@@astrumspace Well having youtubers read out such a long message in a relatively short video is just unreasonable. No criticism, just a plain ratio thing! I'm sure they ran it by focus groups and stuff but i can't imagine many people are not skiping it, wherever it is. I know it's needed these days, but i think they would get more sympathy by making them shorter/less annoying.
@@5Andysalive Imho I think the only ones that get away with it are comedy channels, they tend to try and blend it into their videos through comedy. I'm not a comedian though, I won't try that 😅 but yes some people clearly do appreciate the sponsors as sponsors wouldn't be spending money on it if it didn't work!
@1:35 "Their orbital eccentricity isn't huge, but its enough." You mean "orbital inclination". Eccentricity would effect the timing of transits, but not their existence. Inclination causes only 2 opposite "node" points (in May or November as you say) where two orbital planes cross where transits can occur.
Here is something to read first before using welding lenses. It depends on what shade they are. *Do not* use oxygen/gas welding ones that are shade 4, 6, or anything under at least 10. Shade 12 is the best but hard to find unless you modify an auto darkening setup at the infrared sensor. You can stack two shades such as a 4 and an 8 or however you feel is best but that is your own choice. It is best to have the filter at the end where sunlight is entering and not at the eyepiece. Just think of being a kid with a magnifying glass and an ant...Even with the filter, you become the ant. I have modified some to work on my telescope in different ways but I really only try to avoid looking through it and use a camera to see...Just in case of course. Something interesting to know about welding glasses is that they are made to filter all light except a small portion of the visible spectrum which is around 5 to 600nm (not 100 percent sure on the number) but it is to protect your eyes from the harmful ultraviolet radiation and other wavelengths when arc welding. To be the safest and if you have the money, buy a solar telescope setup. Looking at sunspots, which even though there are none right now and activity is low, the solar minimum phase is ending and will be more active soon. You can also see other solar events such as prominences and plasma "flames" with the correct filters and that is really awesome. That is where things get expensive or you gotta really use your brain to make things work. If not, an observatory would be the next choice. Knowing how social media runs the world even though I became very antisocial thanks to the ex wife, finding one nearby or other people interested in what is out there shouldn't be too hard to do. Be safe and don't do something that will cause harm to your self or to your property.
I wouldn't say Mercury would be undetectable because the many images I have from a not so special 6 inch telescope, a different mix of filters, and a Galaxy S7 (Pro Mode on it is out of this world) of some sunspots smaller than that planet and even a little detail of looped prominences definitely say much differently.
We live on a fixed plane as predicted 3,000 years ago with the Antikythera Mechanism. How do you gain a concept of scale just by looking up into the sky?
Martin Tomík Sorry Martin, that answer makes no sense. No you have have no concept of scale with celestial bodies. You have angles with NO measurable baseline; therefore, you cannot triangulate to know which scale is valid. How did they decide upon the scale? Huygens looked up and figured we must be a planet the same size as Venus just because, so if you visually count the amount of Venus’ to the Sun, then also assume we must have a radius as thick as 3,959 Miles (having never dug more than 8 Miles, which was the 8 Miles was dug well after his time) then you can solve for X. This is the assumptions based on assumptions method of deriving the AU providing the baseline used for the scale of celestial bodies.
2 weeks ago was the first time I looked at Venus and mercury with my naked eyes, by accident, when it was pretty close to the sun. I really loved how bright it was!! But by last week, Venus moved far away, perpendicular, and its brightness got lower and mercury turned its back towards us. Waiting for the next orbit when I can try to look at them through my telescope! Celestial events are so fun to watch!
That view of the transit @ 0:25 always blows me away because Mercury is just a little bigger than the Moon and ... well, imagine the silhouette of Mercury is the shadow of the Moon as it crosses our sky, and then look at the Sun! Imagine the Sun in our sky THAT size!
What would make you assume Mercury is a little bigger than the Moon when in observation it appears much much smaller? Is this based on what has been repeated to you?
@@LBBstore What would make you assume that mathematicians, astronomers, scholars and the like have been lying to the public for hundreds of years? Is that fallacy of thought based on an idea that was fed to you with the promise that you would be exercising your individuality by denying proven scientific truth?
Has or will there ever be a time where Venus AND Mercury transit the sun at the same time for us to see? If so, how often would that happen? My guess is probably every few million years.
