We had a power cut last week, the whole area was out. It lasted from 11pm till about 3am. Everyone else went to bed to keep warm but I went out with my binoculars and I swear I saw things in the sky I'd never seen before, and I'm in a very rural area where unless it's cloudy, the skies are usually very dark. The light pollution is everywhere. Thanks for covering the Oscar The Grouch Comet.
This is one of my favorite YT channels. Dr Becky is so good at explaining how, what, why, when, etc. I learn something new with every video she releases.
Visible in Sweden since Jan 21st, was very excited about it and tried to engage as many people as possible at school to go out and observe it-- managed to group up 11 people. Turns out that none of us have binoculars and the school faculty are unsure where they put their telescope, and also it's been cloudy since then. So after a week of going out and reporting daily to the group on weather conditions, today was finally it! As clear skies as you can get, and location has relatively low light pollution. So I went out on my own in the cold, laid down in the middle of a frozen field and used my elbows and chest to stabilize the camera, then after a LOT of iPhone 12 shots with 10s exposure I was FINALLY able to produce an image with the green glow. With my fingers so cold that they were pulsating with pain I posted the image in the group chat and everyone immediately lost interest in going out observing it :/ they had heard in the news that it'd be visible with the naked eye which.. Well, I mean, it IS but it just looks like a very dim star. But it seems they were imagining something like a green Hale-Bopp because of how the media portrayed it. Little bummed out; I had went out and bought champagne glasses (expensive for a student like me) and some bubbly to celebrate the occasion as a send-off to the neanderthals that saw it and humanity as a whole since this comet won't be coming back to us. Talked to a guy who has an observatory a couple of bus rides away and he said he could welcome us, but it's looking like I won't have any of my friends to share the champagne with. Kind of don't feel like going to the observatory like this :( Saving the champagne though since skies should be clear tomorrow as well and there's a slim chance the telescope will turn up, so there's a little hope still left in me. But hey, at least I got my picture
Open that bottle up and celebrate with yourself! You succeeded! Perseverance should be your name! Well done. I wish I was there because I'd join you for sure. Congratulations! 🥂
I found your video by chance. I've been trying for weeks to find out where in the sky this comet will be able to be seen, weather permitting. Your video is glorious in its clarity of information complete with images. I read so many articles and found none that described where in our sky the comet could be seen. Made my day.
SkySafari and Night Sky are pretty good apps for Android and Apple. You can just hold up your phone or tablet and the app uses GPS to give you a map of the sky where you are and where you are looking.
I am German and an absolut amateur and still loving it when it is getting difficult and there are graph and pictures to understand ... this channel is one of my favorites of them all.
Yes, the lightpollution has become much worse nowadays. In the '90s I could go out with binoculars or spotting scope and see a lot of the nightsky. Nowadays the modern streetlights and my neighbour's flood lights make it impossible to see anything fainter than magnitude 4 from my garden. And if I go out in the forest there has recently been timber lorries driving around in the middle of the night.
As a child who'd lived his whole life in light polluted London, I remember my first holiday in Cornwall in the late 60s and staring in wonder at the light-free night sky. Something you never forget. I now live in the west coast of Ireland and on the rare occasion of a cloud free night I can relive that wonder.
I understood why the Milky Way got its name when I went to USA and visited the Grand Canyon. Went out for a late night look. I was used to the skies of northern Italy where there is no respite from light pollution anywhere. I nearly cried.
As always, so much well-explained information in a single, enthusiastic video! I had a reaction early on while watching, but by the end, I have a whole list: 1. Green peas and distant galaxies. It sure seems to me, with my (very limited) knowledge on the topic, that we just keep pushing back the times that we thought certain developments in the evolution of the universe took place. I think I remember that, back before Hubble was operating, I read that it was possibly going to be able to see far enough back that it might view the universe right around the time of star formation. I know it's greedy, but with what JWST has already shown, I'm eager for its successor. 2. Space junk. I truly wish there was some kind of international regulation of just what gets sent up into orbit. That corporate (or egotistical individual) desire for profit is an acceptable reason for harming the views and research for the rest of us is just wrong, in my view. 3. Light pollution. As a 62-year-old amateur astronomer, this is a big one for me. The skies have not gotten brighter simply because cities have grown, but because, for lots of reasons, we've decided that we like the darkness to be gone. We have technology that makes light pollution a very solvable problem (simple ones like full-cut-off light covers) to more complex ones (motion detectors, dimmers). We just need a change in mindset. 4. Perseverance. The image that immediately came to my mind on seeing the sample on the surface of Mars: robot doo-doo.
Thanks for telling everyone the green peas story. Better thanks for the explanation! I've been wondering since seeing them while classifying. Compact galaxies are so cool !
No wonder I didn't spot the comet when I was out earlier tonight! (I do live in an area with dark forests around me). Thanks for the explanation about it, what I had read in the news made it seem like it would be "slightly" easier to find.
A green Hue? 😱 A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it, a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet
Hi,Doc and yet another excellent video by you and yes I watched all of it with enthusiasm as the knowledge you impart hits my brain and my heart-you rock! Keep em' coming! Thank you.
