I'm 45 years old and it took this long for someone who is in their early twenties to explain these constellations, how they work, and how I can find my way with them in a way I could comprehend. I also got to learn how to identify Betelgeuse, Rigel and Sirius, which I am guessing is also called the dog star. All of a sudden so many things make sense and are clear... You'd be a wonderful teacher, Alfie.
Dude this is like an actual workshop, you get stuff explained, get a little practise, and usually even have a good laugh as well. this is bloody brilliant mate :D
I live in the Southern Hemisphere and Orion is the first constellation we see, I love going to bed with Orion in our night skies, it disappears during the winter months because it comes in early hours of the morning from 1am-3am.
The sword points to the south. There, easy peasy. Or if you want Orion’s Swordpoints towards the equator so when in the north it points south when in the Southern Hemisphere it points north
hey pip, what, the sun, and the moon, never mind corporal just keep your eyes open, , this is getting me sick, cause it means we are fools , they lsyed out your cities with it,m ur in the northern hemisphere, ,,, now I understand why I cannot see the moon, the sun disappears almost now in winter,, the space inbeetwen ur homes is for the elements, wake up, not fair
I live in Australia, I was told by an ex-army driver that the arrow of Orion always points to north, I haven't tested it much but it usually does point to north every time I have observed it
I took a photo of the sky above my house and that shape of Orion stuck in my head although I didn't have a clue what it was until 2 days later your video appeared on my suggestions as if by magic. Thank you .
dont know jack shit about stars but i keep seeing this constellation all the damn time and in multiple continents and hemispheres its almost as if its impossible to miss lol
live in the Southern Hemisphere and Orion is the first constellation we see, I love going to bed with Orion in our night skies, it disappears during the winter months because it comes in early hours of the morning from 1am-3am.
Once Orion sets in the sky, you can look at Leo to get oriented. If you look at both Orion and Leo, it's even easier. The lion Leo is facing in the direction in which it is traveling, towards Cancer and Orion. The lion's feet are pointed southward when it is at its highest point.
In our South Asian country like Bangladesh here is many people who are used to determine time at night. This practice came from ancestors when there was no Clock to keep time. The go for Fazar salah by seeing the position of this Orion and still they are accurate.
In the 70s to pass the Coast Guard test to be a charter boat captain I had to learn to navigate with a compass and sextant, but especially how to plot a course. I'm told it's even harder now. Using stars would always give me my latitude. Longitude not at all, needed a good watch for that.
me too!!! i just started. but i live in shanghai, it;s impossible to have clear skies. i got 5 constellations, around 40 stars, 3 planets, 2 star clusters and one nebula. unfortunately i don;t know how to use my nearly broken telescope
@@MsNetwizard Grow up, be an adult, don't try to control the words other people likes to use. As for the idiot with "take the lord's name in vain", piss off with that superstitious nonsense :v.
am not religious person, but agree here with you, we should be careful with our words not to hurt others feelings. I think however the presenter didn't did it intentionally to offend anybody. That's how we all react sometimes, casually. @Gordon, it's not about controlling others words, OP is just highlighting these words were felt offensive to him. If we stop respecting each other, and keep saying whatever we like, without any consideration to others feelings, this planet (which is already) will be a big mess, and we will keep searching more for other worlds beyond Orion!!
@@hakeem-ji If you start living your life trying not to offend anyone... get used to disappointment. It's impossible. Full stop. And therefore not worth putting above your own integrity. People choose to get upset about an obscene amount of trivial or downright moronic things. .. So say what you want. I like to say religion is cancer personally.
Why some people hard to know East , West , South and North ? In Kiribati most of the people easily know the four corners by Venus at the West in the evening and the southern cross at the south . If you know the two corners the other two corners East and North easily know as the opposites .
Nice, Alfie. Thank You. I live in the southern hemisphere - in Cape Town. So I have to mentally reverse everything you are describing from the UK point-of-view.
You explain it well! i I just watched a previous video of a posh dude explaining the same subject.He was confusing and when he explained it as a picture, he said it resembled a person as he pointed out the chest area etc. I laughed cos thought it looked nothing like! your description was a hour glass which was so much better. You should take up teaching your description of orion could be explained to any age group and i think they would understand. Good video!
Very cool. I learned a lot. I’ve been looking at Orion a lot lately. I’ve had a vision of Betelgeuse flashing on and off in the night sky like a huge alarm on Dec 12-12-20
My first childhood constellation was the big cart/ big Bear. You call it the big dipper. My Mother always then wanted to show me the small cart. But my friend was the big one. In my eyes ZHIS is the constellation every child recognises the first. Later came the seven stars ( Plejades). It is strange Orion came so late, since the best known scifi-zv show in Germany back then had this name and we always played it, long before Star Trek started. Your video and the stuff about finding with him the direction is great!
thanks man (i think i remember some arse say something about himself living int the wrong side of the equator ) informative and easy to listen to making it easier to understand
The bell it rings is unless it's near the horizon you could say it's moving and the North star varies very little and where I live doesn't go below the horizon like Orion.
