02 The Moon close up with large telescope (HQ)

[Crpetersena]

Excellent video

[gearsdegera90]

have you ever seen any weird things on the moon with the telescope?

[redshift40]

@gearsdegera90 - No.

[ibo852]

Wow thats impressive! How did you record it?

[jatigre1]

@ 3:41 seems like some strange formations, too bad we are not allowed to see the Moon on a REAL close up. I really think that we humans should be allowed to see our own satellite.

[redshift40]

not allowed? said who? Go to the channel below...you can watch all the close ups you want...

user/jaxachannel

[markstang1965]

1:18--1:20 object , black moving right to left...Bird?

The bird seems to cloak very nicely :) , It did not appear to want to travel our sky's all the way across the view of the scope. ??

Thank you for the time to produce such a nice raw video.

[samioa]

Prolly just a lill thing on the telescope

[redshift40]

It was a bird, and if you slow it down frame by frame, you will only see it in about 5-6 frames.

[imikewillrockyou]

That's one cool toy you have there. Very nice footage thanks for posting.

[tuber746]

i'm sure if you some how make viewing infrared , lots of surprising things will come to view, no? ;)

[redshift40]

Not for the moon. Infared is good for seeing through dust.

[whipit4me]

great video,what does a telescope like that run??

[redshift40]

It would be around $2,000

[PONETECHETE]

1:19 !! wtf is that :O!!

[redshift40]

Shhhhhhhh...it's nothing.

[shaftordie]

Looks good watchin in high quality.

[yourboycal]

anyone find pictures of the moon landing yet?

[LunarDSO]

Both your videos are good.

Good examples of atmospheric shimmer.

Nice shots of Tycho and Sinus Iridum.

[redshift40]

Thanks Lunar. The skies have been very unfavorable the past few years to film the moon. We only get a few days out of the year of good seeing. In the summer months it's only dark for a few hours.

[TheVideoDestroyer]

Awesome video! Your a rich git with that telescope then lol

That was NOT a bird mate!

[chuck4842]

Mischevious birds! Were they raised in a barn? I guess you probably see them alot by the aggravated response. I'm not an expert (obviously), I just felt the ratio, foreground to background, couldn't jive, it seems a bird in our sky would be a little larger and maybe slower.I'll have to trust your expertise.

[redshift40]

I was trying to be funny. I am such a geek.

How a bird will look depends on how far it is from the scope. I tracked some seagull's one time zig-zagging across the sky very fast, freaked me right out, until I got the bino's out.

[chuck4842]

what was that?!..flew by at 1:19

[redshift40]

I don't know but, they have been fouling satellite dishes at the Goldstone Deep Space Site, peeling radar absorbent material off buildings at the Chinal Lake Naval Weapons center, pecking holes in airplane wings, and stealing golf balls. They are jet black and can fly upside down for almost a mile.

[2012nugget]

Massively awsome.

[Observer34point5]

Excellent Odi!

[Larzabeth]

Amazingly beautiful!

[OneWorld4us]

how much a telescope like this could cost ?

Beautifull images !!.. hope you cand take some other planets and share..

[umail2008]

Now I want a telescope.

[izzysmart]

fantasic

[shadayafreeman]

where is that damn flag?

[redshift40]

You would need a telescope that is over 600 feet to see the flag. It was also most likely knocked over when the lander took off.

[shadayafreeman]

Oh ok that is logical....BUT I was being funny because I dont believe its there. : )

[umail2008]

this video is so clear. I'm amazed.

[odisealinker]

fantastic footage redshift.

[DontSprayMeBro]

agreed fantastic footage redshift! thanks for sending it my way odisealinker!

[signalfuture]

very impressive moonvid, do you sell high def dvd's of your footage? what is the small black object moving from right to left at 118-120?

[redshift40]

Thanks. This telescope is not made for astrophotography so I would not offer dvd's. The moon looks 10 times better looking at the eyepiece than what you see here on film.

The black object at 1:19 is a crow.

[samueldrdr]

Thanks you very much for post!

Have you ever tried the MALLINCAM? I is the CCD camera that is developed by the guy in Ottawa On, Canada, that can film from the eye peace of scope with filtering out light pollution. You can even film in the day time, thats how good it is!

goto : mallincam(dot)tripod(dot)com

[KevinTechnology]

awesome vid, love it.

