Saturn- March 2009

[MichaelHTillman]

Really like what you did with this one.

[chargr383]

Cool video interesting fact abt huygens probe. Definitely going to look that. I saw saturn last night next to our supermoon. It was faint but viewable. Titan was right there as well.

[harveydog2006]

i love your video how are you filming that

[TheDeepBlueWater]

It sounds like Pierce Brosnan talking!

[wolverine005]

How cool would it be, if in however many years time, our cameras would be able to take pictures like Hubble Space Telescope!?

[kaleyne]

love the way you presented it

[volound]

even if humanity caeses to exist, due to the sun becoming a red giant or a GRB or whatever, our existence is proved to any who may pass our solar system :)

[nickharvey7]

Interesting video!

I always think Saturn is one of the most beautiful sights in a telescope

[clayzee001]

how did you do the split screen on celestia?

[beesan]

who's Kyle?

[yammo12]

i relay enjoyed our video well narrated what scope are you using????

[dgtlrn]

You, sir, have such a beautiful way of putting things.

"around that bright spot up there, is... is a moon and on that moon there is something that is made on Earth."

The simplicity of the statement, subjected on something so utterly awe inspiring, just makes my spine tingle.

[smeeling]

amazing video. thanks for this!!

[EndTimeDelusion1]

saturn needs to get some sleep, it's got terrible rings. sorry.

[Ezer101]

Love the Holst!

[andytom]

Impressive...

[smokey3540]

saturn is the lord of the rings if you know what i mean :D btw nice video thanks 5/5

[Iwannabubbletube]

Appropriate choice of soundtrack.

[Oraenxienael]

Good veiw! You can actually hold the camera still compared to toher people too!

Do you have any footage of Jupiter?

What kind of telescope are you using?

[supermanwannabe111]

very cool

[emzzziepoo]

very educational and interesting...and no music beats Holst....very well done sir!

[ryangannon]

That's really something and I think we may have witnessed thunderf00t's romantic side.

[RainyDayCrane]

If you really want to see TF's romantic side, watch his beauty of the universe channel. I seriously have a crush on this guy. OxO

[leandar]

Enjoying your video. And loved the statement "Saturn is a bloody sight bigger than the Earth." LOL!!!

[lukaszkrawiec]

when will be next part???

[Alnakar]

Seeing that really makes me want a telescope... and a sufficient knowledge of astronomy to put it to good use.

Nice choice of music; I definitely felt like a nerd when I realized what it was.

[alexeirayu]

That's beautiful. I feel really upset when I see clips like yours. I dawns on me I will never visit there in my life time.

[albireocygni1]

Wonderful video, Thunderf00t. It's great to see others with an interest in astronomy! Also, I recently downloaded Celestia, it's a neat program!

[Raptor302]

that's no moon, it's a space station.....

[jaysteinbourg]

Your videos make me happy

[TehBlackFox]

Yay! I've been watching Saturn many times this march, aswell.

Nice to see so many folks enjoying astronomy =3

[ISLAM4THICKONES]

Lovely, thx.

[ceffydriver]

cool you use celestia too! love that program! I used to use distant suns on my amiga 500.

this reminds me of when I was only 11 years old watching SL9 fall into Jupiter through my cousins newtonian telescope.

im loving that at 5am I can step outside and view (to the east) four of our planets with ease!

[pashedmotatos]

Hey! I have Celestia too! Awesome.

[Smartkenni12]

It's Beautiful!

[nhender]

cool

[ProudAtheist90]

i think hes using the same telescope that i have

[Sizz13]

That's beautiful! Thanks for posting this :)

[faunflynn]

Thanks so much for this and the link to the software.

It's been really useful in some research I am doing on ancient Inca astronomy.

Good video.

[wavepsychic]

It's Beautiful!

[HoribiFuckis]

I loved that dramatic organ music lol

[GMwoogitmaster18]

Saturn: The Bringer of Old Age

Good song!

[tchokap]

How did u do to give as the view of the telescope throught the camera?

I would also like to know how u 'found' saturn so imediatly and had a stable image cause whenever i try it with my telescope i can never find anything...

ty and nice video

[Lonereapr]

He probably used a tele with an attachment which was already locked on to saturn. Or he just cut out the looking phase.

[LucidFlight]

That's no moon! It's a... wait, no... yeah, it's a moon. Sorry, my mistake.

5 bright stars for you, Mr Thunderf00t. :)

[agehanokimi]

Beautiful and really humbling.

