NASA's Stunning Discoveries on Jupiter's Largest Moons | Our Solar System's Moons Supercut
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- A deep dive into the four Galilean moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Astrum merch now available! Apparel: teespring.com/stores/astrum-s... Metal Posters: displate.com/promo/astrum?art...
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0:00 Introduction
1:07 Io
13:01 Europa
24:18 Ganymede
34:05 Callisto
When I was a kid, we were always taught about the major planets, but for some reason, their moons were only a side note. It wasn't until I started looking into the Jovian Moons, Saturn's Moons, and unique bodies like Ceres, Pluto, and Charon that I realized that the solar system was FAR more complex than it appears from a simple viewpoint. These moons are absolutely worlds in their own respect. Ganymede itself is literally bigger than Mercury and almost as big as Mars.
At the most elementary level the planets are taught because they are the most basic, similar to how an intro to geometry course wouldn't focus on trigonometry. The point is to inspire fascination so people are interested and look into planetary sciences like selenology (moon). As far as deeper science the moons of Saturn and Jupiter have been a huge focus for a while now because of their makeup and potential. Cassini changed our whole field, there is so much interest now from so many people and i love it
This is where Science Fiction came in for me! At that time a lot of it was confined to the Solar system.
Yes, it is weird how they're often overlooked. I often find the moons to be more interesting than the parent planets, especially as some of them are the prime candidates to harbour life in the solar system.
You should get into cosmology, our solar system is a joke compared to what we've found over the last 10 years. There's a planey where it's entire surface is made out of a diamond like substance lol
@@daMillenialTrucker I mean, it's uncut and unpolished, but if diamonds can form on earth, then it follows they'd form elsewhere. Still bonkers, though (and probably a nightmare to look at if the sun reflects off/through it too brightly)
Excellent video! Chapters would have been a nice addition:
0:00 Introduction
1:07 Io
13:01 Europa
24:18 Ganymede
34:05 Callisto
Thank you! Good idea. I'll add that.
@@astrumspace A man of your word. Thank you
I remember when I was just a kid I knew which light in the night sky was Jupiter, and one night I got out a telescope I had from like Walmart or something, and I looked at it. I could see a tiny yellow dot with four little specks of light sitting around it. It was so cool.
Also, can you IMAGINE the view from one of Jupiter's moons? Looking up and seeing that massive planet just sitting there?
da big boi planet
Better hope youre on the outer moon or the radiation will kill you fast.
had this feeling of nostalgia reawaken and bought one of those Nat Geo scopes, would see the red eye and some of the larger bands.. mind blowing :)
Imagine the amount of sunscreen you'de need with all that radiation...
I just did last night. In my dream it was scarey realizing the ship could strand us on Mars but I realized whej we got to jupiter it would feel like the real center of the color system
What you didn't mention is that due to Europa's low gravity, a submarine capable of descending all the way to the rocky subsurface is do-able. It's about the same pressure as at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
The trouble of course is designing and producing such a submarine, transporting it to Europa, and getting it beneath the thick layer of ice. Maybe small uncrewed submarines can work.
I don't think radio signals would get to the surface even if it managed to melt through all that ice. Thats a lot of water for a signal to punch through.
That would be really amazing to see.
How would you get a submarine down there ?
That’s fascinating and amazing! I always thought the pressure at deepest would be like thousands of times more pressure then Mariana Trench, but the reason it has low gravity makes sense and amazing
A note for subscribers: Chances are you may have seen the content in this video before. All I've done here is edit the Galilean moons from the "Our Solar System's Moons" series into one video. I removed parts of the intros and outros, removed some repetition (for instance, I don't go into full details about orbital resonances every time) and removed the sponsors for a more seamless viewing experience. This is for people that want to learn about all the Galilean moons in one go, rather than specific ones.
Also, about the Io section, I didn't rerecord the narration even though the audio quality isn't super great and back then I didn't pronounce my 'g's, however, this is actually my favourite "old" video of mine and part of the charm in my opinion was the narration, so I kept it.
Anyways, enjoy!
Thank you!!
im glad to have something long to watch while i conquer dishes
Here is a cringy revalation from a fun, when I have difficulty falling a sleep, I just listen to one of your videos and I almost never manage to finish one. Now it is a challnge to see how many nights it takes to take in the content of 1 video. You have amazing voice, thanks for helping me fall a sleep when i cant
@@0000SYL I agree, Alex has a very calm comforting type voice, excellent for narration.
