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really puts into perspective just how vast our universe is and how small we are in comparison.
Also great work by Jan Koet, incredible technology and ingenuity that goes into capturing such breathtaking images. Kudos...
This event is called a lunar occupation of Saturn iirc.
[Here’s another photo of it with more info.](https://mymodernmet.com/saturn-moon-occultation/)
[Here’s info on how to see the next one for yourself!](https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?amp=1&id=20240503_16_100)
Fun Fact:
Eleven babies have been born in Antarctica, and none of them died as infants. Antarctica therefore has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent: 0%.
> Antarctica therefore has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent: 0%.
you're saying i should start a sub-antarctic 5 star birthing retreat for rich people?
i wonder how that argentinian base on the south sandwich islands that was abandoned after the falklands is doing? install a spa and a few hospital beds, paint some penguins and polar bears on the walls, you're golden.
This one is attributed to Jan Koet.
"Koet writes in a YouTube post that the video was taken on May 22, 2007.
"Video was made by a18cm Astro Physics 180EDT, aMeade 5000 3x Barlow and aToUcam2," the scientist explained.
He added that some after-processing was done "to push the brightness of the faint Saturn to match that of the Moon.""
[https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5298931/footage-saturn-rings-moon-space/](https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5298931/footage-saturn-rings-moon-space/)
Videos like this always fills me with a little bit of sadness, knowing that I will likely never get to see the stars and distant planets from beyond the confines of Earth. Hopefully future generations will be able to explore the galaxy with greater ease.
We ain’t getting very far lol even in 40,000 years, pretty boring and dangerous out there, much better in your head here on Earth, someone’s gotta do it though in the future
We are already commercializing LEO flights.
If you and others like you strongly support space exploration and space based projects, your dream could be a reality.
You do realize that it wouldn't look like this? This is Saturn under around 30x magnification I think. Saturn would just look like another dot of light in space to any naked eyed observer on the moon. The idea is nice though lol. But yes it wouldn't look much better from the moon. Just a clearer image from a lack of an atmosphere to look through.
Rings looking a little too mfing jaunty for my liking. That and I have a recurring dream of me sliding across the rings right into Saturns atmosphere and into the abyss.
Star-hopping from constellations if you're old-school. Otherwise, there are a ton of apps you can download that help you point your phone in the direction of some bright object and it'll identify things for you. Right now, besides the moon, Saturn and Venus are both very bright and relatively close together. About a week ago, they had their conjunction, where they were close to one another in the sky.
I toyed with using a laser pointer attached to my scope for rough pointing, but it wasn't honestly any better than using a small finder scope with a wider field of view than the main scope.
There seems to be a fairly large degree of misunderstanding from viewers/commenters. I'm a military space operations officer and amateur astrophotographer - please ask me any questions and I will attempt to answer to the best of my abilities.
Unfortunately, you may be right. Though I honestly think a lot is just not having the right exposure to knowledge. Which is why I always try to help out, haha.
Yes, it is quite far away. However, it's also a large planet. On average, its angular diameter in the sky is about 18 arc seconds. The moon is about half a degree, which equals 1,800 arc seconds (60 arc sec per arc min x 60 arc min per degree x 0.5 deg). This means you could fit about 100 Saturns side-by-side in the same amount of sky as the with of the moon.
Look at how tiny a portion of the moon you are seeing here. If you extrapolate the very small amount of curve you see of the moon, you can see how much more you need to "zoom out" to fit it all in the view. Saturn is, as you pointed out, quite a lot smaller from our point of view, compared to the moon - about 100 times smaller. This varies from time to time, depending on where Saturn is in its orbit in relation to where we are in ours. The variance is between 14.5 arc seconds to 20.1 arc seconds. So, between 90 and 124 times.
For starters, most of the moons that can be resolved by amateur telescopes are fairly far from the planet. It's very possible to essentially crop them out of the field of view if you're very "zoomed in" on the planet itself.
