I can still remember the first time I saw Orion's belt. I was 9 playing hide and seek with other kids in the neighborhood. I was by myself in the dark laying in the grass looking up and there they were. I was mesmerized. I could hear my friends yelling and screaming and playing but I just kept laying there just staring at Orion's belt. Only later did I realize what I'd been looking at.
that's actually cute how people who likes Orion have their own little cute stories about how they came to like this constellation. Mine was when I was young too. I often go to my cousin's house until around 6pm (which is not good in an asian household) I would always think about what to say to my mom so i wont get scolded but I would just end up looking at that 3 stars forming a straight line and would always wonder what they were. Sometimes they're there and other time of the year i couldnt see them no matter how i try to find them. Only when i grew up did i learn about how sky really works lol. There's a lot of beautiful constellations out there, but there's something about orion in everyone's story. Because it's the most visible and easy to distinguish, orion has been with us since young and ignorant about its real story.
I live in Indiana and have looked at Orion's belt my whole life. Tonight is the first time I've caught your video and they are great. I'm 70 years old now so this means a lot to me. Thank you very much! I plan to watch your channel from now on.
I live in Australia and have also looked at and loved Orion my whole life. We see it ''upside down'' - from your perspective and it is a summer constellation mostly. Have only been to Northern Hemisphere once and saw it from Inari, Finland and Stockholm - Helsinki over night ferry As I had watched the stellar, lunar and planetary movements all my life it was thrilling to see the Northern positions exactly as I had mentally pictured them.
I also live in Indiana! I look at Venus every night, and Orion gives me strength. The other day there was a ring around the moon and I thought the weather was going to be terrible the next day, but it was clear and light pollution wasn't all bad and I could see more stars than ever
This is the first time I have seen this channel. Her sign off is similar to a late night show called The Star Gazer, he always ended the show with "Always keep looking up".
I live in the North of England Mike. This is the first time I've ever learnt so much about the stars we look at all the time. And I'm 67. It's great, isn't it?
I named my son Orion. He was 6 years old when I lost him 3 years ago. Next month is his 10th birthday. We were so close. He's still my special little guy. I tend to see the constellation around his birthday now. 🌟
My heart goes out to you. I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child. As a mother, I know our children are our whole world. May the stars forever remind you of the beautiful love and happiness that only children (your Orion) can bring.
This popped up out of nowhere, I decided little had changed in the sky in 3 years. Made my day. Many years ago as a child, I lived in an unlit rural area, and the sky was dazzling at night. I since moved to the city, and the sky has been deleted. This video made me feel less mentally impoverished.
Just 5 days ago I was in Mexico, had dinner at a beach restaurant, looked up the sky and Orion was staring at me, so I stared back for a while... Nice to get the details when the impressions are still fresh.
Theyd say its obviousky in the center of the disc. Which then you have tge dark/light in the sun spinning over a flat dusc making no sense on how night is possible haga
When I want to learn more about a specific constellation this is the first place I go, your videos are really helpful! Would love to see more videos like this for other constellations where you teach about the individual stars. Super interesting, thank you!
Thank you for your message. I have started focusing more on individual stars. I do have a growing playlist for this topic: ua-cam.com/play/PL8pl68pBv2SzR2SiJZSSuFcwmgzkX-g-x.html
I taught myself the constellations as a teen in the early 70s but love to watch your videos. There is always some tidbit of information that I pick up from you, things I have not heard before. Your videos are an excellent source of info for anyone wanting to learn about the heavens.
Orion has always been my top favorite constellation, many dreams of flying to Betelguese. In Brazil we pronounce it as ~Beteugueise. Fun fact, old culture in here used to call the belts (Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka) as the Três Marias, or Mary Three.
@@cybergothika6906 what is wrong with you? They just replied with the proper English translation since “Mary Three” makes no sense in English bc the adjectives go before the noun. The translation is “Three Marys”.
In Greenland we call those three stars "The Three Kings", something to do with Christmas time especially. That pronounciation is also how I prefer to say it. I know it is more of a French pronounciation, but I just feel Beetlejuice is too far off, and as the narrator said: reminds me too much of that movie.
@@mikaelbiilmann6826 we say "The Three Wise Men" or "The Three Kings" in the Philippines too. It is definitely related to Christmas and we only see it in December. Orion is a quite interesting constellation.
As much as I dislike winter for its cold, I'm always excited to see Orion. I'm currently looking at it from my room's window and the stars from Orion and other bordering constellations are so bright and pretty! The way those stars twinkle in cold winter air is so pleasant, as if they're staring back at me.
An excellent description. These Arabic names of Orion stars are pronounced in Arabic as:Bait el gez, Re jel, Saif, Al Nitaq ,Al nilam, Al nitaq, Mintaqa. Many thanks for this fine video.
This type of videos needed to be shared with my students even it is more than 2 years. But of course, stars needs to take millions of years to move. Then It is worth to share.
Orion is hands down, my favorite constellation. It's easily spotted through the naked eye. And I thing that from our perspective it is placed in the most beautiful night sky Area, just between Canis Major and the awesome Sirius, and the Taurus constellation with the it's Red Bull eye Aldebaran. Also the totally awesome Pleiades are visually not that far. Orion really chose a good spot to hunt.
The crazy differences in Orions stars distances is truly amazing seeing so many stars at so many different distances in one spot is truly mind blowing.
