Let's Play Celestia: Dawn and New Horizons

[OrkGold1]

2015? I thought they'd get there this july.... Is this video from 2014, but you went back in time 3 years and posted this?

[DMDS1991]

I think you got one thing wrong, Didn't Voyager II run out of the fuel cells powering the radio some tim eago? So we are only in contact with Voyager I.

[tacticalreaper]

So is planet x real

[DMDS1991]

@tacticalreaper No you gullable retrad, If planet X were going to hit this year, It would be nearly as big as the moon in the sky, The whole "Planet X" theory evolved on an internet Forum in 2003. NOTHING will happen in December 2012.

[tacticalreaper]

@DMDS1991 I guess i never asked you. funny your name is not kurtjmac unless im mistaken. Nope im right your not.

[DMDS1991]

@tacticalreaper I still answered your question you tard LOL

[BlossomWolf5]

Your version of Pluto is different than the version I found.

[dusky206]

More Celestia please C: I find it very interesting!

[paideguinha]

I see you have an add-on

i know u have to go tothe celestia motherlode

but how can you unzip and put it on the extras file?

can you create a video response plz???

[homestar29]

PONIES

[Lexrockstheblock]

I keep thinking of princess celestia >.>

[Dvxdfgzg]

What is this version of celestia?

[Dvxdfgzg]

how i put nebulas in my Celestia, kurtjmac?

[primekid77]

Collide planets!!!

[SomeKindaSpy]

aaand what about Luna?

[qzx55]

Use "home" and "end" buttons or right+left mouse button while draging backwards too zoom out more quickly :)

Oh, and more Celestia videos please. Very interesting ^^

[Fireburnin21]

0:24 Minecraft music?

[Mranonymous258]

kurt press ''home'' and ''end'' buttons :P

[PCJedi6]

Very cool stuff, once again!

[justinklein4000]

Kurt you think you can tell me how to update Celestia?

[Saor31415]

Hi Kurt, if you see this could you do a more detailed video of voyagers 1 and 2 and if there's an add on for them, pioneers 10 and 11? Love the videos by the way!

[ParkerFarker]

so is pluto pulled by charon a bit?

[Eddyking5]

@ParkerFarker They orbit each other somewhat (Double Planet)

[xDeMiiZeXx]

Why didn't we just send Dawn straight to Vesta instead of orbiting around other planets?

[danik976]

@xDeMiiZeXx that is called gravitational boost if im correct

the gravity from the planets affect the speed of the craft, and makes it go faster.

if they've sent it straight to Vesta it would take more time because our technology, in related to space travel kinda sucks ^^"

[xDeMiiZeXx]

@danik976 Ahh, thank you :)

[mbujuguly]

Space is cool, i saw the space station pass over ratby village in Leicester not too long ago :D, well i think i did some guy told us but he looked homeless

[TheExplodingPumpkin]

Helloooo Kurt :D

[vogosvagen]

2012 viewer...

[dokidoku26]

MORE MORE

[rom65536]

I've used celestia since 2004 - mainly with a sci-fi writing group on the internet. When I showed it to the astronomer that runs the planetarium at my university he said "You know, this thing just kicked my career in the crotch, right?"

[Zamandu]

More of this! Good god more celestia!

[thecrazyloner]

i wanted to see the voyager 1

[kellyasterisk]

Kurt this was really awesome, thanks!

[LazyBoy159741]

End of sun's influence: Heliopause

[kurtjmac]

@LazyBoy159741 Yep, that's it! Thanks. I was about to say that but I didn't want to be wrong!

[KarstenOkk]

Btw ppl, if you wanna hear whats on that record go to

voyager [dot] jpl [dot] nasa [dot] gov / spacecraft / sounds

[KarstenOkk]

I always thought that when a nebula appears the star is a black dwarf rather than white. first red giant then white dwarf then nebula and black dwarf? Im probably wrong tho.

[LazyBoy159741]

@KarstenOkk Do white dwarfs create nebula when they stop giving light? I think most nebulae are created after a supernova or hypernova.

When the red giant shrinks into a white dwarf, it will shed its outer 'skins' off into space. Not sure if it will create any significant gas to make a nebula though.

[KarstenOkk]

@LazyBoy159741 Lol im not sure..