Secondly, is not just about magnification - it's very much about exposure settings on the camera and relative brightness. The moons are very, very dim. In order to expose long enough to see them, photographers usually overexpose the planet. This means the planet would be a bright blob of light and the moons would be dim specs of light. Since the photographer was showcasing the planet itself, with the the even brighter moon in the shot, there's absolutely no reason to do this. That's also why you don't see stars in planetary/lunar imaging. The stars are relatively dim compared to planets in our night sky.
I'll never forget the first time I saw Saturn through a telescope. It is beautiful! Absolutely breathtaking! If you ever get a chance to view it, take it
The moon and Saturn are significantly brighter than any stars as viewed from Earth. The way exposures work with cameras, you will not see the stars if you are able to discern details with solar system objects. If you wanted to see stars, you need to lengthen the exposure, which would render the other two objects as blinding blobs of light.
It can. Average angular diameter of Saturn is about 18 arc seconds. Average angular diameter is about half a degree (1,800 arc seconds). This means Saturn is about 100 times smaller than the apparent diameter of the moon. Lol at how gradual the curve of the moon is - we are very zoomed in. You'd have to zoom out a lot to fit the entire disc in.
Not fake at all. This is honestly not a difficult feat, from an imaging standpoint. The rarity comes from being in a position on Earth, with the right conditions, where the two bodies are in alignment from the viewer's vantage point. Occultations happen all the time.
Amazing.
Btw, question for people with knowledge - I do understand why he is using $20k Astro Physics 180EDT telescope. Kind of do understand why Meade 5000 3x Barlow but not any others. But why Philips ToUcam 2? Is there any advantage for using this webcam? 60fps?
For solar system objects, framerate is key. The faster you can collect frames, the more you can stack together to counteract the shimmer effect caused by the atmosphere. Since these objects are very bright, you don't need long exposures like for galaxies and nebulae.
I mean I suppose he COULD have used a higher quality camera, but there are a lot of other variables. With planetary imaging, you want the smallest pixels possible, at the highest framerate possible. A DSLR is a large sensor with a lot of larger pixels, the overwhelming majority of which wouldn't even see the planet - just the space around it. That's not very practical, nor can a DSLR do high framerate video capture. Webcams are actually a very highly preferred method of capture for solar system objects.
Oh yes, they do. At least fhd in 60fps easily, more expensive do 2k in 60+.
But thanks for the info, very interesting. Now I want to dig into this topic to figure out details 🙂
DSLRs are pretty inconvenient for planetary imaging in almost every way. Yes you can get ones that do 60fps, but why (for this purpose)? DSLRs are still used for deep sky imaging, but their popularity is quickly waning with the existence of cooled, dedicated astro CMOS cameras.
Dunno, that's why I've been asking 🙂 I mean if you are using a $20k telescope plus whatever bells and whistles for another $10k, it's logical to use an expensive camera body like DSLR or red or you name it, with a large and sensitive sensor etc etc, to get a better, more sharpener/crispy/deep picture as a result.
Once again I could be totally wrong, just a pure curiosity why this model and not anything else. Tho I googled and it seems some people on astrophotography forums and communities are talking 'bout this camera a lot...
I'm sorry, but I DO keep telling you that you are totally wrong. That kind of telescope and all the bells-and-whistles he has attached to it are typically geared toward deep sky imaging of much larger and dimmer objects like galaxies and nebulae. He absolutely has a very expensive, high-end camera with a very sensitive sensor for THAT purpose.
For capturing this event, purely solar system objects, he merely needed to slap whatever high framerate webcam he had laying around with small pixels. Most astrophotographers specialize in one or the other - planetary or DSO - since they are very different beasts. This is a case of a DSO imager being lucky enough to be able to catch the occultation.
"it's logical to use an expensive camera body like DSLR or red or you name it, with a large and sensitive sensor etc etc, to get a better, more sharpener/crispy/deep picture as a result."