I always vacation semi-yearly at a location which allows one to see the Milky Way with the naked eye under certain conditions. Once my grandsons were with me there and so we went out one night and I told them to look up for several moments. Once their eyes adjusted to the night sky and they saw the vast swath of stars that make up our galaxy, I could tell their minds were blown at seeing such an awesome spectacle for the first time.
@DrBecky - Been living with your voice in my head every night as I go to sleep or drive and then some [been out injured from work getting knee surgery] as I play through my ear buds each of your audio books [bought all three and a physical copy of each as well] and I have to say I love each of them [I hope you sell bookplates one day so us fans from across the pond can add your signatures to our copies] --- but what I realize now is that they aren't enough and we need you to get to work on your next one soon [please]. Not sure what it might be that you come up with but I am preemptively pulling for "42: Answers to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" by Dr. Becky Smethurst ;-)
I can't imagine growing up never seeing the Milky Way. I grew up on an island in Lake Superior, where it is dark at night. I've seen northern lights all the way to the southern horizon! That was only once, and was a crazy night. People saw those auroras all the way to Florida.
Where do I sign the petition to change the Mars mission to Rendezvous, because that’s legitimately the best thing I’ve heard all week. Brava and thank you for all you do, Dr. Becky!
The suggestion for the HP reference in the Mars mission naming is simply brilliant. Needs to happen. And on the topic of light pollution, I'd personally like if we, as a whole, toned down the amount of light during the night, by a lot. I miss the dark of the nights.
Wish we could request blackout nights for our small town surrounded by mountains. 4 hrs when they shut down the grid for special events like comets. Everyone could prepare for a long blackout. I can see it attracting a lot of people to come stargazing. Almost tempting to knock out the towns substation on the first so people can see the comet. Have to show them what they are missing.
Just a word of recommendation, if anyone asks where you were on Dec 4th. Do not say you were in or around Moore county NC. They never did find who did it or what the motivation was, but I would be happy/sad if it was someone who just wanted to star gaze.
One problem, criminals in urban areas use darkness to do burglaries, assaults, robberies & other crimes… ATST, the lack of light would lead to auto & other accidents.
@@TraditionalAnglican In urban areas lights do serve good purposes. In rural, rural suburban mix areas though. Sometimes they are rather pointless. Almost nothing is 24/7 except along the interstate, kinda pointless to light up areas, roads that no one is on.
I did the SDSS survey for a very long time. I don't know how many classifications I ended up contributing, but it was a lot. I can't rightly remember seeing "Pea" galaxies, but maybe back then when we were seeing them, (of sorts), we may have thought they were anomalies, or comets, etc. I miss those nights, although some were very long indeed. Thanks Dr. Becky. Another great update.
I would love to see lunar based telescopes. It would be amazing for Radio Telescopes, since you could put them on the far side and have the moon constant blocking all the radio signals from earth and it’s satellites. You could also add to an array by adding more telescopes and know their precise position and not have to worry about drift like a space based telescope. Yes it’s further than a space based one but I think there is a place for both.
Lunar telescopes are the best idea! We've seen one tiny optical one from the Chinese space agency on the far side, but hopefully in the future we'll get a mega radio telescope built into a crater!
Makes me wonder why this has not been capitalized on. I'm not into conspiracy theory per say but if I were ever in the right company, I would definitely enquire into why this has not been top of their list.
Thanks Becky for keeping everyone up to date with jwst news, it’s interesting to know to see how revolutionary jest is going to be,so far it’s great,good to know if this continues. Thanks Becky✌️❤️🇬🇧
Since giant clouds of alcohol in space were discovered as early as 2005, it's unsurprising that we're finding bars dating back to the very early universe.
I'm really sad to see that La Palma is now (barely) above the threshold for light pollution. I've never seen a more clear sky than on La Palma (even in the middle of the Australian outback), and I'm sad that it seemingly isn't that way anymore :(
@2:09 Given how much light pollution surrounds it; it's amazing that The Palomar Observatory's Zwicky Transient Facility was able to make this find! When I last visited Mt. Palomar in the 1980s I expected that with the continual growth of the suburbs outside of San Diego, and the concomitant light pollution that entailed, the Palomar Observatory would eventually become a defunct astronomical observatory.
Want dark skies? Come to Australia. Plenty of dark sky here with zero light pollution for hundreds of kilometres. Even with the naked eye, and especially with a new moon, the night sky here is spectacular.
I live in Germany and I’ve honestly never seen the Milky Way…I can only see the very bright stars and planets, which is quite sad. Like the darkest thing I can see with the naked eye is maybe the star cluster pleiades and you can only see its faint glow if you know where it is.
Just like to say that I finished reading your book and found it to be one of the best books on a science topic I've ever read. I got my first 4" refractor in the '60's and have been fascinated with astronomy ever since. I found the writing style and presentation format very enjoyable, and the history behind the subject extremely interesting. Bravo!