My favorite constellation is Pleiades, and because it's such a faint constellation and difficult to find, well it used to be until I realized Orions belt points straight at it. One fascinating aspect about Pleiades (for me anyway) is I can never view all the stars at the same time because they aren't very bright to begin with, it also looks similar to the Big Dipper only much smaller Another neat thing is you can almost see it better if you look a few degrees away from it and it appears as a cloud. But using Orions belt is a sure fire way to spot it. I've become so familiar with it I don't usually need Orions Belt as an aid finding it anymore. Thanks for all these great videos keep them coming.
As you said, Bételgeuse comes from " Bayt-al-Jawzaa" which is actually a bit tricky to explain, since Classical Arabic in itself is a bit complicated compared to some other languages. "Bayt" literally means "house" and armpit is translated as "Ebt" in arabic, these two words share some root letters, some scholars attribute this to a simple confusion, but "Bayt/House" actually makes more sense. "Jawzaa" is a pretty cool description in accordance to the realm of Astronomy though cause it means "A fully black sheep with a White spot in the center", Ancient Arabs always invented words to describe very specific things which is interesting/funny. Another fun fact is that Betelgeuse has another name in Arabic which is "Ebt-al-Ghûl" which means the "Armpit of Giant/monster" which is more coherent considering the Orion constellation asterism. Thanks for your work, I hope that your channel might interest some kids because I cant thank Astronomy enough for broadening my horizons and harvesting my intellectual curiosity when I was young.
The name was Yad-al-Jawzaa "Hand of Jawzaa" but there was a mistake during translation, because of confusion in the Arabic letters "ي" and "ب" "Y and B", one has double dots and the other a single dot below it.
Every night I go outside to watch those stars, wishing if only I have a telescope. I was just outside and I was watching them the I come here and I saw this video, which has taught me alot coz I never knew their names, sizes and how far they are from earth. I never knew they were bigger than our sun only guessing. This video has taught me alot and I'm very greatful.
Betelgeuse lost of luminosity is just on the the visible light spectrum, while on the infrared is still having the the same luminosity. One of the ipotesi is the some of the matter that has been shaded by the star is sitting in front of it and block some of the visible light emitted by Betelgeuse. I hope my English can make some sense. Very interesting video, thanks 😊
I always wanted to pin down those particular stars, because they're so easily found, but never got around to it. Thanks! As an official old person I can attest to earlier pronunciation of this star. Betelgeuse was commonly pronounced "beetlejuice" before Beetlejuice (starting the great Michael Keaton) was created in any form. At least in the English speaking world. Cool either way.
In the late ‘60s I read a book in grade school called “The Space Hut,” by Esther Weir, in which the protagonist has a pet skunk named Betelgeuse. The story explains that the skunk is so named because it sits on the shoulder of the owner, just as the star in Orion, and it is pronounced “beetlejuice.” In fact, it is spelled Beetlejuice the rest of the book.
I still think it’s weird how stars are light years away from each other, but they all circle the Milly Way galaxy in the same cadence so they look the same to us for so long and thus provides us with constellations. Edit: and I understand orbital motion, and the fact that stars are all moving fast but “relatively” slow in the grand scheme of things. But it’s still weird that our night skies stay the same for 10,000 years or so.
Thank you,Finally someone who correctly pronounces Betelgeuse. Although another variation and the one I use is “Bet El Gise” But it definitely is not beetlejuice. So am thankful ,for that I’ve subscribed x
Actually, if you want to pronounce it in its original Arabic name, it should be pronounced "Bait Al-Jawzaa". Bet=Bait, el=Al, geuse=Jawazaa. "Bait" means "home" in Arabic not "Armpit". And "Jawazaa" can mean "Walnut", and can also mean "passing or crossing over". So, "Betelgeuse" would mean "Home of Jawzaa".
dang during autumn and winter in the northern hemisphere for me in ireland i can see orions belt in the south east direction and in the north is the big dipper i love space and the night sky
I know this sounds really out there but I saw Rigel fly into it’s place flying from west to east and it hovered there in its place for 2 hours while I was making bbq chicken. It wasn’t in the constellation when I looked up...then in flew into place...I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. The stars are not what we think. This blew my mind. Thanks for this good reference. I just witnessed something that disregards all physics and logic.
The universe is not only stranger than you imagine. It's stranger than you CAN imagine. I have also seen odd movements of "stars". But lacking knowledge, I couldn't say where it was in the sky. Just that it moved back and forth, over about an inch (to my eyes) but was incredibly distant - like a star. It did that for about 10 minutes, then vanished. *shrugs shoulders
I just noticed something very weird. Alnilam means string of pearls in Arabic, but, there's actually a ring of stars around Alnilam, which resembles a string of pearls. I'm just really surprised and astonished because the people back then didn't have telescopes and all, but they just somehow knew
They had something most of us don't have: Very clear skies. I like to photograph the stars and have to travel a long way to get even moderate levels of darkness. Without light pollution, the sky becomes very clear and bright. The Milky Way will cast a shadow, that bright. And it doesn't take long to recognise stars and constellations, even if you don't have names.
Exactly, modern lighting is denying us one of the most beautiful things that can be seen. I've seen clear skies and all I could do was stare in amazement. It is literally breathtaking.
@@PhilJonesIII Some years ago I was camping out in the open up at Frazier Park which is a high point in the Southern California San Gabriel Mtns with no cities for 50 miles around, maybe just a lone store or house. I looked up shocked and said, "what is that?" pointing at the axis of the Milky Way. I cannot see it from my house to the south in Lancaster, CA, even though it is not a big town and I am way out on the edge of town without street lights. But, the neighbors have lights in their front yards. No hint of it without magnification. Aiming a 10in reflector at the Horse Head Nebula on several tries over several nights, 1200mm focal length, optics to 5 mm, I think going just down to 9 mm, so far, nothing. But the Casper the Friendly Ghost nebula above it is visible.
