what type of lense are you using? i have an orion xt12i inteliscope (12 inch aperature/reflector) and have not got such a great view as this. thanks for sharing!
There is a blue fringe on the top, and if yo look closely, a reddish orange fringe on the bottom. This is classic atmospheric refraction. It is not the telescope, it is not Mars. It is what happens when light coming from Mars (or Jupiter, or venus) gets bent entering our atmosphere. To make it a little more complicated, you can in fact see a bit of atsmosphere on Mars from time to time.
I have an Celestron Nexstar 8Se, with 25mm eyepiece, incl a 2 x Barlow. But i cant se NOTHING you would call "details" whatsoever! It just looks like a tiiiiiiny little dot, actually looks like a random star, even in my telecope :(
I dont understand how i am supposed to be able to do any observations of Mars whatsoever, when im not seeing any more details in the telescope, than with my naked eye!
@clubdriver are you using it correctly? I am able to see Jupiter and it's moons with a Meade ETX-60 that is almost ten years old. Try a 9mm or 4mm eyepiece and then adjust the sight
If you're viewing it at the current time, it's only 5 arc seconds in diameter, and cannot be viewed in good detail, in March 2012, it will be at opposition, and plenty larger.
@tommi59tk Sky on mars is NOT blue... The human eye does not view objects perfectly, notice how the edge of the planet is blue, that's because around the edge it has bad lighting from the sun so it's color shifts to blue, it's just a change in waves, nothing special.
@tommi59tk Okay, I'll explain a little more, Mars has blue CLOUDS but not a blue ATMOSPHERE, but notice dead on you see no blue... that's color shift. Blue clouds are blue because of CO2 gases (CO2 in atmosphere mixed with Pb on Mars' surface creates the color red, which is why Mars is red.) There's no denying Mars is red, It's not 100% red in some areas, but it is red.
@MattijsJvO1976 Because of the tracking vibrations, this movie contains many motion-blurred shots. Anyway one friend of mine, ziggeman, processed it by testing registax 6.
@DanFrederiksen shut up you idiot-if you didn't have crap for brains you would know the Earth's atmosphere gives it a pale tint=P NASA corrects this to make a more real image. plus most of NASA's mars images were taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, which is unaffected by Earth's atmosphere.=P retard
if mars was that discolered through the atmosphere so would our sun be. I stand by my statement. once an actual color camera gets to mars we will see how pathetic the first MER images were.
@DanFrederiksen The sun is affected by Earth's atmosphere-seen from space it is a pale white color, however seen from Earth it is yellowish color-and I am aware hubble takes colorless images-which makes it easier for scientist to apply false color to hubble's images, making more detail come out for study. And to me the MER images do not appear that red at all-more of a pale red if anything.
@SaturnAndItsRings the MER images slowly got better as the dull wicked minds at nasa realized how misleading the first one were. look for the very first images. they are ridiculously saturated and dark.
I wouldn't be surprised if the sky appears blue to the eye.
the idiots had 7 or 8 cameras on each rover, not one was a color camera. not even with the super slow filters could they do an actual color image.
@DanFrederiksen you sir, who sits on youtube all day an complains about NASA's work, is not one to call someone an idiot. These people have calculated using nothing but MATH to get a rover to land on a set place on a planet 56 million kilometers away. If you can do a better job of it, then you can call them idiots.
@SaturnAndItsRings I could easily bring a 1gram 5$ color camera. and I could easily do better in most respects. they are idiots. that's just the way it is. as precise as the journey is, what they brought was pathetic.
@coolraiser103 if your telescope is X200 it should be nice but THE INTERNET says with a strong telescope its like a tennis ball viewed from 10 feet but still i think it has to be nice
@TheAten12 That's because Mars's atmosphere is Orange. The only reason our's is blue is because we have so much Nitrogen in our atmosphere, Mars's atmosphere is mostly carbon.
lmao i bought a 25$ factory refurbished telescope and i can see the ring of saturn. i know the position of saturn at night but when i was finding it in the telescope, it was sooooo hard to find because the apparent field of view of the eyepiece was too low and my view finder is not completely parallel with the telescope. so it is a pain in the ass! but when i found it for the first time, i got so excited. it was just an emotionally amazing feeling! i just wanted to share this lol!
@balzerbarn Do you know of a good telescope? Or does anyone? I don't know much about them.. But am wanting to save for a good one! Any thoughts/suggestions anyone? :) ty in advance!
@vibol03 Where did u get the refurbished scope at store or online, ? what power it it that u was able see rings saturn? . I like to get a scope , but ,concern about the frustration read about persons having to much trouble just to fix on our moon , never mine mars or saturn or jupiter, and result scope finds itself in the corner of room collecting dust! I really enjoy viewing astro plants, stars comets etc, But on fix buget & need easy find oubject . where find such?
@FrodoDojo I've always found even better results than mine surfing the web. Some people used a common pcvc740k and showed outstanding quality images through scopes larger than mine. I admit it was much simpler googling for Tai Wei Leong's images, once-upon-a-time. Nowadays the web is a really mess. So strange the web's getting older and older...
Jim, that totally ROCKS!!! You must have beautifully steady skies, 'cos there's no way I've ever got that sort of resolution in my 10" newt with a webcam!