[TheUndergroundHQ]

@LazyBoy159741 No correct answer to that question, due to the fact that it'll take at least another 9 billion years before the first White Dwarfs will be completely dark. Nebula are created by super/hyper giants but also by normal stars, what you mean are actual nova's, which do create nebula's, but the Ring Nebula (at the start) is a planetary nebula, created by a dying star with a 'normally' sized mass (between 0.08-6 solarmasses).

[forsurenoob]

Anything you do, Kurt, is interesting.

I am a fan of science in general, and I like "exploring" and learning things, but it's way more fun with you being the teacher.

[KarstenOkk]

oh and also [dot] html after it lol

[forsurenoob]

@KarstenOkk uhh... what?

[KarstenOkk]

@forsurenoob i know its a bit vague but you still remember the golden record in the end of the episode?

well go to

voyager [dot] jpl [dot] nasa [dot] gov / spacecraft / sounds [dot] html

if you wanna hear them.

[dot] is .

[mrliampep5i]

WHO ELS WANTS HIM TO SPEED UP TIME SO THE SUN EXPLODEDS

[Strawbclock0]

have you heard of sandbox universe seems like it would def be your thing

[TheFartoholic]

You should have that music for all your Celestia videos. Makes it feel a bit like spore.

[RasseruS]

Astronomy! My 2nd dream to study in life.

Thanks for the info! I always love Astronomy.

[Itasiwwfir]

Please upload or let us use the music generator somehow!

[mszegedy]

lol, only you would "Let's Play" Celestia. I've had this for years and years and years, but I haven't used it in quite a while. Thanks for the update.

[OmegaArbinator]

Make a video of a black hole.

Or a quasar.

That would be cool.

[megatronacepticon]

Last time I watched you play this, I downloaded it myself and had a look around. After noticing rays of light coming in the window, I discovered that it was some 6 hours later. Would've been OK had it not been a school day...

It was worth it though.

[MrExodeux]

This is actually pretty interesting, i might take a look at this , and you are obviously picking up quite a audience with this so people seem itnerested XD might do a video on this :)

[Lostworld711]

Could you expalin how to add the add-ons?

[kurtjmac]

@Lostworld711 Some can be complicated and involve editing config files, where as others are as simple as copy/pasting the add-on to the "Extras" folder in the Celestia installation. Check out each add-on's ReadMe file or forum posts to make sure.

[Lostworld711]

@kurtjmac Got it, thanks!

[MattySommer]

I would love to see more Astronomy videos, with Celestia or otherwise.

[8waysSouthofNothing]

Kurt, I don't know if you've heard this or not, but NASA is winding down. Meaning by 2015, chances are there isn't going to be a NASA. The US is too busy funding their corporate war machine to open their eyes to what's greater than us. The US will still have a space program, but it'll be in the private sector funded by the American people.

[MrFish291]

Can we have the music generator?

[pzyckox]

Maybe its the narrating of Kurt, or maybe its just my urge to learn something new and exciting, but although astronomy never usually catch my interest, this video actually had me glued to the screen.

[freddy67h]

yes! educacional video!

[WeAreSentineL]

I like these factual astronomy bits. More Celestia videos please.

[theenglishtutorial]

a top draw video! thanks kurtjmac!!

[Berbertine]

I think that your program should be the default music for the game :)

[WhatsAKillingSpree]

This is awesome. Can you show us the solar system nearest ours next time?

[yuman3]

Am i the only one super interested in this?

[Remousamavi]

@yuman3 kurtjmac?

And native plutonians because we're gonna fuck em up...

[MattySommer]

@yuman3 I am super interested as well.

[gmanhell94]

You ever play universe sandbox?

[saftig6]

Kurtjmac, The place i learn astronomy!

[hakulsa2]

I like cheese

[Prime920]

This is cool!

I haven't seen anyone do anything like this before

[PlayingGilly]

ooh, another space game, liking the new content Kurt

[Halldor1994]

My favorite kind of channel, computer games and astronomy!

[Kitman1973]

You have a pretty amazing knowledge of astronomy, I'm very impressed. The randomly generated music actually really fitted the game!

[Apterygiformes]

OMGAGWD FIRST!!! Haha just kidding i'm not that silly :) Another beautiful video good sir!

[SgtPepper931]

only true subscribers post first :P

[saftig6]

@SgtPepper931 Only true subscribers AVOID posting "FIRST!" and post something constructive, wheter it's first or second or WHATEVER.