Hi, Janine. I'm sorry I'm so late to the party. I've always loved astronomy since I was a little kid, seeing this video re-cemented that love. Almost every night I'm staring at the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse has always been my favorite star. If I may ask what type of telescope you use for stargazing? Thank you for a great video. Subscribed and going to take my time with all your videos and really get back into amateur astronomy.
Orion is my sky map, thanks to it i can locate most sky objects, also the nebula above the orion belt is magical, i love to watch it with my amateur telescope ❤
Love this❤ I've always had a fascination with the sky, only liked to stare at the beauty of it. In my teenage yrs I did want to go into astronomy but I never made the effort to do it. These past 2yrs the night skies became a hobby to look at and paid more attention to what was visible& making their bright appearance, especially the moon. Then I began to want to read more about the constellations and my hobby obsession has become a much comfort. There's just this peacefulness, comfort & art beauty about the skies♡ night& day♡♡ Thank you for your explanation and sharing💝 ~shalom♡
Yeah, this is my favorite constilation. I’ve also heard Betelgeuse pronounced with the first “e” as a long “a”. Orion’s armpit changing brightness, reminds me that unless you look back to yesteryear, you cannot appreciate where you are today. Thank you for this video.
I had only ever seen it 'upside down' all my life - as a summer constellation - until my trip to the Northern Hemisphere. Loved it since childhood. My Grandfather was an English sea Captain and he taught me some names. He pronounced it 'Baytelgeeze'.
If you haven't enrolled in the Intro class on Janine's website, I highly recommend that you do. She's a great teacher and everything is very understandable.
"Keep looking up". I remember hearing that while living in South Florida in the 80's when the Star Hustler (Jack Horkheimer - Miami Space Transit Planetarium) would do this type of entertainment in short 5 minute shows late at night. Keep the faith!
Hello, Fairly new subscriber here and now a big fan of your channel. Thank you for nother great video. I, myself am an amateur astronomer and run a very small club called, The Astronomical Society of Southern Rhode Island. I speak very highly of your channel to everyone one hoping they gain in interest of the night sky. You definitely make learning easy and fun. I enjoy all of your videos and I'm sure you will be a big inspiration to the younger generation. Thank you for all of your hard work you put into your passion.
Hi there! Thank you for your comment. I’m so happy to hear you run an astronomy club. I appreciate you recommending my videos...I hope it is a resource many can use to get started with stargazing. Best wishes to you. 😁
The movie beetlejuice was released in 1988. But I can still remember my high school science teacher taught us to pronounce Betlegeuse as Beetlejuice in 1982. So I think the pronunciation of "Beetlejuice" did not come from the movie Beetlejuice.
"Armpit of Orion" makes absolutely sense to me. I guess today one would rather say "Shoulder of Orion". with the three stars being the belt of orion and Rigel being a 'foot' of Orion the two upper stars form the 'shoulders' of orion. Seems as if Oprion is a bit of a headless guy though.
Beautiful. We often gaze at Orion at night. My Shiny Wife has three statuettes of the Warrior-Priestesses: Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. They point toward Sirius - the Dog Star. In the Dogs collar. She reckons that's where she will go in The End. She loves Dogs. Her shamanic guide is the Wolf - a type of Dog. As a Wiccan / Pagan Arch-Priestess her name is Donna Darkwolf. She's all over the internet. My beautiful, loyal hunting Dog. Janine, Thank you for a wonderful presentation. As always.
2:42 Betelguese: Potential Supernova (in our lifetime) Latest observed supernovas: (CE year): 185 Centaurus −6 Suggested SN,[2] also suggested comet[3][4] 386 Sagittarius +1,5 Uncertain, suggested SN,[2] possible nova or supernova[5] 393 Scorpius −3 Possible SN,[2][5] possible nova[5] 1006 Lupus −7,5±0,4 Certain: known SNR 1054 Taurus −6 Certain: known SNR and pulsar 1181 Cassiopeia −2 likely not SN (suggested,[2][6] rejected[7]), but activity of WR-star[8] 1572 Cassiopeia −4 Certain: known SNR 1604 Ophiuchus −2 Certain: know
بيت الجوزاء in Arabic meaning the home of the dual and it’s pronounced with a G like in Gemini not like in Girl. So Betelgeuse doesn’t mean, at least in Arabic, the arm pit of some. It means home, or main if you like, of the twin in this case Orion the hunter, according to Western culture, but not his arm pit. It could perhaps be translated to being his shoulder as the main feature that characterizes him since he is pulling back his arrow ready to release it against the bull.
Great Video. I recognize a lot of the constellations and have heard of most of them, although only several weeks ago had no idea what most the individual stars were named. I have a new found interest now and will be purchasing my first telescope. I'm thinking a 10 Inch Dobsonian type. The universe is a fascinating place.
Hi Janine! New sub here from the Philippines and I'm so glad I stumbled on your channel. I've been an amateur astronomer since childhood lol! Great content!
Ask your Arabic friends. It's an Arabic word transliterated into Latin with an actual pronunciation "beh-tell-szuhz" In English, the pronunciation as in the movie is perhaps closest
This is my first time learning about these types of things and i must say, they’re really interesting to me, i feel like im doing what my arab muslim ancestors were good at. Lol
Hi Janine, awesome video, and love what you say about Betelgeuse pronuntation, but you have an error. Bellatrix name doesnt come from arabic if not from latín.
