Telescope at the South Pole (BICEP-3) - Deep Sky Videos

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Denis Barkats and friends show us the BICEP-3 telescope at the South Pole. More Denis videos from Antarctica: bit.ly/Antarctica_SS
More telescope videos on Deep Sky Videos: bit.ly/telescopetours
Video also features Kimmy Wu and Jimmy Grayson.
Denis filmed these during the Summer 2015-2016.
He is based at Harvard University.
BICEP3: www.cfa.harvard.edu/CMB/bicep3/
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Made possible by:
The University of Nottingham
and The University of Sheffield.
Video by Brady Haran (this one was filmed by Denis)
Extra editing by James Hennessy

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  • @Ensorcle
    @Ensorcle7 жыл бұрын

    And the award for coolest sentence ever spoken goes to: "those are the helium lines going to the pulsetube cooler trying to cool down the inside of the cryostat."

  • @ze_rubenator

    @ze_rubenator

    7 жыл бұрын

    I can almost hear O'Neill sighing "get to the point."

  • @Knots_

    @Knots_

    7 жыл бұрын

    Indeed.

  • @iambiggus

    @iambiggus

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tokyotokyo Tokakyoku coldest indeed! :-)

  • @ddegn

    @ddegn

    5 жыл бұрын

    And it makes the exact sound it should based on its description.

  • @meropealcyone

    @meropealcyone

    2 жыл бұрын

    ***Dr. Evil has entered the chat***

  • @thebeardedastronomer
    @thebeardedastronomer3 жыл бұрын

    I love that Denis contributes so actively, awesome for an actual professional astronomer to be doing insight videos

  • @surrog
    @surrog7 жыл бұрын

    These Antarctica videos are plain awesome ! :)

  • @peterbucek2136
    @peterbucek21367 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't get around that horrible smudge on that coating layer of one of those detectors!

  • @zviratko

    @zviratko

    7 жыл бұрын

    exactly! my OCD governs me to clean that but I can't!

  • @seanrodden6151

    @seanrodden6151

    7 жыл бұрын

    Peter Bucek I thought first that it was a smudge, but then I decided it was something underneath like a bracket.

  • @JediNg135

    @JediNg135

    6 жыл бұрын

    I, too, was bothered!

  • @MarkTillotson

    @MarkTillotson

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its a microwave sensor, remember, a smudge isn't going to have the effect you might at first think!

  • @victoriam586

    @victoriam586

    6 жыл бұрын

    What Mark Tillotson said! Smudges matter when it's an optical or more energetic telescope, but microwaves are completely unaffected by that.

  • @MephLeo
    @MephLeo7 жыл бұрын

    It's so cool to have a peek on the complexity of scientific instruments and how they work!

  • @genius27641
    @genius276417 жыл бұрын

    That helium line noise is really cool

  • @whiskeythrottle9369
    @whiskeythrottle93697 жыл бұрын

    I can´t get over how young and yet competent they all seem to be. That´s pretty awesome.

  • @JaapVersteegh

    @JaapVersteegh

    7 жыл бұрын

    These people weren't just picked from the street I guess ;)

  • @dontquestionmyname5490

    @dontquestionmyname5490

    7 жыл бұрын

    i afraid those are Harvard and Cali Tech people.

  • @auto_ego

    @auto_ego

    6 жыл бұрын

    And that Kimmy Wu is _definitely_ a South Pole 10/10

  • @heru-deshet359

    @heru-deshet359

    5 жыл бұрын

    These people are pretty much born smart.

  • @Shinzon23

    @Shinzon23

    2 жыл бұрын

    Old people tend to die in places like these from stress alone

  • @lunasophia9002
    @lunasophia90027 жыл бұрын

    We've missed you, Deep Sky Videos!

  • @big0medium
    @big0medium7 жыл бұрын

    awesome to have a video again!

  • @LP6_yt
    @LP6_yt6 жыл бұрын

    Everything about this installation is awesome.

  • @goodboid
    @goodboid7 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely bloody fascinating!

  • @spicyrazz
    @spicyrazz7 жыл бұрын

    I love these Antarctica videos! Brady, how many more are there planned, can you tell us?

  • @Bring_MeSunshine
    @Bring_MeSunshine6 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic insight into hard work, in the field science, passion and dedication. I wish I could go

  • @RMoribayashi
    @RMoribayashi7 жыл бұрын

    After a lifetime of working with radio waves I just can't get used to terahertz level microwaves that act more like light. Using an optical lowpass filter to screen out the infrared light from a radio telescope just blows my mind.

  • @justanotherdrunk

    @justanotherdrunk

    5 жыл бұрын

    yep transitioning thru dc to daylight is amazing!

  • @unclvinny
    @unclvinny7 жыл бұрын

    That is wildly complicated. Love it!

