Billions of Stars CBeebies Stargazing

Soon, starlight will scatter through the dark

so let's all look up at Stargazing Park.

Hello, stargazers.

Last night we looked at shooting stars -

a beautiful sight that's over in a flash.

A bit like our week here at Stargazing Park.

But we still have time to explore the night sky tonight.

Are you ready, stargazers?

-ALL:

-Yes.

All we need to do is...

-ALL:

-..look up.

# When the night falls

# Maggie helps us see wonders of the stars above us all

# Turn the lights low, grab a cosy rug

# Wrap up warm and snug, here we go

# We're going stargazing

# Gaze at stars, shining bright

# We're going stargazing

# Spot a zooming satellite

# We're going stargazing

# Glimpse the moon and the planets above

# We're going stargazing

# So just look up

# Look up, look up. #

Come and join us underneath the stars.

-Hi, stargazers.

-ALL:

-Hi, Maggie.

What can you see up there?

It's rainy, we can't see any stars tonight.

If it wasn't raining, what could you see?

Stars.

The Plough, which has seven stars.

That's true. And there are five stars in Cassiopeia the queen.

Well done, everyone. You're sounding like expert stargazers.

Well, it's thanks to you, Maggie.

Thanks for helping us find out so much about the night sky this week.

Oh, it's been my pleasure.

And don't forget, there's so much more to discover.

Let's keep on gazing at the stars up there,

they've still got so many wonders to share.

I wonder who else is looking up tonight.

It's Robert The Robot.

# We're going stargazing

# Da-da-da da-da-da-da Ka-cha!

# Going stargazing... #

Oh, hello there, stargazers. It's Robert The Robot here.

I'm just making sure everything is

perfectly ready for our stargazing tonight.

Final checks. Comfy blanket? Check.

Perfectly plumped cushions? Check.

-PUFF!

-Oh! Oh! Oh, no!

-STARGAZERS SQUEAL

-Oh!

I can't have space scientist Maggie looking at all of this mess.

Right, right, I know.

Come back later to see the amazing space app

that we made today.

Maggie's going to love it. Isn't she, everybody?

-ALL:

-Yes!

I can't wait to see Robert and the stargazers' app.

Stargazing apps are useful because they help us to understand

what's happening in the night sky.

And there really is so much to see up there.

Can you see any stars right now, stargazers?

No, they're all hiding.

The stars are still there, but you can't see them

because of the rain clouds.

How many stars are there in space, Maggie?

That's a really good question, Laura.

Let's go in the cafe and we'll try and work it out.

Now, on a really, really, really clear night,

we can see about 3,000 stars.

Chris, could you take a teaspoonful of sand

and sprinkle it onto our night sky?

OK, here goes.

What does this look like, stargazers?

-ALL:

-Stars.

-Lots of stars.

Yes, I'm making a picture of the night sky with sand.

It's full of stars.

But that's just the start of all the stars in space.

This is a picture of what we think our galaxy,

the Milky Way, looks like.

And can you see, it's got lots and lots of stars?

So if we were to make a picture, with sand, of the Milky Way,

how much sand do you think we'd need for all those stars?

Well, there's quite a lot of sand in that jar, Maggie. Is that enough?

Not quite, Chris. Have a look at these pictures.

Bucket.

-ALL:

-Suitcase.

-Suitcase, yeah.

-ALL:

-A van.

-ALL:

-Wheelbarrow.

-And...

Dumper truck.

So which one of these do you think

has enough sand to draw

a picture of all the stars in the Milky Way?

-ALL:

-The dumper truck!

You're right. We actually need a dumper truck piled full of sand.

-That's a lot of stars.

-Around 200 billion of them.

-ALL:

-Wow!

And it doesn't stop there. Space has got lots and lots

and lots of galaxies.

Then there must be billions and billions

and billions of stars in space.

So where could we get enough sand to draw

all the stars in the universe, stargazers?

-Beach?

-Beach?

-Desert.

-In the desert?

Even if you used all the sand from all the sandy places on Earth,

you wouldn't have enough sand to make a picture of them.

There are just too many stars.

No wonder there's still so much to discover about the night sky.

Thankfully, we have apps like Robert The Robot's galaxy gallery app.

Stargazers, welcome to Jodrell Bank.

Now, very clever space scientists work here,

exploring space using this giant telescope.

They are expert stargazers.

Now, being a robot,

I like to think I am a bit of an expert stargazer myself.

In fact, I have invented my very own galaxy gallery app.

Prepare to be amazed as it reveals

beautiful pictures of the wonders of the galaxy.

BZZZRRR!

Maybe it's got some dust in it. Hang on.

BEEP! BEEP!

-HE LAUGHS

-It's fixed.

-TABLET:

-'Deleting galaxy gallery app.'

What?

'Deleting galaxy gallery app.'

How can you be so calm about this?!

'Galaxy gallery app deleted.'

No-o-o-o...

Oh, dot my diodes.

All of my beautiful galaxy gallery pictures have disappeared.

All I managed to do was take a silly selfie.

