Happy Yule Solstice 2021 | December 13 - December 19
Season 44 Episode 50 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #STGZ142 1 minute December 13-19, 2021 “Happy Yule Solstice 2021”
Star Gazers #STGZ142 1 minute December 13-19, 2021 “Happy Yule Solstice 2021”
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Happy Yule Solstice 2021 | December 13 - December 19
Season 44 Episode 50 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Star Gazers #STGZ142 1 minute December 13-19, 2021 “Happy Yule Solstice 2021”
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EACH YEAR, TWICE A YEAR THERE S A SOLSTICE WHERE THE SUN SEEMS TO STOP AND HEAD BACK ACROSS THE SKY.
IN LAT-IN: SOL MEANS SUN, AND STICE MEANS TO STAND STILL.
THE SOLSTICE ALIGNS WITH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, AND IT LL BE THE SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, AND THE LONGEST DAY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMI-SPHERE!
VIVA!
YOU SHOULD USE THE LONG NIGHT TO SEE THE GREAT SQUARE OF PEGASUS -- ONE OF MY FAVS!
HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND NINE AND LOOK WEST.
THERE YOU SHOULD SEE STARS, MARKAB, SHEAT, ALPHERATZ AND ALGENIB, FORMING A BIG BOX -- THE BODY OF PEGASUS, HERCULES MYTHICAL WINGED HORSE.
THE SOLSTICE WAS PART OF THE PAGAN FESTIVAL OF YULE A TWELVE DAY FESTIVAL WHERE FIRES WERE BURNED YULE LOGS FOR TWELVE DAYS OF CELEBRATIONS.
CHRISTMAS IS BORROWED FROM THIS FESTIVAL!
HAPPY YULE, AND KEEP LOOKIN UP!
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