@nudenut Consider my scope was 7" only compared to yours, it's much easier to get good seeing (expecially when Mars ran near the zenit...). TY 4 viewing
So i have been interested in astronomy my entire life. Why i never got into it as a career is beyond me. But i've decided to finally buy a telescope. The one i'm looking at is the Orion StarBlast 4.5 Astro Reflector Telescope. Was just wanting someones opinion on it. Is it a good starter/begginer telescope to get?
I've been observing the night sky for a full year now and got a good glipse at Mars last winter. It's bad times for Mars now :(
I have gained an incredible amount of experience filming through Newtonians using prime focus method. I prefer not to use eyepieces to film through. Prime focus is way more clear and gives a default magnification of 100x to 200x (depending on the camera).
i will ask you a fast question: can you see the planets with a 150mm (6 inch) telescope with the focal length of 1400 in good quality? i getting the telescope on may 3 2011
@otaner142 I've never used a 5". I believe a good quality 5" should offer nice planetary details, even with dimmer captures. Then, it depends on money also. Perhaps you'll be more satisfied through a low priced 8", 10" or 12" newtonian scope. While capturing every troubles, both optical and mechanical popup. The better the quality, the higher the price.
Isn't it just the most amazing thing to see another world through a telescope? What's even more amazing, is knowing you are looking at a future colony of your species.
since 1961 a special project has been started to hide the truth from the public like posting corrected pictures/ stills censored and edited ( they removed the pyraminds they captured on Mars for example )
Nice!! Notice Mars looks very different here than in most of the images they show on the television documentaries?? that show more computer generated cartoons than real photo's, or NASA /ESA databases. I have a few good hubble telescope pics that shows Mars with a blue atmospere like here so it is not our atmospere showing the blue hue here , Mars has blue skies when clear or white hazy skies . L4L5L5L5L6 pics in their databases are true color pics and show blue skies on planet Mars. :))
If there were life like cities , buldings , parks , squares with green trees and grass , flower gardens these nasa scams will tell u that Mars is nothing but a big red dead with no water , no life and no jokes about it
The blue layer around the planet seems more or less like an atmosphere. Dont be misled, i think its the effect of webcam as mentioned by the author of this video. All in all, good one. Thanks..
@MrFreewill2012 It's caused by the atmosphere of the Earth. It causes slight refraction. You can see that clearly when you're looking at Venus. It seems to have a blue and red edge. You can see the red edge on Mars as well but since Mars is the "red planet" it's not as striking as on Venus.
wow very cool im getting a 12inch lightbridge dob from meade in a month or two and cant wait to get started on DSO's. My 4.5 inch reflector just wont cut it for deep space in our light polluted skies so im gonna get a lightbridge, some lighty pollution filters, and a premium 2" eyepiece!
Mars doesn't look red at all. Anyone think Mars was covered up by NASA using color editing on all their photos and such? Why was I taught that Mars is red due to rust, when it clearly looks like Earth? Or is this not actually Mars and the guy with the scope is an idiot?
I've got an 8" SkyWatcher Reflector Telescope, and I've been never ever able to see Mars like that. I merely see a small red ball instead. What's the trick here?
Actually I haven't. I always thought that, judging from what I see in the eyepiece (which is basically a red ball of distorted light), any webcam or anything won't really improve the final image.
What do you think? Does it really make any difference?
@Arlekean huh, in my 8" Dob I see Mars with fairly good detail. I do keep my optics in perfect collimation. The other secret is the eyepiece: I use an Orion 5mm Stratus eyepiece for most of my planetary. They are the best of the middle class eyepieces that I have used. There are better out there, but these do really well for the price. If you aren't seeing any detail in an 8", then you either got a lemon mirror or your collimation is way off; since my 4.5" will start to show detail on Mars.
@Arlekean Dude i don't really have experience in astrology and telescopes an all but i'm looking to buy a telescope but i dont know which one to get :s ive seen a National Geographic 76mm telescope for £134.00 ($204.99) but im not sure if it's good or not ? I'd really appreciate if someone could help me out here, thanks
@UK1FINEST, First of all, there is a big difference between astrology and astronomy. Second, I would highly recommend a reflector telescope. You can get a lot more telescope for your dollar. Reflectors allow you to see deep sky objects as well as planets very easily. I would recommend a Meade 10" for $599.00 or an Orion 8" $329.00. These will provide everything you need. I have a Meade 16" Lightbridge, and I get lines of people waiting to look through my scope.
@ryansuperbee Thanks for the reply. Yeah i've been told reflector telescopes are better plus i want to see far objects so I'll definately look into the Meade 10" and the Orion 8". I just don't want nothing tooo complicated so I can't even use the thing lool. So through the Meade 10" & Orion 8" you can see galaxy's and planets easily? I'll be getting books soon into all this so hopefully I'll have a better insight. By the way I've been told Skywatcher telescopes are good?
@UK1FINEST, Telescopes are easy. The ones that break down take more time to set up, but they are easier to move around too. I highly recommend purchasing a laser collimator for aligning your mirrors! You will use this every time you transport your telescope! HoTech sells nice ones. Yes, with an 8-10" scope you will easily be able to see planets, nebulas, galaxies and satellites (if you can keep up!) I'm sure skywatchers are good scopes. Also you really don't need any books.