THE GREEN GOBLIN! The obvious nickname for this comet. And here are the reasons: It's green. It's going to be visible in the night sky. It could 100% kill Spiderman. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
That thing with satellites reflecting that much light is actually absolutely terrifying. Everything on earth is depending on seasonel changes, wich includes changes in lightlevels. It could have a massive negative impact if animal and plantlife begins to react to the increased lightlevels during dark months and nighttime. I really think that is a subject that needs much more attention! Thank you for your always incredible content and sharing of news like this 🤗
Also, possible impacts on global warming. I imagine the additional light reflected is also heat reflected back to earth, right over top of our ice sheets, creating somewhat of an oven for us....
Always a pleasure, Dr Becky. Your enthusiasm is infectious. And now I know why that comet with the ridiculous name is green. And that some ancient galaxies are peas!
on the subject of light pollution, when i was younger we would go to the mountains every summer for vacation, and then i would go up there too for hunting and i loved looking up at the night sky and just seeing all the stars and i thought it was amazing how much of a difference the sky was compared to home back in the city
When people tell you that you’re smart and you start to believe it it come to this channel. I have 0 idea what’s happening but will rewatch every video until I get to 5%.
I think we should call it The Great Gatsby Comet, due to the green light that is a prominent piece of the story reminding me of the haunting green glow of this comet.
I belong to the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) and have given several public presentations on the problem of ambient light reducing the visibility of many night sky objects. Some community governments are trying to do something but for every city there are about 100 Walmarts and other large parking lot facilities that are adding unshielded lights by the gross. I've passed out a list of 20 actions people can take with their own outdoor lighting, but even if most actually made the adjustments, it would still be like extinguishing a candle in a lighted for night sports outdoor stadium. But, I do so enjoy your presentations, Dr. Becky.
14:40 The first thought in my head when seeing that sample tube on the ground was, "Yep, we humans can litter anywhere"...and then, after hearing we're going to collect those sample tubes I thought, "Well, there ya go. We're letting our robot pets c**p all over Mars but at least we're going back with doggy bags to collect it all".
We are in Alaska so I believe we are good to see it but if we drive to lake Louise it will be incredible. You can count a billion stars at night in that lake.
I am glad you covered Mt. Wilson Observatory. I live in Pasadena, so we see the mountain every day that it is not too cloudy. The light pollution here is really bad so we can barely see the planets, never mind any stars. I was only surprised that the plot of light pollution at world observatories did not have Mt. Wilson at the worst.
I've been complaining about light pollution forever. LA is so bad, I can only see like 12 stars on a clear not (exaggerating of course but it's still pretty bad!). But I had no clue so many observatories had light pollution HUNDREDS of times above the threshold!!! WTF? That's an absolute crime :( We need more dark zones and we need to protect our observatories! I just stumbled across your channel by the way and I love it! I'm a big astronomy lover and I'm always stargazing. Subbed
Lots of cloud cover this evening up in Newcastle but hoping that it'll clear up this evening so I can observe the passing asteroid tonight ! Great video Dr B 🙂 - lets call it Comet McCometyface !
"Green Diamond" could be a nice nickname for the current comet, because of the color and current shape of it's coma or tail. Or maybe "Green Pearl"? My perception of the shape seems to depend on the image, a diamond or a pearl. There is a triangular shape of the coma (the shape on the images is triangular, it must be a cone in 3D reality), that might be a beginning tail. And that triangular shape got me into thinking, it looks like a diamond, a green diamond. Although the more I look at it, the triangular shape looks more reddish than the rest of the coma, so maybe a green pearl, yes, the "Green Pea Comet" of course! We had some green pea galaxies in this video, why not a green pea comet ;-) Is it an oxygen comet then, with it's green glow, does it contain rather large amounts of oxygen? "Comet Oxy"? ;-) And yes, "Rendezvous" would be a nice name for the sample return mission, because one core part is to rendezvous with Perseverance. Or Ron dates Percy ;-) Then Ron comes back from his voyage.
I was never able to see a comet when I tried to find one, not even Halley's Comet when I was 11, but one evening in 2007 I was driving down a road in Perth and saw this enormous comet stradling the sky. Amazing. I think it was Comet McNaught
Name Suggestions: The Green Hornet. Grinch Comet. Comet Envy. Also, reject eye nudity. Your naked eye is no match for the amazing pictures telescopes are giving us! So don't feel bad if you live in the city etc and have too much light polution. Even if you can't see the comet directly, there's going to be plenty of fantastic pictures taken by others (especially professional astronomers).
The light pollution thing really sucks! I live in Central Florida and it's really hard to get a good view of the sky without travelling some distance. Well, right now we've got Dr. Becky so that's a plus! Miss my childhood in Northern Wisconsin/Michigan! 🙂
I grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada... talk about light pollution! Also, I'm legally blind so stars were hard to see anyway. Then I went to a camp in northern Nevada and it was like someone turned on the sky. one of my favorite parts of camping now.
