backyard telescope

[ghassard]

saturn is my favorete planet

[Robearwgl]

that cant be real. that's like a million miles away from us.

[TheArtemisoflight]

@Robearwgl it's actually about 750 million miles from us. The reason it's so easy to see Saturn in such clarity is because of its magnificent size. As a gas giant, second only to Jupiter in size, Saturn is a pretty fetching planet. Jupiter is so much easier to see than this because it's closer to us by quite a few million miles and it's freakin' humongous. With my ghetto telescope I can see some decent details of both planets, and the four Galilean moons. Astronomy is awesome.

[DevlynDisquise]

amazing



[galaxy31M]

@cosmiclight You, sir, have won over two thousand intelligence points. I salute a fellow intellect!

[RatDog67]

E-mail please sweendog67 @ verizon. net I have a decent telescope that has no problem seeing Jupiter and her moons a bright Venus and cool star clusters. Where can I find Saturn in the night sky this time of year. I live in Northeast Pa. USA

[foghaze]

very nice. What kind of telescope are you using?

[billpage]

cool

[cosmiclight]

Sorry for spelling error below- 'publi' s/b ‘public’.As one noted and asked me, although I only taught one term as an adjunct professor to a full class of 25 students, I have spent over several thousand hours on the public sidewalks providing community service teaching to thousands of people. The internet is only a filtered electronic simulation, not reality of real observational through a telescope live. Pictures might inspire a little but the public needs to see it live trough good instruments

[cosmiclight]

Please see my public astronomy- search ‘Mark Seibold Astronomy for the Public’ and ‘Mark Seibold Astronomy Sidewalk Interviews’ in Youtube. Also see ‘Solar Prophet’ in Youtube- then under info box, link to Trinidad in Google videos. See my Facebook- Mark Seibold

[Mongoose561001]

can i use a 40mm lens to see satrun

[sheepbane]

Wow fantastic capture, have you tried processing this in Registax?

[Ryio5]

Cool rings bro.

[drjrich222]

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

[torrentXofXdarkness]

Why can't my telescope do this lol

[yourmaker74]

I saw Saturn through a telescope when I was like 7, it scared the shit out of me.

[sleepypinkyful]

This made me happy! ;)

[jedijordaninfinity]

WHO

[rweerakkody4565]

I cant believe it! When the day comes I see Saturn through a telescope, remind me to say "Gott im himmel !!!".

[sennetor]

I'd love to stack this

[SuperDrumdude11]

Nice

[personEks]

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[ParaglidingManiac]

Amazing quality. What equipment was used here please?

[MrSuperZangief]

Saturn is noisy ;p

[Jipzorowns]

Beautiful! 

[MICKEYISLOWD]

this is a fake...What kind of background sky is this??also theres no info on telescope used.dates or location...

also the atmospheric distortion looks fake!!!!

[dmfb68]

@MICKEYISLOWD If you want a good telescope you get the same one this guy has. it's called a celestron cassegrain. they cost alot but damn. what you can see with them makes it worth it. also i get the same distortion with my reflector scope.

[dabcorn]

super detail, amazing video!!!!!!!!!!!!! so where are all the 'lightships' & 'holographic projectors' that are so easily seen with a camcorder at 400x digital zoom??? ha-ha, just kidding!!! nice job...

[ALEG0Man360]

lol lots of thick retards here v xD nice vid. I can't wait till june where i can see saturn perfectly or i could get up at 7am but i cbb xD

[itsmemaario]

Bf2 sounds at the beginning???

[giotikas21TGUtm]

this is real telescop ?

[cosmiclight]

I've said it many times. The publi needs to understand that when you want proffesional advice on observing the universe, you should contact the proffesionals. Go to the Rose City Astronomers at OMSI in Portand. See their website for contacts. You will have tens of thousands of dollars of free access to huge telescopes and proffesionals that will provide this for free as I have done across the nation for years and overseas. Contact locall colleges and schools science dept. M Seibold 503 753 3811

[LiberalJerseyman]

Saturn is one of the coolest things to look at in a telescope. Nice job.