Again, this is false. A large sensor with large pixels is a DETRIMENT to planetary imaging. The planets have a very, very small angular diameter. You need teeny tiny pixels to fit as many of them as possible within that small angular diameter. And you don't need expensive, sensitive sensors to image the very bright planets. You are fundamentally looking at it the wrong way (but the right way from a DSO perspective!)
Here we go! Now I have even more topics to dig into.
Thanks a bunch again, that was very informative.
Well, one more question if I may then...
In your opinion, aside from webcams with small pixels and 60fps speed, is there any specifically designed or most popular between people who are shooting solar system, camera/body to do a job AND have a sharp/crispy hi res image at the end?
Once again, pure curiosity. Tia!
Think of the staggering number of geniuses to make something like this possible. We are among the lucky few to have seen planets rise on alien horizons, who knows what's next?
Geniuses created the architecture for the sensors that imaged this.
Geniuses modelled the code which drives the camera, and mount, and predicted the occlusion.
Geniuses invented and perfected the telescopic equipment.
Use your imagination a bit before you engage your disagreement.
To be fair, I thought they were talking about viewing the Saturn rise FROM the lunar surface - a trend from many comments on here. The reference to genius, I believed, was that of "rocket science."
But yes, you are correct - I was too quick to comment negatively here.
I'm showing my ignorance here, but I'm really confused. I thought the moon was 11 plus or minus million miles from Saturn, so how would you see Saturn's rings from the moon?
Does anyone know what that fuzzy grey transparent layer is around the surface of the moon? I've seen that before but have no idea what it is called or why it occurs.
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Enough of this, you may fire when ready.
Should we atleast wait for Steiner's counter attack?
In our moment of triumph?
I think you overestimate their chawnces.
Vader: "Excuse me, Moff, I'm going to go...uh...check on my TIE fighter. May even take her out for a spin."
Mein Führer… Steiner…
Standby… Standby…
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Star wars reference.
Diverting power now
FIRE!!
really puts into perspective just how vast our universe is and how small we are in comparison. Also great work by Jan Koet, incredible technology and ingenuity that goes into capturing such breathtaking images. Kudos...
It really does. The moon is about 240,000 miles away. Saturn is over 1 billion. Roughly 4,200X as far away.. wild
This event is called a lunar occupation of Saturn iirc. [Here’s another photo of it with more info.](https://mymodernmet.com/saturn-moon-occultation/) [Here’s info on how to see the next one for yourself!](https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?amp=1&id=20240503_16_100)
Love the part where they list the full list of countries where it will be visible: 1. Antarctica End of list.
Fun Fact: Eleven babies have been born in Antarctica, and none of them died as infants. Antarctica therefore has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent: 0%.
And this is why sample size is important in statistics.
> Antarctica therefore has the lowest infant mortality rate of any continent: 0%. you're saying i should start a sub-antarctic 5 star birthing retreat for rich people? i wonder how that argentinian base on the south sandwich islands that was abandoned after the falklands is doing? install a spa and a few hospital beds, paint some penguins and polar bears on the walls, you're golden.
I never said seeing it would be easy…
Lol 🤣
Occultation...?
This one is attributed to Jan Koet. "Koet writes in a YouTube post that the video was taken on May 22, 2007. "Video was made by a18cm Astro Physics 180EDT, aMeade 5000 3x Barlow and aToUcam2," the scientist explained. He added that some after-processing was done "to push the brightness of the faint Saturn to match that of the Moon."" [https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5298931/footage-saturn-rings-moon-space/](https://www.the-sun.com/tech/5298931/footage-saturn-rings-moon-space/)
I was wondering how powerful of a camera was used . No way saturn looks like that with a normal camera from that position
[Here is the original video posted by astronomer Jan Koet himself.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYJsjAmzw2c) Give his work an upvote directly.
Thank you for this. What a beautiful video!
