What do Jupiter & Saturn look like through a telescope? | Vlog Maldives Soneva Fushi October 2023
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- In October of 2023 I travelled to Soneva Fushi in the Maldives where they have an amateur observatory with a 14" telescope. While I was there I wanted to try and capture what Jupiter and Saturn look like to your eyes when you look down the telescope. I managed to attach my camera to the back of the telescope and was amazed at what I captured. I was invited to Soneva Fushi @discoversoneva to give stargazing tours to guests at the observatory in the evenings and had a wonderful trip (the trip was gifted in exchange for the stargazing evenings, I was not required to make this video but wanted to anyway!) - check out the resort here: soneva.com/resorts/soneva-fushi/
#astrotourism #astrophotography #maldives
The T2 to E-mount adaptor I used: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B092MMVCT...
My camera is a Sony ⍺ 7 IV: electronics.sony.com/imaging/...
00:00 - Introduction
01:17 - The telescope at Soneva Fushi
02:45 - How I captured this with my camera and a telescope
04:31 - Jupiter
07:08 - Saturn
09:32 - Outro
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV & an iPhone 13 Pro
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
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Its fantastic to see you with our resident astronomer and taking in and enjoying our observatory at #SonevaFushi and #SonevaJani !!
No matter how many times I see Jupiter and Saturn through a telescope, it’ll never not be cool !
Never! Hope you enjoyed seeing them here too
100% agree!!
You have a recommendation for a ~$2,500 telescope/camera setup for looking at the Moon and planets?
In september last year I showed my younger friend (his 28), my telescope at a mountain-cabin trip.
I showed him first Jupiter , 3 of the gallilean moons where visible, then Saturn with Titan.
He simply responded : THAT is the Coolest thing I`ve ever seen IRL (and the guy is somewhat of an action adrenalin-junkie..)
He has now been borrowing my telescope for 14 months 😂👍 (only a 100mm refractor tho..)
I`m linking him this video 😊
@@lordgarion514 I have a Sony DSV-HX400V with a 50X zoom, it can get slightly less than the telescope in this video, you can clearly see some of the bands on Jupiter and even the rings of Saturn, though not with a clear separation of the rings. It's hard to get good images because, like in the video, the planets are moving a lot and quite fast through the field of view. Here is my first take on Saturn: drive.google.com/file/d/1BqVLPe3pPa8UijaUhKbskgbo1lAVsSWn/view?usp=drive_link
My favourite thing about this channel is that despite of having been an astrophysicist her entire life, Dr. Becky reacts to these godly objects exactly how I would as an absolute novice. The sheer passion is inspiring
Oddly enough, unlike amateur astronomers, if you have a conversation with a group of professional astronomers you will find that a surprising percentage of them have never looked through an eyepiece.
Ooohs and Ahhh sitings of stupid planets that requires billions of tax payer money to be monitered has absolutely no influence on the well being of mankind. Save except the monitiring of asteroids.
I work with academics at a university.
And I can tell you that most of them have this passion about their subjects an pet passions!
@@Phootaba At the expense of the taxpayers hard earned cash they study. Their zealous love for their subject matter should be weighed against what subject is good for humanity. No Yes?
@@tonyedwards7801 it's not as clear cut as that when it comes to funding.
But if you trace companies as space X and - insert fusion company here they wouldn't be possible without the the more (just an expression) down to earth and slow research that universities does.
The sheer joy you had while watching from the telescope is so infectious. Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
Yeah, watching Dr. Becky squeal like a schoolgirl at the site of Jupiter and Saturn was massively educational. :-)
Welcome back. We missed you
I missed posting too!
I just have a little 4" Celestron telescope, and Jupiter and Saturn are my two favorite targets, especially with the magnifying lenses. On good nights (not much haze or turbulence in the atmosphere, etc.), they're extremely viewable even from our back yard in town. We have a little place nearby in the country, next to a farm field, we take it, too - we were able to find and see Comet Neowise with it in 2020 out there!! My husband bought me the telescope for Christmas a few years ago and the first time I saw the stripes on Jupiter, the Galilean moons and the rings of Saturn, it moved me to tears. And I love looking at the Moon, as well. The Moon filter we have is excellent and I never get tired of exploring the Moon's surface!! Awe-inspiring!!
My favourite Astrophysicist
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Can she play guitar?