Isn't Callisto the outermost?
i loved this extended version... "yes, i do want to listen to info about moons for an hour, thank you."
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Jesus man, you had me glued to the screen, mesmerized. Numerous bits that I never heard of before, stunning visuals and editing. What an amazing content to subscribe to. Please never stop what you're doing.
Love this comment, this is what it’s all about !
This is what great TV om Discovery and NatGeo used to be like. Now it has forever changed. This 4 part video series is amazing and world class. Well done. Some of the best content out here. Really appreciate your efforts to make these!!! I loved this so much and my interest in the inner Jovial moons are at an all time high!!!
yeah, this totally feels like something would come on and watch as getting home from school back in the day. Oh well, thank gods for youtube I guess.
Picturing an ocean that is up to 150km deep is mind boggling. Whenever i'm on the highway driving and I pick a point in the distance, I measure out in my mind roughly how many KM away it is, and I picture being on the surface on the ocean, looking all the way down to the "bottom". This already astonishes me, and i'm only doing that with only a few kms in mind.
Yeah, such deep oceans spanning the whole planet are simply.... awe-inspiring
You need to lay off the devils lettuce my friend
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How deep is that really
@@jgilbert1998
150 km is about 93 miles.
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Don't take this the wrong way, but I've been using this video to fall asleep every night since it was released. It has an ASMR quality to it, and is still a super good science video at the same time.
Same bro. I usually use the rewatched videos as ASMR to sleep while picture Enceladus or Titan's surface and me walking on them.
I was dozing off as i was reading this.
Everybody does that
I agree! I usually hate ASMR but Astrum and SEA have relaxing yet very interesting videos that I use to doze off.
I can recommend his Hubble Playlist, as I have used that often because I have trouble sleeping. No more pills, just chill videos.
What an absolutely beautiful and excellently produced production- I found myself over and over through the video rewinding so I could re-hear and PROCESS the data-points and information being presented; this is not a critique but rather an applause of how fascinating and feature-rich this presentation was. Bravo. You have created a subscriber for life! I can't wait to get the time to explore your entire catalog. Amazing, and thank YOU!
Really agree with this comment! I like watching space videos to fall asleep at night...last night I only made it through the first moon, but when I woke up and saw the video had finished, I hit rewind and made sure to watch the last 3 while I was awake! Excellent content. Also a fan! ♡
Ditto. Absolutely georgeous images. So perfectly displayed. Fascinating information. I too look forward to seeing everything you put out on the solar system, and beyond- should I live so long. Thank you for a job astoundingly well done.❤❤❤
Astrum's video are always packed with information and amazing images and animations, they deserve to be studied with the same attention one would pay to academic material.
This is one of my favourite videos you've produced. Great pacing, fascinating topic, well narrated all through. Thanks for uploading, and best wishes from New Zealand!
I never get bored of learning about these moons, love seeing these combined into 1 video!
I'm so happy that You would love to moon me!!!!
Enceladus is the best one IMO and criminally under rated....
The title of this video alone made my heart race... I love the Galilean moons so much that I have a tattoo of an early sketch of Galileo's that shows Jupiter with them all orbiting around it!!
That's cool!
You know about Space Engine, right?
@@Andromedon777 NOW I DO!!! Thank you!
And when you curse or swear do you say "By the four moons of Jupiter!"?
@@samgamgee7384 LOL
Very interesting subject! The video kept my attention despite being 45 minutes long.
Pure excellence. Probably the best documentary on this subject I've ever seen, including high budget documentaries. I'll certainly be recommending this to those who may be interested.
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This is such high quality content. I love thinking about how we’ve sent our senses (and even more powerful senses) far beyond our world to these outer places that we’d never see in such detail. But people have been looking up at them for centuries
wow you are so green lol go watch some eric dubay please my god 😆
The video is great. The narration is great. The repetitious background noise ruined the whole thing.