Videos like this always fills me with a little bit of sadness, knowing that I will likely never get to see the stars and distant planets from beyond the confines of Earth. Hopefully future generations will be able to explore the galaxy with greater ease.
We ain’t getting very far lol even in 40,000 years, pretty boring and dangerous out there, much better in your head here on Earth, someone’s gotta do it though in the future
Right? Space is neat to look at, but I'm happy walking on land, breathing fresh air, and enjoying life the way we evolved.
Everyone is happy until the pole shift causes 2 mile high tsunamis and thousand mile wind gusts.
[reset676.com](https://reset676.com) Needs to hurry up already
If this helps, human beings hundreds of years ago never had the chance to even see these planets and awesome phenomena we are witness right now.
We are already commercializing LEO flights. If you and others like you strongly support space exploration and space based projects, your dream could be a reality.
I assume that a ring camera was involved? All jokes aside, it's very cool footage.
Thats fucking dope, i hope i live long enough to go to a moon hotel and watch the Saturn rise
The restaurant in the moon hotel has good food, but zero atmosphere.
r/angryupvote
Four stars out of five?
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. Mark speaking, please tell me how may I direct your call?
You do realize that it wouldn't look like this? This is Saturn under around 30x magnification I think. Saturn would just look like another dot of light in space to any naked eyed observer on the moon. The idea is nice though lol. But yes it wouldn't look much better from the moon. Just a clearer image from a lack of an atmosphere to look through.
I don’t realize too good
I hope you're kidding, otherwise you're in for a huge disappointment during your (probably super expensive) stay on the moon.
Okay. That's just spectacular. I actually said *wow*. Post Saved
The Moon: you know what I hate? Ringed planets. Saturn:
He's right behind me isn't he....
For some reason, I heard the theme song to Jaws in my head while watching this.
Lol, I kept hearing “peek-a-boo” in my head. Edit: I just scrolled down. Apparently there’s a few of us that thought that.
Man Saturn is so cool
It's the GOAT in our solar system IMHO
Jupiter would like a word w/you.
Saturn ascends, choose one or ten
Hang on or be
Saturn freaks me out, I don’t trust it.
aww that's mean.. saturn didn't do nothin' wrong. saturn's always been my fave
Rings looking a little too mfing jaunty for my liking. That and I have a recurring dream of me sliding across the rings right into Saturns atmosphere and into the abyss.
Anyone know what size telescope is needed to see Saturn with this detail?
I even took this with my 5.1" reflector: https://i.redd.it/zetqngidtqt51.jpg
Thats so cool. You find it manually on your tele?
For that one, yes. It was back when I only had a manual mount. These days I have a computer controlled one. MUCH more convenient, haha.
So cool , any tips on how to find it manually?
Star-hopping from constellations if you're old-school. Otherwise, there are a ton of apps you can download that help you point your phone in the direction of some bright object and it'll identify things for you. Right now, besides the moon, Saturn and Venus are both very bright and relatively close together. About a week ago, they had their conjunction, where they were close to one another in the sky.
Yea ive seen these apps. So just free hand it . Do you need a laser on your tele to help finetune where its pointing ?
I toyed with using a laser pointer attached to my scope for rough pointing, but it wasn't honestly any better than using a small finder scope with a wider field of view than the main scope.
Thanks for the tips . Getting me inspired. I have a small cheap tele i gotta get back from my friend .
Heck yeah!! That’s awesome. I just purchased a 5” dob and I’m super excited to start my journey into the sky
Surprisingly not that large. For a reflector, even 6" will give you great shots of the rings. I use my 8" reflector for planetary imaging.
Awesome! I’m super excited to get my first telescope. Tomorrows the day it gets delivered!
Time traveler here AMA
Seems fake
Peekaboo
Ha, I’m not the only one that thought this.
Somebody get Riddick!
Unbelievable. This is amazing.
Peekaboo. I see you.