[bicnarok]

Wow thanks for this, I love astronomy. Cool how you managed to record it through the telescope

[Banshee409]

I may not agree with your opinions on religion, but I can surely appreciate this video.

I wouldn't mind investing in a telescope to see some of this stuff first hand.

5/5*

[holydave]

I think that if there's something we can all agree on, it's the beauty of the universe.

[jackkk90]

OMG! Amazing! :D

[Rahall001]

wow, good job :)

[Brushles83]

very cool. Could you do more of these with other planets?

[Vivimord]

Wonderful vid my good sir. One question: Your 360 footage of Titan as viewed from the Huygens probe, where did you get it?

[lunaehmaz]

Awesome video!!

[TheReaverOfDarkness]

I got to see Saturn in a nice telescope just the other day! ^^

[jakelswg]

Venus is a nice crescent right now. Clouds have been obscurring Saturn for me every chance I get lately.

[OutreAnima]

I've been up all night watching saturn myself. Got video I'll post here soon.

Waiting for the moon and jupiter to pop up around 6am :)

[OutreAnima]

And just to point out, Saturn is a vright orangish dot below the two stars before leo's tail. Leo has a hook for a head, rectangular body and one star that makes a sort of triangle at the rear. it should be easily visible, at 50x the rings are fairly clear and it is even somewhat visible yet small through a decent pair of binoculars.

In the am, next to the moon is Jupiter, should be easy to spot around 6am this morning, it will be east of the moon tomorrow (apr 20th)

[lejink]

im pleasantly surprized to see this video on your channel. i remember the first time i saw saturn, was such a strange feeling seeing this planet right infrount of my eyes.. imagining the distance and the vastness of the universe. iv heard the numbers befor, but they dont give the same pit of your stomach feeling of insigificance as seeing it for yourself. i couldnt look away, i must have watched it for an hour straight. then i moved onto closely watching mountains on the moon.

[unperceptive]

That's so awesome, thanks for it TF!

[exitskaterjeff]

really awesome stuff

[paulusmagirl]

haha I always call the planets and stars

'he's' too. Anyway, I just eat this stuff up!

[hgryphon]

Except for the Earth which has trillions of things to distract us, I believe Saturn is the planet in our solar system that has the most ability to inspire someone to want to learn about the formation of planets and to open up a curiosity in general about the universe. Sure, other planets have rings, but Saturn has RINGS, baby! To look at that and feel the wonder that comes from looking at that and then not want to know would be a sad and unfortunate lack of curiosity.

[groundrunner752]

thanks again thunderf00t for pointing out another one of man's great discoveries and our heights of ingenuity that have been accomplished through the years! that really is an incredible sight. from a science enthusiast who hopes to become an actual scientist one day (astrophysics ftw!) i appreciate the good works you've put on youtube.

SCIENCE FTW!

[Hatesfury08]

Wow, it's amazing that we have a man made object on Titan...the things humanity has accomplished; it's truly incredible!

[OneClownShoe]

Although Saturn and it's moons are greatly interesting to me, my all-time favorite is (was) comet shoemaker-levy 9.

[mbarbarelli]

I find Titan to be the most interesting body in the system, other than Earth. Ganymede, Io and Europa don't get enough credit either.

[skarules111]

i agree. apprently its atmosphere is somewhat similar to early earth filled with nitrogen and methane.

[DeaconSwayne]

I enjoyed that, thanks TF.

[drakejoseph25]

i love your videos thank you for all the good info

[CincinnatusSPQR]

I remember as a boy staying up all night during the summer of 97 and watching the OU coverage of Huygens being developed, its really cool now to watch all the data its sent back via the NASA and JPL website.

[Ningchiou]

hah freezing your balls off. great view!

[AnimalNitrates]

Saturn shakes lots :o

[CakeDestroyer]

I think I saw it by accident last night. I was just looking at random shit (in the sky) and then I saw something that looked exactly like what you were looking at.

[f1tnessman]

Thanks for sharing that. How long will Saturn be within viewing distance?

[themightyboooooooooo]

Ha ha, for a second I thought the Animation was what you were actually veiwing.

[titans1984]

Hey, now that Pluto's no longer a planet Holst's suite is complete again.

[themightyboooooooooo]

Good call.

[MulcheArcade]

WOW! That's something I probably would have never knew/seen if it wasn't for you.THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[1971ojoalparche1971]

The first time I saw Saturn I could see the faint line of rings and one tiny dot of light that was a satellite. It was so amazing, and with a really old telescope back then.