The great thing about the Galilean Moons is that you can also photograph them with just a consumer DSLR and consumer zoom lens. 🤩
Absolutely. Honestly we should all be hella grateful for Jupiter, and that entire system of celestial bodies, for _countless_ reasons as well. But them gracing our skies with their beautiful, awe-inspiring presence is definitely a great place to start! 😉
@@realzachfluke1 fr bruh jupiter go hard af
I actually photographed jupiter and 2 eclipses at the same time with my telescope, its pretty awesome
Zoom lens? Are you sure you don't mean telescope. 300mm zoom lens and Jupiter is just a dot, let alone the moon's.
@@mrmingsun you could see its moons with a 300mm lens, I've seen many ppl do it before
This was a spectacular video. Super informative, fun, easy to watch and well produced piece of information. I guess you've achieved that level of excellence because you love what you do, right? Keep up the great work and I sincerely hope you achieve your goals with this channel.
I like how you mix in the history of the studies of the planet. It helps give a bigger scope of the process to gather up all this information.
This topic is fascinating to me. If I could travel our Solar System and on to explore the Universe I would do it in a heartbeat even if I knew I’d never return. Obviously time and distance makes it impossible but hey, I can still dream lol. Thanks for uploading this video.
in reality , like exploring difficult places on earth you will soon yearn for home unless you had a particularly big safe fast artificial gravity ship to do it in but that's just fantasy . I guess its why no one lives outside of quite narrow comfort zones. But dreams are good too ! I highly doubt musks mars colony dumb idea is remotely feasible for those reasons . (i hope he is first to try it )
@@MyKharli Yeah there’s many things I’d need to overcome for something like that to happen. It’s completely founded in fantasy. I do like people who have a strong need to explore. It’s like when mankind started to go out in the oceans hoping to find another world. I’m sure they were seriously criticized and mocked. We have to start somewhere and face great risks. In the long run it’s worth it, in my humble opinion lol. Exploration is an integral part of mankind. I believe it’s in us for a reason.
@@francispitts9440 We need to explore ourselves first and realise our shortcomings and what to do about them ..id start with politics and leadership!
@@MyKharli That’s true.
You’re definitely not alone. They’re probably millions of people who would give up their life on Earth solely just to explore and see other exoplanets / solar systems. Of course it wouldn’t be risk free, and you may have serious home sickness if you didn’t realise what you had.
If you want fascinating you've come to the right place. Bravo.
Agreed, just the section on Io had me hooked
One of the biggest things about europa and the fact that it may have life is that not only does it have all the requirements for it, but the environment is likely exactly the same as when life first developed on earth (deep, pitch black oceans with basically no surface contact around geothermal vents). The only difference is that long after single-celled life first developed, they slowly transitioned to the surface which allowed for photosynthesis. Obviously that's a bit of an issue for europa, but life finds a way.
It would be cool if there was life on Europa. Then we'd finally have an answer to the question of whether or not it was a good idea to go looking for it.
I mean microbial life that doesn’t photosynthesise is still life, and would still be a huge achievement to to discover for humanity
Jupiter and Saturn's moons have always been super interesting to me since I was a little kid. Fast-forward to 2023 and every but of knowledge we gain makes them even more fascinating
Can we expect one on Saturns major moons next?
Hopefully one day in the future we get dedicated missions to Uranus and Neptune and we’ll watch a video of their moons.
Shut up! :D
Missions to Uranus.....
I'm a Titan fan!
That's right the only place I want to hear about is Uranus
@@pythonxz Europa fan boi here
These videos are saving me.
How's that? I have CFS/ME (chronic fatigue). I cannot work and have few productive hours in a day. Its depressing at times, and lonely, hard some days to do basic functions. But I am working on recovery and know in time I can get back to a more normal life again. Its a long process. These videos keep my mind engaged on something other than my predicament. And reminds me the breath and beauty of life and all of creation. Which tells me I too have more to discover in my own life. Like the Gallelleo explorer, some of my parts may be broken and I may miss out of some things I intended for. But still, I can sure get some nice shots in on the way, and still fulfill my purpose and make it a very long way. Thank you to the creators of this channel. 💗
To anyone to needs to hear this: hang in there. There is so much more, things change. They can and will get better in time. Believe in yourself. 🌺
Can your doctor prescribe you phentermine? I know it's basically legalized prescribed speed, but it sure would help with chronic fatigue. Or take this all natural stuff called kratom. You can find that at head shops and supplement stores. I'm sure you've probably already thought it tried these, but just incase might help if you haven't.