  • @pauledwards5573
    @pauledwards5573 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. Thank you very much

  • @danielramirezcruz.2209
    @danielramirezcruz.22094 жыл бұрын

    Super video... great work I love it thanks..

  • @JustOneAsbesto
    @JustOneAsbesto7 жыл бұрын

    Best telescope tour.

  • @jeanvallee9340
    @jeanvallee93407 жыл бұрын

    Hey, you guys rocks, keep it up.

  • @DeepSkyVideos

    @DeepSkyVideos

    7 жыл бұрын

    thank you :)

  • @hydrolaural
    @hydrolaural7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks!

  • @LazerLord10
    @LazerLord107 жыл бұрын

    It's a 4K camera!

  • @sterby1
    @sterby17 жыл бұрын

    Who the F touched the detector at 1:46? Ooh god, this grinds my gears so much, my OCD is screaming!

  • @moechano
    @moechano7 жыл бұрын

    Really nice

  • @Jacxel
    @Jacxel7 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed Denis's David Niven look

  • @NANAbingbangboom
    @NANAbingbangboom7 жыл бұрын

    awesome!!!

  • @Fimwind
    @Fimwind6 жыл бұрын

    The sound of that helium cryocooler is so beautiful.

  • @KevinSmith-qn8fn
    @KevinSmith-qn8fn6 жыл бұрын

    wow that is amazing

  • @Viniter
    @Viniter7 жыл бұрын

    what a cool place!

  • @UAPJedi
    @UAPJedi6 жыл бұрын

    Wow, never knew there was a telescope down in the South Pole, why isn’t this on mainstream media?

  • @cemoguz2786

    @cemoguz2786

    2 жыл бұрын

    What kind of question is this? do you live in a island full of smart and people with culture. People are more interesting at how much did kim kardashian poo yesterday. You need to lover your expectations about people we are handful here.

  • @ledzeppelin4892000
    @ledzeppelin48920007 жыл бұрын

    There's a smudge on one of the detector modules.

  • @willrun4fun
    @willrun4fun7 жыл бұрын

    What is that chirping noise around 6:40 I noticed the MRI at work makes the same noise.

  • @24680kong

    @24680kong

    7 жыл бұрын

    Helium cryocoolers make that sound. MRI machines use them to cool down its magnet coils so that they are superconducting and can make a strong magnetic field.

  • @PinkChucky15
    @PinkChucky157 жыл бұрын

    Wow, awesome! :-)

  • @zapfanzapfan
    @zapfanzapfan7 жыл бұрын

    Now, that's a place to visit! :-)

  • @garronfish8227

    @garronfish8227

    2 жыл бұрын

    No leave it to the scientists

  • @guyh3403
    @guyh34037 жыл бұрын

    Wow!

  • @flymypg
    @flymypg7 жыл бұрын

    So many questions! If I understand correctly, BICEP-3 will observe more channels with greater sensitivity over a larger area, and part of that area is intended to obtain a strong galactic dust signal to aid subsequent analysis of darker areas. Do I have that right? - Will BICEP-3 observations include the same sky patch as BICEP-2? - Is BICEP-3 working as well as hoped? Reliable? Good data? On schedule? - Has the galactic dust model been refined enough to not limit BICEP-3 analysis? - How soon are initial BICEP-3 results expected to be published? - How much BICEP-3 work is independent of the next Keck Array upgrade? About that last question: I'm mainly wondering if BICEP-3 work is being optimized primarily toward the next Keck Array, possibly limiting it's own science objectives.

  • @colinbischoff4383

    @colinbischoff4383

    3 жыл бұрын

    BICEP3 is basically observing the same sky patch as BICEP2 (but a bit of a larger area because of its larger field of view). BICEP3 is working very well, first science results coming out soon. BICEP3 is observing at lower frequency (95 GHz) than BICEP2 (150 GHz), so it should be less affected by Galactic dust. Our understanding of the dust in this patch of sky has been improving with Keck Array data -- it's an incremental process at this point. As of 2020, BICEP3 is operating alongside the BICEP Array, which is a replacement / upgrade of Keck Array.

  • @EebstertheGreat
    @EebstertheGreat7 жыл бұрын

    I would love to know why refracting telescopes are ideal for this type of work, since they are generally very rare.

  • @vlogerhood
    @vlogerhood7 жыл бұрын

    I ache with sadness that I will never get the chance to spend time at the South Pole.

  • @hklausen
    @hklausen7 жыл бұрын

    Impresive :-)

  • @misterkefir
    @misterkefir7 жыл бұрын

    So technical.. wow.

  • @alannoorkoiv6281
    @alannoorkoiv62815 жыл бұрын

    Wish I were there!..

  • @pierreabbat6157
    @pierreabbat61575 жыл бұрын

    How do you power the telescope in the winter? I remember hearing about some data collected by various telescopes, including one at the South Pole, and they had to wait for the weather to warm up so that they could transport the hard disk containing the data from the South Pole.