Did you build that telescope yourself?

Looks fantastic!

[redshift40]

Thanks Kevin -The scope is homemade. I did some modifications to it, but did not build it.

The mirrors are from John at galaxy optics.

[Dubai1976]

I just bought Celestron AstroMaster 130EQ Telescope APERTURE 130mm, FL 650mm, FR=5 and it comes with 10mm lens and 20mm lens. first do i need Celestron Ultima 1.25 in 2x to get closer images, second i just bought this one and i can exchange it with Celestron AstroMaster 114EQ 1000mm APERTURE 114mm FR 8.77 or keep the 130EQ?

[redshift40]

The bigger aperture would be best. You can get a 2x barlow lens to double your eyepiece magnification.

[AgentEnigma]

Stunning view.

[rockenmasse]

That new telescope sounds pretty exciting. Aren't they going to have a fair bit of trouble keeping a massive object like that synchronised with moving heavenly bodies? The mechanics along would be massive.

[ryansuperbee]

Yes, the mechanics of the new scope are going to be massive. Synchronization is no problem, they use computer controled hydraulics for that job. One of the questions I get asked most is " If hubble can get these amazing pictures of galaxies and nebulas, why can't it see the flag on the moon? The awnser to that is shear size! Galaxies average out to be 100 thousand light-years across. And some nebulas are millions of light-years across. So even though they are far away, their size is what counts.

[ryansuperbee]

If you are interested there are many "aperature calculators" on the internet that will let you simulate different diameters, lengths, and powers of telescopes. You will quickly see why even our biggest telescopes are not nearly big enough.

[rockenmasse]

Actually, I am interested. When this conversation started I looked up "optical wavelength" on Google, but didn't really find anything that matched that term. Is this another name for something else? Oh, and I also found some online telescope dimension calculators. :-P

[rockenmasse]

OK, think I've answered my own question... By "optical wavelength" you just meant visible wavelengths. I thought it was some special unit of measurement used in calculating telescope dimensions - sorry. :-/ This makes more sense now. Gee I feel dumb.

[rockenmasse]

Cool video. Here's a burning question someone here might know... With a powerful telescope, is it possible to see the USA flag they stuck up there in the 60's? Even as a blob?

[redshift40]

Not even the largest telescope on Earth or in space can resolve something that small. The flag was also most likely knocked down when they took off.

[rockenmasse]

Thanks for that :-) I've wondered for ages. The moon looks so close sometimes, but I guess the distances and sizes are totally deceiving.

[ryansuperbee]

The flag is 125 cm (4 feet) long, and you would need an optical wavelength telescope around 200 meters (~650 feet) in diameter to see it. The largest optical wavelength telescope that we have now is the Keck Telscope in Hawaii which is 10 meters in diameter. The Hubble Space Telescope is only 2.4 meters in diameter - much too small!

There's good news though. They are building the "OWL" telescope, which is 100 meters across. Which would be able to see the lunar lander.

[missswanson]

WTF? 1:19 - 1:21 , WHATS that flying across the screen ?

[redshift40]

Good eye, I was wondering when someone was going to notice that.

It was a bird.

[missswanson]

oh, hehe  :-)

[chuck4842]

wait a minute you're zoomed in to the moon a zillion miles away on a cold night and a bird in our sky flys by and looks like a dot? NO way dude! that was ET. Nice video though

[redshift40]

The moon is on average 238,897 (zillion) miles away. You should have seen the mother ship! I edited that part out, I think "they" are watching me...

[Pabelseth]

oh ok, always thought that the moon was just moving in the sky but forgot that the earths spins hehe, ty for the correction

[Pabelseth]

am i right saying that the apparent movement of the telescope is actually the moon moving in the sky?

[redshift40]

This apparent motion is due to the Earth spinning on its axis. The celestial equator of Earth is spinning at about 1,000 mph.

[heliosium]

great

[CerKon]

how much does a telescope like that usually go for?

[redshift40]

this scope would cost about $1,600. Meade has a 12" light bridge that is similar for $899.00 US