I always look to find the belt. And just a few years ago did I learn it's name . . . (thanks to Men in black) And now that I have found your videos, I'll be back
Also, Sirius Black gets his name from the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major. The star Sirius is also called "The Dog Star". Which is cool considering Sirius Black turns into a wolf, descendants of dogs.
Hi New Sub. I was wondering why the stars formation were upside down!. Ahh, realized instantly, I'm in the Southern Hemisphere. Lovely presentation, I watch Orion every night track the sky. No light pollution here so it's a such Beautiful site to behold.
I first saw Orion when I lived in England in the 60s. I saw it as you have depicted it in this video. However when I move to Australia, Orion appeared upside down. I did some research and the indigenous legend is that Orion's Sword is a Father and he is looking down on his three Daughters, the Belt.
Thank you so much janine Due to you when i look to the night sky i feek happy and amazed because i can understand what i am looking to I shared what i learned from you with my friend Love and respect to you from algeria
Hi Janine, FYI - People were pronouncing Betelgeuse as "Beeteljuice" way before the film came along. For example, in the Radio versions of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" in the late 70's- early 80's, it was pronounced that way.
This is always the first constellation I see, every time I look up in the night sky. I just wish I lived somewhere with much less light pollution; I'd love to stare at a clear night sky.
Get an inexpensive pair of binoculars with a large aperture like my $38 Celestron 7x 50mm. Much higher magnification than 7x you'll need a mount to stop the shaking.
I also saw Orion's Belt in the northern hemisphere on vacation, i crossed the equator on a road trip to lake toba and on the way there i just saw it with my cousin and i made her love space lol xd
I don't agree with your Betelgeuse pronunciation, but easily forgiven because of the great tour of such a stunning constellation, my favorite along with Scorpio and Taurus. You have gotten my subscription.
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I can still remember the first time I saw Orion's belt. I was 9 playing hide and seek with other kids in the neighborhood. I was by myself in the dark laying in the grass looking up and there they were. I was mesmerized. I could hear my friends yelling and screaming and playing but I just kept laying there just staring at Orion's belt. Only later did I realize what I'd been looking at.
What a beautiful and evocative post. ✨
The light of those stars in orion that left them at that time when you first saw them will arrive on earth after you and I are long gone
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I like the idea that we’re gazing into the past when we look at the stars.
that's actually cute how people who likes Orion have their own little cute stories about how they came to like this constellation. Mine was when I was young too. I often go to my cousin's house until around 6pm (which is not good in an asian household) I would always think about what to say to my mom so i wont get scolded but I would just end up looking at that 3 stars forming a straight line and would always wonder what they were. Sometimes they're there and other time of the year i couldnt see them no matter how i try to find them. Only when i grew up did i learn about how sky really works lol. There's a lot of beautiful constellations out there, but there's something about orion in everyone's story. Because it's the most visible and easy to distinguish, orion has been with us since young and ignorant about its real story.
I am glad I ran into this channel. When ever I am outdoors, my first gaze is at the stars in the sky. Thanks for a wonderful tutorial.
My favorite constellation ❤️
Mine after cassiopeia
Orion and Crux.
2 constellations that can be recognized easily in night sky.
Mine frm small
I was just thinking the same thing. I look for Orion all the time. I think the narrator meant that Saiph is 6.2 billion years old, not 6.2 million.
Same!!
I live in Indiana and have looked at Orion's belt my whole life. Tonight is the first time I've caught your video and they are great. I'm 70 years old now so this means a lot to me. Thank you very much! I plan to watch your channel from now on.
I live in Australia and have also looked at and loved Orion my whole life.
We see it ''upside down'' - from your perspective and it is a summer constellation mostly. Have only been to Northern Hemisphere once and saw it from Inari, Finland and Stockholm - Helsinki over night ferry
As I had watched the stellar, lunar and planetary movements all my life it was thrilling to see the Northern positions exactly as I had mentally pictured them.
I also live in Indiana! I look at Venus every night, and Orion gives me strength. The other day there was a ring around the moon and I thought the weather was going to be terrible the next day, but it was clear and light pollution wasn't all bad and I could see more stars than ever
This is the first time I have seen this channel. Her sign off is similar to a late night show called The Star Gazer, he always ended the show with "Always keep looking up".
I live in the North of England Mike. This is the first time I've ever learnt so much about the stars we look at all the time. And I'm 67. It's great, isn't it?
Id love to go to Indiana ❤
I named my son Orion. He was 6 years old when I lost him 3 years ago. Next month is his 10th birthday. We were so close. He's still my special little guy. I tend to see the constellation around his birthday now. 🌟
My heart goes out to you. I cannot imagine the pain of losing a child. As a mother, I know our children are our whole world. May the stars forever remind you of the beautiful love and happiness that only children (your Orion) can bring.
@@learnthesky thank you🌟
My sons name is orion too!
@@jzj2212 God bless him🌟
Happy 11th
This popped up out of nowhere, I decided little had changed in the sky in 3 years. Made my day. Many years ago as a child, I lived in an unlit rural area, and the sky was dazzling at night. I since moved to the city, and the sky has been deleted. This video made me feel less mentally impoverished.
It's one of those things that once you learn about it and then see it, you always see it.
Just 5 days ago I was in Mexico, had dinner at a beach restaurant, looked up the sky and Orion was staring at me, so I stared back for a while... Nice to get the details when the impressions are still fresh.