Nothing quite as captivating than the shine behind someone’s eyes when they speak on a subject they are so passionate about ❤
This is a blast from the past for me. I was taking an Astro lab course in college. I had a Pentax k1000 attached to a celestron c8 and was attempting to take photos of Jupiter. The finale of Seinfeld was airing - and only a handful people actually attended. I remember being so excited and anxious as we were developing the film. Only to be disappointed when it was just a fussy and blurry picture. I told my professor how upset I was. When I showed him the photos he said congrats. You are the only one to actually get anything on film.
Capturing the planets clearly on film is difficult because they're so small:
Jupiter is the biggest planet apparent width at about 30-45 arc-seconds.
Saturn is about 20 arc-seconds at largest, but about the same as Jupiter if you include the rings
Mars is about 3-24 arc-seconds
For comparison, the Ring Nebula is about 118 arc-seconds (about 3x bigger than Jupiter)
The Crab Nebula is about 7 arc-minutes (more than 10x bigger)
The Sombrero Galaxy is about 9 arc-minutes
The Orion Nebula is about 1 degree (2x the size of the full moon)
The Andromeda Galaxy is about 3 degrees (6x the size of the full moon)
So when you add atmospheric turbulence over the long time exposure needed for film (Jupiter's orbit is about 4.6 AU so it gets about 1/20th the sunlight Earth does, and the magnification needed on most telescopes results in the equivalent of about f/300 to f/500), Jupiter usually turns into a blurry mess. The planets are much more impressive when viewed by eye because your eye's "exposure time" is much shorter than film. Nebulae and galaxies are larger, so when captured on film the atmospheric distortion is much smaller relative to the width of the object. But on the flip side they're much dimmer, so can't really be seen with the naked eye (they usually appear as a faint grey smudge).
One of the common photographic techniques with the planets is to capture lots of very short exposures (to minimize atmospheric distortion), then stack the clearest frames (when the atmosphere was randomly still) on top of each other. Of course that only became possible with digital camera sensors.
Enthusiasm overfloweth!
Natural, honest emotion on display.
That is one of many reasons why I like Dr. Becky.
I can't believe they own a telescope like that and NO TRACKING mount? I have a Celestron 8" and I even have tracking. That's just crazy.
I just got SW 5 in /1500 mm Cat-Mask AZ-Go2 tracking with WiFi cell phone and love it. Simple and easy to transport. It's a shame that such a 14-inch doesn't have auto tracking
The LX600 has tracking. It even has a dedicated tracking camera on top. They didn't have it aligned for some reason.
I know there is no such thing as a perfect life but Dr Becky has got to be getting close. Even though she understands stuff in a way most of us never will she still has the same childlike wonder whilst looking through the telescope, for some reason I find that so cool and endearing. Great vid.
Those pure joy giggles you made while looking at the planets was the most wholesome thing I’ve seen all week🥰 I’m so happy for you! For you to be on vacation and getting the chance to check out the planets! Your excitement has made my day! Enjoy the rest of your time away and we’ll all be here when you get back!!
Dr Becky, your enthusiasm mirrors what we experience when we hire Astrophysics college students to run our public outreach programs on the northen Bruce Peninsula in Ontario Canada. They spend so much time with the data or in front of computer screens that the sheer joy of actually seeing those photons from Jupiter hit their eyes in realtime through a telescope is overwhelming. I wish more universities gave their students time in front of small telescopes with only their eyes. Thnaks for this wonderful video rem under of the joy of our hobby, and your career!
This made my morning. Astrophysicists on CZcams frequently talk about heady things like complex mathematics, what's causing things that seem unusual in the way-far reaches of space that just aren't visible to most amateur astronomers (especially visual observers), so to see an accomplished astrophysicist so joyous over an unedited eyepiece view just makes my day.
In June, I picked up an AD10 (10" dobsonian), and the first things I looked at were Kappa Draco (second to last star in the tail of Draco), the Pleiades, Jupiter and Saturn. I got bored one night, so I started looking around for "faint fuzzies" (objects so faint that they look like a finger smudge on a window pane) and stumbled across NGC 457. I started calling it the Stickman because it looks like a stickman waving "Hello!" before I was able to identify it as the Owl or Dragonfly cluster. I still think it looks like a stickman. Anyway, love the video.
