AstronomyBuff #1: Vampires Make the Best Astronomers

[StillC1020]

You're into astrology and you want to HEAR more about telescopes? Tony Darnell is a cosmologist who doesn't talk down to his audience but I doubt you'll learn anything about astrology....it's good for learning spellings of constellations but that's where any commonality ends in my view. Real science is much more fascinating and math is not necessary to love all these great videos from Cosmologist Tony Darnell. Subscribe to them all.

[MeltUp3]

Well I just got in to amateur astrology so I would like to here more on that. Recommendations on telescopes and tips and tricks :)

Thanks for all the great videos!

[quicklikeabunny666]

I want to be an astronomer. I suck at math. Talk about a paradox.

[Zando24]

lol, same here

[iDethKLok]

@quicklikeabunny666 Did you know actually in 2005 that a couple of scholars found out that "666" wasn't the actual number of the "Beast" it was misinterpreted from the number 616. To be honest I think you did that on purpose because of all my years of studying about the Universe and other Astronomy related subjects not really studied by creationist or Christians, because a lot of the theories contradict religion. icwutudidthar

[quicklikeabunny666]

@iDethKLok  Well I think 666 has a bigger impact than 616 especially since most of the ppl who would be offended by 666 are too stupid to keep up with scholarly works. interesting though, I would like to see the article.

[nalgenebic]

ur a bitch

[alexxerth]

Nice green screen

[RedneckRager]

Darnell i do say i love your blogs

and yer a nut

my favorite kind of scientist

[azaquihel]

boulder !!! i knew it

[lejink]

dude bring back the vlog... most interesting vlog iv seen, usually i dont make it past 1-2 videos without getting bored yours is definetly different though.

heres my sugestion for your vlog. do whats interesting to YOU. and trust we will find it interesting too!! you are a unique vlogger with your job, leave the simple stuff to everyone else, im sure you have very advanced interests in science and us commoners dont get many chances to see those details.

so please, CONTINUE !!

[preacain]

intelligent life on earth? = no more war !

Good Introductory video scientists are human too! make a snowman find more astronomers have a snowball fight! enjoy life

[2onepaw]

uhhh tony stop smoking that stuff. or are you sniffing glue..... great laugh thanks.

[IVISolnxIVI]

Tdarnell Ftw-You need more views you deserve them. :P

[mvidalr]

it's a blood-sucking astronomer!

[NexMMA]

hilarious hahaha, awesome humor

[ZaLalo]

Hehe. Nice one, Tony. :)

[Missiologo]

hahahahah this guy is so funny, he need to take medication because his vampires feelings blala bla blaa, stop watching movies by yours self get a job

[sakitakono]

I did have a personal telescope until it was stolen, and the most I ever really got out of that thing was I got to see Mars in march of 98 magnified to about the size of a "O" on this text. I would love to be able to view more. T_T;

[sakitakono]

Is there anywhere near CA where civilians could go to to view the sky through a high power telescope?

[dannukesem]

I know there is in New Mexico, try typing in "astronomy tours" in google.

[fryingsok]

HOLY MOLY IT'S RANDY MARSH

[sdpadreslvr22]

omg i so am goinbg to be at least an astronomer. i want to reach up to astrophysicist.

[met0011]

When does he talk abuot vampires?

[snwboarderz]

Once you get past the blood sucking thing. haha. I really envy your life and would like to live like you one day.

[igrowweedfromaseed]

this film should not have my view i was watching this for 12 seconds and the tv cougth my intention

[encodedname]

creep

[supersandor]

I like to take off all my clothes, put my shoes on my hands, and run around the streets yelling "Vampires! Vampires everywhere!"

Just kidding.

[Chrisjr2007]

I want to be an astronomer too:) and an astronaut:)

Ive seen lots of things:)

[jack17soccer]

great to here that. hope you will reach your dream. tell me if you do.

[HYBRID669]

Awsum vids.

[tomanyasses]

vampires are cool people to

[treppenspringer]

i was in the psychatrie for 3 weeks for being followed by vampires for 2 days...

i hate the fact that they rule the world...

they shouldn't

the world was made for HUMANS

i know a cure...

[amazingwonderman]

dude your fucking wierd

[bebop54]

.....a social vampire ...hahaaa

[tomanyasses]

cool your a scientist, lucky to have job like that, nice video thanks dude your a credit to humanity

[DanoruX]

Naww, you don't get out, it's a greenscreen! :P

[NSTdesigner]

dude, isn't that Stan from southpark's dad.

[naughtypagan72]

Nah - Stans dad is a geologist, not an astronomer. ;)

[4truth12]

Boulder is an awesome town- lots of free thinking folks & beautiful too!