Orion is indeed visible all over the globe. If you want to convert a flat-earther, ask them how come Orion is upside-down in Australia.
And sideways in the equator.
And sideways at Spain Andalucia in August, and late too, between 5 and 6 am
Theyd say its obviousky in the center of the disc. Which then you have tge dark/light in the sun spinning over a flat dusc making no sense on how night is possible haga
They would say it’s a hologram glitch 😂
Perspective!!! It's always perspective.
When I want to learn more about a specific constellation this is the first place I go, your videos are really helpful! Would love to see more videos like this for other constellations where you teach about the individual stars. Super interesting, thank you!
Thank you for your message. I have started focusing more on individual stars. I do have a growing playlist for this topic: ua-cam.com/play/PL8pl68pBv2SzR2SiJZSSuFcwmgzkX-g-x.html
I taught myself the constellations as a teen in the early 70s but love to watch your videos. There is always some tidbit of information that I pick up from you, things I have not heard before. Your videos are an excellent source of info for anyone wanting to learn about the heavens.
I call Orion's dagger or sword Orion's compass because it points up to the North and down to the South.
Orion has always been my top favorite constellation, many dreams of flying to Betelguese. In Brazil we pronounce it as ~Beteugueise. Fun fact, old culture in here used to call the belts (Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka) as the Três Marias, or Mary Three.
Three Maries
@@cybergothika6906 why is it that Brazilians are always racist?? every single one of them. our country??? 😅🤣😂
@@cybergothika6906 what is wrong with you? They just replied with the proper English translation since “Mary Three” makes no sense in English bc the adjectives go before the noun. The translation is “Three Marys”.
In Greenland we call those three stars "The Three Kings", something to do with Christmas time especially.
That pronounciation is also how I prefer to say it. I know it is more of a French pronounciation, but I just feel Beetlejuice is too far off, and as the narrator said: reminds me too much of that movie.
@@mikaelbiilmann6826 we say "The Three Wise Men" or "The Three Kings" in the Philippines too. It is definitely related to Christmas and we only see it in December. Orion is a quite interesting constellation.
As much as I dislike winter for its cold, I'm always excited to see Orion. I'm currently looking at it from my room's window and the stars from Orion and other bordering constellations are so bright and pretty! The way those stars twinkle in cold winter air is so pleasant, as if they're staring back at me.
I understand. The cold is tough, but at least Orion never disappoints.
I can’t believe that you made an entire video about Orion, without so much as a mention of M42. Oh the travesty 😱
An excellent description. These Arabic names of Orion stars are pronounced in Arabic as:Bait el gez, Re jel, Saif, Al Nitaq ,Al nilam, Al nitaq, Mintaqa. Many thanks for this fine video.
Great video👍🏽👍🏽
Orion is the only constellation that is distinctly observable on the clear night sky across every parts of the world.
OMG this is my favorite Stars in the night sky. I never knew that this is a Orions Constellation... This always appears in the month of December 💓
Here's to hoping one of these big stars blows up in our lifetime. That is, as long as there are no negative effects here on Earth
One of the most detailed tutorial on the Orion constellation indeed! 🙏 Thank You So Much! 🕯
This type of videos needed to be shared with my students even it is more than 2 years. But of course, stars needs to take millions of years to move. Then It is worth to share.
Orion is hands down, my favorite constellation. It's easily spotted through the naked eye. And I thing that from our perspective it is placed in the most beautiful night sky Area, just between Canis Major and the awesome Sirius, and the Taurus constellation with the it's Red Bull eye Aldebaran. Also the totally awesome Pleiades are visually not that far. Orion really chose a good spot to hunt.
Beetlejuice the movie was named based on the pronunciation of the star's name which was also the way i grew up learning it
Awesome, I didn't realize "Orion's Belt", was that 'Big! Great video, total mindgasm!
The crazy differences in Orions stars distances is truly amazing seeing so many stars at so many different distances in one spot is truly mind blowing.
Why? It would more mind-blowing if the 3 belt stars were all at the same distance from earth because that is so unlikely.
Orion ordered a new belt from Amazon. It wasn't all that great, he gave it three stars...
This is the best video on Orion I've ever seen. Thank you.
My favorite constellation is Pleiades, and because it's such a faint constellation and difficult to find, well it used to be until I realized Orions belt points straight at it.
One fascinating aspect about Pleiades (for me anyway) is I can never view all the stars at the same time because they aren't very bright to begin with, it also looks similar to the Big Dipper only much smaller
Another neat thing is you can almost see it better if you look a few degrees away from it and it appears as a cloud. But using Orions belt is a sure fire way to spot it. I've become so familiar with it I don't usually need Orions Belt as an aid finding it anymore.
Thanks for all these great videos keep them coming.
I live in Phoenix Arizona and we have really bright night sky and I can easily see Pleiades naked eye.
Thank you for your informative, creative videos.Beautiful shots.
As you said, Bételgeuse comes from " Bayt-al-Jawzaa" which is actually a bit tricky to explain, since Classical Arabic in itself is a bit complicated compared to some other languages. "Bayt" literally means "house" and armpit is translated as "Ebt" in arabic, these two words share some root letters, some scholars attribute this to a simple confusion, but "Bayt/House" actually makes more sense. "Jawzaa" is a pretty cool description in accordance to the realm of Astronomy though cause it means "A fully black sheep with a White spot in the center", Ancient Arabs always invented words to describe very specific things which is interesting/funny.
Another fun fact is that Betelgeuse has another name in Arabic which is "Ebt-al-Ghûl" which means the "Armpit of Giant/monster" which is more coherent considering the Orion constellation asterism.
