@mixed123456 Yep, I did not hear about that, but I found several articles on the web about it. Very cool. If we are just hearing them now, and they came from M82, they were sent 12 million years ago. And if we answer, it will take 12 million more years for our signal to reach them. If someone actually sent the signals, I hope they are patient!
It is not moving much, but it is large and far away-11.8 Million light years. I put my Mallincam video camera into the eyepiece holder of my scope and set it for 2 second updates and this is what I see on the video screen. In fact, we will be holding a public Star Fest on Oct 29 and you can come and see it for yourself since I will have my equipment there. This is put on by the Chesmont Astonomical Society in SE Pa and more info is on that site plus my pix.
@james65508 The light we are seeing is so far away and faint that the only part of our eyes to pick up the light is our black and white receptors. No matter how big the 'scope, It'll still be black and white ;(
@james65508 Pretty much. Sucks, I know, but they do make different color filters for your telescope's eye piece to help bring out more detail. The only way to gather enough light to "see" color is through astrophotography.
You can see a bit of color if you look at planets and stars, though. Still and all, looking at deep space objects is way cool.
about how much would a half decent telescope cost? and what kind? I just want something that I can see the planets and outer lying stars and maybe Andromeda. Right now I'm using a pair of 16x32 Bushnell hunting binoculars and can barely see craters on the moon.
@Xoxinwulf - Call the guys at Skies Unlimited - they can best answer this question since they sell both used and new telescopes every day and are very nice to talk to. You can see a lot with a 4 inch achromatic refractor, or a 5 inch reflector scope.
@Xoxinwulf i picked one up for 500 aus dollars,its a 1200 long and 200 round with a few different lenses a 6,10,15,25,with the 6 i can see the weather paturns on jupitur and its moon's,the rings of saturn and galexy's and so on,
@Xoxinwulf hey bud a reflector will give you good bang for your buck or a refractor will give you less magnification power per $ but far greater clarity. easiest way to find out whats best for you is to check out your local telescope shop or internet store.. i can personaly recomend any skywatcher or celestron scope both companies are pretty cheap and make scopes of good quality. my 4 inch refractor can plainly make out saturns rings and the cloud detail on jupiter
@Xoxinwulf I have a 5.1" Orion SpaceProbe 130 EQ Reflector. It works great, It comes with 2 eyepeices which are both pretty decent. Some things I've observed personally are The Orion Nebula, Andromeda, Jupiter (which also you can see four of its moons), Saturn w/ rings (awsome to see), and also Venus. This telescope is easy to use, and doesnt take alot of storage space. Also, its a great deal for the scope, tripod, and two eyepeices for about 250$. definatly high quality for its price!
@Xoxinwulf you can see the planets and outer lying stars and Andromeda with the unaided eye, unless you have eye problems or are observing under a streetlight. Even the Andromeda galaxy, assuming that is what you meant, is visible in lightly polluted skies
@Xoxinwulf I have a Celestron Astromaster AZ , about $100. Ive been able to get a clear view of Jupiter , Saturn, Andromeda Galaxy, and various nebulas & star clusters. Its a great starter scope, I recommend it highly!
They have one that I wish I could get - Centaurus A. And the South has the best part of the milky way.... I hear we should try to see both if we can, but I have not made the trip South yet.
@TheJtd123 - I bet you can see this one if you know where to look. M82 is a visible little sliver, even in a 4 inch scope. The problem is light pollution wipes it out by reducing contrast. Find a dark site, and wait till it is high in the sky - winter/spring is good for galaxies. You should also try for NGC 4565 too. And don't forget globular clusters in the summer. M13, M92 - you might even still catch M15 right at dusk. They are pretty visible DSOs and are my favorites after galaxies.
@TheJtd123 i have a good idea for you. did you ever try with a filter anstronomic uhc filter? it good to see galaxy star cluster and nebulae with colour and details because if you not have this filter you will not see these deep-sky things they became 100 percent visible! so get a uhc filter or a neodymium filter but you need to locate these things!. with a program or anything that locate!
@TheJtd123 it will cost you around 30 dollars a "uhc" filter the most best uhc filter to see very far avay things it cost you 50 dollars and trust me it a really good filter trust me! but always with a uhc filter can you of course see things like "example" the horsehead nebula. ring nebula in lyra (m57). the dumbbell nebula (m27) the pleiades or andromeda galaxy (m31). it a really good filter for you scope and yourself!
I would say that for a "live view" to offer much, one would have to have sub frames of about ten million years each and maybe a filter to catch that Seyfert type stuff spritzing out of the core.....
Man, the optical quality on my telescope sucks because it's so old. I'm going to get a new one soon that's not fully computerized but it points itself and has really good optics.
I've seen M82 in my own front yard...through my Orion XT8 Dobsonian telescope. It looked more like a smudge in my scope in my light polluted skies, and a decidedly smaller aperture (mine's 8 inches...the one in the vid is 18 inches). But it was there...that's the excitement of astronomy: finding wonder and awe in the heavens.
@24kojiful It is most decidedly true: every star you can discern in the night sky, every deep space object you can observe (with the exception of galaxies), is located in the Milky Way Galaxy. This particular galaxy is know as the Cigar Galaxy, located in Ursa Major (what you commonly know as The Big Dipper), and is 12 million light years from us...cool, huh?
@burcmm We dont see blur on deep sky objects. If you pointed this thing at the moon or planets there would be alot of blur (depending on seeing conditions)
@burcmm The atmosphere certainly affects viewing, but not like you think: if the air is still on a clear, dark night you'll notice the stars don't "twinkle" as much. This will allow you to get wonderful views of heavenly objects; it's the nights that us amateur astronomers live for. Even if the atmosphere is turbulent, it mostly affects the viewing of solar system objects...with deep space objects it's usually a "see it or don't see it" scenario, with the exception of large nebulae.