@@gringoguapo Appriciate the suggestions, will look into those. Thank you!
Im in a very similar boat thanks to adhd. I can watch videos like this for hours.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
--Oscar Wilde
@@scootbmx01 you are not in the same boat lmao. Adhd isn’t debilitating and you can hold a job.
Thank you for a well done video. Interesting, informative, good visuals to help with your explorations. Well done. I love this channel.
I hook up my first 10” (don’t judge I’m not rich) today! Jupiter is my first target and this video will help me explain the moons better 😁
Don’t worry if people judge you pal- you do you
What the hell is 10", did he buy a new dlck
@@kellydarrius that is tiny
@@aaabbb-py5xd could be a monitor to watch this video
Good luck with your observations, and i completely understand the not being rich thing, at least you have the curiosity to get out there and expand your mind. 🔭🪐
I wish more youtube videos were this length and of such quality content, thanks Alex
Imagine how bad it smells on the surface of Io
Probably like an unwashed, unwiped bum hole 😂😉🤫
So wish I could "like" a video more than once !... I'd have liked the segments on each moon several times. Your videos are so interesting and informative. The time just flies by watching them !
Paul Walsh
What a fantastic video. Some of the information I knew, but about half of it I didn't and that consisted of a lot of the most interesting parts. Thanks for showing this composite without all the repetition and hyper-excited voices found on other videos of this type and often make them impossible to watch, (at least for me). Keep up the good work and thanks again for a very pleasurable 45 minutes. You have a new subscriber.
Thanks for all you have done Alex. Your videos were very informative and interesting, keep up the good work.
i love the way he explains things, its so easy to understand. im doing a research project on europa and reading scientific papers and articles has been so confusing but these videos help somuch.
This is one of the best videos I've seen on UA-cam.......so interesting and superb images along with descriptions!
I must apologize. This is the first time I've viewed an Astrum video. Astrum has popped up in my feed for some time but it always struck me as one of those, robot voiced, channels where 3/4 of the "facts" they parse are real head scratchers. Man, am I glad I was wrong. Incredible stuff!
First timer here too 🇨🇦🙌
@@alrightyru me too, but man, what a discovery--both--channel & topic
Welcome here friend :)
UA-cam's algorithm is not always fair but sometimes bring more people to the party.
Ii
I think the problem is that their titles always sound rather clickbaity.
That gives the wrong impression to people not knowing the channel already.
bruh how is this guy at like only 850k subs, he has like 4 other channels in different languages. he needs more recognition
Alex always produces super informative and interesting videos.I have no hesitation about watching any Astrum videos.When our sun expands during it's red giant phase and engulfs the earth we will need to become a space faring species.These free educational videos can start preparing us!
Saw the moons 2 days ago and yesterday night as well with 7x 50 mm cometron binoculars ! Didn’t think they were visible with that level of magnification ! So wonderful ! Now I wonder what type of telescope did Galileo have to observe them so many centuries ago
Now that is what i call a high class space documentary! Can't thank you enough.
@Kryptonian I did watch both of them! Can't wait for more missions to the moons and not only the planets.
This was one of my favorite Astrum has done. Thank you Alex
I love that you are getting some algorithm love...this channel deserves so many more views!!!
It's good to know more about these four moons which I can see though my astronomical binoculars on a clear nights.
This is just So astounding, other worlds with physical surfaces and horizons unseen ! The fact that it just exists out there is enough, but with tools we go and look right at these places outside our map and start to suggest potential ecosystems !?! I wish I could get ahold of realitys lore books and know the FACTS ! Im tired of survival mode haha
Yeah but the only guy playing in creative mode went afk a long time ago.
Excellent comprehensive video! Not enough is said on the Galilean moons besides Europa. I was glad to learn some more about them.
One of the best space videos on YT, packed with dense knowledges !
Just wanted to say thank you for this video and others. I've learned so much about our solar system's moons thanks to your work.
Phenomenal work, very intriguing and seriously well executed
Thanks for making this long video. I appreciate how you spent a good amount of time talking about these moons. You Sir have earned my subscription.
I deeply hope that I can live to see drone missions to the surface of each of these moons. There are so many amazing things we have yet to discover about these celestial bodies.
Alex, listening to your wonderful, measured voice is like taking a dose of Prozac and makes me feel eminently calm and rational.
