Solstice and Equinox - Sixty Symbols
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Summer solstice, equinox, Stonehenge and strange movements of the sun.
With Meghan Gray
Sixty Symbols tracks the sun's passage through the sky.
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This was great.
The lady really knew her stuff and presented it in a wonderful way.
Thank you to both you (Brady) and her.
Celestial Mechanics perfectly explained, no equations, no tricky software, just pure intention of making this as simple as possible but comprehensive. Thank you.
This makes me realize how beautiful Earth really is.
@aMondia yes, I occasionally ask for help on Twitter and Facebook!!! Thanks to everyone who helped!
@themightychickens glad you enjoyed it... thanks the astronomers, not me! :)
This is so amazing and well explained, that I watched the whole video
That's saying a lot for modernity haha!
I've been watching sixty symbols vids for the last couple days and I have to admit, I am SO, so so so in love with her
She pronounces everything so delicately. Its very nice to listen to.
Kind of distracted bt the atlas of creation in the back
He did a video on that.
Geez why is everyone trashing this video x.x..if you dont like it, lean "forward" and change it! Some of us actually enjoy this and dont really care whether or not you "learned this back in kindergarten"
Very interesting video. Thank you !!
Maybe the young man could talk a little bit slower? ;-) I found it difficult to understand all he was saying, since english is not my mothers language.
English is not my Mothers lanuage but it is mine and i had to relisten several many times but then i had a thought, put the subtitles on
Probably my best spent 11 minutes ever on the internet. Thank you Brady.
VSAUCE?
probably one of the best youtube videos ive ever watched
What would life b like if the earth wasn't tilted? That would be a great video
andre bolto More interesting question would be, if we vary tilt of the earth by different degrees, how much would it change the weather patters? There must be an equation or at least a mathematical relation between the two.
It would be spring/harvest equinox all the time. Which means only spring all the time and no other seasons!
Minor corrections: She pronounces the word "analemna". It is "analemma". Later, when describing the motion of the sun around the polar sky, the presenter uses the verb "rotates". The sun actually appears to "revolve" around the north pole.
This pretty much proves that the Earth isn't flat.
You haven't heard the full flat Earth theory then. Flat Earthers have a counter argument for this stuff. Sadly, Occam's Razor is lost on them.
Occam's Razor and the term "ad hoc argumentation".
~Flat Earthers have a counter argument for this stuff~ and boy, is it complicated! This video should be mandatory in every school in America.
I know Nottingham very well. My Moms sister resided in Mansfield. I recall as a child picking Blackberries and Mushrooms in Sherwood Forrest. Decades ago.
They are now deceased, I miss my cousins, as we are now older than our aunts and uncles were when we we kids.
I recall rushing for that Shilling to place in the Meter as the Electricity went off.
Hi
hopefully i marry a lady as pretty and intelligent as she is.
daft bes me too hope so
Not only is she beautiful on the outside, she's knowledgeable too. All the professors in the videos are a joy to listen to.
these kind of videos need millions of views these actually teach you something.
10:01 Aaaahhh!! What kind of transition was that. You almost made my head explode.
this is the best explanation on the internet
Been subscribed to Sixty symbols for I don't know how long.
Shut up. I was subscribed to this channel way before vsause. this is probably the most educational 11 minute video on youtube!
Her voice is so soothing!
Vsauce and Sixtysymbols - some of my favorite things merging together. Amazing.
whoa......lots of information.......11 minutes to understand it all.....
This is better than school!!!
Subbed!
I am a greek astronomer 2000 years after Eratosthenes , Ptolemeus and Hipparchus and I approve this video on behalf of my ancestors.
This piece of knowledge had always been a dark spot on my mindscape, even though it's more relatable than most other science topics. Well, now i do. Thanks sixtysymbols!
those romans are geniouses. Ive been suntanning for years and never noticed the solstice.
By the way guys the software she uses is free and is called "Stellarium", available on mac, pc, linux, and many mobile platforms.