I plan on getting a Celestron Powerseeker Eq114, this will be my first telescope. Does anybody know if I will be able to focus in on galaxies with this amateur telescope?
YOU DONT NEED TO LIVE IN A DARK AREIA OR WHERE THEIR ISNT LIGHT POLLUTION ALL YOU NEED IS WAITE UNTIL WINTER AND STAY UP UNTIL ABOUT 10:00 AND TROUGHT A TELESCOPE YOU WILL SEE BRILLANT THINGS
Thats sweet, ive got a 1600mm dob and seen two nebula, a bunch of star clusters and all the planets that are possible to see. where i live theres a bunch of light pollution so i cant really use the star maps, i just wander around looking until i happen across something cool, which actually is pretty often.
coolest thing ive seen so far were satellites passing in front of the moon.
@climatehurt You usually can't. They are simply too far and your eyes too insensitive to gather enough photons to see their true color.
The exceptions to this are m42(Great Nebula in Orion) and a few planetary nebulae.. With atleast 8" of aperture you can see a blue-green tint to then.
@TelekinesisOnline It is spinning but very very slowly from our point of view. Galaxies take a long time to rotate - our section of the Milky Way takes 250 million years to go around....
@Rated10STARz Cool - I never noticed that. Not sure what it is but it looks like a real image of something like stars and not just a couple of hot pixels. There is some weird stuff up there - you have to keep watching!
@Rated10STARz - Those were just momentary hot pixels. All CCDs are susceptible to that. They are usually caused by high energy particles (cosmic rays). Sometimes they become permanent.
I know I will sound like a complete beginner when I say this (which I am), why isn't it possible to view nebulae - such as this one - in the visible light spectrum as opposed to the black and white images shown in this video?
@DragonCuber This is B+W because the camera is much more sensitive to light than a color one. The color ones would therefore make a much dimmer image, and these are VERY DIMM objects to start with. Also, there is not that much color in most galaxies. Color in still photos is enhanced quite a bit to make it much more vivid that it normally appears.
@rruuppoo Andromeda is a pretty easy target. This video gives a good way to find it. watch?v=DD3Nxu-RbvM
Also, ignore the way to it using cassiopeia, using the Andromeda constellation is much easier.
If you've got reasonably clear skies in the East, it's visible around midnight at this time. There's also a dimmer galaxy just a little above it. If you use a magnification of about 40 you can get both in the eyepiece at the same time.
Also, for deep sky objects, use the lowest power you have.
The only thing that sucks about these videos is that the reaction (at least for me) is; sweet! I wonder if I can see it like that when I get MY telescope! *checks description* finds out it is in a 12++ inch scope :(
@TheUFOReport I'm sorry. Do you actually know what radio waves are? I'm guessing you're referring to Stephen Hawking's 'warnings' about potential hostile aliens? If so.. then by your logic, Jupiter must have aliens on it, as it also emits radio waves. Holy crap, I just realised.. THE SUN! FUCKING ALIENS EMITTING RADIO WAVES!
You heard it here first, people, we're fucked.
I, for one, welcome our new solar-alien overlords.
There is something strange in the cosmic neighbourhood. An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.
how much is 18 inch in mm..I have 120 mm refractors telescope how will I see this......and please tell me how to locate saturn in the sky......I live in India,in Mumbai.....
@1ownjoo2 , Actually, M82 is quite bright in my 4.5" scope, and with a wide field eyepiece you can also see M81 at the same time. You are not going to see the detail that you would in an 18" scope, but see it you will. If you know where to look, you can see M82 with a pair of 7X50mm binoculars. I have seen all of the Messier objects with a pair of 15X70mm binoculars; and I did it in one night!
No, there's nothing fake about it. You'd be surprised what you can see with even an average amateur-class telescope and some digital camera equipment.
@ispeedonthe405, it's not fake, but it's not live either - it's a photograph. You can definetely take photographs like this with a nice amateur telescope, but this is obviously not a live view.
@ispeedonthe405 ppl said this was fake? do they just comment everything saying that is fake? i mean seriously come on guys why the fuck bother even watching then lol.
hey. that video i dont understand... it must be fake
@ispeedonthe405 And a good dark sky helps. Would not like to try and view this in the centre of London. God bless Suffolks country side and the lack of the over kill street lighting.
Well I won't ask if it's a picture or live video, but if it IS a live video, it's amazing to think that object is millions of light years away, and stills there today =)
@wurschtbrot123 Very good! I wish my eyes were good, because good vision is better than large aperture. Dark skies also make a big difference and really help bring out the detail. Keep looking up - there is lots of cool stuff up there.
man I wish I had gotten an 8 inch for my first telescope lol I got a 5.1 inch skywatcher lol hey it has shown me lots of amazing things still! But ur 8 inch is still really good man! But I am upgrading soon :D to a 8 inch celestron nextar SE! and a 12 inch skywatcher collapsible dob! IF views look good in my 5 inch Man I cannot help but just wonder How that 8inch and 12 inch telescopes will look like! I cant wait! ANd ur 8 inch is good! 8 inch and up is really recommended to really enjoy it!
I still like my 5.1 inch :D it has shown me the dumbell nebula! The andromeda galaxy! The double cluster in Casiopia! M7! The trifid nebula the orion nebula! The m57 ring nebula! And it will continue to do so Until I get my 8 and 12 inch ones! :D Oh I forgot :D Jupiter and saturn and mars too :D AND THE MOON :D No one can miss the moon! Thats like the first object Most astronomers first look at! And with a 12 and 8 inch omg :D I cant wait man! And ur 8 inch rocks!
@Edsan91 Really? I cant get too good of views out of my 4.5 inch. Its my first scope a Meade DS2114 and i can see the planets (besides uranus neptune and pluto) the moon(Duh) and the only dso's i can see in these suburban skies are a hazy region (M13 Hercules Cluster), The Orion Nebula, Andromeda galaxy (barely could make out that it was a galaxy), and the Pliedes. Im getting a new scope tho (12inch Meade Lightbridge dob) for DSO's and light pollution filters! Wish me luck and happy viewing!