Dang it! The weather here is going to be cloudy and rainy. :( But thanks for taking the time to share this. I hope others can get some good images and maybe share them with the rest of us.
Hey Astrum! We are in New Zealand which is part of Australasia, and we will see it for about one hour after sunrise (weather permitting, which dosn't look good - Aotearoa "land of the long white cloud")
Don't fall in error. That images it's all focal lenght, huge distance and restricted FOV. On Mercury the Sun is twice the size we see it on Earth. So, pratically no difference.
"vast differences between these relatively small objects", 1:45. Just trying to think about this fact ( & how microscopic we are ) blows my feeble mind every time! 🤪🤔🤯
Oh don't feel that way, remember we are the only intelligent life in this infinite universe. The rarity of earth has made us so very special. Wahaha, the above is bullship. Yeah we are just a speck of dust in a very vast universe.
Can you please click that image for your RUclips viewer cause some of us are interested to look at by ourselves but due to location we cannot. As you mentioned something like (sorry Asia) thank you
Astrum, are you from Germany? I saw some German texts in this video. And it doesn't really matter, just ask. Btw thanks for your nice channel en videos. Greats
It is weird feeling to know that I have seen 2 Venus transits (one at age 14 (and haven't missed at least try to see (behind clouds) single Moon or Sun eclipse since age 8), other at age 22) while almost all of people won't see that at all (it is not like Full Solar Eclipse that is possible to see if can travel to specific location when it happens somewhere)
Curious that the view of the orbits are from the south of the ecliptic instead from the north. From the north is the usual view meaning you would see the planets moving counter-clockwise instead clockwise as in the animation presented.
What I would like to see : The next time we send something to Mars, turn the camera back and film Earth's transit across the Sun. Or has this been done before? Not the Pale Blue Dot, but the actual transit. It would stimulate the inner dork in me.
Ponder 🤔 events on our planet 🌎 that are connected. Our Sun has a direct connection to each planet. So events within our sun affect geological events on our planet. Other events are likely to be connected as well. Don’t even have to view this event. Just connect events.
Fine piece of equipment those welding hoods are, being able to see a 3,000 mile wide object from 53 million miles away... 53,000,000 miles...absolutely mind numbing
Are you giving any update on saturn transit that will be happen on 24th january 2021 ? If you are know anything about this transit you not forget to comment and also if the transit will be visible from (howrah,india,west bengal) please tell me the exact time when the transit will have been starting from ?
Yesterday I saw something a little bigger than the apparent size of Murcury's disk pass between the sun and my telescope. I can't stop thinking about it so if anyone has any idea what it was please help! It was circular, looked just like the recent Murcury transit did, except over in a few seconds.
"This won't be noticeable to the naked eye" and nor will anything else ever again after you try!
dude I think that rhymed lmao
@@arhmlmao I think you might be right haha
Not with that attitude.
Honest thank for putting the 2 minute ad message at the end. I wish more youtubers would do that.
That's why I put it there even if sponsors try and press for it at the beginning, I know I find it so annoying when I see one in the middle of a video
@@astrumspace Well having youtubers read out such a long message in a relatively short video is just unreasonable. No criticism, just a plain ratio thing!
I'm sure they ran it by focus groups and stuff but i can't imagine many people are not skiping it, wherever it is.
I know it's needed these days, but i think they would get more sympathy by making them shorter/less annoying.
@@5Andysalive Imho I think the only ones that get away with it are comedy channels, they tend to try and blend it into their videos through comedy. I'm not a comedian though, I won't try that 😅 but yes some people clearly do appreciate the sponsors as sponsors wouldn't be spending money on it if it didn't work!
@1:35 "Their orbital eccentricity isn't huge, but its enough."
You mean "orbital inclination". Eccentricity would effect the timing of transits, but not their existence. Inclination causes only 2 opposite "node" points (in May or November as you say) where two orbital planes cross where transits can occur.
Your channel and wonderful persons channel are just about the best corners of YT at this point in time. Keep em coming.
Wonderful Persons?
@@RonaldMcPaul Anton Petrov.