I saw that other post you made where you were concerned about this video being too long. Dude, your channel is awesome. You put 40min of content on RUclips and we get to watch for free. I can’t imagine anyone who cares about space would be upset about this. Keep up the good work. You’re much appreciated. But anyways, what’s up with that comets name?
When you talked about the light pollution study, I had to think of Iain M. Banks' "Against a dark background" (1994!), where he describes the night sky as a mix of moonlight and "junklight", light which is reflected from satellites and space junk orbiting the planet and lighting up the surface. Against a dark background... how fitting...
Exploration of Mars!? Let's go! . Anecdotal: (Maybe future archaeologists will find these strange lines and ruins on top of the Andes and never know it was for astronomical observatory purposes.)
I am pleased to be able to say that New Zealand just gained its second Dark Sky Reserve, in the Wairarapa area, 3,665 km^2, which complements our earlier Aoraki Mackenzie reserve of 4,367 km^2, home of the Mt. John Observatory.
Dr. Becky, Starship will make launching larger observations (9 meter diameter fairing) less expensive ( $10 million for 100 t instead of $250 million for 20 t). That, plus orbital assembly, will make launching really large telescopes & putting them in L2, L1, L4 & L5 much easier than it is now.
Looking forward to your video covering your viewing of the "green comet"! Southern hemisphere, too close to Melbourne to have any chance to see it, so I'll be expecting amazing footage from you Dr Becky! 🤩
Dr Becky - Did black hole stars (quasi stars) actually exist? Could JSWT or any future telescopes ever look far back enough in time to see one of them? They sound like they were an amazing sight to behold in the early universe!
Dr. Becky I hope we start calling it, Kermit for obvious green reasons spread the word. Mile marker Mikey Trenton Michigan 77 year-old retired from man love your videos!
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We had a power cut last week, the whole area was out. It lasted from 11pm till about 3am. Everyone else went to bed to keep warm but I went out with my binoculars and I swear I saw things in the sky I'd never seen before, and I'm in a very rural area where unless it's cloudy, the skies are usually very dark. The light pollution is everywhere.
Thanks for covering the Oscar The Grouch Comet.
Lucky!
I bet neither you nor I would've thought that a person could be "lucky" for experiencing a power outage, but here we are.
Cool! ... Do try looking into a large bowl of water while sitting down instead of up... works amazingly, no neck pain either later on... lol
I dream of power cuts at night! It must have been quite a sight!
This is one of my favorite YT channels. Dr Becky is so good at explaining how, what, why, when, etc. I learn something new with every video she releases.
Me too :) total Idol!
Thanks Bruce! That means a lot
@@DrBecky Thank you!
nothing you cant work work out yourself tbh
I agree totally.
My attempts at watching the night sky usually consist of cloud cover and/or light pollution 🤣
Welcome to the club.
I hear ya!
Yup
Well at least you luckily can see the Bat signal! In Gotham!
You need to move to London, we have good skies here
Visible in Sweden since Jan 21st, was very excited about it and tried to engage as many people as possible at school to go out and observe it-- managed to group up 11 people. Turns out that none of us have binoculars and the school faculty are unsure where they put their telescope, and also it's been cloudy since then. So after a week of going out and reporting daily to the group on weather conditions, today was finally it! As clear skies as you can get, and location has relatively low light pollution. So I went out on my own in the cold, laid down in the middle of a frozen field and used my elbows and chest to stabilize the camera, then after a LOT of iPhone 12 shots with 10s exposure I was FINALLY able to produce an image with the green glow.
With my fingers so cold that they were pulsating with pain I posted the image in the group chat and everyone immediately lost interest in going out observing it :/ they had heard in the news that it'd be visible with the naked eye which.. Well, I mean, it IS but it just looks like a very dim star. But it seems they were imagining something like a green Hale-Bopp because of how the media portrayed it.
Little bummed out; I had went out and bought champagne glasses (expensive for a student like me) and some bubbly to celebrate the occasion as a send-off to the neanderthals that saw it and humanity as a whole since this comet won't be coming back to us. Talked to a guy who has an observatory a couple of bus rides away and he said he could welcome us, but it's looking like I won't have any of my friends to share the champagne with. Kind of don't feel like going to the observatory like this :( Saving the champagne though since skies should be clear tomorrow as well and there's a slim chance the telescope will turn up, so there's a little hope still left in me. But hey, at least I got my picture
Take the champagne to the observatory guy! It sounds so cool if you have the chance to visit an observatory.
Open that bottle up and celebrate with yourself! You succeeded! Perseverance should be your name! Well done. I wish I was there because I'd join you for sure. Congratulations! 🥂
The comet was easy to spot with a 7X50 binoculars during a rare clear sky here in eastern Washington State. Couldn't make out much of a tail though.
I'd be very interested to see your photo!!
I can buy myself bubbly
Raise a glass in my hand
I can toast my own comet
They just don't understand
Miley's got you ;-)
I found your video by chance. I've been trying for weeks to find out where in the sky this comet will be able to be seen, weather permitting. Your video is glorious in its clarity of information complete with images. I read so many articles and found none that described where in our sky the comet could be seen. Made my day.