@ryansuperbee Yeah, thing is, theres no telescope retailers near me except for one shop thats selling a 76mm National Geographic Newtonian Telescope (reflector), I'm not sure whether to buy it. Either that or I'm going 2 have to buy the Orion 8"/Meade 10" online :s
@UK1FINEST, Whew! 76mm is small! That's under 3 inches. And that particular telescope has pretty bad reviews. If money is an issue than you should look at more of Orion telescopes. They are good quality. You will want to have at MINIMUM a 4.5 inch mirror. With that size mirror you can see Saturn and its rings and it will be small but there will be no question that it's Saturn. If you go to small, you might be turned off by astronomy. My very first telescope was the 16" meade. And it inspired me.
This section of my channel is intended to show what happens when an intermediate class telescope is joined to a webcam and is aimed toward a planet of our Solar System.
@planeboy173 good enough to see what, Mars as in this video? Sadly, no. You'll need at least 4" of aperture or diameter to see something like this video. 4 to 6" telescopes aren't very expensive anymore. Roughly $250 to $400US so I'd save up for a while to get images like in the vid. Good luck!
Why is it that when skeptics of the UFO/alien phenomena are offered evidence as damning as that of the televised testimony of a former Astronaugt with an MIT PHD and the hundreds of high ranking credible Military and Cival Aviation persons, (Disclosure Project) they still resort to personal attacks & try to discredit a good point (Mitchell's testimony) with silly insults like ''epic douche bag''? You don't work for NASA. Dr Mitchell did.
400 Credible Military and Intelligence witnesses and you people still scream no proof LOL! In the US Justice System people have been executed as a result of Witness testimony, or put another way, Evidence. What are you waiting for? Some Government podium mouthpiece to announce its now ok to believe in UFOs and ''we were only lying to you because of National security''? Will you believe then?
This section of my channel is intended to show what happens when an intermediate class telescope is joined to a webcam and is aimed toward a planet of our Solar System.
Need help: I have a 6" reflector with a 2XBarlow and a 5mm Stratus which gives me really, really good views at 300X because my focal length is 750mm. My telescope's highest "useful" magnification however is 300X. Do you guys think I can go higher to like 450X if the seeing conditions permit? I was amazed how clear my 300X view was, so why not push it a little further?
@Earthling1985 pictures taken from hubble and the ones taken by amateur astronomers are vastly different, not because of NASA's misinforming the public but because the way they use "false" colours. They are not doing it to deceive anyone, they are accounting for light that isn't in the visible light spectrum.
Hi Balzerbarn, its a good view of planet mars. i have a question. can you please tell me which eye piece have used to capture this image of mars, and also let me know if you have used a barlow lens.
@najafnajafali I saw Mars somewhat like this through my 6" reflector (my experience was a lot clearer because of the seeing conditions perhaps). I used a 2Xbarlow and 5mm stratus eyepiece to make the planet 300X. It was surreal. I saw some definition on the left side of the planet and its polar ice cap! I recommend you go to your telescope's highest mag possible (via a short focal length eyepiece) to truly see Mars.
That's huge! Through my big telescope its tiny, and its a newtonian refractor! Do you know how to make it bigger?
Theragonslayer 1 week ago
blue atmosphere!
hlamour 3 weeks ago
I Really Like The Video From Your The Planet Mars through my telescope
lupabuatchannel 1 month ago
Your Video Is Very Useful Sharing Mars and my 7" newtonian telescope plus webcam.
cenedywong 1 month ago
now we all know its not red
jucedanassutrajuce 1 month ago
what type of lense are you using? i have an orion xt12i inteliscope (12 inch aperature/reflector) and have not got such a great view as this. thanks for sharing!
slviolinist 1 month ago
Mars will be in opposition this coming March 3rd...I can't wait to see it that night!
Credithelper75 1 month ago
wow you have a nice telescope :O
joikbenik 2 months ago
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the best time to spot mars this month nov 2011 is in the east around 2:00am its very close to regulus right now so should be no problem to spot..
idetel 3 months ago
i cant wait to do burn outs in my truck there
dickcheese663 4 months ago
There is a blue fringe on the top, and if yo look closely, a reddish orange fringe on the bottom. This is classic atmospheric refraction. It is not the telescope, it is not Mars. It is what happens when light coming from Mars (or Jupiter, or venus) gets bent entering our atmosphere. To make it a little more complicated, you can in fact see a bit of atsmosphere on Mars from time to time.
Steady mount, good focus. Good work.
tim71pos 4 months ago
The only realistically terraformable globe within out reach. I want a plot there! :)
rampike74 4 months ago
strange no southpole or northpole
pater429 4 months ago
Wow!
MrAndersohn 4 months ago
Dam good image. I only have a 6" Newt have have so far not been able to view Mars that well at all.
Charrister 4 months ago
Great Vid!!
Mars is not red at all. The sky is blue and it has white clouds like on earth and there is water.
Stories about blue clouds of CO2 mixed with PB in the athmosphere is a total myth made up by NASA to fool you.