@hiian123 Yea man! Im sure you CAN get great views with that 4.5 inch! For now I have gotten an 8 inch! Schmidt cassegrain And I didnt beileve anyone but its really true ! You CAN see more stuff in bigger scopes! In my 5 inch I saw m42 Nicely but it didnt bring out most of the nebula. I observed it with my 8 inch and wow I live in a pretty polluted area but the 8 inch brought Alot of more detail even in a light polluted place! Wow 12 inch nice! Im going for that later on but for now my 8 inch :D
@hiian123 Oh And yea Get some Light polluted filters! I havent tried one and wonder if they really work. hey when u get ur 12 inch and the filters can u get back at me and say if they really worked or not? Cause If they did Im getting them! They are sort of expensive though. And maybe its the pollution in your place thats stopping u from observing. I hate dam pollution! I went to mexico and there was NO pollution at all it was amazing! The stars were the lights of the streets. REALLY DARK!
@hiian123 So I think ALL scopes 3 inch and up can see stuff! If u go for example on a desert. But to Get REALLY serious about astronomy 6 inch and up. 4.5 and 5 inch for Beginners 6 inch for middle astronomers. 8 inch for serious observing. and 12 inch and up FOR REAL DEEP Sky observing but with the bigger apertures after 12 inch since it brings ALOT of light in A filter IS necessary at the least. but in a dark place it would problably be AMAZING. And start working out lol cause 12 inch is BIG!
@Edsan91 haha thanks! I hear that the light pollution filters work pretty well for different settings! About cost Zhumell has a GREAt deal. They have a filter kit including a UHC filter for Nubulae, O-III filter for Planetary Nebulae, a Moon and Skyglow filter for light pollution overall, and a variable polarizing filter for the moon all for 99 bucks for 1.25inch and 150 bucks for the 2inch kit!!! thx and ill get back to you about the filters when i try em out myself!
Yep, the old Cigar Galaxy. Need dark skies for this puppy to jump out at you.
M31? You can see it with the naked eye. even 7x binoculars will show it's oblong shape. Don't expect to see spiral detail at the eyepiece unless you have a large aperture.
Yes, of course u can! I just saw it last night through a 8x40 binocular...
I dont have a telescope yet, but with my old binocular, I have a large numbers of objects to discover. U would be amazed what u can see, just with a small binocular..
Well I've looked at the Moon, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune.. and lots of constellations/nebula but I have yet to view any galaxies.. I wonder if the city light makes it too bright to properly see M31. I guess I will give it another shot in a day or two..
Yeah, I was at a star party in Washington state up on table mountain. It was so dark up there you could see andromeda with sunglasses on! You can definetely see it with your naked eye. except if you're in a city, you can forget about it then.
I managed to finally find m31 the other night in the city.. couldn't see it with my naked eye but I could just barely see it through the wide angle lens and 4.5' mirror but it still looked like a blue smudge.. can't wait to get out to some darker skies to see some more detail though! :)
that is amazing ryansuperbee. i am looking at the 12" lightbridge! so how was it, how was Andromeda thru the 16"er ? any color? were the smaller galaxies the same color as Androm? and what part of earth did you see it from? thanks!
the likelyhood of there being life in our own galaxy is very high. with 100,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy, the chance that at least one of those has a planet which could support life (using different chemicals e.g we're carbon based, could easily be other chemical based life forms).
it's been stated that we've already been visited: dr. mitchell: 6th apollo astronaut to walk the moon, gordon cooper: longest flight in the mercury program, see the Disclosure Project, Fastwalkers, Out of the Blue. nasa is bringing people along slowly by 1st announcing, evidence of water, next, definitive water, next, possible evidence of fossils, next, evidence of fossils, next, possible structures, next definitive structures. the galaxy is as full of life as our oceans.
What size scope are you using for this? I currently use a 6" and am considering a 12" to 16". I want to look at galaxies and instead of seeing a faint, foggy smudge, I want to see some detail. Is this possible with larger telescopes like a 12" and 16"? Thanks!
ive got a 6" newtonian reflector and i live in south east england with a clear night and i can see andromeda its a smudge in my spotting scope. with my spotting scope a i line it up then i look through the lenses and you cant really see much all you can see is a feint light in the middle dont use a really powerfull magnification to find it because it wont find it properly use a mid range to short range. go on google and type stellarium it will show you where it is in the sky :)
Keep trying. When you do, you should be able to see M81 M82, and NGC 3077. With a low enough power eyepiece, you can fit them in the same field of view. I almost can with my 6 inch refractor with and a basic 25mm eyepiece. Good luck, in my opinion, they are some of the best galaxies for visual viewing!
and now that thing start emitting radio signals. and i still cant find anyone who has them to listen.
mixed123456 1 month ago
@mixed123456 Yep, I did not hear about that, but I found several articles on the web about it. Very cool. If we are just hearing them now, and they came from M82, they were sent 12 million years ago. And if we answer, it will take 12 million more years for our signal to reach them. If someone actually sent the signals, I hope they are patient!
colosif 1 month ago
@colosif nice to know ! lol. anyway i was more curious about how the sound looks like than thinking anything else
mixed123456 1 month ago
what is the price of the scope?
souldrop1000 4 months ago
It is not moving much, but it is large and far away-11.8 Million light years. I put my Mallincam video camera into the eyepiece holder of my scope and set it for 2 second updates and this is what I see on the video screen. In fact, we will be holding a public Star Fest on Oct 29 and you can come and see it for yourself since I will have my equipment there. This is put on by the Chesmont Astonomical Society in SE Pa and more info is on that site plus my pix.
colosif 4 months ago
Can you see them rotating in your scope??
