HOW To Measure The DISTANCES To The STARS

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  • @shubhamshinde3593
    @shubhamshinde35936 жыл бұрын

    Please don't ever stop making videos... These are fucking amazing!!!

  • @zillaquazar
    @zillaquazar6 жыл бұрын

    Subscribed :) you have some really great, clean and informative content here.

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊👍🏻

  • @f.osborn1579
    @f.osborn15792 ай бұрын

    Love the parallax explanation!

  • @nelsonv5454
    @nelsonv54546 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video, I really like your content :)))

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Nelson V Thanks Nelson! 😊👍🏻

  • @pradyunsharma2903
    @pradyunsharma29033 жыл бұрын

    As two stars of same size and at same distance from us can have different apparent brightness (because of how they are burning and their other physical properties) then how can we determine the distance of a star based on the relation of it's apparent brightness to the apparent brightness of another star with known distance.

  • @danb7601

    @danb7601

    4 ай бұрын

    we cant

  • @Teutonius88
    @Teutonius886 жыл бұрын

    Another great video!

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! :-)

  • @AlaskanBallistics
    @AlaskanBallistics6 жыл бұрын

    Great Video, I rally liked the parallax anaolgy

  • @Original985
    @Original9856 жыл бұрын

    Keep the videos coming

  • @EricGentile
    @EricGentile4 жыл бұрын

    Thank for posting

  • @mohammednawaz2715
    @mohammednawaz27153 жыл бұрын

    Beautifully explained

  • @dragonfly9786
    @dragonfly97863 жыл бұрын

    4:03 how is the absolute magnitude is linked to the period of pulsation, may i ask.

  • @marlovsk1
    @marlovsk14 жыл бұрын

    Nice work

  • @alazayed6144
    @alazayed61445 жыл бұрын

    My question is if there is a dark matter which can bend the space time such as what the real matter do. so how we are pretty sure that this light, which may be bent before reach to us, is representing the real poistion of the star that we had calulculated its distance form us. In fact, I'm doubt that these calculations are right.

  • @truthbetold818

    @truthbetold818

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ala' Zayed...Exactly, the truth is...THEY DO NOY KNOW. They talk as if they know, but is all complete speculation

  • @I_dreamed_my_name_was_Brandon
    @I_dreamed_my_name_was_Brandon6 ай бұрын

    if you dont know the distance of either object, the star or point of reference, how do you know which is further? And how do you know the angle of parallax wont change when using another object as a point of reference? Does the brightness of stars not skew the perception of distance as well? What about sidereal time, which places a star back on the meridian every 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.1 seconds? Shouldn't sidereal time mean that every observation is parallel/perpendicular to one another? What about gravitational lensing and the warped path of starlight along with refraction, how would heliocentrism claim to to know where a star is at all? This seems extremely fishy.

  • @wilnil
    @wilnil6 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel and subbed... Unfortunately it looks like you no longer are making videos? Would be a shame because they are really well made

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the sub and feedback! I'm sorry I've been very busy with other things, I've planed for the video to be released on 11th Dec 😊👍🏻

  • @wilnil

    @wilnil

    6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, I really look forward to it!

  • @VESPERTlNE
    @VESPERTlNE6 жыл бұрын

    This is littttt

  • @michaelbyrne887
    @michaelbyrne8876 жыл бұрын

    Super!

  • @Original985
    @Original9856 жыл бұрын

    I love this Channel

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 😊👍🏻

  • @Original985

    @Original985

    6 жыл бұрын

    Astronomic No problem keep up the good work and pretty soon you will be at 1 million

  • @danweaver4304
    @danweaver43044 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been puzzled about Red Shift theory for decades now. It seems to me there is a fundamental problem in astronomy in regards to quantum flux of photons from distant bodies (those greater than 128,000 light-years distant). If brightness can be measured in terms of photon flux, and if stars the size of our sun experience a quartering of flux for each doubling of distance, then it seems 128,000 light years is a threshold for observation at the earth of any radiant body the size of our sun. At 1 AU (150 Million km) we receive roughly 3.67E+21 photons per square meter per second. One light year is roughly 9.46E+12 km. Therefore, if doubling of distance occurs 10 times in each 1E+3 greater than 1AU, and photon flux is quartered 10 times for each 1E+3 greater distance than 1AU, it would seem 1 light-year reduces photo flux per square meter by 16 quarterings (1/4^16). This yields a photon flux of only 8.55 Billion (8.55E+11 photons per square meter per second) at one light-year distance. Continuing this method, flux drops to 815,000 at 1000 light-years, and 800 photons for 32,000 light-years (about one third the diameter of the Milky Way galaxy). Can anyone confirm? All of this analysis assumes 100% “empty space” from here to the radiant object. Of course, we know this is not true. Particulate matter in our own solar system is measurable, so Absolute vacuum should not be expected outside our solar system. How might this reduce quantum flux further?