Thanks for your work, I hope that your channel might interest some kids because I cant thank Astronomy enough for broadening my horizons and harvesting my intellectual curiosity when I was young.
Very interesting, thanks.
I tried to figure out how it’s pronounced and my guess is something like ”bee-eh-doll-show-see”. Am I close or way off? 😅
The name was Yad-al-Jawzaa "Hand of Jawzaa" but there was a mistake during translation, because of confusion in the Arabic letters "ي" and "ب" "Y and B", one has double dots and the other a single dot below it.
Every night I go outside to watch those stars, wishing if only I have a telescope. I was just outside and I was watching them the I come here and I saw this video, which has taught me alot coz I never knew their names, sizes and how far they are from earth. I never knew they were bigger than our sun only guessing. This video has taught me alot and I'm very greatful.
All my childhood I saw them in the sky it's the easiest star constellation in the night sky sometimes I stare at them for hours for no reason haha
.I've done that too 🙂..no reason needed...😉
Betelgeuse lost of luminosity is just on the the visible light spectrum, while on the infrared is still having the the same luminosity. One of the ipotesi is the some of the matter that has been shaded by the star is sitting in front of it and block some of the visible light emitted by Betelgeuse. I hope my English can make some sense. Very interesting video, thanks 😊
I always wanted to pin down those particular stars, because they're so easily found, but never got around to it. Thanks! As an official old person I can attest to earlier pronunciation of this star. Betelgeuse was commonly pronounced "beetlejuice" before Beetlejuice (starting the great Michael Keaton) was created in any form. At least in the English speaking world. Cool either way.
Beteljuice definitely. Late Second husband pronouced it that way and he was smart and I loved him, so Beteljuice.
In the late ‘60s I read a book in grade school called “The Space Hut,” by Esther Weir, in which the protagonist has a pet skunk named Betelgeuse. The story explains that the skunk is so named because it sits on the shoulder of the owner, just as the star in Orion, and it is pronounced “beetlejuice.” In fact, it is spelled Beetlejuice the rest of the book.
It's betleguys?
I still think it’s weird how stars are light years away from each other, but they all circle the Milly Way galaxy in the same cadence so they look the same to us for so long and thus provides us with constellations.
Edit: and I understand orbital motion, and the fact that stars are all moving fast but “relatively” slow in the grand scheme of things. But it’s still weird that our night skies stay the same for 10,000 years or so.
Thank you,Finally someone who correctly pronounces Betelgeuse.
Although another variation and the one I use is “Bet El Gise”
But it definitely is not beetlejuice.
So am thankful ,for that I’ve subscribed x
Actually, if you want to pronounce it in its original Arabic name, it should be pronounced "Bait Al-Jawzaa".
Bet=Bait, el=Al, geuse=Jawazaa.
"Bait" means "home" in Arabic not "Armpit". And "Jawazaa" can mean "Walnut", and can also mean "passing or crossing over".
So, "Betelgeuse" would mean "Home of Jawzaa".
I fully agree with your pronunciation as I was told a long time ago and have always used it!
dang during autumn and winter in the northern hemisphere for me in ireland i can see orions belt in the south east direction and in the north is the big dipper i love space and the night sky
I know this sounds really out there but I saw Rigel fly into it’s place flying from west to east and it hovered there in its place for 2 hours while I was making bbq chicken. It wasn’t in the constellation when I looked up...then in flew into place...I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. The stars are not what we think. This blew my mind. Thanks for this good reference. I just witnessed something that disregards all physics and logic.
Well, it actually did it 864 years ago. Must have been late for show up.
The universe is not only stranger than you imagine. It's stranger than you CAN imagine. I have also seen odd movements of "stars". But lacking knowledge, I couldn't say where it was in the sky. Just that it moved back and forth, over about an inch (to my eyes) but was incredibly distant - like a star. It did that for about 10 minutes, then vanished. *shrugs shoulders
Out of interest, what were you smoking?
I love your sweet voice. It help me relax and put me to sleep
Beautifully presented. You are a natural born teacher.
I just noticed something very weird. Alnilam means string of pearls in Arabic, but, there's actually a ring of stars around Alnilam, which resembles a string of pearls. I'm just really surprised and astonished because the people back then didn't have telescopes and all, but they just somehow knew
They had something most of us don't have: Very clear skies. I like to photograph the stars and have to travel a long way to get even moderate levels of darkness. Without light pollution, the sky becomes very clear and bright. The Milky Way will cast a shadow, that bright.
And it doesn't take long to recognise stars and constellations, even if you don't have names.
Exactly, modern lighting is denying us one of the most beautiful things that can be seen. I've seen clear skies and all I could do was stare in amazement. It is literally breathtaking.
The string of pearls is the Belt of Orion.
@@PhilJonesIII Some years ago I was camping out in the open up at Frazier Park which is a high point in the Southern California San Gabriel Mtns with no cities for 50 miles around, maybe just a lone store or house. I looked up shocked and said, "what is that?" pointing at the axis of the Milky Way. I cannot see it from my house to the south in Lancaster, CA, even though it is not a big town and I am way out on the edge of town without street lights. But, the neighbors have lights in their front yards. No hint of it without magnification. Aiming a 10in reflector at the Horse Head Nebula on several tries over several nights, 1200mm focal length, optics to 5 mm, I think going just down to 9 mm, so far, nothing. But the Casper the Friendly Ghost nebula above it is visible.