John Graves
Vary enjoyable, I've always wanted a trip around the moons of our planetary environmental existence, without drugs or leaving my chair.
This video just makes me feel even more honored to have watched Jupiter and it's largest moons through my telescope in my backyard
What an odd thing to say....
@@Siaynoq8 Why is it odd to be amazed by our own solar system?
I agree. Jupiter never disappoints.
2:47 - This short video clip is nothing short of stunning. I could watch this on loop a long time.
You should try out space engine
Beautiful video. I dig the 45-60 minute documentary format. Great edit, too.
this was so informative. i am writing a sci-fi film and i made up some random planets and moons for it, but i might just change the setting to the Galilean Moons!!! such an interesting and dynamic environment. thank you 🙏🏼
I would like to have explained to Galileo what the future held for his namesake.
especially at the darkest moments of his trial at the hands of the church
Well said
@@JinKee what a position to be... Be the only one with the correct concept and everyone else unable to share the reasoning because they were trained on the idea of fixed ideas
@@jerga2002 crazy world we lived /live in
I could listen and watch this on loop for days. great work!
This galaxy, the universe and beyond are just unfathomable, amazing and...... There are no words in vocabulary to express it. I want to know everything about the universe yet I know nothing. I enjoy these videos, sometimes I watch with my 6 & 8 year old kids, they love this channel also.
Best Astrum video to date well done Alex
Love the content of this and how in depth
Hope you bang some more out like this 👍
Childs
This was very well presented and extremely interesting. Thank you.
7:40 Glad to see someone use the geophysical planet definition! Hope to see more! 🌕
Excellent video! It's utterly amazing how much we have learned since I was a kid. I'm 58 now and the thought of seeing these worlds and their moons was the stuff of dreams. Thank goodness we still have plenty of highly intelligent and motivated people who not only dream, but make those dreams a reality!
Very nice summary! Your video's get better with every iteration. great stuff!
I remember when i first read about the missions into the Galilean moons in the 60s. The scientists became puzzled because of Io's volcanoes and the appearence of the ice covering the other 3 moons. They didn't expected that the ice there would look like a compressed ice package forgotten in the freezer for some weeks
Woah this channel is so awesome and interesting.
Good job!!!
I love this channel!!!
Take care and have a great week 🌍💯🤗
Freddy
I'm so happy I found this channel just stumbled on it one day and I love it.
Extremely well made and informative vid. Keep it up dude!
I remember 1 of your video which showed distances of objects on moon using references on earth. Can we get same video for Mars? We have plenty of pictures of Mars.
It will give us the idea about how far we are looking, the sizes, etc. :)
Awesome video by the way. 🥰
Hello old timer! I was actually thinking about going back to the Mars series. Maybe I'll have a look at that this month.
@@astrumspace yay thank you bruda.
By the way how are you and your family?
It's been a long time since we catch up.
You take care and stay safe.
Thoroughly enjoyed this condensed compilation video taken from your series on Jupiter's moons! You did an excellent job of cutting out the redundant concepts while keeping the important substance. Your video says our most brilliant scientists consider Europa as having the best (the minimal) conditions for life "as we know it." In this case, it's a very good chance the correct combination of liquid water, heat and organic compounds are present in Europa's subsurface oceans to support carbon based life. However, you pointed out several times the radiation of Jupiter is so high it would kill a person quite quickly. How does radiation this high factor in the debate over life on Europa? All things considered, I think if life is discovered it will be exotic and possibly silicon based. Also, Saturn's moon Enceladus is another place where life "as we know it" may exist. Like Europa, scientists believe Enceladus' subsurface oceans could contain that unique combination to support a potentially diverse microbial community beneath the moon's icy facade. However, I believe due to many harsh environmental factors, in the end were going to find its just too toxic for carbon based life. Yes, we know the unique factors of liquid water, heat and organic compounds are present on these moons. But until we place an actual probe into their oceans we can't tell for sure.
If life is found, it's likely going to be very exotic. In fact our instruments are looking for carbon based life and cant detect the environmental factors to support silicon based life. And how could we detect silicon based life? We know its theoretically possible, but don't understand what environmental conditions have to be present for it to exist?
