Solstice and Equinox - Sixty Symbols
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Summer solstice, equinox, Stonehenge and strange movements of the sun.
With Meghan Gray
Sixty Symbols tracks the sun's passage through the sky.
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This was great.
The lady really knew her stuff and presented it in a wonderful way.
Thank you to both you (Brady) and her.
@themightychickens glad you enjoyed it... thanks the astronomers, not me! :)
This is so amazing and well explained, that I watched the whole video
That's saying a lot for modernity haha!
@aMondia yes, I occasionally ask for help on Twitter and Facebook!!! Thanks to everyone who helped!
This makes me realize how beautiful Earth really is.
She pronounces everything so delicately. Its very nice to listen to.
I've been watching sixty symbols vids for the last couple days and I have to admit, I am SO, so so so in love with her
Celestial Mechanics perfectly explained, no equations, no tricky software, just pure intention of making this as simple as possible but comprehensive. Thank you.
Kind of distracted bt the atlas of creation in the back
He did a video on that.
Probably my best spent 11 minutes ever on the internet. Thank you Brady.
Very interesting video. Thank you !!
Maybe the young man could talk a little bit slower? ;-) I found it difficult to understand all he was saying, since english is not my mothers language.
English is not my Mothers lanuage but it is mine and i had to relisten several many times but then i had a thought, put the subtitles on
I know Nottingham very well. My Moms sister resided in Mansfield. I recall as a child picking Blackberries and Mushrooms in Sherwood Forrest. Decades ago.
They are now deceased, I miss my cousins, as we are now older than our aunts and uncles were when we we kids.
I recall rushing for that Shilling to place in the Meter as the Electricity went off.
Hi
VSAUCE?
10:01 Aaaahhh!! What kind of transition was that. You almost made my head explode.
What would life b like if the earth wasn't tilted? That would be a great video
andre bolto More interesting question would be, if we vary tilt of the earth by different degrees, how much would it change the weather patters? There must be an equation or at least a mathematical relation between the two.
It would be spring/harvest equinox all the time. Which means only spring all the time and no other seasons!
Geez why is everyone trashing this video x.x..if you dont like it, lean "forward" and change it! Some of us actually enjoy this and dont really care whether or not you "learned this back in kindergarten"
hopefully i marry a lady as pretty and intelligent as she is.
daft bes me too hope so
Minor corrections: She pronounces the word "analemna". It is "analemma". Later, when describing the motion of the sun around the polar sky, the presenter uses the verb "rotates". The sun actually appears to "revolve" around the north pole.
This pretty much proves that the Earth isn't flat.
You haven't heard the full flat Earth theory then. Flat Earthers have a counter argument for this stuff. Sadly, Occam's Razor is lost on them.
Occam's Razor and the term "ad hoc argumentation".
~Flat Earthers have a counter argument for this stuff~ and boy, is it complicated! This video should be mandatory in every school in America.
Been subscribed to Sixty symbols for I don't know how long.
probably one of the best youtube videos ive ever watched
Not only is she beautiful on the outside, she's knowledgeable too. All the professors in the videos are a joy to listen to.
whoa......lots of information.......11 minutes to understand it all.....
This is better than school!!!
Subbed!
this is the best explanation on the internet
Her voice is so soothing!
I just loooove the way she explains things; just love her!!!
Shut up. I was subscribed to this channel way before vsause. this is probably the most educational 11 minute video on youtube!
those romans are geniouses. Ive been suntanning for years and never noticed the solstice.
By the way guys the software she uses is free and is called "Stellarium", available on mac, pc, linux, and many mobile platforms.
This piece of knowledge had always been a dark spot on my mindscape, even though it's more relatable than most other science topics. Well, now i do. Thanks sixtysymbols!
these kind of videos need millions of views these actually teach you something.
I love her mixed accent, great to listen to :)
@XxFairyGrrlxX If you're talking about the date at the beginning that wasn't the actual day. She plays with the date throughout the entire video, that's how she gets it where she wants it. She started on the 21st because that's the summer solstice.
Getting in a few days early because I am away for the solstice itself!!!
@carbronica "I've always wondered why theCoulomb wouldn't therefore be the base unit instead."
It is.
It just seems to be convention that sometimes we like to used derived units like Amps instead of Coulombs per second while other times, like with velocity, we are happy to talk in meters per second or miles per hour without feeling the need for a new unit.
Thanks so much for uploading the video.❤️
Vsauce and Sixtysymbols - some of my favorite things merging together. Amazing.
@kid181 That effect is actually negligible in comparison. The difference in distance is only about 2%, not making for a large change in sun radiation (about 4 percent). And on the south half of the earth, this effect actually goes opposite the seasons, not to a noticeable effect (further away in warm season, closer in cold).
Yay for using Stellarium! I use it all the time when I'm gonna get out my telescope :)
And now I just wanna go and watch Sagan all over again.
Couldn't Stonehenge have been built to observe sunset on the winter solstice?
Oh yes, I have to mention Stellarium, the planetarium program she was using. It's a brilliant tool for anyone who is curious about astronomy and it's FREE! It's especially good for people in brightly lit cities. It can give you a good idea what the sky looks like with or without light pollution.
Uranus has a tilt that is nearly pointed directly at the sun (almost a 90 degree angle). You should look it up!
Excellent presentation . Thank you!!!
If you wanted to download the program she was using it is called Stelarium and its free.
I am a greek astronomer 2000 years after Eratosthenes , Ptolemeus and Hipparchus and I approve this video on behalf of my ancestors.
@eduveloper email me via the sixty symbols website... there is a way.