It's crazy that everyday since I was a little boy I look at the same stars I'm happy I can tell my friends the name of them now...
Ive suddenly realized how vital it must have been to know all this is you were a seafarer.
Hi, Janine. I'm sorry I'm so late to the party. I've always loved astronomy since I was a little kid, seeing this video re-cemented that love. Almost every night I'm staring at the Orion constellation. Betelgeuse has always been my favorite star. If I may ask what type of telescope you use for stargazing? Thank you for a great video. Subscribed and going to take my time with all your videos and really get back into amateur astronomy.
Orion is my sky map, thanks to it i can locate most sky objects, also the nebula above the orion belt is magical, i love to watch it with my amateur telescope ❤
Thank's Janine for making this video simplistic and easy to follow. Also, You have a stellar voice! 😊
I loved this video, my favorite constellation since I was a child is Orion, 🔭 It's stars are beautiful, you can see them every night 🌙 🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
I'm naming my first born son Orion. This was cool to learn :) thank you
Love this❤ I've always had a fascination with the sky, only liked to stare at the beauty of it. In my teenage yrs I did want to go into astronomy but I never made the effort to do it.
These past 2yrs the night skies became a hobby to look at and paid more attention to what was visible& making their bright appearance, especially the moon. Then I began to want to read more about the constellations and my hobby obsession has become a much comfort. There's just this peacefulness, comfort & art beauty about the skies♡ night& day♡♡
Thank you for your explanation and sharing💝 ~shalom♡
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Where are you from?
Yeah, this is my favorite constilation. I’ve also heard Betelgeuse pronounced with the first “e” as a long “a”. Orion’s armpit changing brightness, reminds me that unless you look back to yesteryear, you cannot appreciate where you are today. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for this awesome video! Im named after Rigel and am planning to name my child Bellatrix! Thank you for the detailed information!
As long as it's a girl -- it will be a cool name.
I had only ever seen it 'upside down' all my life - as a summer constellation - until my trip to the Northern Hemisphere.
Loved it since childhood.
My Grandfather was an English sea Captain and he taught me some names. He pronounced it 'Baytelgeeze'.
If you haven't enrolled in the Intro class on Janine's website, I highly recommend that you do. She's a great teacher and everything is very understandable.
Thank you Mark! It’s great to have you as a student!
"Keep looking up". I remember hearing that while living in South Florida in the 80's when the Star Hustler (Jack Horkheimer - Miami Space Transit Planetarium) would do this type of entertainment in short 5 minute shows late at night. Keep the faith!
Hello,
Fairly new subscriber here and now a big fan of your channel.
Thank you for nother great video. I, myself am an amateur astronomer and run a very small club called, The Astronomical Society of Southern Rhode Island. I speak very highly of your channel to everyone one hoping they gain in interest of the night sky. You definitely make learning easy and fun.
I enjoy all of your videos and I'm sure you will be a big inspiration to the younger generation. Thank you for all of your hard work you put into your passion.
Hi there! Thank you for your comment. I’m so happy to hear you run an astronomy club. I appreciate you recommending my videos...I hope it is a resource many can use to get started with stargazing. Best wishes to you. 😁
Mintaka - home of the Mintakans, pre-Vulcanoid civilization from Star Trek: The Next Generation episode ‘Who watches the watchers’.
The movie beetlejuice was released in 1988. But I can still remember my high school science teacher taught us to pronounce Betlegeuse as Beetlejuice in 1982. So I think the pronunciation of "Beetlejuice" did not come from the movie Beetlejuice.
I've just been looking at Bellatrix. Came on UA-cam for some more information. :) Regards - Daniel UK.
I love your simple explanations. Make more. Make more. Make more. Thank you :)
"Armpit of Orion" makes absolutely sense to me. I guess today one would rather say "Shoulder of Orion". with the three stars being the belt of orion and Rigel being a 'foot' of Orion the two upper stars form the 'shoulders' of orion. Seems as if Oprion is a bit of a headless guy though.
Beautiful. We often gaze at Orion at night. My Shiny Wife has three statuettes of the Warrior-Priestesses: Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka. They point toward Sirius - the Dog Star. In the Dogs collar. She reckons that's where she will go in The End. She loves Dogs. Her shamanic guide is the Wolf - a type of Dog. As a Wiccan / Pagan Arch-Priestess her name is Donna Darkwolf. She's all over the internet. My beautiful, loyal hunting Dog. Janine, Thank you for a wonderful presentation. As always.
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Betelguese: Potential Supernova (in our lifetime)
Latest observed supernovas: (CE year):
185 Centaurus −6 Suggested SN,[2] also suggested comet[3][4]
386 Sagittarius +1,5 Uncertain, suggested SN,[2] possible nova or supernova[5]
393 Scorpius −3 Possible SN,[2][5] possible nova[5]
1006 Lupus −7,5±0,4 Certain: known SNR
1054 Taurus −6 Certain: known SNR and pulsar
1181 Cassiopeia −2 likely not SN (suggested,[2][6] rejected[7]), but activity of WR-star[8]
1572 Cassiopeia −4 Certain: known SNR
1604 Ophiuchus −2 Certain: know
بيت الجوزاء in Arabic meaning the home of the dual and it’s pronounced with a G like in Gemini not like in Girl.
So Betelgeuse doesn’t mean, at least in Arabic, the arm pit of some. It means home, or main if you like, of the twin in this case Orion the hunter, according to Western culture, but not his arm pit. It could perhaps be translated to being his shoulder as the main feature that characterizes him since he is pulling back his arrow ready to release it against the bull.