It takes your breath away, try it!

[hopdevil666]

That's cool!

[PluralOfEverything]

Shouldn't it say Saturn's orbit? The apostrophe makes it possessive.

[KiaOra53]

What a marvel!

Thank you TF.

[xekul]

thats pretty cool thunderf00t. im surprised you can see anything at all through all that light pollution though (are those stadium lights?). props to you regardless!

[junkiepixels]

I wouldn't mind seeing more telescope vids.

[timely16]

Are you using Celestia for those graphics? It looks like Celestia

[exterminator451]

Is that Holst that I here in the background?

:P

Clever.

[ACherimoya]

I'll always remember the first time I saw Saturn through a telescope. My mind was absolutely blown.

The sheer scale of our universe, from quark to galaxy cluster, is just incomprehensible.

[MaestroEmbassy]

Saturn most fasinating planet ever, I do like the orbit of Uranus though, space ftw :D.

[niall142]

Cool. I think I saw saturn through a telescope once.

[maoristutuff]

pretty cool i have seen saturn throuygh a $300 telescope that you could just see the rings it is an awesome sight to see.ths telescope is far better, as we had to adjust for the movement of the earth and saturn when looking at it coo!!!

[RichardRoy2]

Thanks for sharing that with us, Thunderf00t. Appreciated.

[idntexst]

yes

[carolynan]

THIS IS aMAZING Thankyou

[jamieball]

very nice

[Clubs9000]

Great video! But, I think that the aspect of Titan that always impressed me the most was that it's a moon, but roughly the same size as Earth! So, it's very much possible that the way we see Titan from Earth is the same way the Earth appears from Titan.

Maybe I'm just weird...

[harvesterofsorrow111]

that makes me weird as well LOL

[AltairScience]

Impressive as always with your videos Thunderf00t!

[connchri]

Amazing

Think I'll go and invest in a telescope, Always something I wanted

Thanks for the video. Greatly appreciated.

[Clerenn]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful view of Saturn! :D

[Mastikator]

So cool.

[GamerAlex1337]

I have a 6" Reflector, Skywatcher Explorer EQ-3 and I see about the same thing. :D

[AntaresInScorpius]

SWEEET!!! PLAYLISTED!!

[randomunavailable]

Three cheers for Christiaan Huygens.

[gerrabath]

Is that an XT10 your using there Sir?

[AtomicMike85]

I looked at Saturn last night, and managed to see titan, didn't know what it was at first but I guessed soon enough. I cool thing was I was using a slightly broken scope with no finderscope, it was pretty much pot luck that I managed to get Saturn into the field of view first time :D

[RareDenver]

Thanks for freezing your balls off to bring us that video

[DrMarcusHill]

Once again, you've got me cursing the British weather as I look out and see clouds.

[faunflynn]

Oh excellent. I had no Idea you could see Titan !

[stretchnutz813]

Really cool. I feel like I am watching NatGeo when I watch your videos. xD

[t0kt0k]

I love the editing. What software did you use to put this together?

[xUltimaProductionsx]

That's amazing! I've never seen anything like this.

[joshuag5732]

I tried to get a degree in Physics from the University of Michigan, but i didn't make it. I'm feeling really depressed right now.

[pjholl]

Cheer up, it could be worse, you could be a Christian.

I got an MSc in Astrophysics from a UK University and it hasnt got me anywhere, im a delivery driver. 5 years for nothing.

[Chill197]

If at first you dont succeed try and try again... Then try for a degree in biology

[jedi1josh]

What would be a sight to see is Saturn from the perspective of someone on Titan.

Of all the moons in our Solar system I think Europa is the most interesting.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

I remember about 10 years ago Jupiter passed unusually close to the earth. Close enough that with a pair of good binoculars I was able to make out the four big moons. Very cool.

[MON4G]

yeah same ere

[DaggerPen]

Is my computer acting up, or is the audio on this a little weird? I keep hearing this kin of echo/skipping effect, and I'm not sure if my computer's just being screwy or if it's the video itself.

[Nimzomyth68]

I've got a good idea. Let's send all our manmade rubbish up and rename is garbage titan.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

Another interesting fact about Titan: It's bigger (5150 km equatorial diameter) than two of the planets in our solar system: Mercury (4878 km) and Pluto (2324 km) although it's slightly smaller than Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede (5268 km). Okay- some eggheads decided that Pluto isn't a planet. Fine. It orbits the Sun and has a moon of sorts.

