ALL ABOUT THE MILKY WAY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2022
- This is Chapter 13 of my series, Tsula's Complete Video Guide to Becoming an Amateur Astronomer, The Milky Way!. The Milky Way is one of the most beautiful objects in all of the night sky and this video will help you see it in all its glory. I will discuss what the Milky Way is, when is the best time to see it, what you can expect to see, where to look and how to view it. The discussion is focused on the northern hemisphere because that's what I know about but I will touch on the southern hemisphere briefly and discuss differences in what you can expect to see in the northern versus southern hemisphere.
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Very interesting thanks for sharing
Thank you.
Great video Tsula. Thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge of our Milky Way Galaxy. I’m excited as I’m going to the Palos Preserves Urban Dark Sky site this evening. It’s a designated global night sky site which is near my home. The Palos Preserves received its urban dark sky designation last year and there is a meeting tonight to discuss how the local community can access and utilize the site for viewing purposes. I’m very lucky to have this dark sky site so close to my home, especially since the area surrounding the dark sky location has a lot of light pollution.
Thanks, Ed. I looked up the Palos Preserve and was very impressed with it. That is exciting that Cook County decided to do something to preserve the night sky. I have tried to get my local city council to do something to reign in the increasing light pollution where I live in Montana and they are only interested in bringing in more revenue for the town. It's so disappointing. But yay for Cook County. I hope you enjoy your star gazing there.
@@tsulasbigadventures hi Tsula. Thanks for your reply message. I must admit I was extremely disappointed with last evenings dark Sky event. It was very disorganized and various volunteers with no knowledge of astronomy were on hand to answer any questions. Needless to say, even though they did their best the night was not very informative. Palos Preserve has only had its dark Sky certification for one year and there are no plans to remain open after sunset. Hopefully things will change over time. I think I will call the County Forrest preserve today to see if there are plans to utilize the dark Sky after sunset! Anyway, hope all is well with you…
@@edf2953 That's a shame. It sounds like an all too familiar tale sadly. How can it not stay open after sunset?
Excellent video
Thank you!
First time I saw the Milky way I was coming home from a camping trip driving my old 66 comet and was wondering why it was so bright at midnight. I pull over and looked up and was blow away, I cut my car off and laid on the warm hood and stayed there until I was shivering cold. My camp site had so many trees and no clearing to observe and I was kinda mad about that, I could have been see this all 3 nights! Later that week I bought a 6" Newtonian and where I live there is so much light pollution I couldn't see what I wanted. Years later my daughter drop my scope down a flight of steps, no fixing it. For the first time in years I have a scope again but was tricked into the most hated scope on the internet, Yup the Powerseeker 127 EQ due to it's price. Before I leave this world I want to have a view thru something like your 12" Schmitt
That's a sweet story. Well, maybe in the meantime you can compromise. There are a lot of very nice telescopes between the Powerseeker 127 and my big ole 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain.
@@tsulasbigadventures I would love to share my views but my passion is seeing it for myself. I can see Orion nebula but if it was my first time I would think there is a finger print on the eye piece. You got to go and see Jupiter in a observational observatory. I would have been over the moon! Being very poor most of my life I dream of these things. Getting a scope just to sit in the house and wait for the computer to do the work is a waste to me. I'm currently hunting M51. BTW I got to see Saturn yesterday at 5AM and it was a speck but I was so happy, Yup that's the rings! I glued a popsicle stick to the focuser knob for fine adjustments and boom Rings! Then my mount jerked up and saw one of my retaining rings fell off, Gorilla glue is going to be my repair
@@krazyhorse448 I know what you mean. My first telescope was an Orion 114mm Reflector on this rickety German Equatorial Mount with no polar scope. It wobbled horribly and I could never find anything with that ridiculous 6x30 finder scope. But it was all I could afford at the time. I absolutely could not afford a goto telescope. I can remember distinctly the first time I saw Saturn's rings at the Griffith Observatory; I nearly fainted. Depending on where you live you might be able to see the Moon occult Saturn on June 27 of this year. The time will depend on your location but you can look it up on the internet. That should be very cool to look at. I saw the Moon occult Mars a few years ago and it was amazing. Well, I hope that one day you get a decent telescope and that eventually you get that 12" you've been wanting. Cheers.
I heard a story somewhere about the Northridge earthquake back in I think 1989. Large parts of the surrounding area lost power. People started to call the Police about a large smoke cloud in the sky that night. It turned out to be the Milky Way.
I heard about that too. It also happened in Florida after a hurricane knocked out power in Miami. Police were bombarded with calls there about a strange appearance in the sky.
@@tsulasbigadventures that is so funny and sad at the same time.
Done 😊
Thank you. You have really outdone yourself with this Tsula Marathon.
Nice chapter, Tsula. But, I need a bit of help on what to expect in Big Bend National Park. If I'm in Terlingua, TX around Halloween, will I be looking out into the spiral or the core of the Milky Way? Let's say from 10 PM to midnight.
In Autumn from September to November we look out through the bottom of the Milky Way. As the night turns the Milky Way becomes a band spanning east to west across the sky. You will be exploring along the spiral arms of our Milky Way. But the core will be set by the time darkness falls. Already Scorpius has set by around 10 pm here at 45 degrees. Even down there the core will no doubt set by nightfall but you can enjoy the rest of the Milky Way all night long particularly the rich part in Cygnus and Casseopeia. Have a great time. Big Bend is a great place to explore the universe.
Love your videos. Very informative. Curious: What made you decide to use name Tsula or Fox in Cherokee?
Thank you, Bill. I have always loved to see little foxes but a woman cannot call herself a "fox" in the United States because of all the negative connotations; for example vixen, which means female fox also refers to a vicious woman. So I borrowed the Cherokee word for it since I grew up on South Carolina which used to be Cherokee territory. I vividly remember my parents taking us to Cherokee Nation when I was very young. I hope the Cherokee don't mind my borrowing the word.