Charrister 4 months ago
i think it's fake....
meli85guess 4 months ago
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DeathToLiberalism 4 months ago
@DeathToLiberalism What do you mean, fake?
colosif 4 months ago 5
@colosif It was not shot "live".
DeathToLiberalism 4 months ago
@colosif He means he's a moron, bud.
RangerParus 2 months ago
@DeathToLiberalism that Fake NO!!!!! IVE SEEN ACTUALLY THE SAME U SUCK GO KILL YOURSELF
jack342able 4 months ago
why is the color black and white ? why not in color?
james65508 7 months ago
@james65508 The light we are seeing is so far away and faint that the only part of our eyes to pick up the light is our black and white receptors. No matter how big the 'scope, It'll still be black and white ;(
Sirchud68 6 months ago
@Sirchud68 so if we see a galaxy with our own eyes its always gonna be black and white?
james65508 6 months ago
@james65508 Pretty much. Sucks, I know, but they do make different color filters for your telescope's eye piece to help bring out more detail. The only way to gather enough light to "see" color is through astrophotography.
You can see a bit of color if you look at planets and stars, though. Still and all, looking at deep space objects is way cool.
Sirchud68 6 months ago
Thats not live!!!
saiyan913 10 months ago
One of the bigest bang for the buck in telescope is the CELESTRON OMNI XLT 120
Cost around 500$ on E bay. You will see more than you expect!!!
KARLish33 1 year ago
about how much would a half decent telescope cost? and what kind? I just want something that I can see the planets and outer lying stars and maybe Andromeda. Right now I'm using a pair of 16x32 Bushnell hunting binoculars and can barely see craters on the moon.
Xoxinwulf 1 year ago
@Xoxinwulf - Call the guys at Skies Unlimited - they can best answer this question since they sell both used and new telescopes every day and are very nice to talk to. You can see a lot with a 4 inch achromatic refractor, or a 5 inch reflector scope.
colosif 1 year ago
@Xoxinwulf i picked one up for 500 aus dollars,its a 1200 long and 200 round with a few different lenses a 6,10,15,25,with the 6 i can see the weather paturns on jupitur and its moon's,the rings of saturn and galexy's and so on,
bullamarta 1 year ago
@Xoxinwulf hey bud a reflector will give you good bang for your buck or a refractor will give you less magnification power per $ but far greater clarity. easiest way to find out whats best for you is to check out your local telescope shop or internet store.. i can personaly recomend any skywatcher or celestron scope both companies are pretty cheap and make scopes of good quality. my 4 inch refractor can plainly make out saturns rings and the cloud detail on jupiter
Titankilla1982 1 year ago
@Xoxinwulf I have a 5.1" Orion SpaceProbe 130 EQ Reflector. It works great, It comes with 2 eyepeices which are both pretty decent. Some things I've observed personally are The Orion Nebula, Andromeda, Jupiter (which also you can see four of its moons), Saturn w/ rings (awsome to see), and also Venus. This telescope is easy to use, and doesnt take alot of storage space. Also, its a great deal for the scope, tripod, and two eyepeices for about 250$. definatly high quality for its price!
mophead319 10 months ago
@Xoxinwulf you can see the planets and outer lying stars and Andromeda with the unaided eye, unless you have eye problems or are observing under a streetlight. Even the Andromeda galaxy, assuming that is what you meant, is visible in lightly polluted skies
anwealde 8 months ago
@Xoxinwulf I have a Celestron Astromaster AZ , about $100. Ive been able to get a clear view of Jupiter , Saturn, Andromeda Galaxy, and various nebulas & star clusters. Its a great starter scope, I recommend it highly!
Panzer4mk 5 months ago
They have one that I wish I could get - Centaurus A. And the South has the best part of the milky way.... I hear we should try to see both if we can, but I have not made the trip South yet.
colosif 1 year ago
There aren't many spectacular galaxies in the Southern Hemisphere's sky, that makes me sad sometimes.
mousaey 1 year ago
No processing - this was taken with a movie camera with video input and then converted to an AVI file.
colosif 1 year ago
were these frames processed? nice view
anwealde 1 year ago
damn this is nice.. I can never see any galaxies.. Only Jupiter, Venus, and Mars.. Well Saturn too but its just a ball of blurriness lol.
TheJtd123 1 year ago
@TheJtd123 - I bet you can see this one if you know where to look. M82 is a visible little sliver, even in a 4 inch scope. The problem is light pollution wipes it out by reducing contrast. Find a dark site, and wait till it is high in the sky - winter/spring is good for galaxies. You should also try for NGC 4565 too. And don't forget globular clusters in the summer. M13, M92 - you might even still catch M15 right at dusk. They are pretty visible DSOs and are my favorites after galaxies.
colosif 1 year ago
@colosif Thanks. I'll have to check it out if it ever warms up
TheJtd123 1 year ago
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jack342able 1 year ago
@TheJtd123 i have a good idea for you. did you ever try with a filter anstronomic uhc filter? it good to see galaxy star cluster and nebulae with colour and details because if you not have this filter you will not see these deep-sky things they became 100 percent visible! so get a uhc filter or a neodymium filter but you need to locate these things!. with a program or anything that locate!
jack342able 1 year ago
@jack342able Yea, I have a program that can locate things.. Do you know how much a uhc filter would cost?
TheJtd123 1 year ago
@TheJtd123 it will cost you around 30 dollars a "uhc" filter the most best uhc filter to see very far avay things it cost you 50 dollars and trust me it a really good filter trust me! but always with a uhc filter can you of course see things like "example" the horsehead nebula. ring nebula in lyra (m57). the dumbbell nebula (m27) the pleiades or andromeda galaxy (m31). it a really good filter for you scope and yourself!
jack342able 1 year ago
I would say that for a "live view" to offer much, one would have to have sub frames of about ten million years each and maybe a filter to catch that Seyfert type stuff spritzing out of the core.....