[Findulidas]

Its not that strange that pluto isnt a planet there are many more bodies like it in the kuiper belt. I think Eris is the biggest one.

Its fitting that they choose the name of Eris for the body that created so much conflicts about planets since Eris was the godess of conflict.

[Roweena123]

Incredible! :)

[Tabletthp]

awesome video :) really cool :D

(just as I wrote this, I noticed there had been 666 text comments made on this video. Made me giggle to think that if I was a creationist, I'd probably call you the devil and the 666 coincidence would be my vindication for the comment lmao)

[sevenahm]

Nice one, EmeraldView, you had me going for a second or two...and I was born into that crap. I thank myself I finally abandoned it at age 30.

[EmeraldView]

What a glorious creation of God!

The rings are put there by God to remind us of the crown of thorns that were brutally mashed into Jesus's sweet sweet head, like the logic and reason of so many atheists into the thick Godly skulls of Christians.

Looking at Saturn is like looking at the beautiful peaceful angel of Jesus as he lovingly smiles down upon the Earth waiting to return and enact his brutal & bloody massacre of ALL non believers who shall be eternally tortured for their blasphemy. :-)

[armandlluka]

Truly Zues is Great

[BaileysBeads]

Yeah I hope that was sarcasm.

[EmeraldView]

Me too!

LOL. Although I see at least ONE person was taken in. That's a bit sad actually. Well... I guess not all atheists can be as bright as Thunderf00t.

On the other hand, the thumbs down could have come from an incensed Christian, though I'm certain most, if not all, of them would actually be blithely saying "Right On Emerald!" :-D

[BaileysBeads]

Oh don't worry, I don't use the thumbs system. I just have difficulties with hearing sarcastic turn in pure text.

[lalalahuzzah]

...

You say nonbelievers will be eternally tortured and then you put a smiley face.

I think somebody needs a lil' bit of help.

Seriously... go see a psychologist.

By the way, I must ask, if you're Christian WHY DON'T YOU ACT JESUS LIKE? At least try to be a nice guy like your "savior". Jesus NEVER condemned non-believers, so actually follow your savior's teachings!

KTHANXBI

[EmeraldView]

LOL. Ummmm.... you might want to re-read my post again.

Reverend Current would be shaking his head.

[BlockisticStudios]

Win.

[patduckles]

so is it every 7 or 14 years the rings "disappear"?

[aZeroGodist]

Is that a 8" or 11" Celestron or Meade.

You should use a simply web cam for imaging without the eyepiece-lens, celestron has a great device that fits striaght into the eyepeice holder. As I know that the image is way clearer than using dual-focus, or set cam-to manual focus.

Have a 12" Dob but without tracking pointless.

[rubyglare]

As a child I thought the rings of Saturn were somewhat like a vinyl record, I had a poster of Saturn probably from Nat'l Geo. I have always had a somewhat different view; I think of the "Gold Watch" now, because of where it is.

[IskyMeow]

Very very cool.I have a Meade reflector and their LPI camera. I can't do the moving/zooming video like that, but I will be trying for some nice still shots - if the clouds ever go away.

[VaginalTsunami]

beautiful/awesome/fantastic/wo­nderful/spectacular/splendid/l­ovely/magnificient.

[CGW129]

Wow, amazing. Thanks Thunderf00t!!!

[HoratioQ]

I've seen Saturn through a telescope.

It is the most amazing and awe inspiring thing I've seen in my life.

[1Weemaryanne]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[walton8tor]

The Planets Suite + Thunderf00t + Astronomy = Awesome.

[therugdoctoranimesux]

Fantastic!

[JerryRSun]

What happens if you try to land on Saturn???? I know it's a Jovian planet, but I always wondered what exactly would happen if you landed on it. I have nightmares about it.

[Volksgrenadier2006]

If you would know what would happen if you were to land there you would still be having nightmares about it.

[brokenyard]

You have fucking awesome nightmares.

[JerryRSun]

Yeah, sometimes they have zombies, or Spider-man.

[bnz500]

Cheers!

[derickhaywood]

wtf

[canaan1967]

Thanks Thunderballs :-)

[BlockisticStudios]

wtf?

[canaan1967]

I usually don't respond to comments like this but:

Thunderball was a james bond film back in the 60's. Thunder00t's voice at times reminds me of Sean Connery. And in the video he said he was freezing his "balls" off. That's all. No need to get excited.