[Desmond101010]

same i wanted to be a astronomer too :)

coolest job ~! in the WORLD

[NAMLegolas]

Man you have the coolest job in the world. I always wanted to be an astronomer since my childhood

[betta56]

esto es una mierda

[vitorius666]

Pos si.

[yvonkcaouette]

J'aime bien tes phrases. Bon observateur!

[wonderhada]

hahahahaha

[naturenet]

hahaha, very good!

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

lol

[cenasux12]

how about an entry on life in the universe? thats always interesting...

[bloodandchocolate101]

you work at N.C.A.R right on!!!

[ZsSuperCumulo]

LOL "I'm your astronomy slave" hahaha Sir keep it up with the good work, I promess that I'm gonna get a telescope for christmas 2007 =)

[rounderst]

ok im gonna try.

i will like if u could explain to me how gravity works.

An apple falls because of the force of gravity

then why is it that planets go around the sun instead of falling to the object with the biggest gravity(the sun)

is the same force acting here=?

because i always have been told that planets orbit the sun because of the force of gravity but when i make that question nonone has been able to explain

[Paramud]

Well, essentially, they are falling towards the sun.

If you drop an object, it falls towards the ground. If you toss an object, it'll still fall towards it, but it has a curved path. Now imagine you toss an object so hard, that when it starts to fall, it's already near the curve of the Earth. If you do it right, it'll orbit the Earth. Same thing with the planets.

[Kerensky287]

Play Mario Galaxy and long jump off of a small planet. It's like that. We ARE falling towards the sun, but we're moving so fast in a different direction that we're staying a safe distance away.

[poppa2006]

Hey, where are you? It has been 3 months since your last vid! I heard there is a new planet do you

have any information on it?

[supimAndriy]

lol. "I heard there's a new planet". Hhahahahaa

[carrierform]

what type of medication, i never heard of this

[rounderst]

he is joking :D

[Eddiek90]

EPO

[Eddiek90]

The special medication is called erythropoietin

which stimulates your body to increase number of bloodcells... Also a doping thingy.

[lamnaa]

What oceans? There is europa but its under ice and there titan (mabye) nither have pics.

[justgogirl]

Your videos are good. But better when the visuals are of Space Images. Do a good 10-12 minute video on planetary oceans. what we know. What's been found. and possibilities. Make the video.

[gandalf117]

You are truly right but I don't think he heard you. His video about the most important image was really great but it was just a lucky shot, so forget about any more interesting videos from this guy.

[0BatGirl0]

You don't look like a vampire to me.

[NYCFreed1]

your stuff is awesome, please update more on youtube!! i havent checked out the sites youve mentioned yet, but ill go look now. keep it up!

maybe goin into one of those observatories would be cool, who knows

[MonteloDiablo]

pink floyd laser shows?! YES! why can't we have those in england? i guess america really is the greatest country in the world. keep up the good work man, can't wait for the next video :-D

[PoisonBurp]

Best video blogger on YouTube. I look forward to your video blog entrys and I find astronomy fascinating. I'll have to think of something worth asking you about soon :).

[peacetoker]

Tony you rock!  Keep up the awesome videos!

[Carnosaur]

But Bank i wanna hear space from the best, bugger the best hehe:) and this buff guy is the best! can't wait for ya next 1 man!

[Carnosaur]

very good:) can't wait for the next 1. about what people wanna see... anything about space properly lol

[floppymoppy1234]

i love watching all your videos, you have a nice sense of humor. i was so excited when i saw a new video... lol very informative.. i would like to see more of your animation videos.. keep up the good work

[mrmitch]

I miss stellar projection! I would love going to the planetarium. This just made me want to go and see it again!

GReat video dude! Hey could you talk about black holes?

I'm really interested in that aspect of astronomy!

[psychoholiday]

I agree, black holes are very interesting. I would also like to learn about supernovas, comets, and more about some of the other planets in our galaxy. GREAT work by the way.

[bankeh]

Go to you're book store, and look for a few books Theirs a great line of fire fly books that are very imformitive, and there is alot of astronomy mags out there!

[zephyrico238]

hello tony!im a big fan of ur vblog!(and astronomy too)

what i wanted to ask is"will saturn be visible in asia?"

:)

[KarstenStaack]

There is a strange thing about the two Probes Voyager 1 and 2 (Hope I got the right names). They started accelerating after they left the sun system. Do you know anything about that or could you bring up the topic in one of your videos?

Thanx. Great Vid.

[hsienlei]

"I'm your astronomical slave."

Awesome!

[pallepirat]

Damm I like you, I see so must good in you

Yours trully, your subsriber :-)

[tdarnell]

Thank you so much.

