Capturing Saturn - Sixty Symbols

[TheDigitalStone]

I think his hobby is awesome.

[TardisGeek]

I remember seeing Saturn for the first time through my telescope. It was magnificent. I've never seen the planet in such detail.

[klooger28]

love this channel :D

[hyungsup2]

How would the "ring" look like if you live in Saturn?

Would it look like a giant monochrome rainbow?

[crazytrain7114]

truly ,truly amazing work, Mr Haese!! kudos for you and thank you for deepening my love for the stars!

[madjimms]

They need to put a observatory on the moon & invite people to watch.

*raises hand*

[Rob6456]

When I saw the title "Capturing Saturn", I was expecting a video about astrophysicists stalking the solar system with very big nets.

[matthewJmaloy]

GEEK!!! Jk

[Rhodon506]

enhance...enhance...enhance...­

[EBOWARRIOR]

my telescope is not very powerful and i live in a populated area, but when its dark and the sky is clear i go outside with the telescope and sit at the bottom of my garden with some brandy and snacks and just relax. Not sure what everything is called but i just love to observe.

[Zappyguy111]

What are you guys doing in my back yard?

[EBOWARRIOR]

@itsMinuteMaid what the F does that have to do with this?

[catsfromhell1]

This fascinating! I love astronomy :)

[kentrel2]

What a great bloke

[hasmatiks]

such a nice guy

[DonDavis42]

Wow, way cool...i watched this like three times....

thanks and thanks again

[wishbagii]

Why does the pictures of Saturn look fake?

[Speciaindividual]

@wishbagii That is explained in the video.

[CelticReject]

Amazing images. What a great guy!

[Zwhay29]

I live in adelaide xD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love this channel great see someone from my own home town on it!!!!

[chan625]

What a great guy!

[Zee96969696]

I like when Brady ask the question of why do it when there are other much more powerfull telescopes out there. that is a question which is on everybody's minds at least somewhere in the back of everybody's head, and it is a question I think most people may be too scared to ask, but asking questions like this does come with risk, the guy could've reacted negatively to the question, so sometimes we gotto hold back obvious realistic questions, but if we dare then ask, I like people who dare

[devileye90]

I would love to have an observatory like that

[Ed1H3r0]

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[culwin]

1 person hates science

[johannes914]

Can you see in your telescope the one guy who doesn't like this video ? ...

[Wizzie0]

"Absolutely...that, and I like to make pretty pictures." Haha, made me laugh XD

[wazscience]

Nice shades... I can see that they are from Oakly

[NicholasHeighway]

I was just looking at Jupiter this morning!

[Squagnut]

I'm too busy getting ready to go and photograph Jupiter to leave a comment.

[marleyboro]

wow congrats mate amazing images



[bruzewski]

The bartender says "We don't serve particles faster than the speed of the light."

A neutrino walks into a bar.

[SeanOBriain]

I have an 8 inch dobsonian telescope and Jupiter and Saturn are beautiful to look at. Don't get to see quite as much detail as here, but I can see Jupiter's clouds, and the cassini division on saturn's rings.

[gaiagale]

Well done! ...this one of the best 'sixtysymbols' videos that I've seen ...brilliant capture of the science of astronomy at its best ...people observing carefully and sharingwith each other freely

thank-you for making this brilliant video ...and thank-you for sharing

[taraz3d]

many comets are named after their discoverer, who are often amateur astronomers

[LolFishFail]

Do you know what always makes me sad. The fact that I'll never be able to see that image as it is, through my own eyes.

[100redeye]

can you see saturns moons with a home telescope?

[LolFishFail]

I know this seems like a weird question or theory even... But we know that the planets line up to the left and right sides of earth... well at least that's how they are explained. BUT! What is directly below and above Earth? :) Opens up my mind.

[bimblinghill]

@LolFishFail The solar planetary system is approximately a disc, so there are no planets above the north or south poles. But, further out, there is the Oort Cloud which is a scattering of comets & extends like a sphere.

[LolFishFail]

@bimblinghill sounds cool :)

[barakuda1111]

There are some amazing pictures on hes site.

Was watching some pictures of the moon and wondering can he see the landing site on the moon?

[wowkarbonkel]

amazing!

[HardstyleMatt]

Turned a shed into an epic observatory.

I want to do this now!

[xX9Warrior9Xx]

Great video!

[gskowal]

beautiful

[tmafkap]

Brady, with videos like this you're moving from Nottinghamscience to Worldscience. And it's fascinating to watch your transition...

[Supacalaz]

imagine if you saw a satellite when you uses one of them

[sixtysymbols]

@Supacalaz happens all the time... will show you what it looks like in an upcoming video!

[werdnativ]

@Supacalaz I was actually watching Saturn through my 80mm refractor last winter when a satellite passed through the viewfinder. It just looks like a small bright speck. The field of view is so small, but it happens!

[DeoMachina]

That is so cool, people have their own little observatories! Does it cost an arm and a leg or has the technology gotten cheaper?

