It's things like this that always leave me dumbfounded when people say space doesn't interest them... we can literally see with the naked eye/telescope another freaking galaxy with similar characteristics to our own. HOW IN THE HELL DOES THAT NOT blow your mind begging for answers to questions you didn't know you needed answered?!?! Great video and perfect music 👍
I just find it so fascinating that the Andromeda galaxy is 2.5 million light years away, and we can STILL see it. I've always found space so wonderful and beautiful. ❤
Videos like this makes me appreciate our little rock we live on. I’m 53. I hope in my life time we find life out there. If not, it’s still nice just to wonder what’s or who’s out there.
I work in the outdoors at night and always wondered what that little blurry thing was while observing the sky (it’s one of the best parts of being in the outdoors at night) with both my NVGs and my binoculars and now I am super excited to know it’s the Andromeda galaxy. Awesome!
@@Astromagazine Hello. Actually, the number of stars in the Milky Way has recently been revised, the lower limit is 400 billion stars and the upper limit is 1 trillion stars....which would be the same as Andromeda if it's at the upper limit of 1 trillion.
Thank you for putting out a real view of what M31 looks like in a medium telescope There are a lot of ads that show totally unrealistic images of what you are supposed to see in their 3" refractor. I used to have a 17" odyesee and everything looked great in it Aperture rules
Ever since I was about 5yrs old. I was lucky enough to see a shooting star. I am 45yrs old today and still look up at the sky the same way. It never gets old to me.
This is such an underrated channel.... Whole internet is filled with tik tokers, memers and god knows what else... Ppl like you should be well known.... Thanks for bringing an object from 2.5 million light years away to my room.... :D
Let's face the facts, ordinary people don't have the mental capacity to comprehend such a profound subject. It even boggles the minds of great thinkers.
@@patbrennan6572 Interest for astronomi is not a measure for mental capacity, you only want to present yourself as better than others. If you were smart you would see that you just fell flat on your face.
@@pflaffik he is absolutely right. Try to speak about astronomy with an ordinary people and they will reply to you telling you their horoscope , confusing astronomy - astrology.
When I was a kid my best friends older brother was ambitious and made his own telescope in his basement. He had this 55 gallon drum where he would stand and polish his mirrors with rouge for what seemed eternity. One night he invited me up on the ladder to look into the viewfinder and said “don’t touch the eyepiece with your face”.. as I looked I saw Saturn so closely and distinctly in real time… it affected me for the rest of my life. Thank you for that..It reminds me of that first look.
When you think about this, it’s amazing and our human minds struggle to comprehend just how enormous that galaxy is. And the fact we live in an age where we won’t get to see it in person.
Andromeda always gets a look when it's well placed for viewing, the best views I get of it are with my 10-inch F/4.5 Dob and a 30mm ultra-wide angle eyepiece that yields a true field of view that is 1.8 degrees across. The dust lanes, star like inner core, and a massive star clouds appear and the two close companions show hints of their structure too.
I am stunned with the magnitude and beauty of Andromeda. I am thankful for these powerful telescopes for allowing me to see what was impossible to see in my childhood. The heavens have always fascinated me. I was also delighted to see the Pillars of Creation, courtesy of the Hubble Telescope.
Looking at the price difference in Telescope vs. Mount...it reminds me of Guitar Vs. Amp. Always invest in the Amp...the sound of the Guitar will follow.
Wow, I didn't realize that the part we see with binoculars or a simple telescope is just a tiny part of the center! Your stacked images made it clear to me for the first time that the galaxy is much bigger that how we see it on a clear night. The light being emmitted from the middle and outer parts is just too faint to be seen. Awesome, thanks...!!!
The fact that I can see other galaxies with my own telescope makes me wonder??? Is there anybody out there ? Are looking back and asking the same question? Is your sky blue? I love the cosmos :) ❤️
Wondering if there is anyone else out there in that great expanse is almost ludicrous and self-centered. Why would you think that this planet would be the only one suitable to harvest life? My instincts tell me there definitely is. Does it matter? That question wins the stupidity award.
@@jusgibs I think wondering is fine, but the calculated probability of life on earth is actually next to impossible. We should not exist at all. Everything is precisely where it needs to be for life to exist on earth. If any orbit was closer or further, if the moon wasn't exactly where it is, if the sun wasn't the exact size it is, we would not exist at all. Learning all of this made me appreciate the miracle that is life and how there is a solid chance we actually are the only living beings in the universe. It's actually quite beautiful to think of it along those lines.