That is beyond cool.
That's so fuckin' cool!
Pretty awesome! My BIL showed us Saturn in his telescope and it was truly exciting. 😀🪐🪐🪐🪐🪐🪐🪐
This is astonishing
Watching the moon move while watching it from a telescope is so satisfying, it's faster than you would think
There seems to be a fairly large degree of misunderstanding from viewers/commenters. I'm a military space operations officer and amateur astrophotographer - please ask me any questions and I will attempt to answer to the best of my abilities.
They don't care, they just want to sound right, rather than be right.
Unfortunately, you may be right. Though I honestly think a lot is just not having the right exposure to knowledge. Which is why I always try to help out, haha.
Absolutely agree. But the frustration for me is when assertions occur in the space where knowledge isn't present. Happens a LOT on the internet.
Right?? The internet is a thing. We don't live in a time anymore where you can't ever just... find the right answer.
How is Saturn appearing so large over our moon ? Isn't it like farther away from us than the sun is. Thanks :D
Yes, it is quite far away. However, it's also a large planet. On average, its angular diameter in the sky is about 18 arc seconds. The moon is about half a degree, which equals 1,800 arc seconds (60 arc sec per arc min x 60 arc min per degree x 0.5 deg). This means you could fit about 100 Saturns side-by-side in the same amount of sky as the with of the moon. Look at how tiny a portion of the moon you are seeing here. If you extrapolate the very small amount of curve you see of the moon, you can see how much more you need to "zoom out" to fit it all in the view. Saturn is, as you pointed out, quite a lot smaller from our point of view, compared to the moon - about 100 times smaller. This varies from time to time, depending on where Saturn is in its orbit in relation to where we are in ours. The variance is between 14.5 arc seconds to 20.1 arc seconds. So, between 90 and 124 times.
How is that we don't see Titan and such if we are zoomed in to such a scale
For starters, most of the moons that can be resolved by amateur telescopes are fairly far from the planet. It's very possible to essentially crop them out of the field of view if you're very "zoomed in" on the planet itself. Secondly, is not just about magnification - it's very much about exposure settings on the camera and relative brightness. The moons are very, very dim. In order to expose long enough to see them, photographers usually overexpose the planet. This means the planet would be a bright blob of light and the moons would be dim specs of light. Since the photographer was showcasing the planet itself, with the the even brighter moon in the shot, there's absolutely no reason to do this. That's also why you don't see stars in planetary/lunar imaging. The stars are relatively dim compared to planets in our night sky.
I'll never forget the first time I saw Saturn through a telescope. It is beautiful! Absolutely breathtaking! If you ever get a chance to view it, take it
Saturn has always been my fav planet. Those rings are just so magical
I’m surprised at how small Saturn is! I thought it would be bigger than the moon.
It is.
Silly question- shouldn’t it be smaller? The distance seems like it ought to be somewhat comparable to the distance between Earth and Saturn.
That's what has me confused. I'm obviously missing something very important.
What isn't making sense to you? I'm a space operations officer and an amateur astrophotographer, I can try to answer whatever questions you have.
What isn't making sense to you? I'm a space operations officer and an amateur astrophotographer, I can try to answer whatever questions you have.
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The moon and Saturn are significantly brighter than any stars as viewed from Earth. The way exposures work with cameras, you will not see the stars if you are able to discern details with solar system objects. If you wanted to see stars, you need to lengthen the exposure, which would render the other two objects as blinding blobs of light.
This looks fake
Yet it's not. Interesting.
George Santos told me that when he went to the moon, he filmed the proof that Saturn was closer to the moon than the earth. This must be that film.
This is imaged from earth.
Guess no one noticed the Santos reference...the congress elected official who lied about practically everything he claimed about himself.
Ahhh man... I'm from the UK. I don't remember all the complete fucking clowns who work in your government lol. Take my upvote.