Mars is exactly like you are showing here.
Thanks for sharing!
getreal155 5 months ago
Wow.....7 can do that?....awsome...will get one
bertoness77 5 months ago
Je krása dívat se na svoji planetu....díky autore.
Jamakaize 5 months ago
How did you get such a good view of it!?
I have an Celestron Nexstar 8Se, with 25mm eyepiece, incl a 2 x Barlow. But i cant se NOTHING you would call "details" whatsoever! It just looks like a tiiiiiiny little dot, actually looks like a random star, even in my telecope :(
I dont understand how i am supposed to be able to do any observations of Mars whatsoever, when im not seeing any more details in the telescope, than with my naked eye!
clubdriver 6 months ago
@clubdriver are you using it correctly? I am able to see Jupiter and it's moons with a Meade ETX-60 that is almost ten years old. Try a 9mm or 4mm eyepiece and then adjust the sight
AroundSun 6 months ago
@clubdriver
If you're viewing it at the current time, it's only 5 arc seconds in diameter, and cannot be viewed in good detail, in March 2012, it will be at opposition, and plenty larger.
IndianaJones8856 5 months ago
Watch out,,, the martians is looking back at us! Lol :-D
dmana3172 6 months ago
anyway nice one , we all can see how nasa lied about the red images...
Hornlein10 6 months ago
@Hornlein10 THEY ALWAYS LIED SKY ON MARS IS BLU
tommi59tk 6 months ago
@tommi59tk Sky on mars is NOT blue... The human eye does not view objects perfectly, notice how the edge of the planet is blue, that's because around the edge it has bad lighting from the sun so it's color shifts to blue, it's just a change in waves, nothing special.
daberko120ch 5 months ago
@daberko120ch I disagree
tommi59tk 5 months ago
@tommi59tk Okay, I'll explain a little more, Mars has blue CLOUDS but not a blue ATMOSPHERE, but notice dead on you see no blue... that's color shift. Blue clouds are blue because of CO2 gases (CO2 in atmosphere mixed with Pb on Mars' surface creates the color red, which is why Mars is red.) There's no denying Mars is red, It's not 100% red in some areas, but it is red.
daberko120ch 5 months ago
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@daberko120ch it is not true what you are writing
tommi59tk 5 months ago
@Hornlein10 they always lied
tommi59tk 6 months ago
@tommi59tk
yeah man
Hornlein10 6 months ago
How powerful is your telescope?
Hornlein10 6 months ago
can plants live there?
TheWofye 6 months ago
That is indeed some outstanding data you shot there!!! Have you further processed this data in to a still image? I recommend it!
MattijsJvO1976 7 months ago
@MattijsJvO1976 Because of the tracking vibrations, this movie contains many motion-blurred shots. Anyway one friend of mine, ziggeman, processed it by testing registax 6.
balzerbarn 7 months ago
@balzerbarn And why is mars blue/white? Thought it was red? =./
MadeInOregon27 1 month ago
Nice video...shows the limb haze very well. Good job!
dhbiza 7 months ago
nicely confirms how incompetent and lying nasa's super red MER images were.
DanFrederiksen 8 months ago
@DanFrederiksen shut up you idiot-if you didn't have crap for brains you would know the Earth's atmosphere gives it a pale tint=P NASA corrects this to make a more real image. plus most of NASA's mars images were taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, which is unaffected by Earth's atmosphere.=P retard
SaturnAndItsRings 6 months ago
@SaturnAndItsRings hubble couldn't do color images my ignorant friend.
if mars was that discolered through the atmosphere so would our sun be. I stand by my statement. once an actual color camera gets to mars we will see how pathetic the first MER images were.
DanFrederiksen 6 months ago
@DanFrederiksen The sun is affected by Earth's atmosphere-seen from space it is a pale white color, however seen from Earth it is yellowish color-and I am aware hubble takes colorless images-which makes it easier for scientist to apply false color to hubble's images, making more detail come out for study. And to me the MER images do not appear that red at all-more of a pale red if anything.
SaturnAndItsRings 6 months ago
@SaturnAndItsRings the MER images slowly got better as the dull wicked minds at nasa realized how misleading the first one were. look for the very first images. they are ridiculously saturated and dark.
I wouldn't be surprised if the sky appears blue to the eye.
the idiots had 7 or 8 cameras on each rover, not one was a color camera. not even with the super slow filters could they do an actual color image.
DanFrederiksen 6 months ago
@DanFrederiksen you sir, who sits on youtube all day an complains about NASA's work, is not one to call someone an idiot. These people have calculated using nothing but MATH to get a rover to land on a set place on a planet 56 million kilometers away. If you can do a better job of it, then you can call them idiots.
SaturnAndItsRings 6 months ago
@SaturnAndItsRings I could easily bring a 1gram 5$ color camera. and I could easily do better in most respects. they are idiots. that's just the way it is. as precise as the journey is, what they brought was pathetic.