@@starpinestudio, I understand the exactness required to have life as we know it, but if there are about the same number of stars in the OBSERVABLE universe as there are sand grains in all of Earth's beaches, then again, thinking we’re the only life form in the universe is a bit self-centered and close-minded. I believe it’s more probable that there are other life forms very similar to us, and perhaps even more intelligent. That wouldn’t require too much.
such a beautiful universe, those who love stars are amazing........ just imagine how many conscious beings are out there on other planets........ I wanna meet them and visit their planets too
This channel, I don't even have words... These videos are breathtaking, such a quality, peace, sound, everything. It makes me feel special, thank You very much for Your work!
Literally gave me goosebumps on my arms seeing and thinking of something so far away. And maybe life in that galaxy is looking through its most powerful telescopes to see the amazing colors of our galaxy. True mind blowing to have these thoughts. Thank you for sharing :)
I appreciate your excitement over the immensity of our universe. I have close friends who never think past their normal 9 to 5 daily lives. I find that so sad. But to each his own.
This channel is what today's kids need to know and learn. Thank you Sir for the amazing videos. My kids will learn alot from your channel. You just got a new subscriber 👍
While exciting and interesting, anything that happens beyond the Milky Way galaxy is but useless information. No one alive today, or the next thousands of years, will experience what is happening outside of the galaxy. Furthermore, the distance to Andromeda makes the information we gather by looking at it with a telescope completely obsolete. For all we know, a major disaster could have disrupted the galaxy in fractions by now, and we wouldnt realize it before a million years have passed by.
Amazing! Currently been chasing this galaxy myself. Having difficulty locking onto it with my current telescope. exciting journey!! You are absolutely killing it man!!!
it is really amzing feeling when you look up at another galaxy..maybe someone just like you and me are looking back at us wondering what were doing..they could have schools like us , might be bad at studies..but it is cool to imagine ....they might be like..orbiting a star amoung 1 trillion of them..nd might have a planet that sustains their living..may be..who knows :)
It actually a wonderful view when Andromeda approaches, but our night sky would look pretty much the same when we collides. Just wait and see..... in 4,5 billion years
Andromedas mass has now been re calculated and in fact it is of similar mass to our own Milky Way and not several times bigger as once thought. They are both pretty huge though.
@@bobbybingle1662 im talking about size. Not mass, blue Supergiant have much more mass then Red supergiant even though it much smaller. Give me an article it say Andromeda is smaller than 220k ly .
thats such a weird fact. We are looking at this galaxy where it was 2.5 million years ago. Its actually 183.960.000.000.000 km's moved from that position. Or 19 lightyears distance now from where we see it.
@@jamesarnette1394 James Webb can see back 13 billion yrs ago you’re literally looking back in time the photons of light from an object that far away are just now getting here it’s like if you look at the sun your seeing the sun as it was 8 mins ago
@@craigjohnson5570 yes, I've known most of these things my whole life. So I don't exactly get the point of your question and it seems kind of offensive so could you please explain just what the hell you're trying to ask?
@@jamesarnette1394 jeered Marie Marshall Dillon I don’t believe there is a question mark anywhere in my comment maybe you and Festus should go to the bar and have a drink Mathew
I've actually seen it with my naked eyes on one of those perfect clear nights. It was amazing! I have never seen it since or before that, just the once. I didn't think it was possible.
@@arpitchauhan4686 i dont believe you can see it. if you can see anything it would look like a dot im sure. but i dont believe you can see anything. ive been trying to see even the milky way for decades now, and i havnt seen it once. everything you see on the internet are hours long exposures.
@@RyukyuStyle When you know where to look it's not that difficult to spot. Best to use averted vision, looking slightly to the side of it. Then in a clear sky it appears as a faint blur. Like a comet without a visible tail. Of course it's only the bulge that is visible. That faint blur has been known about since time immemorial.
Fun fact: Andromeda galaxy is the largest galaxy in our local group followed by our own Milky Way galaxy. It has numbers of smaller galaxies revolving around it.
How small we are and by uploading this video you have shown every arrogant his actual place. Dear humans, you existence doesn't matter to this infinite universes. Thank you astromagazine ❤️❤️
Imagine all the beings out there looking out at the stars and wondering the same thing as we do..."Are you out there? Will we ever see a sign of someone else?".
