So, you think you've seen the Moon? (2021 Re-edit)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
  • The myths of Lunar distance, the huge harvest Moon, and why people struggle to remember the size of the Moon? The Moon is one of the most familiar objects in the night sky, so familiar in fact that it is often overlooked - even by astronomers! This video might surprise you - it asks you to think again about our sister planet, the Moon and - more importantly - to take a proper look at it, perhaps for the first time in your life.
    00:00 Hello
    00:25 Romancing the Moon?
    01:03 A super-sonic multi-trillion ton wrecking ball!
    01:46 Full Moon - only ever 41% - not 50%
    01:59 Librations give us 59% in time
    02:41 It's just the dull ol' Moon...
    03:00 Bigger than Africa...
    03:33 ... and lighting a garden near you!
    03:45 Steady misrepresentation in books
    05:01 The truth limited by page size?
    05:59 Distance demo
    06:25 Vox populi on distance
    09:09 The visual vs actual size
    09:26 Vox populi on size
    11:59 The myth of the big Moon
    13:34 Smaller when you think it's bigger
    14:44 Demo of daily size change
    16:23 The mountain view from your backyard
    18:09 Wrapping up
    This is a re-edited version of our 2012 video, "So, you think you've seen the Moon?" - it's been carefully reproduced (from scratch) using the original recordings.
    Originally shot in 1080p HD but only uploaded in 720p, this version benefits from better picture resolution, various other visual improvements and, crucially, we've fixed the audio during 'the park' segment which was previously inaudible if played back on a mono speaker configuration.
    Content-wise, it's faithful to the original but with some slightly different creative choices and expanded or alternate material.
    The 2012 version can still be found here: • So, you think you've s...
    Do let us know in the comments if you'd like to see more of our older content given the same treatment.
    Presented by Robert J Dalby FRAS
    Produced by DB Video Services for Astronomy and Nature TV
    #TheMoon #HarvestMoon #FullMoon #Astronomy #Stargazing
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  • @RocketPlanet
    @RocketPlanet  2 года назад +21

    This is a re-edited version of our 2012 video, "So, you think you've seen the Moon?" - it's been carefully reproduced (from scratch) using the original recordings.
    Originally shot in 1080p HD but only uploaded in 720p, this version benefits from better picture resolution, various other visual improvements and, crucially, we've fixed the audio during 'the park' segment which was previously inaudible if played back on a mono speaker configuration.
    Let us know in the comments if you'd like to see more of our older content given the same treatment.

    • @book3100
      @book3100 2 года назад +2

      Definitely do some updates and re-edits

    • @mmc4587
      @mmc4587 2 года назад

      Thanks for fixing the audio.

    • @ReneSchickbauer
      @ReneSchickbauer 2 года назад

      Whenever someone asks me "how far is the moon from earth", my first answer tends to be "roughly one and a quarter light-second". It's easy enough to convert into local measurement units (metric or british colonial units) and it gives a good sense of "It's really, *really* far away. Even the fastest thing in the universe takes over a second to bridge the distance."

    • @jedfra9172
      @jedfra9172 2 года назад

      Thankyou so much for this.
      2012 does not feel like that long ago, however when you factor in the post truth environment that some politicians and their followers have cultivated since the original video was released, this becomes well worthy of reproduction and preservation.

  • @gshort4707
    @gshort4707 2 года назад +4

    All your videos are fascinating. The more you produce or enhance the better.

  • @ishanr8697
    @ishanr8697 2 года назад +1

    Watched the original a couple of times, still watched the whole re-upload. Thanks!

  • @pankajkulkarni6722
    @pankajkulkarni6722 Год назад

    Very nice video. Helped a lot with visualisation of actual size of the moon.
    Keep making such great videos.

  • @johngiromini5745
    @johngiromini5745 2 года назад

    Very well put together presentation on our closest spacial neighbor. A lot of the items you mentioned I have only learned about in the last 10-15 years, primarily by reading more about the Moon and being able to attend and participate in lunar events. It is probably safe to say that a large number of people do not comprehend the extreme difference between viewing the relative distance between us as projected in a book vs modeling correct relative sizes. Lastly, easily the most frequently asked question at a star party is why can't we see remnants of the Apollo missions. When informed that a scope in the 200 meter size would be required to do so confounds almost every inquisitor. Thanks again!