DanFrederiksen 6 months ago
Nice work, the atmosphere of mars is clearly visible.
kaderoder 9 months ago
I haven't seen mars through my own telescope yet... I hope a view this good doesn't spoil it for me.
coolraiser103 9 months ago
@coolraiser103 if your telescope is X200 it should be nice but THE INTERNET says with a strong telescope its like a tennis ball viewed from 10 feet but still i think it has to be nice
dumvideos19 9 months ago
Beyond all words. This is simply amazing.
TRMDYLE666 9 months ago
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i would love to be able to see this with my own eyes :)
mancdave123 9 months ago
nice, its so clear
TrAcI419 9 months ago
noticed that rich blue sky there!!!! yet NASA wants to always show a orange dry pathetic Marsian atomsphere!!
TheAten12 10 months ago
@TheAten12 That's because Mars's atmosphere is Orange. The only reason our's is blue is because we have so much Nitrogen in our atmosphere, Mars's atmosphere is mostly carbon.
DuPuieproductions 4 months ago
lmao i bought a 25$ factory refurbished telescope and i can see the ring of saturn. i know the position of saturn at night but when i was finding it in the telescope, it was sooooo hard to find because the apparent field of view of the eyepiece was too low and my view finder is not completely parallel with the telescope. so it is a pain in the ass! but when i found it for the first time, i got so excited. it was just an emotionally amazing feeling! i just wanted to share this lol!
vibol03 10 months ago 2
@vibol03 Thank you. Saturn is a pretty planet indeed.
balzerbarn 10 months ago
@balzerbarn Do you know of a good telescope? Or does anyone? I don't know much about them.. But am wanting to save for a good one! Any thoughts/suggestions anyone? :) ty in advance!
MadeInOregon27 1 month ago
@vibol03 yeah im still looking for the damn thing haha.
Tman3555 9 months ago
@Tman3555 haha i know your frustration bro
vibol03 9 months ago
@vibol03 Where did you get it from? I have been looking for a cheap but powerful one
AccessDenied55 7 months ago
@AccessDenied55 i just sent you the link in private message
vibol03 7 months ago
@vibol03 Where did u get the refurbished scope at store or online, ? what power it it that u was able see rings saturn? . I like to get a scope , but ,concern about the frustration read about persons having to much trouble just to fix on our moon , never mine mars or saturn or jupiter, and result scope finds itself in the corner of room collecting dust! I really enjoy viewing astro plants, stars comets etc, But on fix buget & need easy find oubject . where find such?
Rocket11213 1 month ago
@Rocket11213 i was just browsing through ebay and then i found it.
vibol03 1 month ago
Given the equipment you describe, that is pretty amazing. Did you really use a regular webcam??
FrodoDojo 10 months ago
@FrodoDojo I've always found even better results than mine surfing the web. Some people used a common pcvc740k and showed outstanding quality images through scopes larger than mine. I admit it was much simpler googling for Tai Wei Leong's images, once-upon-a-time. Nowadays the web is a really mess. So strange the web's getting older and older...
balzerbarn 10 months ago
@balzerbarn Thanks for the follow up; and well done!
I agree with your web search assessment.
FrodoDojo 10 months ago
@FrodoDojo TY4 viewing. Greetings.
balzerbarn 10 months ago
do you think it able with a 6 inch telescope to see mars? the focal length is 1400 (f9.3) and the magnification is up to 300x?
jack342able 10 months ago
@jack342able I've never used a 6" but I'm sure it will give nice views
balzerbarn 10 months ago
thats pretty cool
98cgray 10 months ago
i wanna have one but i dont have alot of papers what is called money...
iksahir 10 months ago
love that blue atmosphere
USATRUTH777freedom 11 months ago
The 1 Dislike is from Alien.
SHADlX00 11 months ago 16
@SHADlX00 ROFL
balzerbarn 11 months ago
@SHADlX00 Guess what.. i click this video and now theres 2 aliens D: (p.s i didn't click the Button :D)
flyfferboy3 2 months ago
@SHADlX00 lololol
SacredAge 2 months ago
how did you record this?
Mp7Mod 11 months ago
I am spellbound. This is one of the most impressive captures I've seen to date of mars. Typically the view is never this good. Exceptional job.
ionia23 1 year ago
Beautiful planet
Kus3tjuv 1 year ago
Jim, that totally ROCKS!!! You must have beautifully steady skies, 'cos there's no way I've ever got that sort of resolution in my 10" newt with a webcam!
nudenut 1 year ago
@nudenut Consider my scope was 7" only compared to yours, it's much easier to get good seeing (expecially when Mars ran near the zenit...). TY 4 viewing
balzerbarn 11 months ago
50000 and more...TY ALL FOLKS
balzerbarn 1 year ago
Nice. I want to view Mars. I have to see when it can be seen in the sky where I live.
thewulfone 1 year ago
Great video, keep sending more. Thanks!
CumputerPhysiscsLab 1 year ago
great great footage :D
TBKGOLDY 1 year ago
So i have been interested in astronomy my entire life. Why i never got into it as a career is beyond me. But i've decided to finally buy a telescope. The one i'm looking at is the Orion StarBlast 4.5 Astro Reflector Telescope. Was just wanting someones opinion on it. Is it a good starter/begginer telescope to get?