GN
tim71pos 1 year ago
Man thats some cool shit
Ladiesman7300 1 year ago
THATS STAR WARS BRO
yourmaker74 1 year ago
Man, the optical quality on my telescope sucks because it's so old. I'm going to get a new one soon that's not fully computerized but it points itself and has really good optics.
PinkTheFloydable 1 year ago
I don't know why but i had the odd expectation to do something like blow up haha
themrdaydreamer 1 year ago
I've seen M82 in my own front yard...through my Orion XT8 Dobsonian telescope. It looked more like a smudge in my scope in my light polluted skies, and a decidedly smaller aperture (mine's 8 inches...the one in the vid is 18 inches). But it was there...that's the excitement of astronomy: finding wonder and awe in the heavens.
porkchopsisgood 1 year ago
woah!! milky way?!! its far from here on earth. your telescope is soooooooooo expensive!!
24kojiful 1 year ago
@24kojiful Our solar system is located inside the Milky Way Galaxy; this is an entirely different galaxy.
davidmerriss 1 year ago
@davidmerriss is that true?
24kojiful 1 year ago
@24kojiful It is most decidedly true: every star you can discern in the night sky, every deep space object you can observe (with the exception of galaxies), is located in the Milky Way Galaxy. This particular galaxy is know as the Cigar Galaxy, located in Ursa Major (what you commonly know as The Big Dipper), and is 12 million light years from us...cool, huh?
porkchopsisgood 1 year ago
@porkchopsisgood you got a point. your smart. lol. where did you saw this galaxy? what place?
24kojiful 1 year ago
im jealous
my 6" cant produce anything like that without some digtal eyes ;)
8Zeitgeist 1 year ago
Why don't we see the blur due to the atmosphere if it is a live-recorded image as with all other telescopes?
burcmm 1 year ago
@burcmm We dont see blur on deep sky objects. If you pointed this thing at the moon or planets there would be alot of blur (depending on seeing conditions)
radiantracoon 1 year ago
@burcmm The atmosphere certainly affects viewing, but not like you think: if the air is still on a clear, dark night you'll notice the stars don't "twinkle" as much. This will allow you to get wonderful views of heavenly objects; it's the nights that us amateur astronomers live for. Even if the atmosphere is turbulent, it mostly affects the viewing of solar system objects...with deep space objects it's usually a "see it or don't see it" scenario, with the exception of large nebulae.
porkchopsisgood 1 year ago
I plan on getting a Celestron Powerseeker Eq114, this will be my first telescope. Does anybody know if I will be able to focus in on galaxies with this amateur telescope?
Aic1944 1 year ago
awesome display,much appreciated
dickphair 1 year ago
Universe kick ass ... so beautiful
EVnFluffy 1 year ago
YOU DONT NEED TO LIVE IN A DARK AREIA OR WHERE THEIR ISNT LIGHT POLLUTION ALL YOU NEED IS WAITE UNTIL WINTER AND STAY UP UNTIL ABOUT 10:00 AND TROUGHT A TELESCOPE YOU WILL SEE BRILLANT THINGS
sspecialairsservice 1 year ago
@sspecialairsservice false.
dogoneesi 1 year ago
Thats sweet, ive got a 1600mm dob and seen two nebula, a bunch of star clusters and all the planets that are possible to see. where i live theres a bunch of light pollution so i cant really use the star maps, i just wander around looking until i happen across something cool, which actually is pretty often.
coolest thing ive seen so far were satellites passing in front of the moon.
ganymedeIV4 1 year ago
Did you see colors in visual?
climatehurt 1 year ago
@climatehurt You usually can't. They are simply too far and your eyes too insensitive to gather enough photons to see their true color.
The exceptions to this are m42(Great Nebula in Orion) and a few planetary nebulae.. With atleast 8" of aperture you can see a blue-green tint to then.
Goalatio 1 year ago
Wow, that looks amazing.
lokks707 1 year ago
Aww man, I expected it to spin or something......-.-
TelekinesisOnline 1 year ago 3
@TelekinesisOnline It is spinning but very very slowly from our point of view. Galaxies take a long time to rotate - our section of the Milky Way takes 250 million years to go around....
colosif 1 year ago 11
@colosif yes, its gone around twice in my lifetime :)
MaskofMystery 1 year ago
@TelekinesisOnline You would have to do a time lapse of one photo every 500.000 years.
LesPaul2006 1 year ago
@TelekinesisOnline it spins like hell man, wtf did you expect? go fuck someone
MrPpavlouk 1 year ago
@MrPpavlouk
bad day?
TelekinesisOnline 1 year ago
If you scroll from 0:03 to 0:07 you will see that theres 2 stars/or UFO appeared on the middle top. its really fainth
Rated10STARz 1 year ago 7
@Rated10STARz Cool - I never noticed that. Not sure what it is but it looks like a real image of something like stars and not just a couple of hot pixels. There is some weird stuff up there - you have to keep watching!
colosif 1 year ago
@Rated10STARz
omgsh i see it!!
2012TheAndromeda 1 year ago
@2012TheAndromeda i wonder what it is, very strange
Rated10STARz 1 year ago
@Rated10STARz - Those were just momentary hot pixels. All CCDs are susceptible to that. They are usually caused by high energy particles (cosmic rays). Sometimes they become permanent.
CmdrGendoIkari 8 months ago
I know I will sound like a complete beginner when I say this (which I am), why isn't it possible to view nebulae - such as this one - in the visible light spectrum as opposed to the black and white images shown in this video?