  • @shoestringobservatory2222
    @shoestringobservatory2222 2 года назад +1

    When it's your 40th Birthday and RUclips flags up your favourite channel just uploaded a video! Life is good!

    • @ww321
      @ww321 2 года назад +1

      Really! My birthdays Sunday

  • @ww321
    @ww321 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for doing this again. I really enjoy looking at the moon. My favorite thing to do now is take a picture of video through one of my telescope then find artifact in the images and track down it's location and name. Fun stuff

  • @sanpol4399
    @sanpol4399 2 года назад +1

    01:04 You created an impressive way to demonstrate what was being questioned about the serenity of the Moon. 😃
    I saw it many times, and each time with the sound a little higher.

  • @lancer525
    @lancer525 2 года назад

    I'm going to show this clip at the next meeting of the student Astronomy Club at my local college. Ought to "open some eyes" I would think. Thanks much for this great re-edit and upload! Good to see this channel back in action!

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад

      Hi there glad to hear you liked it. And thanks for passing it on. if you haven't already done so, please don't forget to subscribe - it helps us more than you might think and ensures you won't miss our next upload on telescopic astronomy. KR A&NTV

  • @tabletop_railway
    @tabletop_railway Год назад

    This really is thought provoking- going to look at the moon with fresh eyes !

  • @martinda7446
    @martinda7446 2 года назад

    Nobody ever asks me about the moon.. I could have shown off! I love this channel. One of my very favourite RUclips channels. I have watched the V2 series dozens of times.

  • @LJ45Chimera
    @LJ45Chimera 2 года назад +2

    Great video, thanks :)

  • @MarkMphonoman
    @MarkMphonoman Месяц назад

    That looks like a vintage watch on your wrist. 😁

  • @ChrisWAnim
    @ChrisWAnim 2 года назад

    I randomly came across the 2012 video, it immediately got into astro and bought a big newtonian. Now nearly 10 years later im super into astrophotography, got a Heq5 and a 72ed! Taking pictures that blow my mind that I can even capture such things. Pretty average compared to others but for me im super happy with what i can do. Thanks for that :)

  • @spamcan9208
    @spamcan9208 2 года назад

    These videos are always so chill. I hope you're able to make another one some day but I know it's a lot of work so I understand if you don't.

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад +1

      Hi there and thanks for posting, glad to hear you liked it. if you haven't already done so, please don't forget to subscribe - it helps us more than you might think and ensures you won't miss our next upload on telescopic astronomy. KR RJD A&NTV

    • @spamcan9208
      @spamcan9208 2 года назад

      @@RocketPlanet I already subscribed when I found your channel a few months back! It has some very helpful knowledge for someone like me who just got their first telescope. Looking forward to your next video!

  • @craigrogers3864
    @craigrogers3864 2 года назад

    Great job, thanks 👍⭐

  • @CaptRescue2
    @CaptRescue2 2 года назад

    Love your videos...keep them coming!!! Re-visit the Oculus all-sky camera

  • @m_a_s6069
    @m_a_s6069 2 года назад

    Maybe it's where I grew up, but I often thought of the moon as being a lot like the roadsigns riddled with bullet holes.

  • @milantrcka121
    @milantrcka121 10 месяцев назад

    This video reminds me of the Jade Rabbit that the Chinese (and others) see on the moon. Once you see it, you cannot "unsee".