[Tilaron]

I need a new eyepiece for my telescope, the biggest I can get Saturn is about the size of a little finger nail :(

[AxtheDragon]

Even more than "normal" photography astronomical photography is a hobby one can invest faaaaaaar too much money in :-)

[nois3]

Does Australia see a different part of space than the UK?

For example are there some things in space you can't see from both hemispheres of earth?

[MrAlexs888]

@nois3 of course UK lies on the northern hemisphere and Australia on the southern hemisphere

[sixtysymbols]

@nois3 yes... we'll be dealing with that in the next week or two!!!

[LBPCraftsman]

@sixtysymbols Im 16, and want to major in astronomy. Any tips on getting started? I have a crappy "meade" telescope but not much else.

[Pferdekopfnebel]

@nois3 magellanic clouds for instance

[CelticReject]

@nois3 yes they see the southern hemisphere.

[rastamaniakTHC]

@nois3 Of course, there are many things that can be seen only from one hemisphere..

[Darkownage2]

I love the video's. As a 15 year old, they are absolutely fascinating and exhilirating to watch. Physics is a big part of life. If I didn't have plans to study Psychology, and actually had good grades in Physics, I would do this at university. Thanks for the video's, they're very educational.

[xollst]

@Darkownage2 You may yet find your physics legs, and they are wonderful when you get them! You are very young, I'm sure if you have such an interest in physics at this point you will eventually end up studying it. Many scholars are familiar with several completely different fields, ie. I know an accountant who has a degree in zoology :P

[Darkownage2]

@xollst Ah. Maybe I'll try that, working on my Psychology degree then go back to University for Physics. Either way, I'll try for both if I can. I love physics and have a little bit of understanding of Quantum Physics (Schrödingers Cat, Quantum Immortality/Suicide, Two Slit Theory.. And so on.) c:Thank you.

[ericfam01]

"....and I like to make pretty pictures" LOL i love this guy!

[gaiagale]

@ericfam01 me too! ...that comment is epic ...so genuine! ...so humble!

respect

[TheBetterGame]

Just roughly, does anybody know what a rig like that would cost? I need a figure before i could convince my wife i need it. I can build the building, that's no biggy.

[Grymyrk]

I once pointed up telescope at the brightest star in the sky. To my amazement and wonder when I looked into the eye piece I saw Saturn.

[lejink]

when i was maybe 14 one of my dads friends showed me saturn through his telescope, such an amazing feeling seeing it for yourself.. made me feel so tiny and insignificant. that makes it sound depressing, its so hard to explain.

i must have watched it for 20 mins, seeing it on a screen just doesnt give me the same rush as looking in an eyepiece

[EphraimRodrigez]

thats what i call a zoom lens 

[khunopie]

Fair Dinkum mate. Let's throw another shrimp on the barbie and go find us some sheilas.

[imalwayswatchingu00]

@khunopie haha, I hated that ad :|

[SubTachyon]

People here in the UK can only dream about being able to take pictures like these. :(

[ferrett78]

@SubTachyon Go to Damian Peach's website (he is mentioned in this video). He's UK based and has some excellent solar system images (he won the category after all!). Many are taken in Barbados, but he also has many which were taken in the UK.

[sixtysymbols]

@ferrett78 and I have linked to his winning pic in the video description

[Beedle0511]

I really love SixtySymbols. I plan on studying IT next year, and it really pains me that i can not study both IT and physics, but i enjoy IT a little more. SixtySymbols gives me a little bit of physics in my life, and that makes the "no-physics-pain" a little bit better.

Keep up the great work Brady, you make my days more fun.

[Grymyrk]

@Beedle0511 I went to Auckland University of Technology. About two years ago they brought in a Masters in Radio Astronomy which you do after a Degree in Mathematical Science where you can major in Computer Science. You might be able to find something similar in your country. I wish I could have done it but I think it's a bit too late for me to start learning physics.

[sixtysymbols]

@Beedle0511 thanks... maybe a double degree is the way to go... or maybe we'll sway you to physics over the next few months! ;)

[Beedle0511]

@sixtysymbols maybe

[fugehdehyou]

@Beedle0511 there is very few careers involving physics so dont do a physics degree to engineering instead.

[mrteemumilto]

4:04 I have made Saturn images with the Tal-1 telescope with a 11 cm mirror.

[mrteemumilto]

5:35 an inappropriate question, mocks the astronomer. You just have to have some compassion to guess why he does it. And looking at the sky is intellectual and emotionally rewarding, even if you don't get NASA pictures. It is a personal accomplishment. You can just tell the reporter to have it.

[sixtysymbols]

@mrteemumilto No-one has more compassion or admiration for astronomers than me. If Paul feels mocked I will be mortified!!!!

Sometimes journalists ask questions in odd ways because it makes the interviewee think differently and say even more interesting things. And it's just my style to leave a few of my questions in the film so viewers know the context.

Of course I understand why Paul does it... I'm insanely jealous of his observatory and think his photos are amazing!

[mrteemumilto]

@sixtysymbols Ok, it is your routine, but I recent any behavior that assumes the worst, that 'why is there any reason to enjoy a good thing'. It is your problem, and the question in invalid.