StinkyGreenBud 1 year ago
Enjoy Jupiter and Saturn, then. They are both easier than Mars...
balzerbarn 1 year ago
what time of the year is it good to spot mars?
marco240591 1 year ago
@marco240591 3.3.2012 Mars will be 62.6 Mmi far from Earth. It was 43.1 Mmi only, the 7.11.2005. Unfortunately Mars will be much smaller next times.
balzerbarn 1 year ago
@balzerbarn Looks like I missed my chance, so that means a need to wait a year? I just got my telescope last christmas.
marco240591 1 year ago
Thank you!
I've been observing the night sky for a full year now and got a good glipse at Mars last winter. It's bad times for Mars now :(
I have gained an incredible amount of experience filming through Newtonians using prime focus method. I prefer not to use eyepieces to film through. Prime focus is way more clear and gives a default magnification of 100x to 200x (depending on the camera).
Best of luck to you!
ParaglidingManiac 1 year ago
@ParaglidingManiac TY, greetings
balzerbarn 1 year ago
Is that really how you could have seen Mars? I am planning on buying a 10" dobson. Would I be getting similar picture with it?
ParaglidingManiac 1 year ago
i will ask you a fast question: can you see the planets with a 150mm (6 inch) telescope with the focal length of 1400 in good quality? i getting the telescope on may 3 2011
jack342able 1 year ago
@ThePhoneDepot BECAUSE MARS IS NOT RED -THIS IS BIG LIE OF NASA SAYING IS RED
tommi59tk 1 year ago
@tommi59tk actualy its orange but black peoples have brown skin too
AndyFlash0f 1 year ago
hy do you think that there is a great difference between a 5 inch telescpe and a 7 inch?????
otaner142 1 year ago
@otaner142 I've never used a 5". I believe a good quality 5" should offer nice planetary details, even with dimmer captures. Then, it depends on money also. Perhaps you'll be more satisfied through a low priced 8", 10" or 12" newtonian scope. While capturing every troubles, both optical and mechanical popup. The better the quality, the higher the price.
balzerbarn 1 year ago
Incredible detail on a 7"... well done.
davidmerriss 1 year ago
The problem is that if you look at planets and other deep sky objects you have a shimmering yellow/green effect because of the athmosphere.
Millla75 1 year ago
I have an 8 in Orion Dob and still can't get an image like that...would like too. Even with a filter I can't get good resolution.
revgeorgemurray 1 year ago
lens fringe= real
amamuffin 1 year ago
Nice!!
thecaliforniazephyr 1 year ago
you are moving with the strides of a giant
keep posting
dickphair 1 year ago
great view of mars!!
bstep13 1 year ago
can a 60mm scope do dat stuff??
nehal0001 1 year ago
@nehal0001
no ^^ you need a better one
CepheiGames 1 year ago
I think its about time they built a ten mile wide telescope on Earth, and a million mile wide telescope in space.
neil73 1 year ago
Man I think you've caught some perfect seeing back then! :) Looks really good.
hyparh 1 year ago
Mars has a blue tint people! Could it be water? DUH!
ladybugsingstheblues 1 year ago
@ladybugsingstheblues The atmosphere of Earth makes Mars look blue from our viewing point, DUH.
Jack9Riley 1 year ago
@SmilesAllRoundxx1
They are spending billion on building the secret hideouts , just like u saw in the movie 2012 , and there is a ticked , just for u
Dont be a fool , whatever they do they do it NOT for u , nar for humakind ,they do it for themselve
They still tellin and teaching u that u came from the ape , so go on
Psykorell 1 year ago
Damn good for a 7" wow.
frokenstein 1 year ago
Isn't it just the most amazing thing to see another world through a telescope? What's even more amazing, is knowing you are looking at a future colony of your species.
spartacandream 1 year ago
i want a telescope!!!
BNM98514 1 year ago 7
doesn't look very RED to me............HMMMMMMMM
do your research, NASA has been lying to us the whole time
DeepWoodsOn 1 year ago
@DeepWoodsOn
since 1961 a special project has been started to hide the truth from the public like posting corrected pictures/ stills censored and edited ( they removed the pyraminds they captured on Mars for example )
Psykorell 1 year ago
i dont get it how can ppl see the other planets clear and cant see mars clear is it the atmopshere or the telescope?
zedoctor1 1 year ago
Nice!! Notice Mars looks very different here than in most of the images they show on the television documentaries?? that show more computer generated cartoons than real photo's, or NASA /ESA databases. I have a few good hubble telescope pics that shows Mars with a blue atmospere like here so it is not our atmospere showing the blue hue here , Mars has blue skies when clear or white hazy skies . L4L5L5L5L6 pics in their databases are true color pics and show blue skies on planet Mars. :))
snlker 1 year ago
@snlker
If there were life like cities , buldings , parks , squares with green trees and grass , flower gardens these nasa scams will tell u that Mars is nothing but a big red dead with no water , no life and no jokes about it
Psykorell 1 year ago
The blue layer around the planet seems more or less like an atmosphere. Dont be misled, i think its the effect of webcam as mentioned by the author of this video. All in all, good one. Thanks..