[1337sparta7331]

i once used my telescope to spot out titan

[olduy56]

The turbulant atmosphere is what causes the wavy seeing in the video.

[MrBloooey]

I'm just wondering what all the background noise is. Was this shot in a foundry parking lot? X-D

[Arquecy]

thanx for the neat and interesting video. I believe its real.

[Jamakaize]

Saturn je pro mě ta nejúžasnější planeta.

[kingklick77]

shit i wish i had a telescope. this is fucking awesome

[TalkinBoutDaWayouts]

Great shot I have used a free telescope from Marlboro and had great results but no auto tracker to keep it that steady.

[Panzer4mk]

Nice video.... maybe the best that I have seen. What are you using for gear?

[baldino3366]

id like to know the equipment used, what a phenomenal picture.

[cosmiclight]

Many of the comments here from the uneducated are obvious. They have never observed through a high quality telescope. This film is a good and accurate video recording of Saturn seen through high quality optics. As an astronomy teacher for years, I recommend that others get to a local astronomy club or science museum to experience a free star party where amateuer astronomers will allow you to observe Saturn and other celestial objects live. Not just a video in Youtube. Mark Seibold, artist PDX OR

[nexus1g]

@cosmiclight I'd appreciate it if you'd contact me. I'm interested in buying a high-quality telescope soon, and I'd like to know where I can find some astronomy clubs local to Portland's east side whose parties I can crash to have some peeps.

[cosmiclight]

@nexus1g

I am sorry you contacted me so late if the X-mas rush is your dilemma. I see that Youtube restricts some data like websites, phone numbers, etc. I'll list that here now. I do free star parties using thousands of dollars of equipment and there is no substitute for this. Also see when I presented my large pastel sketch of the moon to John Dobson on his 95th B-day at Griffith Park Hollywood. See John Dobson 95th Birthday in Youtube- listen carefully there.503 753 3811

[nexus1g]

@cosmiclight But I'm not sure if this video is real myself. I thought that images as detailed as this while maintaining color was only capable from long-exposure and extreme apertures and focal lengths.

[dogfightvj]

@cosmiclight of course because it is so easy to do that

[TekkerzOOT]

@cosmiclight I don't normally post having a go at people but, unfortunately I can't help myself in this case. You come across as a very condescending person and, whilst you sit there presuming that certain posters are uneducated is very ironic considering you have a spelling mistake in your very own rant! It's very sad of me to pick up on one silly spelling mistake but, as I said, I couldn't help myself. Just out of interest, where do you teach astronomy? Anyway... great capture of Saturn.

[cp1699]

I didn't know there were Chineese on the moon and trains. Pretty active neighbor hood at night, wondering where are the head lights from the cars driving by?

[macphisto80]

If this is genuine - which it seems to be due to the distortion - then it's the best amateur recording I've ever seen of the planet. That must be some scope.

[doobiz]

It looks real to me I have some black and white video I took of saturn and jupiter,

I don't have it on youtube yet but it looks real believe it or not.

[Electrohollic]

Lol people.. its a picture and he's focusing in and out.. Not real.

[doox420]

@shawnmeboy Celestron Celest

[doox420]

@Electrohollic Celestron Celest

[Panzer4mk]

@Electrohollic That "wavy" distortion is caused by our atmosphere.

[clubdriver]

@Electrohollic Ive seen this myself, and this is for real. Thus, Saturn looks pretty "unreal" when observing it.

[AroundSun]

@Electrohollic no, it is not. you can see the atmosphere passing through

[hardstyle905]

@Electrohollic Damn. Do you suffer from brain damage? I bet you think the Earth is flat too...

[gooseknack]

@Electrohollic Mate, it's the turbulence of the atmosphere....this effect is normal at high magnification..even when seeing is good!

[983reece]

Whats the radius on the scope lad? Great image alright..

[jaymzaah]

nice

[Rozq87]

amazing, what is your gear man?:)

[EmiliaaTimes]

0o0 omg its soo clear!

[tamertarek]

C'mon. Is this for real, man? You'll never see that from where I live!