I think that the ice sheet on the surface would block a lot of the radiation from Jupiter. It's kinda like the idea of living in lava tubes on the moon
Wonderful content, as always Alex. Always so well made and informative in a most intriguing way. Serene music too..thnx for this! Fascinating stuff.. would love to see something on the ice giants and Pluto...
Scott 👋
The best video on the Jovian moons I've ever seen! Now I cant wait for a probe going to Europa for fishing.
Fascinating! Only exploration will answer questions while posing new ones. I would die happy knowing that life exists elsewhere in our vicinity.
Jake Moe
Love your work my guy
A lot of work went into this. I appreciate everything about it. Very, good.
I love your content but one of the main reasons I watch your videos is because your voice is so soothing and relaxing. Helps me sleep.
Fascinating video, thank you.
Still, whenever I hear speculation about us becoming a space faring species and talk of colonizing other planets or moons, I'm struck by how easily we forget our symbiosis with our terrestrial bacteriological environment; the variety and number of microbes our bodies need to function.
*saitama and garou fight*
Io : "adios"
Awesome video! I love your content. This video could have been a series! :D
Amazing work man, I really enjoyed! Keep up with that!!
For me the most magnificent part of the space is the Moon, closest body to Earth. We tend to pass its presence, but it remind us that we are part of the planetary system and is the closest mark of cosmos we live in.
Bob Snabby
Just a thought on Ganymede. Maybe the reason for the newer breakages being brighter is related to the ice probably forming before all gases could separate from the solids and liquids. Therefore newer craters would result in cracks with more gases.
So there's two ways planets are destroyed from impact or heating up from the inside
I loved this video! My favorite terrestrial moon is Io, it's geological activity is amazing!
I love watching your videos while I'm falling asleep. Your content is interesting, and your voice is enthusiastic yet calm and its just all so peaceful.
great show as always alex
This shows just how little we know about the moons. You can fit them in one video. We should go back there.
Wonderful presentation! Your love of the subject comes across and infectious.
Thank you for the hard work you put into this fascinating informative video. Always found Jupiter and it’s moon’s to hold so many great things to discover and compare to our own planet.
Interessante demais !!! Quatro luas com alguma possibilidade de conter vida em uma delas.
Seria bom se encontrássemos traços de vida em outra parte do sistema solar. Poderia ser uma prova de que vida é uma parte comum em nosso Universo.
what impress me the most is how perfectly spheric Io is.
Your videos are always spectacular and this one is an excellent addition to them all.
Excellent work. So well researched and presented. Thank you so much. Gladly subscribed.
who else is depressed they won't get to see the Callisto space station grand opening?
You know why you can’t see it…. Because it isn’t real.
Year 2210ad. Callisto mining company HQ with an estimated 32 thousand full time workers. They mine the moons for profit and work on yearlong contracts.
Don’t be depressed friend. Remember that you and everything around you is part of one continuous life called the universe. Live and be happy that you get to see at all. Love those around you and you can ensure the future of humanity so that one day someone will see this space station.
@@Ch-thalassa I feel like I was born too early. I want to experience advanced technology and space. I know that some people in my generation could very well live to 200 years, and with the advances in medical technology which I want to go into, maybe even up to 1000 years old. I don't know what to do, as I am always depressed and constantly think about death and what may lay beyond. So I am scared and depressed. Great combination. Sorry for the rant kind stranger, just don't know where to turn to anymore.
@@donner7708 Everyone has a different journey and I think that you have now come to the point on that journey where it is time to seriously look within yourself. You should also be proud of yourself for even thinking these things. I know that may sound strange but most people live their entire lives without ever looking beyond their immediate surroundings and animal needs. Going back to the journey at hand: I was in the same place as you 4 years ago. I was terrified by the prospect of death and "missing out" on the potential future of our species. I did not seek any therapy or help but instead I sat, alone, and thought about it. Think about the vastness of everything and it's, dare I say, divine precision and magnificence. It all exists for YOU. Knowing how small we are is important but by no means are we insignificant or irrelevant. Where else in the universe do you see anything like love and compassion? Anger and malice? We have something unique and to use that for your benefit and others is in my opinion the meaning of life. How do I know this? Because I'm here, I'm here talking to you. I think you should not yet extend your thoughts as far as death and time. Focus on you and the now. Build a life and seek love above all things. This way when your time does eventually come to move through the door of death to the next stage, you will be ready. I hope and pray to the power that guides the flow of all things that you find love and peace in your life and that you live fully without fear, because there is truly nothing to fear. I'll end with a quote from my favorite poem: "Time is the school in which we learn. Time is the fire in which we burn." YOU are alive NOW. That's what is most important. I don't know you but I love you stranger. Go now and live.