@busterbox I'm pretty sure this is "Stellarium". It's open source and available for most operating systems. Haven't tried it in a long time though.
Great calculation for that that guy in egypt; just brilliant!
The programme she is using is called "Stellarium" if anyone wanted to know ^^
Stonehenge as a solstice calendar. Well, that IS pretty cool.
But I thought it was an intergalactic marker for a large black and green puzzle box called the Pandorica?
I watched it all, i didnt realise how long it is. interesting stuff
Knew all of this from living my whole life on the arctic circle with every summer having the midnight sun.
@paloskie but I'd like to add it to the video here for everyone!
I wish this woman was my Geography teacher or something.. it's so easy to listen to her talk. I'm sure my Geography teacher was saying something along those lines once, but she somehow makes it seem more interesting :D
lovely video as always! thank you brady for your effort
Thank you thank you thank you. I've always wonder about solstice.
Astronomy has led humanity since the beginnings of civilization. Almost all important/everyday things, like the names of the days of the week are still related to it.
In essence, it was that important to the ancient because of agriculture. Knowing the solstices and identifying the constelations would help them knowing the optimum times in the year to plant/harvest the right crops.
Where was the photo at 9:20 taken? It is interesting how it has "Ráktérítő" written on it in Hungarian.
+CsBence98 According to the hungarian wikipedia, somewhere in Western Sahara.
How nice of the viewers to send in pictures you can use. ;D
thats so interesting!! i love this!!! i thought it would be boring! but i loooove it!
@sooooooooDark They're saying that he was incredibly close to 2 percent for having so little to work with at the time. It's still very impressive.
Amazing video!! Thank you so much, from Mexico!
Agreed, I came here to say the same thing, she has such a lovely and calming voice. Also, that software is really cool. I wonder what it's called. (Haven't finished the video yet)
That's rather impressive software you've got there. What's it called? Any idea how it works?
Excellent Leanback.
Never thought I would watch the whole video!
The name of the software is stellarium (Mac) and its free to download
@sixtysymbols I've always been interested in solar movement. Great video.
Can you do a video on the Higgs Boson?
@BomberEffect not recorded on june 26th. she just set the date on the computer to show the sun on that date
To understand the seasons, I suggest using a torch an apple and a pencil. (To put through the apple.)
@paloskie gracias! Luckily i got VLC installed and will give it a go this weekend.
the program is called Stellarium by the way
@buzzimu I dont know what is it. Same happened to me. I think its her voice. So calm and pleasing
This is a really cool thing I've never really thought of. The program really helped with getting the point across. One more thing in life explained =]
@extremebeyond probably. I'm not from around there, so I wouldn't recognize the differences in voices, all I hear is a similar accent. Though the pitch even sounds like you to me. But since it's you replying saying it isn't you, I'm guessing it isn't. Thanks for clearing it up! Didn't think you had anything to do with the Cosmos.
holy crap this is amazing.
Well, this is a year's worth of mind blow. Yeah, baby.
10:13 - 10:23 I completely agree ....
Shout out to Eratosthenes! Measuring the circumference of the Earth using a well, a stick and a sharp mind.
And a guy with regular pace who didn't lose count
One question,(1:55 - 2:52) That also explains (in part) why there isn't summer time in the countries that are under the ecuatorial line?
@carbronica Crumbs yes! Now that I've looked at it I think I was somewhat perplexed by this many years ago but have since decided to forget all about it. The base unit definition of an ampere does look suspiciously derived to me but from the meter and the kg not the Coulomb. Interesting to note the proposal to define it in terms of Coulombs in the future, with a new definition for Coulombs.
Could you do a video on boiling points? Why water boils faster on lower pressure etc and generally what causes solid, liquid and gas state :D
Whoa... i just dropped my jaw (and my pizza :-) ) when i saw the hungarian text on the Tropic of Cancer sign. Yeah! Go Sixty Symbols!!
@MrGuitarZeppelin no, the sun is revolving around the core of the milky way, and the milky way itself is in motion
mind starting to feel a little air at 3:53
MIND BLOWN AT 4:13
great video, very entertaining and informative.
If all the rotation axes were pointed in more or less the same direction until something jarred them, whatever happened to Uranus? That is one big rock to tip over!
@lnwreal9 This only happens for like 20-30 days out of the year, it is not year round. also there is also like 20-30 days of night as well at least thats what i think
this was a really great video soo informative great work guys
i like her voice
Timely! :) Why do the latitude and longitude lines projected on the "celestial sphere" appear to move as you move throughout the day? Shouldn't they appear to stay in the same spot?
brady! another amazing video.! What is the name of the software she is using?
@yuGremaL
Stellarium, you can see the link at 00:35 in the video.
This software is free, and offers much more features then presented in the video.
this is the best one.
@TomMarAlem1987 What happens exactly? If a photon has specific wavelength, a wavelength small enough, so that its energy is big enough, it will give enough energy to a electron to overcome the energy gap in between atom orbits. U may have some Compton scattering involved, but that is a wide very wide subject.
Right now in finland the sun doesn't set at all for a few weeks. And in the wintertime before christmas it doesnt rise at all for a few weeks.
@eordogadam indeed, placed in the desert by Hungarian rally drivers!
@wkboonec True, very true. I wish the general public had a better understanding of the Equinoxes and Solstices. It seems that every time I mention either an equinox or solstice, I have to explain what they are at an elementary school level :(
well... i thought that was fantastic! that guy who thought of how to calculate the earths circ was so clever
@yuGremaL It looks like Stellarium, but could be Starry Night too. The difference is that the first is Free & Open Source Software, and the latter will cost you an arm and a leg.