[virumoz]

@mrteemumilto -- nope. You're mistaken. It's always a valid question, because the answer tends to be enlightening.

Reminds me of the time I picked up the hobby of writing programs, and everybody asked me what was so bloody exciting about that. It was fun to have a machine do what you instruct it to (and sometimes be surprised about the program’s result even if you're its author). Now I earn my living doing it.

[gaiagale]

@virumoz I agree ...the question was absolutely valid ...moreover Paul appeared to appreciate the question ...he certainly shared readily ...he knows that his effort are inspiring for others and are contributing greatly to the wealth of knowledge of our planetary neighbours ...the question simlpy invited him to share another aspect of what he knows

thanks for sharing

respect

[mrteemumilto]

@virumoz They were wrong. Your friends were being competitive with you, which is unfriendly. The astronomer did feel mocked by you, and if I were him, I would have questioned your question. What do you mean what's the point in taking lower class photos of stellar objects? Do you think that I'm not spending my time like sane people?

What if he answered back at you like it? Would you still justify your rudeness by 'enlightening' responses?

[virumoz]

Competitive? Unfriendly? Mocked? Rudenes?

You're exaggerating, mrteemumilto. Only the most insecure person would perceive this kind of chit chat the way you do. And even then, it would be time for that person to grow up.

[sixtysymbols]

@mrteemumilto are you trolling? :)

Regardless, here's what the interviewee said (unsolicited). It doesn't quite mesh with what we glean from your impressive international mind-reading skills... But maybe he's still suffering post-traumatic stress from my grilling!

"It was great fun being a part of the interview. Brady made me feel at ease and is a great interviewer. Video even makes me look passable. LOL. Thanks once again for the opportunity to participate in public outreach." - Paul Haese

[superdau]

@mrteemumilto

Another one, who does not understand the job of a journalist. Unfortunately that happens all to often. Brady has to ask questions that people would ask, if they met the interviewee. What's the use of an interview, if you just let someone talk?

If you are that touchy that a question like this offends you, you need to grow some balls! If you have a position, you need to be able to defend it. Noone has the right to not be offended by questions.

[superdau]

2 or 3 decades ago you needed NASA, a years long project and millions of dollars to take such pictures. Now everyone can do it as a hobby with almost off the shelf components. The only thing that hinders you is lightpolution... Gotta love and hate progress at the same time (the love is greater though ;) ).

[ALAPINO]

I live in the City now-- so I can rarely see celestial detail.

Once in a while, on really cold still days it opens up and you look up in awe.

Very nice, Brady!

[LordAprodesia1]

I am from Adelaide =D

[sixtysymbols]

@LordAprodesia1 me too!

[MindLessWiz]

Beautiful pictures. I wish I could see Saturn through a telescope by myself!

There's something very touching in actually looking at these objects with the naked eye.

[treeofclubs]

A few years ago I got the chance to look though an eight-inch Alvan Clark telescope at Mt Holyoke College that was installed in 1881. Saturn looked like three balls in the sky, but it was one of the most impressive things I have ever gotten to see.

[Eldeeff]

Why were you back in Aus Brady?

[sixtysymbols]

@Eldeeff I assume you don't also follow my periodicvideos channel? :)

was mainly there with Professor Poliakoff doing loads of chemistry films!

[Eldeeff]

@sixtysymbols No, I used to. But i decided it wasn't my thing... Are you only in SA?

[engelteir]

@sixtysymbols doing loads of AWESOME chemistry films!

[MorganOthelloLFee]

Astro What beautiful shots.

Your lucky people in Australia.

Places without light pollution.

Clear air.

Here in Europe we are glad if we can see the moon and Venus in the city with the naked eye

[Gytax0]

@MorganOthelloLFee Still not as bad as in North America. They say that when the lights gone out after an earthquake in Los Angeles, people started calling astronomers saying that they have seen UFOs in the sky (which were of course just stars and planets).

[BedroomBassist]

His photos are brilliant! :O

[Caineheist]

I love the whipper snipper in the background.

[Prismatronical]

SUPER AWESOME

[McC1oudv2]

I've seen Saturn through an $80 telescope, it was grey and about 3 cm accross.

[WeaselWJ]

Cool.

[ThrashMetalForces]

10 square mails? Hotmails? Haha. Nice video.

[Banserki]

Amazing!



[insomniac1893]

Australia is the best!! :D haha oh and SixtySymbols is also good too :P

Keep up the good work Brady!!

[CarpCatcher83]

win

[Deecimal]

"absolutely stoaked" <-----typical australian

[imalwayswatchingu00]

@Deecimal nah, no one says that xD

Very rare word here, I've lived all over Australia and only some of the older Australians say it.

[EyItsKimron]

Brady, how do you meet half these people? You must know a lot of people

[8DX]

@EyItsKimron It's called going outside lol.

[EyItsKimron]

@8DX lol

[Aviatorsmith]

I love being one of the first few to see the videos. Nice to see this on my homepage.