So, you think you've seen the Moon?
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2012
- Does familiarity breed contempt or just disinterest? The Moon is one of the most familiar objects in the night sky, so familiar in fact that it is often overlooked - even by astronomers! This video might surprise you - it asks you to think again about the Moon and - more importantly - to take a proper look at it, perhaps for the first time in your life.
Presented by Robert J Dalby FRAS
Produced by DB Video Services for Astronomy and Nature TV - Věda a technologie
A re-edited version of this video is now available: czcams.com/video/1px2zeCgvx8/video.html
It benefits from better picture resolution, various other visual improvements and, crucially, we've fixed the audio during 'the park' segment which was previously inaudible if played back on a mono speaker configuration.
Great video! You're a very good teacher/presenter. You should make a "So, you think you've seen it" series and do our sun, planets, galaxies, etc.
adamaj hehe, yeah or maybe: "so you think the earth is flat"
Glad i found this guys videos
Excellent video! I've been an amateur astronomer for 50 yrs and have never even thought of some of the things you mentioned here. Keep up the good work!
Just great! Really enjoying your videos, Robert. I know this one is nearly 7 years old, but it won't ever get old! Well done.
This is the most fascinating video I have seen! You should set up your own program on TV for astronomy! Keep up the good work! And thanks for the experience! I go now have a proper look at the Moon :)
Outstanding video. Twenty minutes of mine well spent. Thank you.
Very informative. Thank you for posting and making it in the first place.
I have learned so much from You Tube it is incredible.
When I looked stuff up in our Encyclopedia Britannica as I was growing up in Iowa, I always read items that I didn't start out looking for.
I ended up reading most of the entire library of those wonderful books.
Again thank you sir.
Thanks a lot for this film!
As a beginner amateur astronomer, I learned a lot.
The software recommendations are also very useful.
Appreciate all the awesome work you are doing and thanks for sharing!
As an amateur astronomer myself, I appreciate your 'No-nonsense' approach and the light-hearted way you put over the information in an easy to understand way. You are able to put people at ease by removing the high-and-mighty approach some take. Well done and keep up the good work. An interesting point that some may find interesting for scale, when looking at the full Moon, imagine dividing the diameter by about 2100 times as that's what looking at something one mile across would look like as seen from Earth. BTW, that's about the resolving power limit of my largest telescope. :-)
one of the most thought provoking vids I've ever seen on YT...well done...just got myself an 8 inch Dob....first scope , soaking up advice from all corners of the web...
Wasn't expecting that. Excellent video, and very interesting!
My favorite video of CZcams... Liked and subscribed
Very nice video with a very eloquent and clear presenter. Thanks!
Excellent subject and great presentation. Many thanks
Thank you for the great info. I learned a lot, thanks.
hello from Des Moines Iowa!!! great vid.
Do you know bill bryson ?
What a knowledgeable Guy you are and a fantastic channel! Totally hooked!
This makes me very happy. I always have this fascination towards the Moon since childhood. I love staring at it especially when it's full moon.
I’m addicted to these videos thank you!
Simply amazing this video! Good presenter and script.
Great video, fun and very informative.
Well done!
You guys are great, I have watched loads of your vids and they have really helped me out a lot with my telescope
Excellent video and series. Watching in July 2021!
This was a most wonderful video. Thank you. 👍
Great video, thanks for uploading!
Wonderfully made video.. thank you Sir.
BBC / ITV here's a guy that needs signing up!! Great video, excellent presentation and very engaging, I learned a lot
Andy..
Simply brilliant! Thank you
Really nice video. Thanks for that. I really wish I had a clear sky at the moment.
An excellent Video. Well done A&NC. Very well done Robert.
Very well presented - clear and educational - you should do this for a living! I got the distance and size questions pretty close - I remember blocking out the moon with a pencil at arms length. Nice video, thanks.
Cracking good and Informative Vid !!! :)
Amazing , blown my mind ,thank you !
Amazing, Im gonna take a proper look at the Moon, thanks.
Thanks for the video... Great way to show the size and distance.
Well done for another supurb Video. Put over in an interesting way which just brings it all into perspective and make you want to spend even more time looking at the Moon, which is some times forgotten as a subject to view
Thanks
Bill
Horwich, Lanc's
Amazing content.
I love your vids!
Thanks Robert for another excellent informative video!
Fascinating, thanks.
Delightful and instructive!
Great video again! Thought it would be at least 1 meter, considering the size of the earth and moon. Very interesting!!
Awesome video. I watched the end 3 times :)
love it ,love it , keep doing them great videos !!!
Good story teller, thanks.. brilliant entertainment !! You've sold it to me !!
Very educational & oh so interesting. Keep up the good work.
beautiful and clever way to explain the whole thing thanks a lot
Your voice is soothing. I subscribed
You can speak well without demolishing the romantic aspect...after all one can see the beauty of the moon in the sky and with the beauty of its light one cannot help to 'love it'...so full moon for facts presentation, just no need to undo what we love . Thank you.
brilliant, graphic and usefriendly explanation.. well done.
You probably won't see this comment, I'm writing in Jan. of 2021. All I can think of besides the moon, is how lovely it is to see people enjoying a summer's day, sitting close by each other on the grass with no sign of a mask! Happy days!
On another note, as a big moon fan myself, I've been noticing it of late appearing in the sky in weird places where it isn't usually?? Same time of day, one day in front of my home low in the sky at suppertime 6:30 pm-ish, next night same time back of the house, another time high above the house?? I'm like, "what're you doing there?" as I have lived here over 25 years and am very familiar with the moon placements. It just seems odd to me. I've searched around the net and have found a few others mentioning it, do you know anything about this? Nice video btw, thumbs up!