  • @willoughbykrenzteinburg

    @willoughbykrenzteinburg

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure what your problem is. It is even stated very clearly in this video that to determine the distance to stars much farther away, we look for supernova in distant galaxies. A supernova is sending out a tiny bit more light than our sun. We aren't seeing individual stars the size of our sun millions of light years away.

  • @danweaver4304

    @danweaver4304

    4 жыл бұрын

    Willoughby Krenzteinburg - okay, but don’t you find it interesting how we can only see 50 photons from a star on the opposite side of our own galaxy (assuming a clear line-of-sight), and our own galaxy is presumed to be 100,000 light-years across? Seems like too much of a coincidence.

  • @willoughbykrenzteinburg

    @willoughbykrenzteinburg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@danweaver4304 What star in particular are you referring to?

  • @danweaver4304

    @danweaver4304

    4 жыл бұрын

    Willoughby Krenzteinburg - none in particular, the coincidence is our galaxy was declared just big enough where we could detect photons from any star in our own galaxy, but not any one star in any other galaxy. Here’s another puzzle for you: we know not all stars are fusing hydrogen; some are fusing helium, some carbon, etc. Therefore, when we look at distant galaxies, do we see the spectral lines for all of these elements, all Red-Shifted?

  • @willoughbykrenzteinburg

    @willoughbykrenzteinburg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@danweaver4304 Perhaps you should take a class and not ask.your questions on KZread.

  • @HALLvsTON
    @HALLvsTON3 жыл бұрын

    Is star a milkeyway?

  • @wei446
    @wei4466 жыл бұрын

    Hey good british accent sir, you are amazing, please do not stop, i know you are going to get more subs! Stay motivated!

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the lovely comment! 😀👍🏻

  • @trebushett2079
    @trebushett20795 жыл бұрын

    It's still pretty much guess work !

  • @thebeast5215

    @thebeast5215

    2 жыл бұрын

    Expect there is literally math involved… not guess work.

  • @Keshav3433
    @Keshav34336 жыл бұрын

    U r great bro . U deserve 2 million subscribers at least .

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully one day 🤔 thanks!!

  • @someonesomewhere5749
    @someonesomewhere57496 жыл бұрын

    Plzzzzz astronomic reply that why don't u post new videos ??

  • @Astronomic

    @Astronomic

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry I've been extremely busy lately with other things. But a new video will a released on 11th Dec. 😊

  • @TPath3
    @TPath32 жыл бұрын

    Besides the parallax method none of the following methods explain anything because the way the reference values are obtained ist NOT explained but instead asserted. Thus in order for this explanations to be scientific the roots - in this case the absolute luminosity of an object at known distance must be explained. As it seems these roots were and are not so easy to be set right. Hubble for instance estimated Andromeda Glaxy in his first paper to be around 900'000 LJ from the Milkyway (the Sun - that is), only around 300% off the 'mark'.

  • @2k23_hovercars7
    @2k23_hovercars7 Жыл бұрын

    nature universe ""intelligent design still give lessons about distances (after Size is distances)

  • @frankbridges2171
    @frankbridges2171 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe it's just me but holding up a finger and closing one eye them the other is how you measure stars they have to be guessing i just don't see how you can measure a star that is millions of miles away and if the universe is constantly expanding I just don't get it maybe someone can explain it to me

  • @beta_cygni1950

    @beta_cygni1950

    Жыл бұрын

    Comments like this crack me up. Its not "guessing". Its using basic trigonometry that you should've learned in high school, which has been known for centuries now. This Parallax method is basically the same one used by modern construction surveyors to measure distances to landmarks for building roads, etc. Are they "just guessing" too? Lol. And this method for measuring distances has been used by militaries for LITERALLY centuries. How do you think they did this before the invention of radar? Sure, the required precision is much tighter for calculating stellar distances than either of the above examples. But the principles are the same. If you don't understand something about it, then either ask or research it. But just throwing up your hands and saying "well, since I don't understand it they MUST be guessing & are full of bs" makes you look like a damned fool. Sorry, champ.