I bought the AD12 and I did much the same as you did although I did more on the photography side trying to get the Andromeda Galaxy, the Whirlpool Galaxy, and the Ring Nebula before I learned that my smartphone camera was just incapable of doing a whole lot because of its design, but the eye views through it were absolutely incredible, even when I was just pushing the limits while pointed at the Moon. In smaller telescopes I'd seen the Moon appear curved rather than the 'flat' that the naked eye could do, but only until I bought that telescope had I the ability to actually zoom in on the Moon so much that I could no longer tell the Moon was curved at all, and that was mind blowing.
@efulmer8675
I've just recently managed to get my phone adjusted close enough for some pics. So far, I've only tested it out on Jupiter and a couple stars (Betelguese, Rigel, maybe a third that I can't remember at the moment). Unfortunately, the fixture I've got gets the clearest image with a 16mm redline. I'm currently trying to decide if I want to get a mount that can handle the weight of the 10" or if I want to get a 12" goto dob. The son is definitely cheaper, but the mount in looking at (CEM70) has significantly better tracking. Do you have any experience with goto dobs?
She's finally back yay! I'm so used to the regular weekly uploads that it feels so weird when 2 weeks go by without an upload from this channel. Her channel really helps me reorient my perspective of life from a space and universe pov so much so, that i start worrying about mundane things when time goes by without an upload. Being reminded of and thinking about the vastness of space really helps with my mental health and i'm so grateful for this and other channels like this that help us see life from the grander pov of the universe. Space talk is therapy! Much love Dr.becky 😇❤
I remember as a teen in the 90's seeing Saturn through a telescope, and not only was it small but it was quick. 😅
First time I saw it I didn't think it looked real!
@@DrBeckyit’s a hologram according to flatearthers. So obviously I believe that. Obviously
The moon was quick, my first telescope observation. I was so surprised at how I had to follow it every minute or so.
When I first seen it with the worlds cheapest telescope,
It looked more like the ATOM picture
Yup and now you're hard earned taxpayer's money is being used for a select scientists to go and say ooooh and aaah with absolutely no financial return to the taxpayers that I am aware of.
It's even more exciting when you are looking through a telescope that you built yourself. No kidding, the first time I saw the moon through my 6" I was dancing in my back yard like an idiot and no one could stop me. And when I realized I could see the moons of Jupiter during one early viewing I was dumbfounded. Nothing could stop the sheer joy I felt the rest of the day!
I had a small 60mm refractor for xmas when I was a kid. I sat up late with a friend and pointed it at a yellowish 'star'. I thought we had a problem with the lens because it was fuzzy and oval, so I swapped for a more high-powered eyepiece and a Barlow lens and there it was - Saturn. Magical. Recaptured a bit of that feeling with this vid, thanks Dr. B.!
I love setting up one of my scopes on the sidewalk in my Brooklyn neighborhood. I invite neighbors and passersby to have a look and the response is nearly always incredibly enthusiastic. The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn always elicit wonder. People tend to thank me profusely and, every so often, someone is so moved that they hug me!
I rolled my 14 (F5.5 Newt) out into the driveway for Halloween and had the pleasure of showing Saturn to 60-70 kids and parents. I love living vicariously through their eyes of first discovery.
Back in April 2014, me and my family took a trip through Arizona and one of our stops was Lowell Observatory. We were fortunate enough to see Jupiter through the 42-inch Hall Telescope as the one they usually provided viewings of Jupiter through was being maintained. That was the most clear view of Jupiter I have ever seen! You could see not only the bands, but details within the bands. The moons also clearly showed different colors and brightness. Dr. Becky, since you are a professional astronomer, I would like to ask for you to do a video for all of us visiting that observatory in the near future and showing what the planets look like through that telescope as well.
I love your channel because your passion and love of Astrophysics is so genuine - and this film shows it :) - Please never stop!!! :)
Absolutely stunning and what a job. And what a fantastic place to live.
Great to see the pure joy, even of an astro-physisist when viewing the planets.
I recently moved to one of the "darkest" places in the US, and a telescope is on my list of things to buy soon. Even with the naked eye, the stars are incredible. I've been city dwelling all my life, and while I remember in the 70s, as a kid being able to see stars and the Milky Way, seeing it all again is amazing. Great video, Dr Becky!