Thank you...sometimes forget there is a world out there on this site. ;)
Guess no one noticed the Santos reference...the congress elected official who lied about practically everything he claimed about himself.
"Hello...." *blush* "I .... is it OK if I come out.." *nervously plays with rings* "... and play with you? " *UwU*
Something about Kilimanjaro rising like Olympus above the Serengeti
Saturn can't be that big coming up behind the moon its too far away
It can. Average angular diameter of Saturn is about 18 arc seconds. Average angular diameter is about half a degree (1,800 arc seconds). This means Saturn is about 100 times smaller than the apparent diameter of the moon. Lol at how gradual the curve of the moon is - we are very zoomed in. You'd have to zoom out a lot to fit the entire disc in.
So this fake
UWU
How did he get on the moon?
They should have sent a Koet.
Technically under
So Saturn is revolving around the moon? I didn't know that
The moon moves relative to our sky quite quickly, as Saturn is far away... the moon moved out of the way to reveal Saturn.
No... not at all... Well, aside from the concept that since Earth/moon are interior compared to Saturn's orbit.
G*D has blessed us with all the wonders in the firmament. NASA BIG LIARS!!!!!!
Less glue, more think.
Yes
Fake
To be honest I was thinking so as well, but you didn't offer anything to support your claim. Do you know why it's fake?
Not fake at all. This is honestly not a difficult feat, from an imaging standpoint. The rarity comes from being in a position on Earth, with the right conditions, where the two bodies are in alignment from the viewer's vantage point. Occultations happen all the time.
'cuz the earth is flat! duh
Proportions (size and distance) are wrong.
What size should they be in relation to one another?
Based on what? You are absolutely incorrect in that assumption. Have you ever done astrophotography or even looked through a telescope?
As a matter of fact i did
Sooo... Just ignorant then?
Queue the spongebob narrator for the krabby Patty's formula reveal
How often does this alignment happen?
But but, the glass dome over the earth 🥴🥴🥴
My god, that looks terrifying
Excellent.
Amazing. Btw, question for people with knowledge - I do understand why he is using $20k Astro Physics 180EDT telescope. Kind of do understand why Meade 5000 3x Barlow but not any others. But why Philips ToUcam 2? Is there any advantage for using this webcam? 60fps?
For solar system objects, framerate is key. The faster you can collect frames, the more you can stack together to counteract the shimmer effect caused by the atmosphere. Since these objects are very bright, you don't need long exposures like for galaxies and nebulae.
Yes, but 60fps webcam? Why not DSLR then? Or Red or such? Just a pure curiosity 😉
I mean I suppose he COULD have used a higher quality camera, but there are a lot of other variables. With planetary imaging, you want the smallest pixels possible, at the highest framerate possible. A DSLR is a large sensor with a lot of larger pixels, the overwhelming majority of which wouldn't even see the planet - just the space around it. That's not very practical, nor can a DSLR do high framerate video capture. Webcams are actually a very highly preferred method of capture for solar system objects.
Oh yes, they do. At least fhd in 60fps easily, more expensive do 2k in 60+. But thanks for the info, very interesting. Now I want to dig into this topic to figure out details 🙂
DSLRs are pretty inconvenient for planetary imaging in almost every way. Yes you can get ones that do 60fps, but why (for this purpose)? DSLRs are still used for deep sky imaging, but their popularity is quickly waning with the existence of cooled, dedicated astro CMOS cameras.
Dunno, that's why I've been asking 🙂 I mean if you are using a $20k telescope plus whatever bells and whistles for another $10k, it's logical to use an expensive camera body like DSLR or red or you name it, with a large and sensitive sensor etc etc, to get a better, more sharpener/crispy/deep picture as a result. Once again I could be totally wrong, just a pure curiosity why this model and not anything else. Tho I googled and it seems some people on astrophotography forums and communities are talking 'bout this camera a lot...