SkySafari and Night Sky are pretty good apps for Android and Apple. You can just hold up your phone or tablet and the app uses GPS to give you a map of the sky where you are and where you are looking.
@@genxhippie3973 thank you
I am German and an absolut amateur and still loving it when it is getting difficult and there are graph and pictures to understand ... this channel is one of my favorites of them all.
I love your content, your sense of humor, your knowledge, your cuteness, your energy. So fun to watch and learn. Thank you!😊
Yes, the lightpollution has become much worse nowadays. In the '90s I could go out with binoculars or spotting scope and see a lot of the nightsky. Nowadays the modern streetlights and my neighbour's flood lights make it impossible to see anything fainter than magnitude 4 from my garden. And if I go out in the forest there has recently been timber lorries driving around in the middle of the night.
A nearly 40 minutes video, lovely to see 👏👏nice watch lots of great information to learn, keep up the good work 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! This one really was a long one 😅
@@DrBecky Indeed lol but that's what made it a nice watch, the barred spiral galaxies blew me away, thank you for sharing. 👍
As a child who'd lived his whole life in light polluted London, I remember my first holiday in Cornwall in the late 60s and staring in wonder at the light-free night sky. Something you never forget. I now live in the west coast of Ireland and on the rare occasion of a cloud free night I can relive that wonder.
I understood why the Milky Way got its name when I went to USA and visited the Grand Canyon. Went out for a late night look. I was used to the skies of northern Italy where there is no respite from light pollution anywhere.
I nearly cried.
As always, so much well-explained information in a single, enthusiastic video! I had a reaction early on while watching, but by the end, I have a whole list:
1. Green peas and distant galaxies. It sure seems to me, with my (very limited) knowledge on the topic, that we just keep pushing back the times that we thought certain developments in the evolution of the universe took place. I think I remember that, back before Hubble was operating, I read that it was possibly going to be able to see far enough back that it might view the universe right around the time of star formation. I know it's greedy, but with what JWST has already shown, I'm eager for its successor.
2. Space junk. I truly wish there was some kind of international regulation of just what gets sent up into orbit. That corporate (or egotistical individual) desire for profit is an acceptable reason for harming the views and research for the rest of us is just wrong, in my view.
3. Light pollution. As a 62-year-old amateur astronomer, this is a big one for me. The skies have not gotten brighter simply because cities have grown, but because, for lots of reasons, we've decided that we like the darkness to be gone. We have technology that makes light pollution a very solvable problem (simple ones like full-cut-off light covers) to more complex ones (motion detectors, dimmers). We just need a change in mindset.
4. Perseverance. The image that immediately came to my mind on seeing the sample on the surface of Mars: robot doo-doo.
#4, I totally agree! LOL
I definitely thought of it like a lightsaber, but I understand where you're coming from with the robot doo-doo.
I love 💕 her enthusiasm makes the subject so worth learning 🎉
1000% astronomy should be fun, its the best topic in the world (I'm biased ;) )
The thing I love about Dr. Becky is she cares about my circadian rhythm.
Thanks for telling everyone the green peas story. Better thanks for the explanation!
I've been wondering since seeing them while classifying. Compact galaxies are so cool !
In every field we use evolution and deep time we are running out if room to explain things in that analogy
"Why on Mars..." was *chef's kiss* 👏🏻👏🏻 underrated wordplay - I had to listen again to make sure you'd actually said it
No wonder I didn't spot the comet when I was out earlier tonight! (I do live in an area with dark forests around me).
Thanks for the explanation about it, what I had read in the news made it seem like it would be "slightly" easier to find.
A green Hue? 😱
A flare, spurting out from Mars. Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it, a beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight
Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger. He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote, forbidding planet
Hi,Doc and yet another excellent video by you and yes I watched all of it with enthusiasm as the knowledge you impart hits my brain and my heart-you rock! Keep em' coming! Thank you.
I always vacation semi-yearly at a location which allows one to see the Milky Way with the naked eye under certain conditions. Once my grandsons were with me there and so we went out one night and I told them to look up for several moments. Once their eyes adjusted to the night sky and they saw the vast swath of stars that make up our galaxy, I could tell their minds were blown at seeing such an awesome spectacle for the first time.
To have any chance at all of seeing the comet, Please tell us how to get rid of the CLOUDS!
Thanks so much in advance and for your videos.
If only!
You would need something to absorb the moisture in the air , but there’s literally nothing could do it on those kind of scales .
Well when you buy a telescope it usually summons clouds, so maybe try selling a telescope?
@@lasarith2 A huge pile of cat litter might help but if the cats get to it first.......!
@@mikehipperson roflmao I literally cleaned my cats litter box only an hour ago .