Thank you, Dr., Becky for taking us along! Great video 😀
It's rewarding seeing you interact with everyday astronomy and seeing the joy it brings you. I mean, you're in paradise with a telescope that costs 10K but, it still brings a much needed human component when it comes to getting people to engage with science. And you're great at it. I would love to see more of these kinds of videos.
Listening to Dr. Becky's _[Happy Astrophysicist Sounds]_ was the highlight of the video simply because of the pure joy involved
Worth it just to hear you squeal in delight. Awesome video and yeah. A dream gig.
Thanks for sharing.
@Dr. Becky When you mentioned your Sony Alpha 74, my ears perked up! A have an older Sony Alpha 580 with the Minolta bayonet lens mount. I bought it used when the last of my long line of Minoltas finally gave up, so I wouldn't have to use adaptors and lose function.
It's been a while since I have ventured out. Thank you, Dr. Becky, for bringing these memories to the surface...and inspiring me to get back out there now that my camera is again working.
I've used those cameras and lenses with $10USD worth of screws, threaded rod, and cabinet hinges, combined with some scrap wood, that functions as a human-powered star tracker. Let me tell you, turning that little handle while looking at a stopwatch...waiting for enough light to squeak through a 300mm F4.5 lens to expose your Fugi 100-speed film makes for a heart-pumping, four-minute experience! Now that I'm digital, most of the sheer terror is absent...I can see that I have the shot and either keep or delete and re-shoot. Those nights when I could get out were still times to think about all the great astronomers who have gone before, with their primitive telescopes, if they were lucky and born late enough to have one.
Thanks Dr Becky for going through the hardships and onerous travel to bring us these vlogs, you are a martyr to your art!!
Soooo glad you get chances to do exciting stuff like this; and grateful you take the time to share it all. Your enthusiasm is very infectious 😀
I recently purchased a Celestron SE 8" and have been looking at Saturn and Jupiter as well. Always get as happy as you are in this video viewing the wonders of the universe. Thanks for posting this video. I recently joined an amateur NASA astronomy club, and I am amazed at their astrophotography skills and images, particularly those of deep space nebulae. My best to you.
I have a 4 inch refractor and managed to capture Jupiter and it's moons way back in 2015. So much fun and a real sense of achievement.
Years of fun, thanks, we're all lucky you're there! 🙂
Hello Dr. Becky.
I love to see these amazing close up images about Saturn and Jupiter, maybe someone will laugh at me but I even say good morning and good evening to the Venus and Jupiter when I see them on the clear sky.
But the most amazing thing that I really really love to see in this video is that how excited you are, how happy you are when you see your all time fav planet, Saturn. Your gorgeous smile tells everything without words, the little happy dance and happy claps are so so good to see. You bring smile to my face too. I hope I'll be able to see your smile much more times.
Sending hugs from Hungary, I can't wait to see your next video and listen to the nexp episode of TSMP. Love.
You're enthusiasm for something you must have seen a hundred times already is great to watch.
When you're doing the private stargazing sessions, have you ever run into a fan? Has anyone ever shown up wearing one of your t-shirts? I know that if I were going to go to a resort, and go see you give a private stargazing session, I would 100% wear my Toenail Moon t-shirt!
One of the most profound experiences I've had is seeing Saturn through the eyepiece of a similar telescope at the observatory of a community college I used to live near. It looked very much like in this video, the difference being that this telescope could track it across the sky. I looked from the eyepiece to the planet in the sky with my own eyes and realized that there was nothing but air between me and it. It gave me vertigo. It made my skin feel electric.
I had a similar experience recently when I was able to see the Milky Way in all its glory from Mount Maunakea. My daughter was with me and we laid on the benches of a picnic table at the visitor center, just soaking it in. As a bonus, there was a big eruption at Kīlauea the same night, so we drove the couple of hours out there, followed the trails in the dark, and were able to witness that awesomeness, too. I'll remember this rest of my life and I'm sure she will, too. A perfect night.
The 14" LX600 can also track the stars, planets and moon across the sky. I don't know why they didn't have it aligned so it would track.
Having fun is just as important to hardcore science. Thanks!
Looks like you had loads of fun. Thanks, for sharing it with us 🙂
🪐❤️💯‼️Love it too!!!
It was awesome to see you having fun exploring taking telescope pictures. Even a video like this I learn something. Enjoy your vaca
It's exciting to the point of being overwhelming! It's one thing to think of these planets in the abstract but to see them in person, such as it is, really hammers home that these incredible places truly do exist and fills me with a sense of wonder. It truly inspires the explorer in me!