A bit long winded . Find north by looking at Polaris star . You can use the Big Dipper to find Polaris, which is also known as the North Star. Notice that a line from the two outermost stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper points to Polaris. And notice that Polaris marks the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper. The northern sky is a large clock, with Polaris at its center. Notice also that the big dippers nightly voyage around the North Star resembles the swastika in motion.
Orion has been briiliant from my point of observation the last couple of weeks. Many thanks for the informative and entertaining upload. However I must disagree with your Bard of Avon - the fault does lie in our stars.
I live Zambia and really love astronomy and ever since I have been observing Orion I have never seen him set through out the year,I would appreciate if you explain to me why.
Sun rise in the east as a general rule. I almost fell off my chair lol.... where else lol. ……….. you should be a teacher, I never knew this always looking for big dipper to work out where I was. I always see orions belt. Thanks a million.
Yeah man, I got all these, some of my patterns are different than the ones you use I think, but yes, I'll find North from any recognizable part of the sky, any time the year. Your the only source I've seen on using constellations other than Ursa Major to find Polaris. The others I figured out while training myself. I can CelNav, have done it. Done piloting and deadreckoning along with it in tricky ass places. Gotten trickfucked bad. Persistence in navigational error can be heavy. I don't sail anymore. Hope to canoe and Kayak these freshwater, nontidal, mountain rivers and streams which I so missed. As it is now, I just traverse them somewhat with my stick and my dog. Marlingspike skills too. You got the skills palette going on Alfie. I'm learning Trees, plants and mushrooms now seriously. I started that with your first video I watched, 25 edible plants. Found some tasty Garlic Mustard oh yeah! Now I traverse the woods trying to study and realize everything so I can learn, understand, discover, and exploit dat shit like pimped bitches!
I'm 45 years old and it took this long for someone who is in their early twenties to explain these constellations, how they work, and how I can find my way with them in a way I could comprehend. I also got to learn how to identify Betelgeuse, Rigel and Sirius, which I am guessing is also called the dog star. All of a sudden so many things make sense and are clear...
You'd be a wonderful teacher, Alfie.
And I checked, but didn't really need to, that yes, Sirius is the Dog Star. Awesome!
Dude this is like an actual workshop, you get stuff explained, get a little practise, and usually even have a good laugh as well. this is bloody brilliant mate :D
Very nicely done. Love the illustration with the stars. Easy to understand.
I live in the Southern Hemisphere and Orion is the first constellation we see, I love going to bed with Orion in our night skies, it disappears during the winter months because it comes in early hours of the morning from 1am-3am.
Holy shit you would honestly be the coolest teacher at any school man, good stuff!!
Orion's "Sword"
Naughty.
+AlfieAesthetics lol
what about orion's jewels? sry for necro btw
thats really just the Orion's Nebula though right? Jus making sure.
Noty
The sword points to the south. There, easy peasy. Or if you want Orion’s Swordpoints towards the equator so when in the north it points south when in the Southern Hemisphere it points north
"I can think of another star that follows a similar motion. The God Damn Sun!" lmfao
Good god, I laughed harder than I should have
Lol. We need more teachers like this.
hey pip, what, the sun, and the moon, never mind corporal just keep your eyes open, , this is getting me sick, cause it means we are fools , they lsyed out your cities with it,m ur in the northern hemisphere, ,,, now I understand why I cannot see the moon, the sun disappears almost now in winter,, the space inbeetwen ur homes is for the elements, wake up, not fair
Pretty much my favorite constellation in the sky. Also contains one of the most beautiful deep sky objects out there!
Which is ...
This dude rules. I could watch him all day
I live in Australia, I was told by an ex-army driver that the arrow of Orion always points to north, I haven't tested it much but it usually does point to north every time I have observed it
I took a photo of the sky above my house and that shape of Orion stuck in my head although I didn't have a clue what it was until 2 days later your video appeared on my suggestions as if by magic. Thank you .
I'm watching this 6 years after it was posted, and cracking up. And Orion was definitely THE constellation to see when I was a kid, a LONG time ago.
Bro please make a video on common trees and identification of them .it would be very helpful
Kallum Bushcraft yes please do this. Your mushroom vodeos got me so interested in mushrooms and fungi. I would love to add trees to my interests.
dont know jack shit about stars but i keep seeing this constellation all the damn time and in multiple continents and hemispheres its almost as if its impossible to miss lol
live in the Southern Hemisphere and Orion is the first constellation we see, I love going to bed with Orion in our night skies, it disappears during the winter months because it comes in early hours of the morning from 1am-3am.
