROSS-SHAPED CYGNUS CONSTELLATION.
IMAGINE# IT FLYING RIGHT INTO THE SUMMER TRIANGLE!
IF IT GETS DARK ENOUGH WHERE YOU ARE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THE BAND OF THE# MILKY WAY FLOWING ACROSS.. CYGNUS IS ANCIENT, BUT HAS MODERN# SIGNIFICANCE TOO.
IN THIS PATCH OF SKY BETWEEN DENEB AND VEGA NASA’S# KEPLER TELESCOPE FOUND HUNDREDS OF EXOPLANETS.
SOME OF THOSE PLANETS ARE# IN HABITABLE ZONES AROUND THEIR STARS, MEANING THEY ORBIT AT A DISTANCE WHERE# LIQUID WATER COULD EXIST ON THEIR SURFACE.
IT MAY BE JUST ONE SWAN ACTUALLY, BUT IT’S# A SHORTCUT TO SO MUCH MORE!
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