@@anardine6176 Wonderful Anton
Here is something to read first before using welding lenses. It depends on what shade they are. *Do not* use oxygen/gas welding ones that are shade 4, 6, or anything under at least 10. Shade 12 is the best but hard to find unless you modify an auto darkening setup at the infrared sensor. You can stack two shades such as a 4 and an 8 or however you feel is best but that is your own choice. It is best to have the filter at the end where sunlight is entering and not at the eyepiece. Just think of being a kid with a magnifying glass and an ant...Even with the filter, you become the ant. I have modified some to work on my telescope in different ways but I really only try to avoid looking through it and use a camera to see...Just in case of course. Something interesting to know about welding glasses is that they are made to filter all light except a small portion of the visible spectrum which is around 5 to 600nm (not 100 percent sure on the number) but it is to protect your eyes from the harmful ultraviolet radiation and other wavelengths when arc welding. To be the safest and if you have the money, buy a solar telescope setup. Looking at sunspots, which even though there are none right now and activity is low, the solar minimum phase is ending and will be more active soon. You can also see other solar events such as prominences and plasma "flames" with the correct filters and that is really awesome. That is where things get expensive or you gotta really use your brain to make things work. If not, an observatory would be the next choice. Knowing how social media runs the world even though I became very antisocial thanks to the ex wife, finding one nearby or other people interested in what is out there shouldn't be too hard to do. Be safe and don't do something that will cause harm to your self or to your property.
Paul John thank you, I will take that into consideration :)
That is lot's of information. Thank you
The youtuber should pin this so that more people can read.
I wouldn't say Mercury would be undetectable because the many images I have from a not so special 6 inch telescope, a different mix of filters, and a Galaxy S7 (Pro Mode on it is out of this world) of some sunspots smaller than that planet and even a little detail of looped prominences definitely say much differently.
Alex is an amazing presenter/narrator/producer. I hope the BBC Sky At Night are watching and will one day employ him.
He is going to be a big rich man one day. 😊
Venus' transit was awe inspiring as Earth is roughly the same size ; that made me realize how small this planet is
Puts things into perspective
also it would be even smaller in comparison just next to the sun, venus is in front of us closer than sun is to us so venus appears bigger
We live on a fixed plane as predicted 3,000 years ago with the Antikythera Mechanism. How do you gain a concept of scale just by looking up into the sky?
@@LBBstore Maybe maths? Maybe measuring distances thanks to radiation? Maybe many years of observing and counting?
Martin Tomík
Sorry Martin, that answer makes no sense.
No you have have no concept of scale with celestial bodies. You have angles with NO measurable baseline; therefore, you cannot triangulate to know which scale is valid.
How did they decide upon the scale?
Huygens looked up and figured we must be a planet the same size as Venus just because, so if you visually count the amount of Venus’ to the Sun, then also assume we must have a radius as thick as 3,959 Miles (having never dug more than 8 Miles, which was the 8 Miles was dug well after his time) then you can solve for X.
This is the assumptions based on assumptions method of deriving the AU providing the baseline used for the scale of celestial bodies.
"Inferior Conjunction, What's your function?" .... Love that song
Never heard of it. When did it come out?
2 weeks ago was the first time I looked at Venus and mercury with my naked eyes, by accident, when it was pretty close to the sun. I really loved how bright it was!! But by last week, Venus moved far away, perpendicular, and its brightness got lower and mercury turned its back towards us. Waiting for the next orbit when I can try to look at them through my telescope! Celestial events are so fun to watch!
That view of the transit @ 0:25 always blows me away because Mercury is just a little bigger than the Moon and ... well, imagine the silhouette of Mercury is the shadow of the Moon as it crosses our sky, and then look at the Sun! Imagine the Sun in our sky THAT size!
What would make you assume Mercury is a little bigger than the Moon when in observation it appears much much smaller? Is this based on what has been repeated to you?
@@LBBstore What would make you assume that mathematicians, astronomers, scholars and the like have been lying to the public for hundreds of years? Is that fallacy of thought based on an idea that was fed to you with the promise that you would be exercising your individuality by denying proven scientific truth?
that was good, still mad at missing the last Venus transit. Now i gotta wait over 100 years. Thank you!!!
Tell me if you find the fountain of youth :)
Very informative, thanks! Thumbs up!
I was eagerly waiting for a video on this Topic. Thanks!!!
Getting two telescopes ready for my students. This hopefully will be a special class for them. Its going to be the first time for me to.
Attach a CDC for all to view.
Fujikawa 1988 amazing teacher
Your students are too lucy
Ghofrane it's spelt *students and *lucky
Great video and here in south america we are ready to see this transit, we only need some luck with the weather.