Hi there, and thanks. No, as you can see, I saw your comment. The small beleaguered pocket of the human race that is familiar with, and has respect for, the methods and results of science, know that the position of the Moon for every split second of the day can be calculated and confirmed to an accuracy of
Love your clear explanations Sir
Outstanding video!
What an excellent video. You are a great presenter.
Mind blowing video, thanks!.
Hi there and thanks for posting, glad to hear you liked it. if you haven't already done so, please don't forget to subscribe - it helps us more than you might think and ensures you won't miss our next upload on telescopic astronomy. KR A&NTV
awesome info Thank You .
Epic. What a wonderful channel
Thanks! I had no idea that the moon changed in apparent size like that. Cool!
3:05 is real estate the best choice of words lollll
Great video, very informative and well presented
Thanks for mentioning Ilford...my old stamping ground...lol..😂😂
most impressed. Well done you!
Very enjoyable!
Excellent video and very informative.
SO AWESOME
What is that desktop planetary display that you rotated called? And where can I purchase one for my office?
Excellent... cheers team
Very interesting.You should write books about astromony,you make it so easy to understand.Thanks again for posting.
Very nice and diferent way to teach.
I had a dream several years ago that I flew like Superman to the moon. It only took about 3 seconds. It's probably the most realistic dream I've ever had. I was down on a vast plain slowing moving about 3 feet from the surface and looking up at the face of a vast, high mountain range, just like what he showed here. I flew up on top of this mountain range and looked down on the vast plain. I could see the earth above the horizon, in color, just like that famous picture of the earth taken from the moon. The most fantastic dream I've ever had!
8 years after this video, we're on the verge of obscuring the night sky with 60k and more satellites
what is it with ilford or demoy?!
Well I was born in the former and Andy Williams and Bill Bryson were both born in the latter (Des Moines, Iowa) so they must both have been nice places - once. But now I suspect they are both alike in looking better in the rear view mirror. No one ever goes back to Ilford (east London) once they leave - except in a box. Thanks for the odd but fun question. KR RJD A&NTV
Wow...have I ever looked at our closest neighbor in our sky in the most improper way. I thank you for getting me correct on what I havebbeen looking at mostly each and every nigh.I have been under the impression that after my school years s I have view things in a not so perfect way.
Watching you clip.your demonstration and listening carefully to your words I will now look at our mind with eyes wide open and not in a hale based in correct view.
Thanks from a Yank in the Catskill Mountain Range of NY State USA.
There is so much to revisit in As from my that I thought I had down pats so many years passed but now in my 70 and getting back into the hobby and thanks to your channel I might just understand more about the world we all live in. Right in time before the day comes when I take my last journey out of our word. It will be so nice to know where I sort started and where I will travel to when the day comes as I depart Mother Earth in search of Heaven and Gods Kingdom.
Thank you sir... Well Done
Mike Fisher NY USA
Thanks very professional.
Great ending.
Regards from North Wales
Wow this is now my go to moon video
Excellent video.
Well done guys great video.
Unexpected nice.
Excellent video
you are awesome sir!
Very interesting.
my 10x50 celestron upclose bins arrived today. and it was a crisp full moon.......... bloody nora, I was amazed..... I have now ordered the skywatcher skymax 102 eq2 I have been humming and arring about for a month. Cant wait until I can get another chance to view it with a sky like tonight in higher detail.........will be watching more of your videos thanks..
Very interesting and professional presentation.
Great, very informative video. I think that the best way to illustrate earth-moon distance though is to try to fit all of the planets of the solar system in between them. you'll still be left with roughly 4000km of empty space
Great video
Very nice video, very good work guys
Fascinating! Why were lessons nowhere near as interesting as that when I was at school?! Just got our first telescope, a Skywatcher 130p AZ goto, so we're complete beginners lol
it all comes down to "who teaches it".
Watch out, Sir Patrick, you have competition. Most excellent.
So glad I found this dude.
very nice
Very very cool video
I just received a 660x60mm telescope for Christmas and it came with a moon filter lens. I can hardly wait to use it since it's winter here in Northern On. Canada it will be awhile before I get to use it now that the snow has arrived. I have no desire to lug it on onto 4 feet of snow to try and look at the moon in -30c weather. I'll now have to wait for spring in the meantime, I have been watching videos like this to learn so my 1st spring viewing with a telescope will hopefully be easier..
All i have are the lenses that came with the scope I have an M25mm,h12.5mm and an sr4mm along with 3.3x and a 2x Barlow. Which of these are ok and which should I look to upgrade? I know company's cut costs by using lower quality lenses but I haven't a clue which are decent or what to look for if any one can direct me into some quality lenses upgrades that will last for this and future scopes that would be cool. Thanks.
Oh and it's a refractor I also have an erecting Barlow lens which I suspect is for land viewing..
More questions How do I know what size eyepiece to look for, Is there a way to measure the eyepiece like if its a 1.25 inch or how ever that works?
Can you upgrade the diagonal mirror?
Would this set be a solid upgrade to invest in www.ebay.ca/itm/SkyWatcher-1-25-17mm-SP-SERIES-SUPER-PLOSSL-TELESCOPE-EYEPIECE-20370-/130703782500?pt=UK_Telescope_Eyepieces&hash=item1e6e8d7264
I knew all that except the last one, not sure why the last one is so deceptive in our minds
Loved the chasing the earth scene
i gather he kicked it too.
What book is that one with the Moon images? Thanks!
very interesting
I will always bear in mind:)
this is cool :)
From what i saw, very well presented chat. Unfortunately once you went 'in the feild', my device decided to decode the audio all wrong. Called it tho, moon at that scale is about a few meters.
Nfi why the audio has gone bad tho. Good stuff tho. Praise be to the moon. Tides are pretty handy, n a balanced counterweight is always worth having ;)
You are blowing my mind