Those images of the barred galaxies are stunning
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@DrBecky - Been living with your voice in my head every night as I go to sleep or drive and then some [been out injured from work getting knee surgery] as I play through my ear buds each of your audio books [bought all three and a physical copy of each as well] and I have to say I love each of them [I hope you sell bookplates one day so us fans from across the pond can add your signatures to our copies] --- but what I realize now is that they aren't enough and we need you to get to work on your next one soon [please]. Not sure what it might be that you come up with but I am preemptively pulling for "42: Answers to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" by Dr. Becky Smethurst ;-)
Green godess ( 60's army firetruck)
or Imperial Jade. Emerald
Everyone else wants
Kermit ✓
Hornet ✓
Hulk ✓
Lantern ✓
Mc face ✓
You've got bots trying to scam people
Just make those cities shut off their street lights for an hour once a week or more.
GLC.. Green lantern Cometh
Love the Monte Python theme music being used between subjects.
I can't imagine growing up never seeing the Milky Way. I grew up on an island in Lake Superior, where it is dark at night. I've seen northern lights all the way to the southern horizon! That was only once, and was a crazy night. People saw those auroras all the way to Florida.
As a lab spectroscopist, we detect metallicity by the amount of sick guitar riffs emanating from an object of interest.
I think Comet Viridian sounds pretty cool and fits the hue! Great video as always
Where do I sign the petition to change the Mars mission to Rendezvous, because that’s legitimately the best thing I’ve heard all week. Brava and thank you for all you do, Dr. Becky!
You are a rockstar Dr Becky ! Thanks for the constantly interesting and awe inspiring content !
She never fails to inspire!
The suggestion for the HP reference in the Mars mission naming is simply brilliant. Needs to happen.
And on the topic of light pollution, I'd personally like if we, as a whole, toned down the amount of light during the night, by a lot. I miss the dark of the nights.
Wish we could request blackout nights for our small town surrounded by mountains. 4 hrs when they shut down the grid for special events like comets. Everyone could prepare for a long blackout. I can see it attracting a lot of people to come stargazing. Almost tempting to knock out the towns substation on the first so people can see the comet. Have to show them what they are missing.
Just a word of recommendation, if anyone asks where you were on Dec 4th. Do not say you were in or around Moore county NC.
They never did find who did it or what the motivation was, but I would be happy/sad if it was someone who just wanted to star gaze.
As teenagers we went round with an AirRifle and popped the sodium bulbs, "Allegedly"
What light pollution
One problem, criminals in urban areas use darkness to do burglaries, assaults, robberies & other crimes… ATST, the lack of light would lead to auto & other accidents.
@@TraditionalAnglican In urban areas lights do serve good purposes. In rural, rural suburban mix areas though. Sometimes they are rather pointless.
Almost nothing is 24/7 except along the interstate, kinda pointless to light up areas, roads that no one is on.
I did the SDSS survey for a very long time. I don't know how many classifications I ended up contributing, but it was a lot. I can't rightly remember seeing "Pea" galaxies, but maybe back then when we were seeing them, (of sorts), we may have thought they were anomalies, or comets, etc. I miss those nights, although some were very long indeed. Thanks Dr. Becky. Another great update.
Great video! It's amazing how early in the life of the universe elements like oxygen were already being formed.
Let's call C/2022 E3 ZTF "Kermit" because it's not easy being green!
I love your videos so much, a lot of information but so well explained that It just doesn't feel boring
One thing that helped with the last comet: averted vision. Your peripheral vision is more sensitive to faint light.
I would love to see lunar based telescopes. It would be amazing for Radio Telescopes, since you could put them on the far side and have the moon constant blocking all the radio signals from earth and it’s satellites. You could also add to an array by adding more telescopes and know their precise position and not have to worry about drift like a space based telescope. Yes it’s further than a space based one but I think there is a place for both.
Lunar telescopes are the best idea! We've seen one tiny optical one from the Chinese space agency on the far side, but hopefully in the future we'll get a mega radio telescope built into a crater!
Makes me wonder why this has not been capitalized on. I'm not into conspiracy theory per say but if I were ever in the right company, I would definitely enquire into why this has not been top of their list.
Thanks Becky for keeping everyone up to date with jwst news, it’s interesting to know to see how revolutionary jest is going to be,so far it’s great,good to know if this continues. Thanks Becky✌️❤️🇬🇧
I'd call it: 'The 3rd comet seen in the first half of March 2022 by Zwicky Transient Facility'
comet zwicky-wow, lol
The first segment of this video reminded me of my childhood memories of watching the Star Hustler give the latest star gazer news on friday night.
Since giant clouds of alcohol in space were discovered as early as 2005, it's unsurprising that we're finding bars dating back to the very early universe.
Fellow QI enjoyer? Or alcohol enthusiast?
@@bleedgoat I am in fact a QI fan, but I don't think that's where I learned about the space alcohol.
The less bright that comet is the better...in my humble opinion...I love you dr Beck!!!
I'm really sad to see that La Palma is now (barely) above the threshold for light pollution. I've never seen a more clear sky than on La Palma (even in the middle of the Australian outback), and I'm sad that it seemingly isn't that way anymore :(
I think we should call the comet Kermit. It's not easy being green. :)
I'd call it the Leprechaun Comet
@2:09 Given how much light pollution surrounds it; it's amazing that The Palomar Observatory's Zwicky Transient Facility was able to make this find! When I last visited Mt. Palomar in the 1980s I expected that with the continual growth of the suburbs outside of San Diego, and the concomitant light pollution that entailed, the Palomar Observatory would eventually become a defunct astronomical observatory.