DragonCuber 1 year ago
@DragonCuber This is B+W because the camera is much more sensitive to light than a color one. The color ones would therefore make a much dimmer image, and these are VERY DIMM objects to start with. Also, there is not that much color in most galaxies. Color in still photos is enhanced quite a bit to make it much more vivid that it normally appears.
colosif 1 year ago
Awesome!
hanoitwin 1 year ago
apeture fever@@@@
imanoob4 1 year ago
@imanoob4 Yup helps at times but also a curse :0)
Jiinx2 1 year ago
I have recently bought a nice meade telescope, can somebody tell me the location of some 'easy to spot' galaxies? Or isn't it thàt easy lol
rruuppoo 1 year ago
@rruuppoo Andromeda is a pretty easy target. This video gives a good way to find it. watch?v=DD3Nxu-RbvM
Also, ignore the way to it using cassiopeia, using the Andromeda constellation is much easier.
If you've got reasonably clear skies in the East, it's visible around midnight at this time. There's also a dimmer galaxy just a little above it. If you use a magnification of about 40 you can get both in the eyepiece at the same time.
Also, for deep sky objects, use the lowest power you have.
AkiThePirate 1 year ago
@AkiThePirate Ok thank you very much for your reaction.
rruuppoo 1 year ago
@rruuppoo No worries, astronomers are always happy to help. :D
I was looking at the Andromeda Galaxy a few minutes ago actually, cool galaxy.
AkiThePirate 1 year ago
The only thing that sucks about these videos is that the reaction (at least for me) is; sweet! I wonder if I can see it like that when I get MY telescope! *checks description* finds out it is in a 12++ inch scope :(
YouSirAreNoob 1 year ago
is that the surfboard galaxy?
vwlover94 1 year ago
Wow that's a big telescope
NeilLizard 1 year ago
wow great views! Im planning on getting a meade lightbridge 12inch dob as my second scope for some dso obsering!
hiian123 1 year ago
wow
carl5192 1 year ago
wheres the other dwarf galaxy that is next to it?
Oscar847 1 year ago
All of the sudden there is radio waves coming from this galaxy, no coincidence that Stephen Hawkings is warning us about.
TheUFOReport 1 year ago
@TheUFOReport I'm sorry. Do you actually know what radio waves are? I'm guessing you're referring to Stephen Hawking's 'warnings' about potential hostile aliens? If so.. then by your logic, Jupiter must have aliens on it, as it also emits radio waves. Holy crap, I just realised.. THE SUN! FUCKING ALIENS EMITTING RADIO WAVES!
You heard it here first, people, we're fucked.
I, for one, welcome our new solar-alien overlords.
Benheh 1 year ago
where is m81? next t o it?
kubruk 1 year ago
There is something strange in the cosmic neighbourhood. An unknown object in the nearby galaxy M82 has started sending out radio waves, and the emission does not look like anything seen anywhere in the universe before.
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thedevos1981 1 year ago
that's a picture
TechnoDude147 1 year ago
@TechnoDude147 i feel so too dude, its a pic alright.. no offense meant towards uploader.... just my opinion
hummerume 1 year ago
Whats M82 ? Lol! No Iam kidding. Great Video.
marcuelcajon 2 years ago
how much is 18 inch in mm..I have 120 mm refractors telescope how will I see this......and please tell me how to locate saturn in the sky......I live in India,in Mumbai.....
19raghu 2 years ago
360mm, 36cm
King007Bond 2 years ago
@19raghu
16 inch is 408mm. You wont be able to find M82 really in a 5 inch scope.
Download a program called stellarium on your computer and put your location in it to find saturn
1ownjoo2 1 year ago
@1ownjoo2 , Actually, M82 is quite bright in my 4.5" scope, and with a wide field eyepiece you can also see M81 at the same time. You are not going to see the detail that you would in an 18" scope, but see it you will. If you know where to look, you can see M82 with a pair of 7X50mm binoculars. I have seen all of the Messier objects with a pair of 15X70mm binoculars; and I did it in one night!
kc8ntp 1 year ago
@kc8ntp Oh ok I guess that's what I'm looking for.
rruuppoo 1 year ago
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looks FAKE!!! but i say its sorta real
falloutgeek87 2 years ago
No, there's nothing fake about it. You'd be surprised what you can see with even an average amateur-class telescope and some digital camera equipment.
ispeedonthe405 2 years ago 20
@ispeedonthe405, it's not fake, but it's not live either - it's a photograph. You can definetely take photographs like this with a nice amateur telescope, but this is obviously not a live view.
LightningLead 1 year ago
@ispeedonthe405 ppl said this was fake? do they just comment everything saying that is fake? i mean seriously come on guys why the fuck bother even watching then lol.
hey. that video i dont understand... it must be fake
sk8nboomer900 1 year ago
@ispeedonthe405 or even decent high powered binuculars x
Vasilouxxx 1 year ago
@ispeedonthe405 And a good dark sky helps. Would not like to try and view this in the centre of London. God bless Suffolks country side and the lack of the over kill street lighting.
Jiinx2 1 year ago
@Jiinx2 M82 has nice colour - check my YT vid "SX Lodestar-C astrocam - first light" @ 1.31 in 30sec exp from SW London - no filters used ;-)
nytecam 1 year ago
@ispeedonthe405 and a very dark area, you couldn't see this where I live because of light pollution
Akirameerkat 1 year ago
Nice video! You should stack all Frames to 1 picture! I Think that will give a wunderfull resullt.
RomkeVideo 2 years ago
Well I won't ask if it's a picture or live video, but if it IS a live video, it's amazing to think that object is millions of light years away, and stills there today =)
vind3x 2 years ago
Not being rude, just taking this opportunity to make a quick joke, but, where else would it go? :)
"it's amazing to think that object is millions of light years away, and stills there today =) "
Goalatio 2 years ago
@vind3x ... We're looking back in time here....does'nt necessarily mean its still there,although I'm sure it is.
emgee65 1 year ago
I have a 5 inch and i feel fortunate.
sonde27 2 years ago
Is this image an exposed on or live.
MacBooker4444 2 years ago
Who knows? Some1 in that galaxy is maby looking in some sort of telescope on our galaxy xD
1337Figaro 2 years ago
HAHA THATS TRUE or maybe someone is posting a video of milkyway galaxy through someones telescope on youtube but in there galaxy lol
vwlover94 2 years ago
Nice video!