This is the star gives me the most deep impression from my childhood.
Once Orion sets in the sky, you can look at Leo to get oriented. If you look at both Orion and Leo, it's even easier. The lion Leo is facing in the direction in which it is traveling, towards Cancer and Orion. The lion's feet are pointed southward when it is at its highest point.
In our South Asian country like Bangladesh here is many people who are used to determine time at night. This practice came from ancestors when there was no Clock to keep time.
The go for Fazar salah by seeing the position of this Orion and still they are accurate.
Great video! love the accent and how smart, yet fun the presenter is.
I live in Colombia in a city located above the equatorial line, and Orion is always seen easily.
You can also mention Star Polaris to mark the North direction.
Magnífico estudo sobre o cinturão de Orion, desvenda um conhecimento inestimável sobre a posição celestial das estrelas.
Bloody hell! That was easy to learn! Thanks mate!
Excellent demonstration
Oh man, if you lived near me... I would try to be your friend... You are a riot...:) Good stuff too.
In the 70s to pass the Coast Guard test to be a charter boat captain I had to learn to navigate with a compass and sextant, but especially how to plot a course. I'm told it's even harder now. Using stars would always give me my latitude. Longitude not at all, needed a good watch for that.
You are great at explaining things, huge fan.
Excellent job my friend. I just started star gazing and this is going to score me so many points. You are awesome.
me too!!! i just started. but i live in shanghai, it;s impossible to have clear skies. i got 5 constellations, around 40 stars, 3 planets, 2 star clusters and one nebula. unfortunately i don;t know how to use my nearly broken telescope
"you can always impress the bitches" that final sentence really made me laugh😄😄
Excellent video man. Ordered my first proper telescope after watching your videos.
Thank you for sharing 💙💙💙💙 and helping me understand
This young man should not take the Lord's name in vain!
Really really annoying to hear cuss words. Ruins the presentation. Totally unnecessary.
@@MsNetwizard
Grow up, be an adult, don't try to control the words other people likes to use.
As for the idiot with "take the lord's name in vain", piss off with that superstitious nonsense :v.
....??!!!??
am not religious person, but agree here with you, we should be careful with our words not to hurt others feelings. I think however the presenter didn't did it intentionally to offend anybody. That's how we all react sometimes, casually.
@Gordon, it's not about controlling others words, OP is just highlighting these words were felt offensive to him.
If we stop respecting each other, and keep saying whatever we like, without any consideration to others feelings, this planet (which is already) will be a big mess, and we will keep searching more for other worlds beyond Orion!!
@@hakeem-ji If you start living your life trying not to offend anyone... get used to disappointment. It's impossible. Full stop. And therefore not worth putting above your own integrity. People choose to get upset about an obscene amount of trivial or downright moronic things. .. So say what you want. I like to say religion is cancer personally.
"You can always impress the bitches..."
hahahahaha
You're amazing, dude.
Awesome content!
thankyou so much for the tips of find the orion constalletion, so thats why i can't see the costalletion during summer😌😌🙂🙂
We were always taught to find the big dipper and the north star is right there, being pointed to by the dipper's handle.
Why some people hard to know East , West , South and North ? In Kiribati most of the people easily know the four corners by Venus at the West in the evening and the southern cross at the south . If you know the two corners the other two corners East and North easily know as the opposites .
bro this a very informative video.
I'm looking at it right now and it's tilted slightly left, never knew how to find it before, really useful knowledge
Nice, Alfie. Thank You. I live in the southern hemisphere - in Cape Town. So I have to mentally reverse everything you are describing from the UK point-of-view.
Orion - the world champion in long jumps. ;)
very good and informative..thanks a lot of tons...
Just awesome!!! Well done! Grateful for your work.
Best explanation I've come across so far. Thanks man.
Awesome job. I was clueless and learned a lot.
i cant believe im just discovering ur channel now. i love it!!!! thank u!
Smashed the explanation! gonna pull this one out one day everyone’s gonna think I’m smart af😂
I am in Hawaii. Orion is at South East early morning around 4-5 AM
You explain it well! i I just watched a previous video of a posh dude explaining the same subject.He was confusing and when he explained it as a picture, he said it resembled a person as he pointed out the chest area etc. I laughed cos thought it looked nothing like! your description was a hour glass which was so much better. You should take up teaching your description of orion could be explained to any age group and i think they would understand. Good video!
Interesting, thanks for the content. Since i never lived outside south hemisphere, i never saw this constellation. Nice :)
Hahahahahah dang, can't stop seeing south crux even it's not there
The last two stars of the cup of the Big Dipper (Ursa major) line up and point at the North star! Also fyi😎🚬❤
Great trick!
Thanks for the video
another great video. I'm watching these from my kitchen in Glenview, Illinois.