  • @REXOB9
    @REXOB9 2 года назад

    great video, thanks

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад

      Hi there and thanks for posting, glad to hear you liked it. if you haven't already done so, please don't forget to subscribe - it helps us more than you might think and ensures you won't miss our next upload on telescopic astronomy. KR A&NTV

  • @miketronix
    @miketronix 2 года назад

    We want new videos
    keep them coming please :)

  • @123reivax123
    @123reivax123 2 года назад

    You are a natural in front of the camera.
    I would think anything you decide to talk on and demonstrate would be of great interest.
    Keep doing it!
    Thanks

  • @soreem2738
    @soreem2738 2 года назад

    Hi! 😄 I am looking for a telescope that is affordable, though good enough to see saturn for example. Would you aid me in finding something like that? 🙏
    Best regards
    Sondre
    Norway

  • @pudmina
    @pudmina 2 года назад

    Excellent video ... again. The only thing I am missing is the extended interaction in the comment section with the brain-dead F-type Flatard in the original one :( ... ROFL

  • @barrywhite9114
    @barrywhite9114 24 дня назад

    30 Earth Diameters Away! Veratasium

  • @GemstoneActual
    @GemstoneActual Год назад

    Isn't the "size pulse" just an artifact from the software?
    Basically, plus or minus 1 Earth diameter, due to transparency?

  • @mudemmeonick
    @mudemmeonick 2 года назад

    The first book used seems rather interesting. Couldn't make its name from the video. Would you care to name it? Thank you.

  • @sailorman8668
    @sailorman8668 2 года назад

    OMG - the half-wit at time 7:35, lol.

    • @grossersalat578
      @grossersalat578 2 года назад

      That would be super cool. And a bit frightening.

  • @TheRealBrook1968
    @TheRealBrook1968 2 года назад

    I love the idea of space exploration getting a burst of fresh blood and energy from companies such as Space X who want to bring communications and benefits to all humans when government programs have stagnated or just see space as a platform for weapons.

  • @billukumawat5375
    @billukumawat5375 2 года назад +1

    Which book is this.
    3.50

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад +1

      Hi there, the book is UNIVERSE (8th edition) by Roger A. Freedman and William J. Kaufmann III. It's a student text book and I recommend it. KR RJD A&NTV

  • @AbuctingTacos
    @AbuctingTacos 2 года назад

    Street astronomy should be more of a thing

  • @rocktech7144
    @rocktech7144 2 года назад

    Atmospheric lensing increases the apparent size of the moon when rising by an additional 30% How did you miss that.

  • @kevanhubbard9673
    @kevanhubbard9673 2 года назад

    I've come around to the Moon 🌒 and I always resented it because if flooded the sky with natural light pollution and I couldn't see DSO's but it's part of the natural mechanics of our solar system and a very beautiful object in itself.One of the things I find amazing is the Earth Moon gap.... it's far!You can fit every planet in the solar system in that gap .

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад

      Yes, even with Earth included again, there's room left over for another Saturn! That's a nice image because we've all got a memory of encyclopedia pictures and classroom posters with a thin chord of the Solar disk on one side and an orderly troop of planets in a line next to it, forcefully suggesting celestial vastness. Thanks for your post. KR RJD A&NTV

    • @adrianchetwynd1334
      @adrianchetwynd1334 2 года назад

      @@RocketPlanet I've only discovered your channel today and was very impressed with a couple of your videos about the V2 missiles.
      Are you going to do a similar job on the V1 buzz bomb?

  • @scottrk4930
    @scottrk4930 2 года назад +1

    Great video , thanks . However Mons Huygen is 18,000ft whereas Everest is 29,000ft . Not quite the same but impressive none the less . Cheers !/SRK

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад +9

      Hi Scott thanks for your comments. It's a question of perspective. It's customary to speak of mountains across the solar system in terms of base to peak height, rather than peak height above sea level (the Moon has seas in name only - you won't need a boat!). On this basis Mons Huygens soars a full kilometre (over 3000 feet) above Everest. Huygens stands clear of other peaks and rises from a nearly flat plain - an impressive sight I would imagine. Thanks for allowing me to clarify. KR RJD A&NTV

  • @JoeShmoism
    @JoeShmoism 2 года назад

    I find it interesting that everyone talks about the moon orbiting the earth an no one mentions that the earth and the moon both orbit a common center of gravity.

  • @rogeriopenna9014
    @rogeriopenna9014 2 года назад

    Comparing the Moon surface area with Africa? That's probably the continent most people have least idea about it's real size.