MrFreewill2012 1 year ago
@MrFreewill2012 It's caused by the atmosphere of the Earth. It causes slight refraction. You can see that clearly when you're looking at Venus. It seems to have a blue and red edge. You can see the red edge on Mars as well but since Mars is the "red planet" it's not as striking as on Venus.
krisDM3000 1 year ago
A couple new years ago Mars was right next to the moon from where i was :D
thejoker3674 1 year ago
wow very cool im getting a 12inch lightbridge dob from meade in a month or two and cant wait to get started on DSO's. My 4.5 inch reflector just wont cut it for deep space in our light polluted skies so im gonna get a lightbridge, some lighty pollution filters, and a premium 2" eyepiece!
hiian123 1 year ago
Mars doesn't look red at all. Anyone think Mars was covered up by NASA using color editing on all their photos and such? Why was I taught that Mars is red due to rust, when it clearly looks like Earth? Or is this not actually Mars and the guy with the scope is an idiot?
EnkiSvohden 1 year ago
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I have a venture 900mm x 114mm 675X Max power...4'' Telescope..is that good or no?
Nyxzimus 1 year ago
I have a venture 900mm x 114mm 675X Max power...4'' Telescope..is that good or no?
Nyxzimus 1 year ago
i like your scope.
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ParaglidingManiac 1 year ago
@ParaglidingManiac Just ask the internet!
Basard100 1 year ago
Mars looks VERY earth like on this one
PitbullNL 1 year ago
because thts bcuz ovh summ pplz telescopes
Cheetah6558 1 year ago
I've got an 8" SkyWatcher Reflector Telescope, and I've been never ever able to see Mars like that. I merely see a small red ball instead. What's the trick here?
Arlekean 1 year ago
@Arlekean Did you try a webcam on your scope?
balzerbarn 1 year ago
@balzerbarn
Actually I haven't. I always thought that, judging from what I see in the eyepiece (which is basically a red ball of distorted light), any webcam or anything won't really improve the final image.
What do you think? Does it really make any difference?
Arlekean 1 year ago
@Arlekean 8" are good. Perhaps you were under bad seeing cond.s. Check your scope for misalignements.
I used a 9 mm eyepiece and a webcam without lens here. Now Mars is much smaller than this movie, anyway.
balzerbarn 1 year ago
@balzerbarn Why does mars not look red like nasa tells us ? Why does it look like a mini earth?
yourboycal 1 year ago
@balzerbarn what mag did that 9mm give you, cheers.
fordpwrXR8 1 year ago
@Arlekean huh, in my 8" Dob I see Mars with fairly good detail. I do keep my optics in perfect collimation. The other secret is the eyepiece: I use an Orion 5mm Stratus eyepiece for most of my planetary. They are the best of the middle class eyepieces that I have used. There are better out there, but these do really well for the price. If you aren't seeing any detail in an 8", then you either got a lemon mirror or your collimation is way off; since my 4.5" will start to show detail on Mars.
kc8ntp 1 year ago
@Arlekean Dude i don't really have experience in astrology and telescopes an all but i'm looking to buy a telescope but i dont know which one to get :s ive seen a National Geographic 76mm telescope for £134.00 ($204.99) but im not sure if it's good or not ? I'd really appreciate if someone could help me out here, thanks
UK1FINEST 1 year ago
@UK1FINEST What kind of telescope is it? Reflector or refractor?
Arlekean 1 year ago
@UK1FINEST, First of all, there is a big difference between astrology and astronomy. Second, I would highly recommend a reflector telescope. You can get a lot more telescope for your dollar. Reflectors allow you to see deep sky objects as well as planets very easily. I would recommend a Meade 10" for $599.00 or an Orion 8" $329.00. These will provide everything you need. I have a Meade 16" Lightbridge, and I get lines of people waiting to look through my scope.
ryansuperbee 1 year ago
@ryansuperbee Thanks for the reply. Yeah i've been told reflector telescopes are better plus i want to see far objects so I'll definately look into the Meade 10" and the Orion 8". I just don't want nothing tooo complicated so I can't even use the thing lool. So through the Meade 10" & Orion 8" you can see galaxy's and planets easily? I'll be getting books soon into all this so hopefully I'll have a better insight. By the way I've been told Skywatcher telescopes are good?
UK1FINEST 1 year ago
@UK1FINEST, Telescopes are easy. The ones that break down take more time to set up, but they are easier to move around too. I highly recommend purchasing a laser collimator for aligning your mirrors! You will use this every time you transport your telescope! HoTech sells nice ones. Yes, with an 8-10" scope you will easily be able to see planets, nebulas, galaxies and satellites (if you can keep up!) I'm sure skywatchers are good scopes. Also you really don't need any books.
ryansuperbee 1 year ago
@ryansuperbee Yeah, thing is, theres no telescope retailers near me except for one shop thats selling a 76mm National Geographic Newtonian Telescope (reflector), I'm not sure whether to buy it. Either that or I'm going 2 have to buy the Orion 8"/Meade 10" online :s
UK1FINEST 1 year ago
@UK1FINEST, Whew! 76mm is small! That's under 3 inches. And that particular telescope has pretty bad reviews. If money is an issue than you should look at more of Orion telescopes. They are good quality. You will want to have at MINIMUM a 4.5 inch mirror. With that size mirror you can see Saturn and its rings and it will be small but there will be no question that it's Saturn. If you go to small, you might be turned off by astronomy. My very first telescope was the 16" meade. And it inspired me.
ryansuperbee 1 year ago
@beachballs788
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assworry 1 year ago
@beachballs788
u are freakin welcome.... hehehe
assworry 1 year ago
according to yahoo news... u can see it on march 29, Monday night.... it appears beside the moon.... if 'm not wrong.
assworry 1 year ago
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FAKER NASA !!!