I just loooove the way she explains things; just love her!!!
@XxFairyGrrlxX If you're talking about the date at the beginning that wasn't the actual day. She plays with the date throughout the entire video, that's how she gets it where she wants it. She started on the 21st because that's the summer solstice.
I wish this woman was my Geography teacher or something.. it's so easy to listen to her talk. I'm sure my Geography teacher was saying something along those lines once, but she somehow makes it seem more interesting :D
Uranus has a tilt that is nearly pointed directly at the sun (almost a 90 degree angle). You should look it up!
@carbronica "I've always wondered why theCoulomb wouldn't therefore be the base unit instead."
It is.
It just seems to be convention that sometimes we like to used derived units like Amps instead of Coulombs per second while other times, like with velocity, we are happy to talk in meters per second or miles per hour without feeling the need for a new unit.
And now I just wanna go and watch Sagan all over again.
I love her mixed accent, great to listen to :)
@kid181 That effect is actually negligible in comparison. The difference in distance is only about 2%, not making for a large change in sun radiation (about 4 percent). And on the south half of the earth, this effect actually goes opposite the seasons, not to a noticeable effect (further away in warm season, closer in cold).
Brady, do you know what that software is that she was using on the computer?? I need to get it!
If you wanted to download the program she was using it is called Stelarium and its free.
@BomberEffect not recorded on june 26th. she just set the date on the computer to show the sun on that date
Getting in a few days early because I am away for the solstice itself!!!
The programme she is using is called "Stellarium" if anyone wanted to know ^^
Couldn't Stonehenge have been built to observe sunset on the winter solstice?
Oh yes, I have to mention Stellarium, the planetarium program she was using. It's a brilliant tool for anyone who is curious about astronomy and it's FREE! It's especially good for people in brightly lit cities. It can give you a good idea what the sky looks like with or without light pollution.
Thanks so much for uploading the video.❤️
@busterbox I'm pretty sure this is "Stellarium". It's open source and available for most operating systems. Haven't tried it in a long time though.
One question,(1:55 - 2:52) That also explains (in part) why there isn't summer time in the countries that are under the ecuatorial line?
Stonehenge as a solstice calendar. Well, that IS pretty cool.
But I thought it was an intergalactic marker for a large black and green puzzle box called the Pandorica?
Where was the photo at 9:20 taken? It is interesting how it has "Ráktérítő" written on it in Hungarian.
+CsBence98 According to the hungarian wikipedia, somewhere in Western Sahara.
Astronomy has led humanity since the beginnings of civilization. Almost all important/everyday things, like the names of the days of the week are still related to it.
In essence, it was that important to the ancient because of agriculture. Knowing the solstices and identifying the constelations would help them knowing the optimum times in the year to plant/harvest the right crops.
The name of the software is stellarium (Mac) and its free to download
@sixtysymbols What is the name of the software being used? Is it commercially available?
Knew all of this from living my whole life on the arctic circle with every summer having the midnight sun.
Yay for using Stellarium! I use it all the time when I'm gonna get out my telescope :)
Great calculation for that that guy in egypt; just brilliant!
I watched it all, i didnt realise how long it is. interesting stuff
@buzzimu I dont know what is it. Same happened to me. I think its her voice. So calm and pleasing
what is the software she's using? I vaguely remember this program coming with some linux distro years ago and can't recall what it was called....
im probably wrong but didnt she say the distance between alexandria and seren or what it was called wouldve been 1/50 of the earth
and then she said they measured it and it was 4% of the earth
but 1/50 should be 2%
or did i missunderstand something there?
To understand the seasons, I suggest using a torch an apple and a pencil. (To put through the apple.)
What is the stargazing program you're using? I use StarryNight Enthusiast, your program looks different!
Excellent presentation . Thank you!!!
@sooooooooDark They're saying that he was incredibly close to 2 percent for having so little to work with at the time. It's still very impressive.