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад

      I guess you're not including the 1.3 billion people who live in Africa in that idea? We banked only on most folk knowing that Africa is one of the largest continents on Earth and impressive in its size. But thanks for sharing that thought - you may be right. A&NTV

    • @rogeriopenna9014
      @rogeriopenna9014 2 года назад

      @@RocketPlanet because of Mercator protection and African education statistics, i doubt we can count on 1,3 billion Africans realizing how big their own continent is.
      Videos using that true size website tool, and map comparisons of countries and continents sizes, show that most of us are unaware of the size of some places compared to our perceptions.
      True, maybe it's the size of Europe, which is actually quite minuscule, which is overestimated globally.

    • @spamcan9208
      @spamcan9208 2 года назад

      Africa is a perfectly good and helpful comparison.

  • @kitokinimi3829
    @kitokinimi3829 Год назад

    Check out plasma moon

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  Год назад

      But only if you're immortal and time has no valuable for you. KR RJD A&NTV

  • @TaffDerekBaker
    @TaffDerekBaker 21 день назад

    Moon is not a sphere. Lunar is a construct.

  • @twonumber22
    @twonumber22 2 года назад

    I've seen half of it.

  • @fangzhou3235
    @fangzhou3235 2 года назад

    the model of earth and moon are not on the same scale!

    • @RocketPlanet
      @RocketPlanet  2 года назад +1

      Hi there. Where we specified sizes (the white balls?), the model was accurate to about half a millimetre. We said a 70mm ball represented the Earth. Working from a 19mm Moon, the Earth should have been characterised by a 69.54mm ball. That's assuming the c.19mm polystyrene 'Moon' ball wasn't too far out of round where we measured it. With the Earth as the index - the Moon would scale down to 19.1mm. And I confess, in all the excitement, we might have miscalled that 19.1mm as 19mm. But seriously, all the models used were selected for their visual appeal and were accurate enough for the presentation. Useful tip: quote a time code. A&NTV

  • @cloned76
    @cloned76 2 года назад

    you think 'know' so much about it, but still didn't realize is not an object in space ? .. the moon is actually just a reflection ..

    • @gowdsake7103
      @gowdsake7103 2 года назад +1

      Honestly ? and what is your evidence for that ?

    • @spamcan9208
      @spamcan9208 2 года назад

      Don't you have a bag full of spray paint to huff?

    • @lancer525
      @lancer525 2 года назад

      Considering that 12 people traveled to land and work there, and that it is a demonstrated, proven fact that it is a celestial body, where do you get the guts to come on a world-wide platform and express your extreme level of ignorance and lack of education? I've always wondered...

  • @tonyk7700
    @tonyk7700 2 года назад +2

    OH ...AND MAN DID NOT GO TO THE MOON !!!!!!

    • @gowdsake7103
      @gowdsake7103 2 года назад +1

      Really and what bit of the technology was beyond you ?

    • @sailorman8668
      @sailorman8668 2 года назад +3

      Seriously Tony, are you one of these 'experts', who actually knows NOTHING about how the Apollo lunar landing missions were conducted, yet still seems to think your knowledge extends to knowing that the missions weren't genuine?
      Perhaps you can share some information (other than what's found on some hoaxtard youtube video) that illustrates and definitively explains why the missions couldn't have been achieved?

    • @gowdsake7103
      @gowdsake7103 2 года назад

      Got nothing to back up your bullshit ? Nah I thought not

    • @spamcan9208
      @spamcan9208 2 года назад

      If you don't think we landed on the moon give me your smart phone so I can smash it on the sidewalk. You don't deserve the fruits of aerospace engineering's labor. And if the U.S. didn't go to the moon the Soviet Union would have called us out on it.

    • @lancer525
      @lancer525 2 года назад

      There is not now, nor has there ever been in the last 50+ years, one single bit of documented, factual, scientifically-accurate, legitimate, mathematically-sound provable evidence ever given to support the claim that six missions from the Apollo Program did not land on the moon. There is no claim that you can make that hasn't already been debunked, hundreds (if not thousands) of times before you ever heard it. There is no way possible to disprove an existing historical fact. I defy you to do it. Keep in mind that your level of scientific illiteracy is not evidence.
      I'll wait...
      They landed.
      Six times.
      Deal with it.
      .