This galaxies also looks good in a wider field so that we can see M82 and M81 together
nickharvey7 2 years ago
man 18''inch is tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo expensive....an 8''inch is the best for a young man tha likes astronomy...;)...
astronomyb0y 2 years ago 10
@astronomyb0y That is exactly what I said before I had to have it. A young friend just got a 25 inch!
colosif 1 year ago
@colosif well it must be fuckin expensive, although it does give a great experience.
guzzlinsoda 1 year ago
@guzzlinsoda All hobbies get to be expensive, as I am sure you know, if you have any. But it is so cool you find the money somewhere...
colosif 1 year ago
@colosif it isn´t so expensive;)
i´ve bought a dobson 10" für just 700 €;)
and i can see m 82 in this quality
sry about bad english;)
wurschtbrot123 1 year ago
@wurschtbrot123 Very good! I wish my eyes were good, because good vision is better than large aperture. Dark skies also make a big difference and really help bring out the detail. Keep looking up - there is lots of cool stuff up there.
colosif 1 year ago
@colosif oh yes:)
i love my telescope:) its sooo interesting:)
it dont exists a better night than a dark night oh one bette night exists: a mor darker night:D
thx and clear skys;)
wurschtbrot123 1 year ago
@astronomyb0y Yeah, and it is too big and heavy for me. :-(
dmana3172 1 year ago
damn i want an 18 inch... oh well i have to do wth mu 8 inch wich is very nice too:)
TheFraunhofer1 2 years ago 3
man I wish I had gotten an 8 inch for my first telescope lol I got a 5.1 inch skywatcher lol hey it has shown me lots of amazing things still! But ur 8 inch is still really good man! But I am upgrading soon :D to a 8 inch celestron nextar SE! and a 12 inch skywatcher collapsible dob! IF views look good in my 5 inch Man I cannot help but just wonder How that 8inch and 12 inch telescopes will look like! I cant wait! ANd ur 8 inch is good! 8 inch and up is really recommended to really enjoy it!
Edsan91 2 years ago
I still like my 5.1 inch :D it has shown me the dumbell nebula! The andromeda galaxy! The double cluster in Casiopia! M7! The trifid nebula the orion nebula! The m57 ring nebula! And it will continue to do so Until I get my 8 and 12 inch ones! :D Oh I forgot :D Jupiter and saturn and mars too :D AND THE MOON :D No one can miss the moon! Thats like the first object Most astronomers first look at! And with a 12 and 8 inch omg :D I cant wait man! And ur 8 inch rocks!
Edsan91 2 years ago
@Edsan91 Really? I cant get too good of views out of my 4.5 inch. Its my first scope a Meade DS2114 and i can see the planets (besides uranus neptune and pluto) the moon(Duh) and the only dso's i can see in these suburban skies are a hazy region (M13 Hercules Cluster), The Orion Nebula, Andromeda galaxy (barely could make out that it was a galaxy), and the Pliedes. Im getting a new scope tho (12inch Meade Lightbridge dob) for DSO's and light pollution filters! Wish me luck and happy viewing!
hiian123 1 year ago
@hiian123 Yea man! Im sure you CAN get great views with that 4.5 inch! For now I have gotten an 8 inch! Schmidt cassegrain And I didnt beileve anyone but its really true ! You CAN see more stuff in bigger scopes! In my 5 inch I saw m42 Nicely but it didnt bring out most of the nebula. I observed it with my 8 inch and wow I live in a pretty polluted area but the 8 inch brought Alot of more detail even in a light polluted place! Wow 12 inch nice! Im going for that later on but for now my 8 inch :D
Edsan91 1 year ago
@hiian123 Oh And yea Get some Light polluted filters! I havent tried one and wonder if they really work. hey when u get ur 12 inch and the filters can u get back at me and say if they really worked or not? Cause If they did Im getting them! They are sort of expensive though. And maybe its the pollution in your place thats stopping u from observing. I hate dam pollution! I went to mexico and there was NO pollution at all it was amazing! The stars were the lights of the streets. REALLY DARK!
Edsan91 1 year ago
@hiian123 So I think ALL scopes 3 inch and up can see stuff! If u go for example on a desert. But to Get REALLY serious about astronomy 6 inch and up. 4.5 and 5 inch for Beginners 6 inch for middle astronomers. 8 inch for serious observing. and 12 inch and up FOR REAL DEEP Sky observing but with the bigger apertures after 12 inch since it brings ALOT of light in A filter IS necessary at the least. but in a dark place it would problably be AMAZING. And start working out lol cause 12 inch is BIG!
Edsan91 1 year ago
@Edsan91 haha thanks! I hear that the light pollution filters work pretty well for different settings! About cost Zhumell has a GREAt deal. They have a filter kit including a UHC filter for Nubulae, O-III filter for Planetary Nebulae, a Moon and Skyglow filter for light pollution overall, and a variable polarizing filter for the moon all for 99 bucks for 1.25inch and 150 bucks for the 2inch kit!!! thx and ill get back to you about the filters when i try em out myself!
hiian123 1 year ago
WOW!
huntsman1230 2 years ago
very nice and cool video! thanks for sharing!
hochdaddy 2 years ago
Could you clarify 'live' image? How many seconds exposure for the M81 live image?
nytecam 2 years ago
live as in a video recording - i guess as others have called it
Pedro4k 2 years ago
Yep, the old Cigar Galaxy. Need dark skies for this puppy to jump out at you.
M31? You can see it with the naked eye. even 7x binoculars will show it's oblong shape. Don't expect to see spiral detail at the eyepiece unless you have a large aperture.
mnpd007 2 years ago
Does anyone know if I can see Andromeda (m31) with a 4.5 inch reflector??
jamieball 2 years ago
Yes, of course u can! I just saw it last night through a 8x40 binocular...