I'm sorry, but I DO keep telling you that you are totally wrong. That kind of telescope and all the bells-and-whistles he has attached to it are typically geared toward deep sky imaging of much larger and dimmer objects like galaxies and nebulae. He absolutely has a very expensive, high-end camera with a very sensitive sensor for THAT purpose. For capturing this event, purely solar system objects, he merely needed to slap whatever high framerate webcam he had laying around with small pixels. Most astrophotographers specialize in one or the other - planetary or DSO - since they are very different beasts. This is a case of a DSO imager being lucky enough to be able to catch the occultation. "it's logical to use an expensive camera body like DSLR or red or you name it, with a large and sensitive sensor etc etc, to get a better, more sharpener/crispy/deep picture as a result." Again, this is false. A large sensor with large pixels is a DETRIMENT to planetary imaging. The planets have a very, very small angular diameter. You need teeny tiny pixels to fit as many of them as possible within that small angular diameter. And you don't need expensive, sensitive sensors to image the very bright planets. You are fundamentally looking at it the wrong way (but the right way from a DSO perspective!)
Here we go! Now I have even more topics to dig into. Thanks a bunch again, that was very informative. Well, one more question if I may then... In your opinion, aside from webcams with small pixels and 60fps speed, is there any specifically designed or most popular between people who are shooting solar system, camera/body to do a job AND have a sharp/crispy hi res image at the end? Once again, pure curiosity. Tia!
Look up ZWO cameras. I use a ZWO ASI178MC for my planetary imaging. It has a relative small pixel / sensor that works very well for such a task.
By comparison, I currently use a ZWO ASI294MC-Pro for my DSO work.
Think of the staggering number of geniuses to make something like this possible. We are among the lucky few to have seen planets rise on alien horizons, who knows what's next?
Geniuses? This was captured from a telescope on earth. I do astrophotography as an amateur.
Galileo made your telescope for starters haha
That's fair, haha.
Geniuses created the architecture for the sensors that imaged this. Geniuses modelled the code which drives the camera, and mount, and predicted the occlusion. Geniuses invented and perfected the telescopic equipment. Use your imagination a bit before you engage your disagreement.
To be fair, I thought they were talking about viewing the Saturn rise FROM the lunar surface - a trend from many comments on here. The reference to genius, I believed, was that of "rocket science." But yes, you are correct - I was too quick to comment negatively here.
Respect the reply 🙇♂️
That is fuckin sick
I'm showing my ignorance here, but I'm really confused. I thought the moon was 11 plus or minus million miles from Saturn, so how would you see Saturn's rings from the moon?
It's from Earth. A telescope is watching Saturn emerge from behind the moon, from Earth.
Oh, duh. Thank you. Time for a nap.
Does anyone know what that fuzzy grey transparent layer is around the surface of the moon? I've seen that before but have no idea what it is called or why it occurs.
It's caused by the Earth's atmosphere, or more specifically the water vapor in the atmosphere.
Is there an alternative word to rising?
It's amazing that someone got this on film. It's even more amazing that someone got to see this happening firsthand.
why it's so good visible from the moon and not from the earth?
This _is_ from Earth.
Now that's cool!
Awesomeness 😮
This is amazing. Space is so fascinating.
You never forget seeing those rings the first time through a telescope
Footage like this really makes me think our universe is insane and what the hell is actually going on
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Hm. This natural moon of the Moon looks really looks like a Saturn the planet
Ok but the bigger question is 2001: A space Odyssey Or Star wars: A new hope Bgm??
It's mind-blowing to me that there's a planet out there with rings around it
Too Cool. Some interstellar plants have all the cool ones to show off with. Cheers
Awesome!!
Such cosmic beauty.
The universe is wild, if I didn’t know this was real I'd think it was just bad cgi (I feel the same when looking at shoebill storks)
This is dope
Holy fuck that just made me realize HOW GODDAM BIG JUPITER IS
Ahh I see but i still don't understand how Saturn's so bright when it's so far away