I regret subscribing to this guy late
I wish i knew him earlier
Mercury be like: *Transiting noises*
This is an example of good education. Enjoyable, Interesting, and easy to comprehend at any level.
I member building my little sun box back in 2012 for Venus. I think I'll do the same for this one :) Always a hoot.
Mercury: Having a transit
The sun where I'm at: I sleep
Eastbourne astronomy society is having public viewing see their website or Facebook page.
Amazing work Alex, your production quality is at another level. How do you make those solar system visualizations with planet's planes?
A program called Space Engine :)
Has or will there ever be a time where Venus AND Mercury transit the sun at the same time for us to see? If so, how often would that happen?
My guess is probably every few million years.
This won't happen until July 26th, 69,163. So they don't happen all that often.
@@kawoogie nice 69
@@kawoogie Nature needs to stop trolling us
@@kawoogie and when did it happen last time?
There also simultaneous transits and eclipses. Its too bad Saturn and its moon Titan is not a inner planet it would be a very cool transit
Dang it! The weather here is going to be cloudy and rainy. :(
But thanks for taking the time to share this. I hope others can get some good images and maybe share them with the rest of us.
I saw 2012 venus transit ✌️
I watched all of it alone sitting on my roof, sadly not many people are interested in these stuffs in my country 😒
I recorded with a nikon coolpix p1000 camera.
0:57 Just realized the orbital models, while well animated, show clockwise motion when all the planets orbit counter-clockwise 🔄
They call bad weather on Italy. I'm praying all the day.
me too in slovakia
I don't think it will appear there
@@mikelopez6269 it will appear but it will still continue after the sunset, here the maximum is around 20 minutes before sunset
99-100% clouds all day over here in the northeastern U.S. Could see the entire transit if it weren't for them.
@@nerdzy8454 Fuck rare things. It's a solid november rain here in Italy. Yesterday the sky was totally clauds-free.
Happy birthday to me and hello Mercury!
Commenting as the transit is happening here!
Awesome! Alex, how will you watch it yourself?
I'll try the binoculars method, as long as it's not cloudy! It's not looking promising where I am to be honest
Hey Astrum! We are in New Zealand which is part of Australasia, and we will see it for about one hour after sunrise (weather permitting, which dosn't look good - Aotearoa "land of the long white cloud")
Hoping the clouds can clear in the next few hours. Got all my filters ready for observing and photographing
Thank you for interesting information! 😊👍
So cool to see how big the sun is in compare to us
Another great video sir. Thank you
If possible upload that transit video
i not worry because i will watch Mercury Transit on Astrum
😁👍
Also just a heads up orbital eccentricity doesn't affect the timing of transits. The word you're after is inclination (I think)
One day I'm moving to Australabia
Was pumped as hell to view this transit. Then I remembered that I'm Australian :'(
The sun must be huge at Mercury
Don't fall in error. That images it's all focal lenght, huge distance and restricted FOV.
On Mercury the Sun is twice the size we see it on Earth. So, pratically no difference.
Mercury transiting:
*YEEEEeeeeeEEEET*
"vast differences between these relatively small objects", 1:45. Just trying to think about this fact ( & how microscopic we are ) blows my feeble mind every time! 🤪🤔🤯
Vast "distances"..... but I hear ya.
Oh don't feel that way, remember we are the only intelligent life in this infinite universe. The rarity of earth has made us so very special.
Wahaha, the above is bullship. Yeah we are just a speck of dust in a very vast universe.
Hi thank you very much.
Woops that was yesterday. Just now watching
I saw both of the most recent Venus transits!
Damn mercury smoll
Blast. Found this video on the 12. of November only to realize what I could have observed yesterday. XD
New Astrum video....
CLUCK CLICK CLICK
Be careful using eclipse glasses. They do have an expiration date due to deterioration of the plastic film over time.
You seem to be confusing excentricity with inclination at 1:40.
Hi I'm al too thanks for ur insite.
Great channel.
Can you please click that image for your RUclips viewer cause some of us are interested to look at by ourselves but due to location we cannot. As you mentioned something like (sorry Asia) thank you
Astrum, are you from Germany? I saw some German texts in this video.
And it doesn't really matter, just ask.
Btw thanks for your nice channel en videos.