I dont have a telescope yet, but with my old binocular, I have a large numbers of objects to discover. U would be amazed what u can see, just with a small binocular..
Greetz
XorDoR 2 years ago
Well I've looked at the Moon, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Neptune.. and lots of constellations/nebula but I have yet to view any galaxies.. I wonder if the city light makes it too bright to properly see M31. I guess I will give it another shot in a day or two..
jamieball 2 years ago
How was your view of m31 thru your binocs? thanks!
PositiveKinetik 2 years ago
M31 through my 10x50 binocs looks good. You can easily make out the disk shape and the center
1ownjoo2 2 years ago
Yup it gives the best wide field of view!
Edsan91 2 years ago
Yeah, I was at a star party in Washington state up on table mountain. It was so dark up there you could see andromeda with sunglasses on! You can definetely see it with your naked eye. except if you're in a city, you can forget about it then.
ryansuperbee 2 years ago
I managed to finally find m31 the other night in the city.. couldn't see it with my naked eye but I could just barely see it through the wide angle lens and 4.5' mirror but it still looked like a blue smudge.. can't wait to get out to some darker skies to see some more detail though! :)
jamieball 2 years ago
I have a meade 16" lightbridge, Andromeda is amazing! You can even see the smaller galaxies around andromeda!
ryansuperbee 2 years ago
that is amazing ryansuperbee. i am looking at the 12" lightbridge! so how was it, how was Andromeda thru the 16"er ? any color? were the smaller galaxies the same color as Androm? and what part of earth did you see it from? thanks!
PositiveKinetik 2 years ago
of course just get yout constelations down and you can find it. i find it in cassiopeia.
Germanboy567 2 years ago
There might be other living things in that galazy, we never know...
Jiinxey24 2 years ago
the likelyhood of there being life in our own galaxy is very high. with 100,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy, the chance that at least one of those has a planet which could support life (using different chemicals e.g we're carbon based, could easily be other chemical based life forms).
nickmako 2 years ago
it's been stated that we've already been visited: dr. mitchell: 6th apollo astronaut to walk the moon, gordon cooper: longest flight in the mercury program, see the Disclosure Project, Fastwalkers, Out of the Blue. nasa is bringing people along slowly by 1st announcing, evidence of water, next, definitive water, next, possible evidence of fossils, next, evidence of fossils, next, possible structures, next definitive structures. the galaxy is as full of life as our oceans.
PositiveKinetik 2 years ago
What size scope are you using for this? I currently use a 6" and am considering a 12" to 16". I want to look at galaxies and instead of seeing a faint, foggy smudge, I want to see some detail. Is this possible with larger telescopes like a 12" and 16"? Thanks!
ChristianHiker 2 years ago
a bigger telescope will not let you see galaxies if you live in the city.
flamingcookbook 2 years ago
Thats absolutely sensational.
acs1978aus 3 years ago
ive got a 6" newtonian reflector and i live in south east england with a clear night and i can see andromeda its a smudge in my spotting scope. with my spotting scope a i line it up then i look through the lenses and you cant really see much all you can see is a feint light in the middle dont use a really powerfull magnification to find it because it wont find it properly use a mid range to short range. go on google and type stellarium it will show you where it is in the sky :)
lyons11 3 years ago 2
so khalsa
Did u susceed?
i was using my friends 10" and we didnt
:(
chuananrock 3 years ago
Keep trying. When you do, you should be able to see M81 M82, and NGC 3077. With a low enough power eyepiece, you can fit them in the same field of view. I almost can with my 6 inch refractor with and a basic 25mm eyepiece. Good luck, in my opinion, they are some of the best galaxies for visual viewing!
Pingletons 3 years ago
Not yet as the weather in the UK has been so bad, but tonight i feel somewhat hopefull as we have clear skies.
God willing they stay like that :)
KhalsaSoulja 3 years ago
cool, can i see the smae in a 60 mm telescope?
kashi169 3 years ago
I doubt it...
You may be able to see some slight haze but nothing compared to what's shown in this video.
Ironically i was trying to find M82 with my 10" last night.
KhalsaSoulja 3 years ago
lol
lewisisdaman 3 years ago
kidha singh, im having a bit of trouble using my telescope, i can't find any fuckin galaxies.
help me phaji.
RandyMan1995 3 years ago
Sat Sri Akal Bhaji
Galaxies are quite difficult and it depends on what scope you have.
I would really recommend trying to find M31 (Andromeda Galaxy) as this is the easiest to find and one of the largest.
Also download a free programme called Stellarium. It shows you whats in the night sky from this second to thousands of years in the future and past.
Goodluck & give us a shout if you need any more help. Clear Skies & Sat Sri Akal :)
KhalsaSoulja 3 years ago
sat sri akal,
as im only a beginner, i have a refracting telescope.
my max magnification is 660x
and here in the midlands it has clear skies tonight.
will it be enough to see tht galaxy?
RandyMan1995 3 years ago
Are you a beginner? Then don't worry, it's comepletely normal : P
Lity10 3 years ago
get an GOTO COMPUTER tripod ore dounload STELLARIUM its free softwere to help you find lot esier lol.its fun
vicamaral 2 years ago
would a 6mm eye piece be stronger than a 20mm eye piece? anyone?
damonz83 3 years ago
Yes, to find the exact magnification number, take the focal length of the scope and divide it by the focal length of the eyepiece.
For example, byt Orion XT8 dob has a focal length of 1200mm. A 10mm eyepiece would then yield a magnification of 1200/10 = 120x.
joeyisfunny 3 years ago
thanks man
damonz83 3 years ago
No prob!
joeyisfunny 3 years ago
yes.. lets say you had a focal length of 900m.. you would go..
900 divided by 20 = 45x magnification
900 divided by 6 = 150x magnification.. then you can get your hands on a barlow lens and double or tripple your magnification
jamieball 2 years ago