STARGAZERS GIGGLE

Oh, it's a good job I remembered to polish my face today.

I'm looking very shiny, aren't I, stargazers?

Shining like the moon.

Let's upload it to the app.

Cosmic plan.

Uploading shiny moon me to the galaxy gallery app.

BEEP! WHIZZ!

'Moon uploaded.

'The moon shines brightly, reflecting the sun's light.'

-What should we upload next, stargazers?

-Stars!

Stellar idea.

Stargazers...follow me!

-Ready, Lochlan?

-Yes.

-Ready, stars?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Torches on.

Excellent work, stargazers.

Now you are a group of stars called the Plough.

Uploading the Plough.

BEEP! WHIZZ!

'Plough uploaded.

'The Plough is just one part of the big constellation Ursa Major,

'the Great Bear.'

Wonderful work, stargazers.

Now let's upload some more pictures to the galaxy gallery. Come on.

Venus.

Mars.

Saturn and its rings.

Nailed it.

Uploading planets.

BEEP! WHIZZ!

'Planets uploaded.

'Bright planet Venus.

'Red planet Mars.

'Saturn and its icy rings.'

-ALL:

-Shooting stars!

Ooh! Wait for me, stargazers.

Oh, quickly.

Oh...

Galloping galaxies, look at that - an entire galaxy,

the Milky Way.

Uploading the Milky Way galaxy.

BEEP! WHIZZ!

'Milky Way galaxy uploaded.

'The Milky Way is one of about 100 billion

'galaxies in the universe.

'Billions and billions and billions...'

Oh, dear, stargazers. It sounds like the app is stuck.

-HE GASPS

-It's breaking again.

Pani-i-c!

'Not stuck, Robert,

'just saying how many stars there are in the universe.

'There's billions of them.

'Galaxy gallery completed.'

BEEP! BEEP!

Thank you for all your help, stargazers.

The galaxy gallery app is once again full of beautiful pictures.

We are definitely expert stargazers.

-ALL:

-Yay!

Well done, everyone.

The pictures in your app remind me of the beautiful things we've

looked at this week.

Stars...

planets...

shooting stars.

And there's one more exciting thing that we've seen...

a dot of light moving across the night sky.

-ALL:

-The International Space Station.

With astronaut Tim Peake onboard.

Just before Christmas, Tim launched up into space

with two other astronauts.

Look at the rocket go!

After just nine minutes, Tim was in space.

And six hours later,

Tim and the other astronauts arrived at the International Space Station.

Tim spent Christmas on the Space Station and will be there

until the summer.

Here's astronaut Tim to say hello to us from space.

Hello, Chris. Hello, stargazers.

It's Tim Peake here.

Welcome onboard the International Space Station.

Thank you for getting involved in my mission,

and for wearing your mission patches, just like mine.

It's fantastic being up here in space.

I've been very busy getting to work on lots of experiments,

and helping another astronaut settle in...

-'Reporting for duty.'

-..Miss Mouse, yes.

Miss Mouse did so well on her training,

she got to come along, too.

Come on, Miss Mouse. Let's show everybody what we can do in space.

'Whee!'

Wow, Tim is at the Space Station,

and clever Miss Mouse is there, too.

All week we've been joining in with his mission.

We've been wearing his mission patches

while finding out about space.

And of course, we've been giving him a big thumbs up.

And you've been joining in, too.

Thank you for uploading your thumbs-up pictures to

the Stargazing page of the CBeebies website.

# Thumbs up to Tim Peake

# Thumbs up to Tim Peake

# Thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up

# Thumbs up to Tim Peake. #

Shall we orbit like him?

Orbiting the Earth?

# He's orbiting the Earth He's orbiting the Earth

# He's orbiting, he's orbiting, he's orbiting the Earth. #

Shall we be on his mission, as well?

# We're on his mission, too We're on his mission, too

# We're on his mission, on his mission...

# Miss Mouse is on it, too! #

'Tim, where are you?'

# Thumbs up to Tim Peake

# Thumbs up to Tim Peake

# Thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up

# Thumbs up to Tim Peake. #

Thank you so much for getting involved in my mission.

Thumbs up, stargazers.

Come on, stargazers,

let's get cosy for one more story under the stars.

I wonder whose story they'll tell tonight.

Look up there...

Andromeda the princess.

Andromeda the princess wished to drive a dumper truck.

A dumper truck so ginormous, for delivering loads so very enormous.

She drove a load of ice to Saturn, to make its shiny rings.

And took the giant Jupiter to the space where it now spins.

Then one day, Andromeda delivered the biggest load by far...

billions and billions and billions and billions and billions

and billions of stars.

The truck, it trundled over a hill and down a bumpy road.

Bumpity-bump, the dumper truck went

and out flew the starry load.

Off the stars twirled...

they whirled and swirled

and the princess looked up with glee

at a galaxy jam-packed full of stars...

what a wonderful sight to see.

Thank you so much for showing us around the night sky, Maggie.

My pleasure. Remember, if you see the International Space Station,

-give Tim a...

-ALL:

-..thumbs up!

-Bye-bye. ALL:

-Bye.