[Leadman1989]

beautiful

i was wondering if those dots were moons thanks for answering that and

GET OUT OF MY HEAD

[Belikescopes]

I remember when I saw Saturn in my telescope for the first time, I couldn't believe how easy it was to see the rings.

[mdiem]

I haven't been keeping up with it, so anyone know what Cassini has been doing lately?

I'm amazed how bright the rings look even edge-on like that.

[pmokadakeisuke]

I love the use of Gustav Holst ""The Planets" - Saturn: Bringer of Old Age" Preformed by The London Symphony Orchestra !! What a masterpiece!! Great video Thunderf00t!

[doncartagena7]

Like always, great video Tfoot. Very insightful and informative. Keep up the good work.

[angloman1]

where can I spot Saturn amongst all the stars then? any tips for a beginner

[GaleAnders]

Finding thing in the night sky can indeed be a bit tricky.

TF recommends a free program called Celestia.

I don't know this program myself, but since it's free I suggest you give it a try.

It is more than likely that you will be able to produce a real time map of the sky as seen from your position.

Start by locating a constellation you know like the big dipper or orion, and work your way from there to other objects.

Happy viewing.

GA

[dancingnature]

its near leo which is sorta to the east of orion

orion is easy to spot

just look south-ish after sunset find sirius (that very bright star )

f all that

get a book called "365 starry nights" by chet raymo

amazon has it so take a look ..easy way to learn the night sky

[brokenyard]

Pretty sure its somewhere toward the east and not too high up, but I haven't found it myself so I could be wrong.

[EntropyUniverse]

I went out and saw it last night on the West Coast. It was a little cloudy so it was hard to get a clear focus, but it looked more or less what was shown here. I'm amazed that you can see Titan, and that it is so far away from Saturn right now. I'm going to take my four year old out tomorrow to see it. There's nothing like seeing Saturn. It's simply amazing that something so beautiful is floating out there.

[Kouban]

Very nice use of Holst there :)

[AdamusUmbra]

Its quite interesting how something so smart attracts some people who are so stupid, ever noticed this? Inteligance seems to attract idiocy, i wonder why. I mean its like they are offended by inteligance so they start festering around it.

[celestialsalamander]

the end reminds me of one of those realy old blackand white sie-fies

[juggaloryan3]

Spectacular video!

[EZ4U2NOME]

I say sorry fuck face lime...that would be you dear bitch...like I said I don't do hypnosis...poison on the hand is an interesting profession...you should beg for your fuck to the core soul. You don't have to be "spiritual" to get fucked...as you well know.

Thanks for sharing??? Ha.

[EZ4U2NOME]

Villagringo says "to" u....so you work for youtube...how nice to know, for the show.

[acorn1104]

Thank you so much for braving the elements in order to share such an amazing sight! As always, quite informative.

[biblethink]

Good video, Thunderf00t. Makes me want to break out the ole telescope and get a closer look.

[angloman1]

Wow, I didnt realize all this was to be seen in the sky. I know the moon has a magnetic effect of the earth, do also other planets have that effect? Sorry if the question is a bit stupid.I also heard that some planets warded off earth being more bombarded with metorites

[EyeLean5280]

Nothing stupid about your question at all.

I don't know the answer but if you do mean "magnetic," the answer should be no because the moon does not have an iron core, as our planet does.

If you meant "gravitational" (what makes the tides) my suspicion is that yes, other celestial bodies besides the sun and our moon have a gravitational effect on the Earth, albeit a very weak one.

OK, those are my hypotheses. Can anyone point us to some data?

Thanks.

[TritonAlias]

Thanks for freezing your balls off just to inspire us with a shot of Saturn and Titan, Thunderf00t! As always--great video!

[1CHMAGTORT3]

cool vid. i was ging to use my telescope last night but their were to many clouds. And thanks for that celestia program video. that thing is fucking awesome.

[walidon19]

cool fucking vid. the REAL joke is that in our "present" time people still have a firm belief in astrology (read a fucking science book!). I'm not joking somebody told me they didn't want a cat because they thought it would still ther new born babies soul...lol.

[cyberdemon107]

you don't want to see the face i made, reading that

[Bockatadi]

u guys are all dummyz. the proper title is "ASTROLOMOGIZER"..and thats how we professional sky-light trackers refer to ourselves.

[Bovoldian]

one of those things that makes being human seem a little more "epic"