Amazing... the best explanation so far I have come across to understand the orion belt..
Thank u so much
My next video will be on Orion’s Belt. Can’t wait to share it!
Great Video. I recognize a lot of the constellations and have heard of most of them, although only several weeks ago had no idea what most the individual stars were named. I have a new found interest now and will be purchasing my first telescope. I'm thinking a 10 Inch Dobsonian type. The universe is a fascinating place.
Hi Janine! New sub here from the Philippines and I'm so glad I stumbled on your channel. I've been an amateur astronomer since childhood lol! Great content!
Ask your Arabic friends. It's an Arabic word transliterated into Latin with an actual pronunciation "beh-tell-szuhz"
In English, the pronunciation as in the movie is perhaps closest
Yep, it has a definite pronunciation... oddly she is wrong about Bellatrix as well. It isn't Arabic, its Latin
Hence the "String Of Pearls". Excellent video!
This is my first time learning about these types of things and i must say, they’re really interesting to me, i feel like im doing what my arab muslim ancestors were good at. Lol
It’s a desert thing... ; )
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Just started with this videos but they're so good.
The sword of orion points to the constellation lupus
True this is correct
I think it points to Lepus the Hare. Lupus the Wolf is next to Scorpius.
@@learnthesky My bad 😁, thanks for correcting ✌️
@ I like that strategy. It is one I haven't thought of before. I'm glad you mentioned it!
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you did a soild job on this young lady, thanks a bunch for this
"you did a soild job on this" -- I hope someone cleaned it up.
4:59 the word Bellatrix come from latin not arabic
Great channel.. Nebulosity is my new favourite word, not easy finding an excuse to slip it into a conversation but I'm gonna
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Just Great,Thank you so much, didn't know the their names,next time I gaze up at those stars I can put a name to them.
Hi Janine, awesome video, and love what you say about Betelgeuse pronuntation, but you have an error.
Bellatrix name doesnt come from arabic if not from latín.
Yes, you are correct. Bellatrix does derive from Latin. Thank you for your correction on this.
@@learnthesky great! your awesome.
Bellatrix means "The warrior" indeed.
@@norenovable It's "you're awesome", not "your awesome"... yes, it bothers me.
@@drumwrightd Thank you. I'm not english speaker, and corrections are welcome.
Thank you 😊 💓 for makeing this video
years ago, I don't know the name of this constellation, it's easy to recognize for me and it's eye catching
thank you for the explanation
Brightness change could be due to a giant planet obscuring view.
or huge nebulae
Or a huge spaceship on its way from a run away greenhouse effect event on a nearby planet.
No it couldn't the way it acted was well outsides how a stars Luminosity changes due to a exoplanet passing in front of it.
Due to dust cloud ☁️ around the Star
I always look to find the belt. And just a few years ago did I learn it's name . . . (thanks to Men in black)
And now that I have found your videos, I'll be back
Also, Sirius Black gets his name from the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Major. The star Sirius is also called "The Dog Star". Which is cool considering Sirius Black turns into a wolf, descendants of dogs.
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hello, Orion is a fantastic constellation. In Chile the 3 stars of the belt are called as “Las tres Marias” or “the three Maries”. Best regards!
Wow, what a Voice 😊
Hi New Sub. I was wondering why the stars formation were upside down!. Ahh, realized instantly, I'm in the Southern Hemisphere. Lovely presentation, I watch Orion every night track the sky. No light pollution here so it's a such Beautiful site to behold.
I first saw Orion when I lived in England in the 60s. I saw it as you have depicted it in this video. However when I move to Australia, Orion appeared upside down. I did some research and the indigenous legend is that Orion's Sword is a Father and he is looking down on his three Daughters, the Belt.
Thank you so much janine
Due to you when i look to the night sky i feek happy and amazed because i can understand what i am looking to
I shared what i learned from you with my friend
Love and respect to you from algeria
I was seeing these stars and making patterns by myself. Little did I knew that I was watching orion constellation.
Thank you for this,I did not know the horsehead nebula was in orion.
I started learning about constellations in the 1960's and we learned Betelgeuse as beetlejuice.
Awesome video, thankyou from Australia 😉
I’ve been looking at this constellation and noticing all 7 stars for a decade now and am only just finding out it’s Orion.
Too cool.
Hi Janine, FYI - People were pronouncing Betelgeuse as "Beeteljuice" way before the film came along. For example, in the Radio versions of Douglas Adams' "Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" in the late 70's- early 80's, it was pronounced that way.
This is always the first constellation I see, every time I look up in the night sky. I just wish I lived somewhere with much less light pollution; I'd love to stare at a clear night sky.
Get an inexpensive pair of binoculars with a large aperture like my $38 Celestron 7x 50mm. Much higher magnification than 7x you'll need a mount to stop the shaking.
I also saw Orion's Belt in the northern hemisphere on vacation, i crossed the equator on a road trip to lake toba and on the way there i just saw it with my cousin and i made her love space lol xd
I remember just seeing the moon through a telescope for the first time. I was speechless. Great video. Thank you for sharing. Love and God Bless 🤗😘💖🙏
You have beautiful voice.
The only constellation i can readily, easily spot
Finally a channel make us understand map of the sky! a fresh breath of air. Can you make video about the orion pyramids alignment?
I don't agree with your Betelgeuse pronunciation, but easily forgiven because of the great tour of such a stunning constellation, my favorite along with Scorpio and Taurus. You have gotten my subscription.
Just found your channel and subscribed immediately. Watching the night sky from my house in Africa.