  • @frankbridges2171

    @frankbridges2171

    Жыл бұрын

    @@beta_cygni1950 comments like what I just ask a question I'm not an rocket scientist and being out of school for 39 years my trigonometry gets rusty that's y people like u should educate people like me not tell me what I should of had in highschool everyone is not a genius

  • @beta_cygni1950

    @beta_cygni1950

    Жыл бұрын

    @@frankbridges2171 First of all: Im not flaming you because you don't remember high school trig, or that you didn't understand this concept. I don't care if you're a "rocket scientist" or not. I AM saying that your assumption that "they must be guessing" is ridiculous & laughable. And yes, you did say that. Only a really arrogant SOB would assume that people who dedicate their entire professional life to a subject must be "just guessing" simply because YOU don't understand it. Second of all: Even though you don't remember high school trig, you SHOULD know how to use punctuation in your writing. Your reply sounds like a 2nd grader wrote it. Wow. Punctuation... Use it.

  • @frankbridges2171

    @frankbridges2171

    Жыл бұрын

    @@beta_cygni1950 really what are you are English teacher or something I just want to know how do they calculate that stuff why don't you show me how they do it cuz my whole thing is just put up the fingers thing I don't get that like if you look at the Andromeda Galaxy how do they measure it I know who you say just say that finger thing but if the stars and galaxies are constantly moving and what my punctuation have to do with anything I'm just trying to learn something don't blame me this is the way it's being typed out so you mean to tell me that you can look in the sky at another Galaxy and u can tell how far it's when it's constantly moving

  • @Original985
    @Original9856 жыл бұрын

    How do you only have 6k

  • @NoEgg4u
    @NoEgg4u3 жыл бұрын

    @6:00 Those are the next two candidates for the "pick your own gender" movement.

  • @koslim
    @koslim4 жыл бұрын

    How do you calculate the brightness of a star?these calculations are more than 50% guessing.. In 2000 years people will find out how off we were just like us with ancient greeks.. You still didnt explain how the distance is calculated

  • @Original985
    @Original9856 жыл бұрын

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  • @surbhibhavsar4917
    @surbhibhavsar49175 жыл бұрын

    Please will u explain this in a easier way .... it is a bit lengthy for non science background students to understand 😕

  • @stardestroyers

    @stardestroyers

    4 жыл бұрын

    Go eat ur cereal

  • @palomageorgakopoulos9786
    @palomageorgakopoulos97866 жыл бұрын

    #SOcool

  • @amynasir8413
    @amynasir84134 жыл бұрын

    That explains Nothing

  • @irwainnornossa4605
    @irwainnornossa46056 жыл бұрын

    Speed of light is 299 792 458 m/s. Please, do not round that up. It's too important constant for rounding. Parsec. That's more used, as far as I know. You've touched the paralax method, from which is the name parsec derived.

  • @thebeast5215

    @thebeast5215

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it’s okay to round to 300 000 000 m/s the amount is still really big.

  • @thedistances3866
    @thedistances38663 жыл бұрын

    Gg

  • @whitewolf1298
    @whitewolf12986 жыл бұрын

    This presentation is based a zillion assumptions. #1 Earth is a planet orbiting the sun. #2 Light travels at a constant speed and has been throughout history. #3 The universe is "expanding". And given these zillion assumptions, if I bring this all down to scale... I'm standing in Burlington CO and see a wolf on Pike's Peak. I move three steps to the right and can now tell the distance to the pine tree on top of the hill in the foreground and how far wolf and tree are from me? Yeah, right. Modern astronomy is bunk.

