Looking For An Activity Whole Family Can Enjoy? Try Star-Gazing

Kate Bilo reports.

♪♪IT IS SUMMERFEST FRIDAYHERE ON CBS3 AND WE ARE YOUROFFICIAL STATION OF SUMMERONCE AGAIN.LIKE MANY OF YOU WE ARECELEBRATING A LITTLE CLOSER TOHOME THIS YEAR.IF YOU ARE LOOKING FORACTIVITIES THE ENTIRE FAMILYCAN ENJOY TOGETHER, HOW ABOUTA LITTLE STARGAZING.KATE IS IN HER BACKYARD THISEVENING MAYBE A TAD DIZZY FROMBEFORE OUR COMMERCIAL BREAKBUT KATE YOU CAUGHT UP WITHONE OF OUR FAVORITE EXPERTSFOR SOME OF THIS OUT OF THISWORLD ADVICE.I DID INDEED UKEE AND SEEWHAT QUARANTINE DOES TO APERSON.I'M HANGING UPSIDE DOWN TRYINGNEW SKILLS BUT I'VE GOT MYSEAT ALREADY TONIGHT KIND OF KIND OFRECLINES BACK AND I'M GOING TOBE LOOKING UP AT THE SKYESPECIALLY NOW THAT IT HASCLEARED BECAUSE I GOT SOMEINSIDER INFORMATION ON WHAT TOLOOK FOR.I SPOKE WITH OUR GOOD FRIENDCHIEF ASTRONOMER DEREK PITS.WE CAN ALL BE OUTSIDEENJOYING THE WARM WEATHER ANDBECOMING BETTER CONNECTED WITHTHE NIGHT SKY.IT'S A GREAT TIME TO LEARNCONSTELLATIONS FIGURE OUT HOWTO IDENTIFY PLANETS ANDGENERALLY BECOME A REALLY WELLTRAINED AMATEUR ASTRONOMER.DO YOU NEED A FANCYTELESCOPE?

DO YOU NEEDBINOCULARS?

WHAT DO YOU NEEDTO GET STARTED.PEOPLE ALWAYS ASSUME IF YOUWANT TO DO ASTRONOMY YOU HAVETO HAVE SOME KIND OF ATELESCOPE AND I'M HERE TO TELLYOU, YOU DON'T NEED THAT ATALL.ALL YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO DOIS TO UNDERSTAND OR RECOGNIZETHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CERTAINKINDS OF OBJECTS IN THE SKY.A PAIR OF REGULARBINOCULARS CAN DO THE TRICK.THEY'RE EASY TO HOLD,THEY'RE LIGHT WEIGHT AND YOUCAN USE BINOCULAR VISION BOTHEYES TO LOOK THROUGH AND IT'SEASY MAGNIFICATION.IN ADDITION TO STARING ATTHE MOON, PLANETS LIKE JUPITERAND SATURN WILL BE EASILYVIS TABLE THIS SUMMER.HERE'S A REALLY AS HE WAYKATE TO RECOGNIZE THEDIFFERENCE BETWEEN PLANETS ANDSTARS IN THE EVENING SKY.IT'S SO SIMPLE.STARS TWINKLE.BUT PLANETS DON'T.ANOTHER HELPFUL TOOL FORFINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THESKY A MAP OF THE STARSIDENTIFYING CONSTELLATIONCENTER CITY SIMPLE.IT'S A GIANT CONNECT THE DOTSGAME.SOME OPTIONS DERREKRECOMMENDS.THIS IS A PAPER STAR MAPTHAT YOU CAN PRINT AT HOME.AND THIS ONE ALLOWS YOU TO SEEWHERE ALL THE CONSTELLATIONSARE IN THE EVENING SKY.IT SHOWS YOU DIRECTIONS INWHICH YOU MIGHT WANT TOOBSERVE ITS A FREE MAP.ANYBODY CAN USE IT AT SKYMAPS.COM.IF YOU HAVE A LAPTOP AT HOMEOR IF YOU HAVE A DESKTOPCOMPUTER AND YOU WOULD LIKESOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY SORTOF LIKE GO ALL OUT TO SHOW YOUWHAT'S IN THE SKY, THIS ONE ISCALLED STELAARIUM.IT'S SORT OF LIKE A HOMEPLANETARIUM THAT ALLOWS YOU TOLOOK AT THE STARS OF OUR SKYOR ANY SKY ANYWHERE AROUND THEWORLD FOR ANY TIME OF DAY ORNIGHT, ANY YEAR YOU CHOOSE ANDIT'S COMPLETELY MOVEABLE ANDADJUSTABLE.LAST BUT NOT LEAST IF YOU'REOUT WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE THEREARE SMARTPHONE ASTRONOMY APPSYOU CAN USE AS WELL AND GUESSWHAT, YOU CAN USE THE FREEONES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ALOT OF MONEY TO GET ONE THATWORKS REALLY WELL.SO THERE ARE LOTS OF OPTIONSYOU CAN USE FOR LOOKING AT THEEVENING SKY USING AN APP.SO I GOT SKY MAPS.COM ANDSTELLARIUM READY TO GO.BACK IN THE DAY WE DIDN'T HAVEALL THIS GREAT TECHNOLOGY THATTELLS US WHERE THINGS ARE INTHE SKY SO IT'S A GREAT IDEATO BRING THE KIDS OUTSIDE ANDENJOY SOME SKY GAZING TONIGHTAND UKEE, CAN YOU GUESS WHATDEREK PITTS' FAVORITE THING TOLOOK FOR THE SKY THIS TIME OFTHE YEAR IS?

DO YOU HAVE ANYGUESSES.OH, MAN.CAN YOU HEAR ME.YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU.I KNOW WHEN I USED TO LOOK UPI COULD EASILY FIND THE BIGDIPPER AND LITTLE DIPPER.I HAVE NO CLUE.I LOVE IT WHEN DEREK DROPSKNOWLEDGE ON US BUT I HAVE NOIDEA.YEAH, HE DROPS SOME SERIOUSKNOWLEDGE.I'M GOING TO HAVE THE ANSWER