My astrophotography friends call it the FuzzyGreenBlob or the FGB Comet
I like this.
Want dark skies? Come to Australia. Plenty of dark sky here with zero light pollution for hundreds of kilometres. Even with the naked eye, and especially with a new moon, the night sky here is spectacular.
Wow! I came here after searching for info about the green comet, and stayed for the highly-informative and enthusiastic space talk. New subscriber!
How about calling it "Green Hornet"?
Or K2O??
Lets call the comet ... Kermit! for all the obvious reasons :)
In terms of a nickname for the comet, I'm going to call it Kermit. 😂
I live in Germany and I’ve honestly never seen the Milky Way…I can only see the very bright stars and planets, which is quite sad. Like the darkest thing I can see with the naked eye is maybe the star cluster pleiades and you can only see its faint glow if you know where it is.
Just like to say that I finished reading your book and found it to be one of the best books on a science topic I've ever read. I got my first 4" refractor in the '60's and have been fascinated with astronomy ever since. I found the writing style and presentation format very enjoyable, and the history behind the subject extremely interesting. Bravo!
THE GREEN GOBLIN!
The obvious nickname for this comet.
And here are the reasons:
It's green.
It's going to be visible in the night sky.
It could 100% kill Spiderman.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
That thing with satellites reflecting that much light is actually absolutely terrifying. Everything on earth is depending on seasonel changes, wich includes changes in lightlevels. It could have a massive negative impact if animal and plantlife begins to react to the increased lightlevels during dark months and nighttime. I really think that is a subject that needs much more attention! Thank you for your always incredible content and sharing of news like this 🤗
Also, possible impacts on global warming. I imagine the additional light reflected is also heat reflected back to earth, right over top of our ice sheets, creating somewhat of an oven for us....
Always a pleasure, Dr Becky. Your enthusiasm is infectious. And now I know why that comet with the ridiculous name is green. And that some ancient galaxies are peas!
Hey i just wanna know, what is exactly inside a blackhole
Can you please make an episode about it
on the subject of light pollution, when i was younger we would go to the mountains every summer for vacation, and then i would go up there too for hunting and i loved looking up at the night sky and just seeing all the stars and i thought it was amazing how much of a difference the sky was compared to home back in the city
When people tell you that you’re smart and you start to believe it it come to this channel. I have 0 idea what’s happening but will rewatch every video until I get to 5%.
Your lighting and setup are really on point. Your hard work is noticed ❤.
I think we should call it The Great Gatsby Comet, due to the green light that is a prominent piece of the story reminding me of the haunting green glow of this comet.
Always a treat to see a new video from you, thank you Dr. Becky!
You brought in Chemistry to tell the story of the galaxies...love it!
Congratulations James & Sangeeta, you made a Dr. Becky video mention! 32:51
I belong to the International Dark Sky Association (IDA) and have given several public presentations on the problem of ambient light reducing the visibility of many night sky objects. Some community governments are trying to do something but for every city there are about 100 Walmarts and other large parking lot facilities that are adding unshielded lights by the gross. I've passed out a list of 20 actions people can take with their own outdoor lighting, but even if most actually made the adjustments, it would still be like extinguishing a candle in a lighted for night sports outdoor stadium. But, I do so enjoy your presentations, Dr. Becky.
Do any of the 20 actions include taking shotguns to Walmart to reduce the light pollution?
14:40 The first thought in my head when seeing that sample tube on the ground was, "Yep, we humans can litter anywhere"...and then, after hearing we're going to collect those sample tubes I thought, "Well, there ya go. We're letting our robot pets c**p all over Mars but at least we're going back with doggy bags to collect it all".
Had To comment. Becky it's always a privilege to listen to you talk about astrophysics and astronomics the ology of a science key to excelling. 💙
Thanks Sonny 💙
Thank you for explaining the comet name meaning.
Maybe we should call the comet "Kermit", because "it is difficult being green"
I luv doc becky. She is so happy and bubbly. I love her accent.
We are in Alaska so I believe we are good to see it but if we drive to lake Louise it will be incredible. You can count a billion stars at night in that lake.
So glad I have a 360 dark sky view 😁 I have been able to see every comet in the northern sky since Halley
Dr. Becky's videos are always fascinating, fun, and full of great information!
I am glad you covered Mt. Wilson Observatory. I live in Pasadena, so we see the mountain every day that it is not too cloudy. The light pollution here is really bad so we can barely see the planets, never mind any stars. I was only surprised that the plot of light pollution at world observatories did not have Mt. Wilson at the worst.
I have an exam for the course: 'Structure of the universe' tomorrow morning, this video will have to wait one more day :)
Hale-Bopp was magnificent. No lock with this one; only clouds.