  • @AdmiralSym

    @AdmiralSym

    6 жыл бұрын

    These aren't assumptions at all lmao

  • @zed1stwizard

    @zed1stwizard

    6 жыл бұрын

    White Wolf An education is a wonderful thing. Allow me to help educate you on the meaning of assumptions. "#1 Earth is a planet orbiting the sun." This is not an assumption It is a demonstrated measured fact proven with research over a period of about 2400 years . This is an assumption, (You have little meaningful education and are likely a new earth creationist.) #2 Light travels at a constant speed and has been throughout history." This is a fact. Light does in fact travel at constant rate in a vacuum such as space. This has been repeatedly shown that light always travels in this way under the condition I mentioned. It is what allows us to produce electronics. And is farther demonstrated by the first law of motion. Often stated thus "An object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an outside force." This is also know as the law of inertia. This is an assumption , (You are of average intelligence but didn't receive proper guidance in how to reason critically using logic.) "#3 The universe is "expanding"." This is a fact , however one that has only relatively recently been discovered. We have measured the rate of expansion and found it is increasing. This is an assumption ,( I would hazard you think I am an atheist and enjoy tormenting Christians. This is false as were your 3 assumptions that we haven't observed and measured these facts contained in your 3 statements. I am a man of faith who has studied Christianity Apologetic s as well as its parent langues. I'm also a man of science who understands that neither is mutually exclusive.

  • @buruunobanri7905

    @buruunobanri7905

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zed1stwizard how do we measure speed of light? I believe is how long it takes for light to cover a distance, correct? And how do we come up with that distance? This distance is calculated by how much light moved in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. So we are using a distance that was based on light speed to know how fast light is. Am I missing something? I am actually asking.

  • @zed1stwizard

    @zed1stwizard

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@buruunobanri7905 The distance light travels in a year is calculated by knowing its speed not the other way around. So yes you are missing quiet a bit here. We use lasers tracking light between two targets in a vacuum a meter apart to gain the value of lights speed. Interestingly you use 1/299,792,458 this tells you how long it takes light to travel a meter. That is 1/299,792,458 of a second. You could have looked this up. Or did you just think that the 1 denoted a year? Math can be confusing some times.

  • @mossaic13

    @mossaic13

    5 жыл бұрын

    They calculate star distance using the star brightness and speed of light... wow, what a load of shit. They can't even tell how long this candle has been burning. To do that they would need to know how much oxygen was in the room.... how dense the wax is.... how thick the wick is.... and how long the candle was.... (it might have been 400ft long) they wouldn't have been able to get the correct answer. So, star brightness can not be used to measure distance.... not only is the stars qualities unknown, the space between star and earth is 100ish lightyears. 100 Lyr's is a long way, what happens to the light in between? Few gas clouds maybe? Or a gravity sway from that way, and another that way. What if the stars we see are not even in the direction we looking at? Its been 'so called' proven, light can travel in circles in some cases. I agree with White Wolf... its all based on, "What if's". "if this is that, then that means this". They change, correct, refine the estimated size of the sun every 30 years or so. The next update will throw all calculated star distances into the garbage. The parallax method, is a joke... ex... capturing a measurement of a star in the summer and another in the winter. To calculate its distance, they use trig and earth travel distance. But here's the problem, did you know, all the neighboring stars of the measured star are still next to the measured star? Distances aren't going to change that much, certainly not 600lyrs. Another problem, Degrees change according to the distance earth traveled, it will also change according to time of day the measurement was taken, first measurement and second. Thus making any calculation bullshit. AU stands for "THE Astronomical Unit".... it's around 150000000 kms long, is the unit used to scale our solar system... and is much much smaller than the lightyear. What if the AU is made up with, "What If's" to? Did you know they calculated the AU distance using a big flashlight.... they pointed the flashlight at VENUS, and waited for the light to bounce back. COME ON, That's BULLSHIT!!!! Your common sense, is your hammer to break through the propaganda. It has been drilled into our heads! Question everything!!!! All I know is the facts we are presented as truth is built on things that just don't make sense.

  • @SuperCuteBabyCat
    @SuperCuteBabyCat2 жыл бұрын

    bullshit! They say earth moving and spinning so fast than a jet plane, and stars and planets have its own orbit and movement to the left right down up back forward, do you know how fast the stars and planets movement?? The answer is no, you dont even know the speed of object you are measuring!, so how can you fit your calkulation if you dont have perfect branchmark!? JUST 1 cm of misscalculation the result wouldbe super missleading people! Things on earth are very difrent with things in space! , things on space floathing and moving and super duper far without ground floor ! How can you get perfect clue to began your math calculation! ? The sun? How do you know the distance between sun and earth!? Oll of that is just math assumption!