How could the date of the sun rising in the video be june 21, 2011. when the video was uploaded jun 16, 2011?
Right now in finland the sun doesn't set at all for a few weeks. And in the wintertime before christmas it doesnt rise at all for a few weeks.
@TomMarAlem1987 What happens exactly? If a photon has specific wavelength, a wavelength small enough, so that its energy is big enough, it will give enough energy to a electron to overcome the energy gap in between atom orbits. U may have some Compton scattering involved, but that is a wide very wide subject.
If rotation about our axis is responsible for the day - and rotation about the sun is responsible for the year - is axial precession responsible for ice ages??
Thank you thank you thank you. I've always wonder about solstice.
the program is called Stellarium by the way
Agreed, I came here to say the same thing, she has such a lovely and calming voice. Also, that software is really cool. I wonder what it's called. (Haven't finished the video yet)
how could we cooperate on creating a version of this video with (dutch) subtitles?
Our school can produce the textlines but how to fit those in?
agbell.nl special needs education, Amsterdam
@extremebeyond probably. I'm not from around there, so I wouldn't recognize the differences in voices, all I hear is a similar accent. Though the pitch even sounds like you to me. But since it's you replying saying it isn't you, I'm guessing it isn't. Thanks for clearing it up! Didn't think you had anything to do with the Cosmos.
If all the rotation axes were pointed in more or less the same direction until something jarred them, whatever happened to Uranus? That is one big rock to tip over!
Could you do a video on boiling points? Why water boils faster on lower pressure etc and generally what causes solid, liquid and gas state :D
are you using the program:stellarium?
Timely! :) Why do the latitude and longitude lines projected on the "celestial sphere" appear to move as you move throughout the day? Shouldn't they appear to stay in the same spot?
This channel deserves the attention Vsauce is giving it !
@lnwreal9 This only happens for like 20-30 days out of the year, it is not year round. also there is also like 20-30 days of night as well at least thats what i think
The software is called Stellarium...and it's free on the internet....
@wkboonec True, very true. I wish the general public had a better understanding of the Equinoxes and Solstices. It seems that every time I mention either an equinox or solstice, I have to explain what they are at an elementary school level :(
@MrGuitarZeppelin no, the sun is revolving around the core of the milky way, and the milky way itself is in motion
Why is this a video.This is standar knowledge that all people know once they are passed the 9th greade!!!
Shout out to Eratosthenes! Measuring the circumference of the Earth using a well, a stick and a sharp mind.
And a guy with regular pace who didn't lose count
How nice of the viewers to send in pictures you can use. ;D
how was this recorded on Jun 26th 2011 but uploaded on Jun 16th 2011?
@blueberrylovspie123 then why did u write 'globe' implying that it wasnt actually a globe
Never thought I would watch the whole video!
@sixtysymbols What exactly is happening when a photon encounters an electron in an atom that causes it to jump to an energy level above it?
Everyone uses Stellarium these days. That's pretty awesome, it's really a great program.
what software is this, how is it called?
Does the Sun rise due East in Antarctica at the equinox?
@eordogadam I assume this is from the Budapest-Bamako rally that runs annually from Hungary, through Europe, and down the west coast of Africa to Mali.
@yuGremaL It looks like Stellarium, but could be Starry Night too. The difference is that the first is Free & Open Source Software, and the latter will cost you an arm and a leg.
Amazing video!! Thank you so much, from Mexico!
Well, this is a year's worth of mind blow. Yeah, baby.
Sorry but what did you mean by the sun was in the constellation of cancer. Like during the solstice ? And if so why is the Tropic of Capricorn named so ?
Opposite hemisphere, for the southern hemisphere's summer solstice?
Anyone else notice how she's looking at the sun rising dating at the 21st of June when this video was uploaded to RUclips on the 16th?
at 10:50, what is Harun Yahya's 'Atlas of Creation' doing in the book shelf? Just a curiosity?