Dr. Becky, your enthusiasm is so contagious! I hope one day I will be able to have such a private lecture with you at the Maldives.
This might be one your best videos
Jupiter, amazing and Saturn is breath taking with the Titan next to it. I mean wow astrophotography is an inspiring profession
Becky, thank you for sharing and for all that you do. It was so lovely to see you and Shizu, both like excited kids sharing your passion for these wonderful planets and images 😎😎😎! Much ❤
Dr. Becky , I am Jaded ...... I am an amateur astronomer and I look and I image the sky and planets , and I dont get that excitement like that anymore. I remember the first time I saw Saturn thru a telescope when I was 13 and I was in awe . When I first imaged Saturn I was on cloud 9 (and it was a terrible image).... It is so cool to see someone like you an accomplished scientist get so gitty. Thanks for making me feel so lucky that I can see these things just by going out to my backyard... Anytime you are in the New York area hit me up and you can do it all over again.
A rare treat of a spontaneous video !
Ha, your enthusiasm is catching for sure, I felt myself getting giddy like I was right there, indeed felt so much fun, but also felt both excited and humbled that I can see the Rings of Saturn through your camera and this channel and, like you said, at just the right angle - it reminded me of the pictures I saw in elementary school, and gives me again much the same awe I felt back then
As a matter of fact, sometimes when I feel the world is getting too serious and negative, I always think of coming here, where it helps me regain the perspective of what more is out there in the Universe - I find it uplifting every time!
Very different content from the usual, I love it! Very obvious that you're in your element here and your enthusiasm is super infectious! ❤
I just finished listening to your audio book. I cannot recommend it highly enough. Informative and fun without the need for an undergraduate degree in Physics. I never expected to laugh out loud, as I did, when listening to a book on astronomy.
Your enthusiasm makes me smile.
Now that was totally awesome Dr. Becky! So glad that you are able to get away & have a good time star gazing! 👍👍💥💥
Seen that too. Was pretty amazing to see the moons of Jupiter.
Lovely video. Thank you. Looking through a telescope does give a whole new insight into the beauty of the universe. I was awe struck at age 17 by the view of the Pleiades through a friend's 8 inch reflector. It looked like a handful of diamonds on a piece of black velvet. That was 71 years ago and it is still a vivid memory.
I also would like to remark on your videos in general and the way you show a scientist as a real person. My career was in sub-micro chemical analysis and I know that a lot of people regard scientists as another species and often as dull and solely absorbed in science. Taint true. If i was closer I'd like to have a beer with you in congratulation for your videos. Thanks again.
Dr. Becky, you DESERVE those kinds of experiences. I can't imagine how tiring it must be doing your regular job as well as writing, filming, and editing these videos. When do you sleep? lol. But seriously for many of us you have taught us SO MUCH and made complicated science fun and accessible for people like me who are not rocket scientists. I think I can safely speak for everybody here that we love to see you get to go on these kind of trips and you always share them with us. So thank you!!
She's young, and doesn't have kids. I keep having to tell my mom the same thing about her grandchildren who work all hours *and* have kids to look after -- they're young.
@@EnglishMike fair but I know a lot of young people who are super lazy and I know older people WITH kids who work like crazy. So labels or not, this is a hard working lady and the point is she deserves fun trips from time to time.
I remember my first glimpses of Jupiter and Saturn through an old Edmund Scientific reflector telescope years ago. I can relate to your sense of awe and wonderment at what I was seeing! 😲
I love how excited you get over all of this - your passion for it all shines so brightly in all of your videos.
Thank you for bringing us along!
I was on holiday in West Africa once and one evening after a dinner in the middle of nowhere one of the party had a bird watching telescope and pointed it at Jupiter. Everyone, guests and staff got to see Jupiter and a couple of the moons! No light pollution just a great time!
Thank you too Dr Becky 😊 enjoy and safe travel back.
Wonderful enthusiasm! At the end we get to see a great astrophysicist in her own gravity well.
Keck really should install an eye-piece for visiting astronomers to get a real treat 🙂
Even though, as Dr Becky said, those super massive telescopes are meant for capturing things we wouldn't really be able to see with our eyes, you have to wonder what Jupiter or Saturn would look like though a 10 metre scope!!