Omg bro you helped me so much in my astronomy class just now lol keep making videos bro hell yea
that good to know and thank you very much.
Very cool. I learned a lot. I’ve been looking at Orion a lot lately. I’ve had a vision of Betelgeuse flashing on and off in the night sky like a huge alarm on Dec 12-12-20
I like this constellation very much
i know how to find Orion,Sirius and the North Star thanx to you.......
Heaven?
My first childhood constellation was the big cart/ big Bear. You call it the big dipper. My Mother always then wanted to show me the small cart. But my friend was the big one. In my eyes ZHIS is the constellation every child recognises the first.
Later came the seven stars ( Plejades).
It is strange Orion came so late, since the best known scifi-zv show in Germany back then had this name and we always played it, long before Star Trek started.
Your video and the stuff about finding with him the direction is great!
This guy is funny - and informative. Great combination!
Thanks for a clear and interesting video tutorial.
God, I love your videos! So interesting and captivating...and funny too.
thanks man
(i think i remember some arse say something about himself living int the wrong side of the equator )
informative and easy to listen to
making it easier to understand
Thanks a lot for this amazing video.
Thanks Alfie, very informative video.
Good video.
Brilliant , Mindblowing !
Well done Alfie
Fuck, I just learned something.
Thank you for this wonderful video and great explanation! You've helped me a lot!
educational and hilarious @ same time, whats not to love . keep it going !
Best channel eveeer!
The bell it rings is unless it's near the horizon you could say it's moving and the North star varies very little and where I live doesn't go below the horizon like Orion.
“You can always impress the bitches when ya bust out some star knowledge” 😂
Siriusly dawg? 🌟
All your vid r grate this helped I'm going on a trip soon so this will I'm spending a week thanksan
Hahaha thanks
Hahaha
To this day Orions sword is what I have looked at the most through my telescope, that and pleiades.
Lucid; entertaining!
Just learnt today the stars that i was looking every night when i was a kid is Orion’s belt. I always think of it as a upside down face. Lol
Very interesting video. Thanks
You know that picture of the horse nebula ( it looks like a horse) that on the left star of Orion's belt.
Fantastic.
A bit long winded . Find north by looking at Polaris star .
You can use the Big Dipper to find Polaris, which is also known as the North Star. Notice that a line from the two outermost stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper points to Polaris. And notice that Polaris marks the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper. The northern sky is a large clock, with Polaris at its center.
Notice also that the big dippers nightly voyage around the North Star resembles the swastika in motion.
Fantastic, thank you for this video.
Orion has been briiliant from my point of observation the last couple of weeks. Many thanks for the informative and entertaining upload. However I must disagree with your Bard of Avon - the fault does lie in our stars.
Excellent video series mate! Good informative videos, hooked since watched the first one. Any new ones coming out?
I live Zambia and really love astronomy and ever since I have been observing Orion I have never seen him set through out the year,I would appreciate if you explain to me why.
6:07 I finally got it. Thanks brother.
quite helpful m8, thanks
Sun rise in the east as a general rule. I almost fell off my chair lol.... where else lol. ……….. you should be a teacher, I never knew this always looking for big dipper to work out where I was. I always see orions belt. Thanks a million.
You'd be surprised. Some people are so goofed up they don't know where they are nor what is the time or date.
Astronomy taught with Dagenham accent. I love it :-) so less pretentious than all them learned professor toffs.
To Americans most British accents sound fancy and proper.
good job bro :) awesome explanation
Thank you for the video. Informative and funny.
Yeah man, I got all these, some of my patterns are different than the ones you use I think, but yes, I'll find North from any recognizable part of the sky, any time the year. Your the only source I've seen on using constellations other than Ursa Major to find Polaris. The others I figured out while training myself. I can CelNav, have done it. Done piloting and deadreckoning along with it in tricky ass places. Gotten trickfucked bad. Persistence in navigational error can be heavy. I don't sail anymore. Hope to canoe and Kayak these freshwater, nontidal, mountain rivers and streams which I so missed. As it is now, I just traverse them somewhat with my stick and my dog. Marlingspike skills too. You got the skills palette going on Alfie. I'm learning Trees, plants and mushrooms now seriously. I started that with your first video I watched, 25 edible plants. Found some tasty Garlic Mustard oh yeah! Now I traverse the woods trying to study and realize everything so I can learn, understand, discover, and exploit dat shit like pimped bitches!
Can you do a video for a beginner e.g Wat to take/buy were to go and Wat to do on a first trip. thanks bro
Hey bro awesome vids as always for the comment below pertaining to southernhemi is the seasons reversed as well
I apologize bro I meant eastern and western hemis
Brilliant!
Best explanation
Great knowledge.. 👍
I saw Orion for the first time
Watching this on 16th October 2024 at 0445hrs IST.