@@GeorgeMcKinley. A good thing but sad that we all will never likely contact/meet due to the distances. If there were a species out there with the technology to cover those distances then they are likely so advanced they will see as as insignificant....like us trying to communicate with an ant on the ground!
I don't know why I'm a billion off but at its fastest speed that is 140 km/second, I calculated, it would approximately take 5.5 billion years for the Andromeda to collide with the Milky way. But now, a few seconds later, I now realize that the milky way is also hurtling towards Andromeda at a similar rate which is why it would take 4.5 billion rather than the number I got.
It makes me wonder, what’s the attractant between the two? If there was a central point to begin expansion (Big Bang), how can 2 galaxies be moving towards each other, or even moving at much of a different rate from the point of origin? After all, these 2 galaxies are very close to each other in astronomical terms. I would expect they would be expanding outward at a very similar rate. I must be missing something.
@@jusgibs It's true negative pressure is suffusing and permeating space such that the universe expands at a superluminal rate. As it does, most of the galaxies are driven apart not by the motion of the galaxies through space (although they are moving but let's ignore that for now) but by the expansion of space itself. In a local region of the universe, however, all the nearby galaxies such as the local group of galaxies are moving towards each other due to the conventional "force" of gravity acting on each other. So in the far future say about 4.5 billion years, there will be supergalaxies and Milkomeda will be one out of many supergalaxies that have merged from smaller ones. However, as said before, for the most part, galaxies will be driven so far apart caused by the expansion of space. So there's nothing missing. They are both true.
I'm sure at the other side there's bunch who point their instruments towards here,and ask themselves what lies in that mini universe in the shape of a galaxy.
It is amazing to see the clear night sky in all its star encrusted splendour, but so few of us are able to enjoy in our artificial light polluted cityscapes.
Youre right that they been way off before, i remember when the consensus was 100bn stars in the milky way, then it was upped to 200bn, then 200-400bn, now around 500bn. However, its getting closer and closer, and its not something we really need to know exactly, 500 billion to 1 trillion is close enough, why would we want to laugh at that?
I'm sure there are intelligent life forms in that galaxy as well as ours. Since Andromeda has billions more stars, there could be millions of planets like Earth.
Billions of star & planet are in one galaxy, and this universe contains billions of galaxy. I just wanna say "OMG" and for sure unknown things do exist beyond our imagination!
Yep. ♪ I'm a believer ♫... seriously tho...the numbers are so unfathomably ginormous...I'm convinced: out there somewhere - perhaps forever beyond our reach - are intelligent wonders barely hinted at in our wildest dreams.
"A galactic collision is predicted in about 4.5 billion years ..." That is why there is no point in saving money, buying a house or preparing my retirement plan.
when the galaxies collide almost no star collisions will happen. The two galaxies will just pass through each other, or combine into one larger galaxy.
About 4.5 billion years is the age of the Earth. By then the Earth will be engulfed and destroyed by our red giant sun. No worries, none of us will even be memories.
The real neat although morbid reality about the fact you point out, is that everything we have made on Earth will be erased as though it never happened.
I'm not surprised you have so many views. The appreciation for our connection to the universe is almost a new religion. You are an usher in the church of science. Great video. Thanks.
Andromeda is so strange to look at where I live. You can see it with the naked eye on a good night but is strange cause you wont see it looking straight at it but yet when looking in the area you see the smug off the center of your vision but then disappears when you try to focus directly at it. love looking at it through my scope, second to observing Jupiter all night watching the moons move and the clouds. space is sooooo awesome
Guys a dwarf galaxy orbiting us is in the process of being consumed. The process had begun 10 million years ago so we kinda missed 80% of the show but atleast we are seeing 20% of it what is left. Nlg tetrapods or dinosaurs were lucky enough to see the start of it.
The multitude of stars onscreen is enough for my jaw to drop, let alone the trillion in Andromeda & countless others in the additional galaxies. The follies of man....
to think its so tiny while actually touching the milky way galaxy. like all the space you see between andromeda and your point of refence earth is actually milky way mostly. how fucking huge is this one galaxy we live in. Man i cant wait to be a space pirate someday.
The universe is just so beautiful 😢 beyond our understanding but we can try to understand his perfect creation and ultimately its secrets will stay with the father of creation,❤
Everytime I just stopped and watch somthing like this or just look up ,I get this sensation of what it must be to be a rock hurdling through space in dead silence with all the space in the universe and how crazy and scary it would be..lol..I can’t even explain it..it’s nuts..how can we be sooo small in somthing sooo huge and we can’t even explore it