You'd be disappointed. Large instruments like that have large image planes for large cameras. Your eye is tiny in comparison, so only a fraction of the gathered light will make it into your tiny eyepiece. It won't look much different than an amateur scope because of this. I've looked through an eyepiece on a large scope, and my 14" at home looked better.
I once had the opportunity to look at Jupiter through my schools telescope when I went to school in the very north of Sweden and it is an incredible experience, like you really do not expect the level of detail you actually can see! It's just incredible
I can understand your excitement. I can never forget the first time I saw Jupiter and its 4 Galilean moons and Saturn through my 6" telescope with naked eye. That feeling sticks with you. Now, I want to upgrade to a 12" for deep-sky objects such as the M catalog. It's not a hobby but more like a passion. Once you see these things up close in the sky, you're hooked for life ❤
A lot of deep sky objects are already quite big and so your 6" will be perfectly suitable. You just need to make sure you have a tracking mount and the ability to capture multiple long exposures if you want to get them on camera.
I have a 4.5" reflector and have captured andromeda, the orion nebula, the Pleiades and a few other galaxies.
And that same respect that you give us as viewers is something you demand all by yourself.
Many thanks for that.
Amazing video!! Thank you so much Dr. Becky. Your explanations are all super clean and so well done. Great work and thank you for documenting your experience!!! 🙏
I just did a viewing of Jupiter and Saturn for members of my housing co-op through my telescope. Even though you can find a million high-res pictures on the internet, there's nothing like seeing it live in the night sky.
What a great opportunity, especially with the chance to attach your camera. Congratulations! :)
Just started reading your book! Love the reference to the evolution of stars being compared to Pikachu and Raichu!
I love your enthousiasm and energy Becky, always enjoying your videos, thank you!
I love this video. Thanks for showing these beautiful planets 💛
I love your reactions. I've been teaching astrophotography for a few years and everyone from kids just learning to even an astrophysicist react the same way. Dr. Becky, I love the heavy astrophysicist Science, your pushing me to learn more, but this was very enjoyable. Thanks and keep the knowledge coming... PLZ
We have the 12 version going to get the 14 next year. Very good scope, camera is equally as important
That school girl excitement is amazing!
this video was joyus, the enthusiasm you have for astronomy is great and it shines through and makes me wish I could go to those islands and experience it for myself
Love your enthusiasm and your ability to make all your CZcams clips so enthralling and interesting.
Thank you.
Richard.
It’s so cool to see your unbridled joy from this amazing experience. I’m glad you had fun
Thanks, dr. Becky! 😊
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Happy - happy! Joy - joy!
Bloody awesome ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your fun with us doctor .it was amazing to see just what you showed us I always wondered thank you so much . Glad to see you having fun.
Really liked it for a person not in the astrophysics world, and Saturn is my favorite planet too. ❤
I'm confident we all enjoyed this as well! Thank you!
Nice gig 👍
Thanks for the awesome video today. This was great to watch.
Holy crap, seeing how excited you got looking at these two planets honestly gave me chills. I know you love your job, but seeing it like this really does bring it home for a person.
Oh.... Getting videos of you at sunday feels kinda good:)
Thanks Dr. Becky informative & entertaining. Pretty down there.Dan
it is very nice to see that you enjoying your journey your trip. As well as your giving us something to learn about the outer space and its all very interesting thank you girl
One of my favourites Becky, thank you.
Sharing an evening with Dr. Becky and a 14" telescope in the Maldives sounds like my idea of paradise. Adds to bucket list.
I spent a couple of nights at a nearly empty posh campsite (they exist) near Hereford one time. Later loads of others turned up - a local astronomical society, many with some really, really fancy gear. Fancy gear with brass knobs on. AND they were more than happy to share what they could see with me! I got to see Jupiter and Saturn at well as you did, I guess - better than your camera was able to capture, but close. And Andromeda! I was gobsmacked by the Andromeda galaxy - the closest I have come to believing other intelligent life might be possible elsewhere.
You can't beat seeing it for yourself.
I bought a backyard size scope years ago. Was so excited I ran outside and pointed at the brightest star I could see and it was Saturn. Best first view ever.
Awe inspiring 🌞
Great video, thanks for the amazing views!
Love all of your videos. Thank you.
I got to see Jupiter when I was taking a college astronomy class. Was such an amazing thing to see. Awesome video.
love the enthusiasm