Orion CBeebies Stargazing

Stargazers, come and have a look. We have a parcel.

It's from Robert.

It's the star that Robert made at the Sky Station yesterday.

-Who knows what shape it is? ALL:

-A sphere.

That's right, it's a sphere-shaped star.

Thank you, Robert.

Oh, yes, stars and planets and so much more.

Countdown to launch, mission explore.

-ALL:

-Five, four,

three, two, one, lift-off!

# We're on a mission to explore

# The wonders of the stars above us all

# Planets, stars and more they're for us to find

# When we look up high

# 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. #

-ALL:

-Mission explore go!

Excellent work, stargazers.

Welcome to Mission Control.

Hi, Maggie. I've just hung up Robert's star sphere.

Look, just over there.

Thanks, Chris. Shall we download the latest mission data to see how many

-spheres were spotted?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Let's activate the map.

Map, go!

Mission downloading.

1, 2, 3, 4,

5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 10, 11, 12.

Tonight I can see the moon, Mars and Venus.

I can count 15.

I can see 21 stars.

Download complete.

Well done, stargazers, for taking part in mission explore.

Come in, Mission Control.

It's Robert The Robot.

Sky Station calling.

Clever astronomer Becky came to visit us last night.

Are you ready for more mission data?

Yes! Downloading data.

I've brought along this manual telescope here from the observatory

because, actually, you don't need to be inside an observatory building to

-do some really cool stargazing.

-So, stargazing on the go.

OK, if you could stand up for me, that's it,

and look straight down that tube, there, with one eye.

And what can we see?

-I still can't see the stars.

-No.

-Just the clouds.

Download complete.

Well done, Robert, well done, stargazers.

I hope the clouds clear for you tonight.

Now, who's ready for another mission from Maggie?

-ALL:

-Me!

-Excellent.

Well, today's mission is to find out about this.

Stars!

Now, this collection of stars looks familiar.

Does anyone know the name of it?

-Orion.

-That's right, Kate.

This constellation is called Orion and your mission today

is to find out more about Orion.

I thought it looked familiar.

We've seen Orion before in one of our stories and here he is.

Orion, the hunter, striding across the night sky.

-Shall I show you a way to spot Orion?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Kate, can you give me a hand?

Now, take this piece of chalk

and can you join these three stars together?

-Perfect. Now, what has Kate drawn, there?

-A line.

-A line.

-A belt.

-A belt, that's right.

These three stars are known as Orion's Belt.

Now, you don't often get stars in a straight line like that,

so if you spot these three stars, we should be able to spot Orion.

-Shall we get Robert to find out more about Orion for us?

-ALL:

-Yes!

Go vision, go!

Copy that, Mission Control.

MUSIC PLAYS

Woohoo! We're going star hopping.

Come and join us. Come on, stargazers.

MUSIC PLAYS

Oh, dot me diodes, my bouncy springs aren't as bouncy as they used to be.

It's a good job I've brought some cherry crumble cakes

to keep us all going!

Oh, dear!

Wait for me!

Stargazers, what have we found?

We found three stars.

In a straight line.

It's Orion's Belt.

But that means we've found Orion.

-A big cheer.

-ALL:

-Hooray!

Oh, yes, this definitely calls for a cherry crumble cake.

Not yet, Robert!

We have more star hopping to do.

Oh, right. All right, then.

Well, let's follow Orion's Belt this way and see what we can find.

Come on.

Stargazers, what have we found?

It's a bright star.

That's useful, it's wearing a name badge.

This star is called Sirius and it's the brightest star in the night sky.

That is one seriously bright star!

Get it? Sirius, seriously bright...

It's an astronomy joke.

One rocket for Robert, please.

Back to the Belt. Lead the way, Robson.

Oh, is it time for cherry crumble cake now?

-No!

-We need to do more star hopping.

-All right, well, which way?

-That way.

Oh, right, come on then.

Galloping galaxies, this star is gigantic!

This is Betelgeuse.

Really, Jonas, well, this definitely calls for a cherry crumble cake.

-ALL:

-Oh, Robert!

All in the name of space science.

This is the perfect way to show just how gigantic Betelgeuse is.

You see, if this really was Betelgeuse, then our star, the sun,

would be even smaller than this delicious cherry.