I love watching Jupiter in my 152mm or 6 inch reflector telescope. Using the correct lens eyepieces at 200x magnification and the sky cooperates I can see the moon's shadows go around Jupiter. The cloud bands and Big Red Spot show up well. Relaxing hobby and doesn't have to be expensive, my telescope used with shipping was $250.
Save your pennies and get an R2 revolution imager. About $300.00 and you get live video on the little monitor it comes with. You'll have control over exposure times, color saturation and a bunch of other stuff. The enhancement of deep sky objects is amazing.
@@booklover6753 I already have a VX mount and can track DSOs with extended exposures if I wish and have. I drive up to Bortle 2 skies about 20 miles north of town. I still prefer to look at the planets, Sun and stars myself because if I want to look at really good views of space I can use the Hubble catalogue or of probe pictures.
There is a video by Backyard Astrophotography where he took a picture of Hubble's famous Pillars Of Creation in the Eagle Nebula. His photo matched Hubble's except for some blurriness cause by the atmosphere. Really impressive, but it took all night. For $260 I acquired two filters, a Beta H filter I see nebula pretty well with and with an Olll oxygen filter I can get decent views of Planetary Nebulae too. They are misnamed because when first seen in the 18th Century that's what they thought they were, they didn't know they were remnants of star novae.
@@MountainFisher Cool beans. I used a 6" F5 newtonian on a clock driven equatorial mount for years. My current telescope is way too heavy to transport easily (10" Meade LX 90 ACF UHTC). I put casters on the tripod legs so that I can roll it out of the garage on to my driveway. I use 25 feet of cables to USB the autostar controller into a laptop at a desk in my garage and control the drive with planetarium software. I started out using 1 1/4 and 2 inch eyepieces with both narrow band and broad band filters, but the light pollution at my house is just too heavy. You see, a larger aperture scope, while making deep sky objects more visually accessible, also picks up more light pollution and amplifies it as well. It took me a long time to save up for the telescope and eyepieces and the light pollution was a real problem. The R2 imager has built in software that filters out the light pollution for you without using any add-on filters. I should also mention that I use the camera at prime focus with a .5 focal reducer to widen the field of view. For a cheap real time astronomy video camera, it works amazingly well. I have seen hundreds of galaxies, nebulae, globular clusters and so on. Viewing the double cluster in Perseus reveals hundreds of individual stars that twinkle beautifully even though the field of view only allows me to see one cluster at a time. One night I was looking at the Dumbell nebula and noticed the image starting to degrade a little. I got up and walked out to see what was up and realized that the camera was still picking it up though light cloud cover! By the way, planetary nebulae come from old red giant stars expelling their atmospheres rather non violently as they die and contract, although they do resemble super nova remnants. My camera also picks up the white dwarf in the center of the ring nebula. I'm glad to have a chance to talk to another amateur astronomer. Best wishes and dark skys to you.
@@booklover6753 I live in Bortle 4 , but a ratio of 2.5 where a little further North is Bortle 4 with a .711 ratio. It is definitely darker there. Bortle is a fade from 4 to 3 as the 4 with .711 ratio is close to 3. Light pollution isn't a huge issue where I live except the Light Dome to the East, not to mention mountains so rising Mercury right now requires a drive. Best wishes to you.
@@booklover6753 How close to Denver do you live by the way?
Awesome.. Totally love these videos & the effort it must take to make them
Incredible video! The best I've seen on the subject... Thank you for making this!
Top video. I love your style, so chill and laid back (I hate that American hype so many big producers use). You put the science out there in a way that is easy to understand, but is not at all patronising. I feel informed and yet valued at the same time.
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If only our moon had as much water as Europa.
Wonderfully informative and visually stunning video.
If only....then what? Where are you going with this strongly emotional expression of lament?
I enjoyed this interstellar journey of mind expanding information. Very informative and fun to watch.
Thanks for this amazing deep dive....so fascinating how different these 4 moons are.... like siblings in a family with truly unique personalities..