I've been wondering for weeks why it's green. And finally Rebecca is gonna explain. Yahooo in my best Einstein voice
Green Lantern.... would be very practical and ez to remember name. 😎 Thank you Dr. Becky. Dr. Who is always just in "Time"! 👽
I’m so sad it’s cloudy here in North West England. I’ve been looking forward to hopefully seeing all the wonders of the sky 🌌
I've been complaining about light pollution forever. LA is so bad, I can only see like 12 stars on a clear not (exaggerating of course but it's still pretty bad!). But I had no clue so many observatories had light pollution HUNDREDS of times above the threshold!!! WTF? That's an absolute crime :( We need more dark zones and we need to protect our observatories! I just stumbled across your channel by the way and I love it! I'm a big astronomy lover and I'm always stargazing. Subbed
Lots of cloud cover this evening up in Newcastle but hoping that it'll clear up this evening so I can observe the passing asteroid tonight ! Great video Dr B 🙂 - lets call it Comet McCometyface !
"Green Diamond" could be a nice nickname for the current comet, because of the color and current shape of it's coma or tail.
Or maybe "Green Pearl"?
My perception of the shape seems to depend on the image, a diamond or a pearl. There is a triangular shape of the coma (the shape on the images is triangular, it must be a cone in 3D reality), that might be a beginning tail. And that triangular shape got me into thinking, it looks like a diamond, a green diamond.
Although the more I look at it, the triangular shape looks more reddish than the rest of the coma, so maybe a green pearl, yes, the
"Green Pea Comet"
of course! We had some green pea galaxies in this video, why not a green pea comet ;-)
Is it an oxygen comet then, with it's green glow, does it contain rather large amounts of oxygen?
"Comet Oxy"? ;-)
And yes, "Rendezvous" would be a nice name for the sample return mission, because one core part is to rendezvous with Perseverance. Or Ron dates Percy ;-) Then Ron comes back from his voyage.
I was never able to see a comet when I tried to find one, not even Halley's Comet when I was 11, but one evening in 2007 I was driving down a road in Perth and saw this enormous comet stradling the sky. Amazing. I think it was Comet McNaught
You are my favourite astrophysicist you motivate me so much on my academic career!
Webb keeps producing great work
Name Suggestions: The Green Hornet. Grinch Comet. Comet Envy.
Also, reject eye nudity. Your naked eye is no match for the amazing pictures telescopes are giving us! So don't feel bad if you live in the city etc and have too much light polution. Even if you can't see the comet directly, there's going to be plenty of fantastic pictures taken by others (especially professional astronomers).
The light pollution thing really sucks! I live in Central Florida and it's really hard to get a good view of the sky without travelling some distance. Well, right now we've got Dr. Becky so that's a plus! Miss my childhood in Northern Wisconsin/Michigan! 🙂
Nice that you mention La Palma, I am PhD student and I am just here on the Roque but operating MAGIC and LST1 :) Cheers from La Palma
I grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada... talk about light pollution! Also, I'm legally blind so stars were hard to see anyway. Then I went to a camp in northern Nevada and it was like someone turned on the sky. one of my favorite parts of camping now.
I saw that other post you made where you were concerned about this video being too long.
Dude, your channel is awesome. You put 40min of content on RUclips and we get to watch for free. I can’t imagine anyone who cares about space would be upset about this. Keep up the good work. You’re much appreciated.
But anyways, what’s up with that comets name?
When you talked about the light pollution study, I had to think of Iain M. Banks' "Against a dark background" (1994!), where he describes the night sky as a mix of moonlight and "junklight", light which is reflected from satellites and space junk orbiting the planet and lighting up the surface. Against a dark background... how fitting...
Can we get away with calling this comet the green Hornet? Or Kermit? Yeah, Comet Kermit!
Exploration of Mars!? Let's go! .
Anecdotal: (Maybe future archaeologists will find these strange lines and ruins on top of the Andes and never know it was for astronomical observatory purposes.)
I am pleased to be able to say that New Zealand just gained its second Dark Sky Reserve, in the Wairarapa area, 3,665 km^2, which complements our earlier Aoraki Mackenzie reserve of 4,367 km^2, home of the Mt. John Observatory.
Dr. Becky, Starship will make launching larger observations (9 meter diameter fairing) less expensive ( $10 million for 100 t instead of $250 million for 20 t). That, plus orbital assembly, will make launching really large telescopes & putting them in L2, L1, L4 & L5 much easier than it is now.
Looking forward to your video covering your viewing of the "green comet"! Southern hemisphere, too close to Melbourne to have any chance to see it, so I'll be expecting amazing footage from you Dr Becky! 🤩
Dr Becky - Did black hole stars (quasi stars) actually exist? Could JSWT or any future telescopes ever look far back enough in time to see one of them? They sound like they were an amazing sight to behold in the early universe!
This would be an interesting topic.
I had the same question, but no idea how I could ask becky, she is too popular now so she is unreachable. :'(
Dr. Becky I hope we start calling it, Kermit for obvious green reasons spread the word. Mile marker Mikey Trenton Michigan 77 year-old retired from man love your videos!
As always, thank you for your time