Greats
I live in Switzerland currently :)
Brother make video of gravity and time
Thank You.
Man That Guy Was Grounded
Who is excited for Monday
There's a Ford Transit that comes by most days, but a transit of Mercury would be much more interesting.
...and DON'T spit into the wind, whatever you do!
We Indian extremely disappointed because we can't watch it due to sunset at5:46 pm whereas Mercury transit with start at 6:05pm according to IST.
Italians are with you people. We'll have a rainy monday.
All the dislikes are of people from contries where there will be night on the transit.
Or "Flatbrainearthers".
Can we not see a transit of Earth from Mars via an orbiting satalite or Mars rover?
That would be a groovey thing to behold too . . . .
That won't happen until 11/10/2084.
It is weird feeling to know that I have seen 2 Venus transits (one at age 14 (and haven't missed at least try to see (behind clouds) single Moon or Sun eclipse since age 8), other at age 22) while almost all of people won't see that at all (it is not like Full Solar Eclipse that is possible to see if can travel to specific location when it happens somewhere)
Am I the only one who sees a red smiley face on the sun @0:26? 😊
Curious that the view of the orbits are from the south of the ecliptic instead from the north. From the north is the usual view meaning you would see the planets moving counter-clockwise instead clockwise as in the animation presented.
likely to be cloudy by the great lakes
I did it with my Simmons scope on my 300 Wetherby Vanguard while deer hunting today.
How did it look?
I missed school just to see this.
I'm not going to school
You're brave.
What I would like to see : The next time we send something to Mars, turn the camera back and film Earth's transit across the Sun. Or has this been done before? Not the Pale Blue Dot, but the actual transit. It would stimulate the inner dork in me.
One of the rovers has seen a Mars-Mercury transit, but an Mars-Earth transit probably happens even less than an Earth-Venus transit
The next Earth Transit seen from Mars won't happen until the year of 2084 so I will be 102. I'm 37 now lol....
Great
Damn I'll be traveling on the 11th.
Adrian Chifu - Eternal Traveler just wanted to know if these is your favourite space engine soundtrack?
It is really a pity. I should have worked in San Diego and watched it. However my VISA is late. It cannot be seen in China this time.
My telescope, webcam , solar filter are ready for tomorrow
Robin Meade
Ponder 🤔 events on our planet 🌎 that are connected. Our Sun has a direct connection to each planet. So events within our sun affect geological events on our planet. Other events are likely to be connected as well. Don’t even have to view this event. Just connect events.
2012 i used a pin hole cemra
I'm psyched, I'm gonna stare at the sun till I see it
Look through binoculars ... ok ... I'm going to buy a big pair of binoculars
Last time I used my analog welding hood.
Fine piece of equipment those welding hoods are, being able to see a 3,000 mile wide object from 53 million miles away... 53,000,000 miles...absolutely mind numbing
Plz tell me it affects pregnant women or not
Would an annular solar eclipse technical be a transit because the moon doesn't total completely eclipse the sun?
You are exactly right! I just didn't want to add that to the video to avoid confusion :)
eth lol - but seriously, very nice, succicint explanation - thank you
4:53 ...or if you are in the Nordic countries.
When you make your own telescope to see it but come to know it's during night time in your region...
Get an LED floodlight
Its It's around 7:00 a.m. where I live
Our sun is terrifying
“If you happen to be on the South Pole”
Are you giving any update on saturn transit that will be happen on 24th january 2021 ? If you are know anything about this transit you not forget to comment and also if the transit will be visible from (howrah,india,west bengal) please tell me the exact time when the transit will have been starting from ?
Why Mercury's orbit below the centre of Sun if the Earth and Mercury rotate in plane of ecliptic ?
Mercury is cute.
Yesterday I saw something a little bigger than the apparent size of Murcury's disk pass between the sun and my telescope. I can't stop thinking about it so if anyone has any idea what it was please help! It was circular, looked just like the recent Murcury transit did, except over in a few seconds.
Sun is moving through to galixes ways.
Sigh... Guess I'm missing the mercury transit again....
What should I do I'm from India....!!
Do You Know Sumting I'think In Yesterday Murcury Get In The sun
hi
Has Mercury and Venus ever transit the Sun at the same time? (from our point of view)
11th November 2019 is my birthday!!!!!(i am the son of the fhoto man)
Adil Zerouali Happy Birthday 🎁