MARS IS BLUE NOT RED !!!!
aminagoyimsenin 2 years ago
The blue is caused by lenses in the telescope. The blue light is bent a little more or less than the red light.
reevesAstronomy 1 year ago
you are moron dude :/
21Milosz21 1 year ago
I saw Mars yesterday !, you can kinda see the reddish color of its planet.
djpeanut12 2 years ago
You could probably work your way up to a 4mm eyepiece
Squipplekillzbitches 2 years ago
maybe its mars coz i never been to mars nor moon but it look more like moon to me then mars
zareen1980 2 years ago
don't look red to me
bigblaqguy 2 years ago
bob lazars testemony will stand the test of time i believe
vidikuss 2 years ago
@ Everyone.
This section of my channel is intended to show what happens when an intermediate class telescope is joined to a webcam and is aimed toward a planet of our Solar System.
TY 4 viewing.
balzerbarn 2 years ago
go ahead. tell me all the specs. the focal length, its aperture, its eyepieces etc.
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
@planeboy173 good enough to see what, Mars as in this video? Sadly, no. You'll need at least 4" of aperture or diameter to see something like this video. 4 to 6" telescopes aren't very expensive anymore. Roughly $250 to $400US so I'd save up for a while to get images like in the vid. Good luck!
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
@Earthling1985 wow, you really don't get it... NASA has never lied about UFOs and Aliens because we haven't found any yet...
Go crop circle hunting you epic douche bag
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
Why is it that when skeptics of the UFO/alien phenomena are offered evidence as damning as that of the televised testimony of a former Astronaugt with an MIT PHD and the hundreds of high ranking credible Military and Cival Aviation persons, (Disclosure Project) they still resort to personal attacks & try to discredit a good point (Mitchell's testimony) with silly insults like ''epic douche bag''? You don't work for NASA. Dr Mitchell did.
WeHaveNeverBeenAlone 2 years ago
400 Credible Military and Intelligence witnesses and you people still scream no proof LOL! In the US Justice System people have been executed as a result of Witness testimony, or put another way, Evidence. What are you waiting for? Some Government podium mouthpiece to announce its now ok to believe in UFOs and ''we were only lying to you because of National security''? Will you believe then?
WeHaveNeverBeenAlone 2 years ago
you're right about the personal attack.
still, however, there's no evidence we've been visited. Dr. Mitchell only talks of evidence and doesn't ever point to any.
if we've been visited, you'd see a lot more ppl coming out and saying it -- not just a handful, but organizations and scientists alike.
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
I understand your point to an extent, and I don't claim absolute truth about anything, I can only look at the evidence and make my own interpretation.
You have to ask yourself though why a Respected PHD and Former Astronaugt would risk ridicule in the twilight of his life.
Brigadier Generals and ICBM commanders as well as former NASA Employees Testified before the Disclosure Project.
These are no ordinary witnesses they are experts in their field and imho highly credible.
WeHaveNeverBeenAlone 2 years ago 2
@ Everyone.
This section of my channel is intended to show what happens when an intermediate class telescope is joined to a webcam and is aimed toward a planet of our Solar System.
TY 4 viewing.
balzerbarn 2 years ago
@planeboy173 read what oscarlithgow wrote a few comments below
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
Need help: I have a 6" reflector with a 2XBarlow and a 5mm Stratus which gives me really, really good views at 300X because my focal length is 750mm. My telescope's highest "useful" magnification however is 300X. Do you guys think I can go higher to like 450X if the seeing conditions permit? I was amazed how clear my 300X view was, so why not push it a little further?
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
@Earthling1985 pictures taken from hubble and the ones taken by amateur astronomers are vastly different, not because of NASA's misinforming the public but because the way they use "false" colours. They are not doing it to deceive anyone, they are accounting for light that isn't in the visible light spectrum.
save your conspiracies for 2012
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
@SamuelSkelter Mars is smaller than the Earth
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago
Good work.
pegadaalveda 2 years ago
Great video! Did you use any Barlow lens to record this video?
Did you try to process that video in Registax?
Webastrophotographer 2 years ago
Hi Balzerbarn, its a good view of planet mars. i have a question. can you please tell me which eye piece have used to capture this image of mars, and also let me know if you have used a barlow lens.
najafnajafali 2 years ago
@najafnajafali I saw Mars somewhat like this through my 6" reflector (my experience was a lot clearer because of the seeing conditions perhaps). I used a 2Xbarlow and 5mm stratus eyepiece to make the planet 300X. It was surreal. I saw some definition on the left side of the planet and its polar ice cap! I recommend you go to your telescope's highest mag possible (via a short focal length eyepiece) to truly see Mars.
Obama4Prezz 2 years ago