[projectdp]

I really like catching up on your videos whenever you post, great stuff! Careful recommending people to steal stuff on youtube, there are some unstable individuals :D plus I want to keep my scope tyvm.. :)

[tdarnell]

Good point. I hope no one takes that literally. The irony of that is, while I was on campus, I parked in a lot and left my video camera bag in the car, when I returned, someone had stolen it. There was nothing in it except some cables, but still, what a pain.

I also had $300.00 pair of binoculars in the seat right next to it, they weren't touched.

I will lock the car next time. Didn't used to have to do that in Boulder.

[justindrummm]

I just stumbled upon your videos a couple of days ago. I've watched all of them multiple times now, and they are awesome!

I have a question that I have been thinking about for a while now. What was before the big bang?? I mean, was there just absolute blankness for an infinite amount of time??? My mind just cannot grasp that that there may not have been a beginning, and that space has alwasy just... been there.

[7JConnor7]

Nobody knows what preceded the big bang (BB), but it would depend to which version of the theory you subscribe.  Some think there was nothing before the BB (but not for an infinite amount of "time", as time only has meaning after the universe starts). Others think the universe oscillates (expands after a BB and collapses with a big crunch, over and over). If this is the case, then there was another universe before, but all information about it was lost in the previous crunch.

[truemartian]

Really enjoyed the tour. Would love to see inside the telescope and planetarium domes.

[tdarnell]

Thank you. The observatory was closed and there was a show going on in the planetarium when I was there. If I can get motivated and plan enough ahead, I'll call them up and get an inside tour.

[70gary70]

you make them, i'll watch them.take care!

[runibl]

Nice video.

[herrinband]

Hey Tony. Great to see you out and about. Looks cold there! This is so cool to be sharing astronomy like this. Informally but very educational. You have a very cool job too working in the atmos center. Is that right? Good on you. Take care of yourself. Herrin

[plasmoman]

Thank you Tony, you obviously love astronomy and have mastered the art of an interesting blog and the abiliity to teach.

Just how did Newton figure out the motion of the planets using the limited observation measurements at the time?

[ibnmb]

go Tony go _o| \o/ |o_

[ashboxtoo]

Thanks Tony, I did remember you mention the planetarium in your previous video. The 10th of Feb should be great, hoping its not cloudy.

[Iwinallfights]

I was wondering if that was saturn. :) i wasnt sure if it was a satelite or saturn. I still have yet to buy a telescope. ( life of an Athlete) i can't afford what i want. Thank you for your posts, its awesome info. I love space, and the stars, so its education without reading :)

[Neely005]

I have a dumb question...how are we able to observe the milky way galaxy as a whole (I have seen pics of the entire galaxy) if we are in it?  Are we on the outskirts of our galaxy? If so then I could see how this could be possible if we could be just on the outside edge looking in.

[Blak433]

Well we've never actually seen it but scientist have a good idea on the how it looks, i guess they use facts bast on our galaxy and other disc shaped galaxies...

[mdiem]

The pictures you are seeing are likely of Andromeda or the 'Pinwheel' - they are used as representations of the Milky Way to show things like about where in the galaxy the Solar system is, etc. (ya' know: "you are here")

Since we are out in the boondocks / rural area of our own galaxy, the best we can see is our suburban neighbors' fences and the bright lights of downtown (the galactic center).

[Neely005]

According to SouthPark it can also be pronounced: planet-arium. :)

[glennid10t]

what a coincidence...i just came in from viewing Saturn. I only have an 8in SC, but it was clear enuff (here in oregon) for me to see separation in the rings.

None of my friends understand how I can spend hours looking into an eye piece at the same thing...but it's nice to know (thanks to the internet) that other people do the same!

Timely post, and I'm glad I subscribed!

[Blak433]

lol at some pionts it looked like you were standing in a green room... ne way cool stuff im gonna make sure that i get out my telescope on the 10th and ummm im very intersested in jupiter i would be very appreciative if you could just take a minute or 2 out of a video and just state random facts about the planet... alright thanx 4 the video

[7JConnor7]

Better make sure you get that 'scope out on the 8th and 9th too, in case you get some cloudy weather on the 10th

[Mattson402]

did you upload this twice?

[tdarnell]

Yes. I forgot the planetarium bit. I know this is a little long already, but dammit, I went all over town today and I was determined to use all the footage I shot.

Sorry for the double post, I deleted the old one.

Thanks for watching and I promise I'm done now.

[andreiduffy]

Good job tony. I'm the biggest fan of that video "best picture ever taken", that was brilliant

[James69erd]

Excellent work. Please keep continuing love it.