In fact, you can fit about 1,000 of our suns across Betelgeuse.

Delicious cherry crumble cake.

Be strong, Robert, be strong.

Right, back to the Belt, everybody.

Right, which way now, stargazers?

Hold on a robot minute, what's that?

Lots of dust.

Dust, Jonas. Oh, no, that will never do.

It's a good job I always carry my faithful travel duster,

Columbus, with me.

Now, wait a minute, this is the dust of Orion's nebula.

Do you know what happens here?

-It's where baby stars are born.

-Oh, and look at them.

There they are!

Sweet little baby stars.

Oh, excellent star hopping, stargazers.

So, Orion's Belt has taken us to Sirius,

Betelgeuse and baby stars.

After all that hard work,

surely we've earned ourselves a cherry crumble cake?

-Who wants one?

-ALL:

-Me!

Oh, brilliant. Back to you, Mission Control.

Oh, save some of those cherry crumble cakes for us, Robert.

BANGING SOUND

What's that noise?

What's going on, stargazers?

We are making dust.

For a picture of Orion's nebula.

This is Orion's nebula, taken by the Hubble Telescope from space.

Wow, that looks beautiful.

Now, this is deep, dark space.

Now, Chris, will you help me put some water out there

in deep, dark space?

I didn't know there was water in outer space.

Yes, we have found water out there but that's another story.

We just need the water now to make our picture.

What else do we need, stargazers?

-Dust.

-Now, Orion's nebula is full of dust, so let's sprinkle some on.

-That's it.

-Lovely!

MUSIC PLAYS

This is looking brilliant, stargazers!

Yes, but there's something missing. What's missing from Orion's nebula?

-ALL:

-Stars!

-Stars, you're right, and here are some stars.

Let's fill it up with baby stars.

MUSIC PLAYS

Just look at that!

Orion's nebula, a giant cloud of dust and gas full of baby stars.

What a magnificent sight.

It truly is. Well done, stargazers.

-Now, who wants to look for Orion in the night sky?

-ALL:

-Me!

Yes, me too. I'll go and see if it's getting dark.

Yes, look, it's getting dark,

so it's nearly time to try and spot Orion.

Can anyone spot Orion?

-ALL:

-No.

It's too cloudy.

But if the clouds weren't there,

what would we be looking out for to help us spot Orion?

-Three stars.

-The three stars that make up Orion's belt.

What we can do is we can go star hopping,

so we start off at Orion's Belt and then go upwards...

and then we see an orangey red star.

Betelgeuse.

Now, let's go back to Orion's Belt

and this time we're going to hop downwards, and then we get to...

Orion's nebula.

Now, from here on earth,

Orion's nebula looks like a faint, fuzzy dot.

Can anyone remember what it looked like through the space telescope?

It looked like dust and baby stars.

Excellent work, stargazers.

Mission complete. It's thumbs up from me.

And it's a thumbs up from me.

-ALL:

-Yay!

Orion, the hunter, striding through the night sky.

What a magnificent sight.

Now, come on, let's go and get cosy for tonight's story.

You look really cosy, stargazers.

Now, if we could blow the clouds away,

what stars would come out to play?

A constellation with long horns.

-A bull.

-That's right, it's Taurus, the bull.

And look, Taurus, the bull, has got a story for us.

Taurus, the bull, wished to visit the stars

that were scattered across the sky.

The only problem that he'd got was the stars were far too high.

But with a boing and a bounce,

Taurus started to hop, springing up through the clouds,

the bull didn't stop.

Taurus jumped past planets and travelled far to visit Sirius,

the brightest star.

Then onwards he hopped.

Taurus knew where to go - to Orion's Belt, three stars in a row.

With a final bounce, Taurus found something exquisite.

Orion's nebula was the starriest place to visit.

Thank you for helping us get to know Orion, Maggie.

It's been my pleasure.

Stargazers, your mini mission for tonight is to look up

and see if you can spot Orion before you go to bed.

Don't forget to let us know how you get on with Maggie's mission.

Click on stargazing on the CBeebies website and ask a grown-up to send

your mission update.

It can be a photo, a video or a picture you've drawn

of the night sky.

We'll see you tomorrow for one more evening of stargazing.

-So from all of us here... ALL:

-Goodbye.