  • @colinbischoff4383

    @colinbischoff4383

    3 жыл бұрын

    BICEP3 produces about 15 GB of data per day, which is transferred north via satellite.

  • @mechfeeney
    @mechfeeney7 жыл бұрын

    Was surprised to see the detectors facing up outside of cleanroom and also no clean garments. Not much of a concern?

  • @dmk351
    @dmk3515 жыл бұрын

    Dark Sector: South Pole sounds like the ultimate 80s movie :D

  • @daniochoa2110
    @daniochoa21102 жыл бұрын

    50k!?? That’s impressive!

  • @apawar280889
    @apawar2808896 жыл бұрын

    00:46 T-Shirts!!! Warm indeed.

  • @JaapVersteegh
    @JaapVersteegh7 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @Keex11
    @Keex117 жыл бұрын

    Use some of the Kimtech wipes on the detectors before assembly :-D

  • @jkr48
    @jkr484 жыл бұрын

    I love Kimmy!

  • @loge10

    @loge10

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree-incredibly cute and smart. An unbeatable combination.

  • @Braeden123698745
    @Braeden1236987457 жыл бұрын

    That lensy telescopy see fary thingy is smudged.

  • @bangsarumsaatiniadalahrusi4636
    @bangsarumsaatiniadalahrusi4636 Жыл бұрын

    Sometime, please try to observe every edge of the Antarctic using telescope from there... and post what you see, upload its video here so everyone can see too 🙏

  • @apolloskyfacer5842

    @apolloskyfacer5842

    Жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @teeanahera8949

    @teeanahera8949

    6 ай бұрын

    It is not an optical telescope in the visible light spectrum buddy.

  • @teeanahera8949

    @teeanahera8949

    6 ай бұрын

    Oh and that might be possible with an ordinary telescope if the EARTH WAS FLAT but it isn’t so they can’t see the coast as it may be over the horizon. Mind you they are at 2,835m above sea level.

  • @checktheskies5040
    @checktheskies50403 жыл бұрын

    Seen the Nemesis star recently?

  • @uazhar2013
    @uazhar20137 жыл бұрын

    omg dream job, dream location.....

  • @fnersch3367
    @fnersch33674 жыл бұрын

    How far away from Amundsen-Scott is this facility?

  • @colinbischoff4383

    @colinbischoff4383

    3 жыл бұрын

    About 1 km, just a short walk.

  • @edmundkempersdartboard173
    @edmundkempersdartboard173 Жыл бұрын

    DSLs and BICEPs at the south pole. Sounds like a party.

  • @astropgn
    @astropgn7 жыл бұрын

    Man, that lab biceps are huge

  • @SomewhatSnakes
    @SomewhatSnakes7 жыл бұрын

    Smudges on the reflective detector thingies at 1:42

  • @Pferdekopfnebel

    @Pferdekopfnebel

    7 жыл бұрын

    1:48 at row 4, column 4

  • @salty-as-heck9915

    @salty-as-heck9915

    6 жыл бұрын

    Somewhat Snakes Should not make much of a difference. Its better to ignore smudges and clean the lenses as little as possible. You'd be surprised how dirty a lens or mirror can get before the image starts to suffer. As an amateur astronomer I only clean my telescope every few years when it's finally caked in dust and the image starts to degrade. Otherwise it's best not to touch, as every time you clean you cause wear and scratches to the coatings and the glass/mirror no matter how careful you try to be.

  • @TheDarkFalcon
    @TheDarkFalcon7 жыл бұрын

    I thought that was a warning alarm or something, nope just cooling systems :')

  • @markkemper1327
    @markkemper13276 жыл бұрын

    so where r the pics r videos duh

  • @seffundoos
    @seffundoos7 жыл бұрын

    There is a smudge on one of your detector modules...

  • @sidharthcs2110
    @sidharthcs21106 жыл бұрын

    The Dark sector is so bright

  • @fixpacifica
    @fixpacifica5 жыл бұрын

    Looks like a giant baking pan.

  • @Perktube1
    @Perktube14 жыл бұрын

    2:02 - that anti-reflection coating looks awfully reflective.

  • @colinbischoff4383

    @colinbischoff4383

    3 жыл бұрын

    That AR coating is designed to work at 3 mm wavelength, not optical.

  • @Acidtrip138
    @Acidtrip1386 жыл бұрын

    this might be dumb... but what are they looking at? just cosmic background radiation (i know u have done videos but i'm still not sure what it is i know it was created at time of big bang) or is this a telescope in the classic sense and it imaging stars and galaxies

  • @colinbischoff4383

    @colinbischoff4383

    3 жыл бұрын

    BICEP3 is designed to observe the Cosmic Microwave Background, not stars and galaxies.

  • @youtubeusername1489
    @youtubeusername14893 жыл бұрын

    Now that is a sci-fi looking instrument with sci-fi sounding sound.

  • @manolimylopotamos8597
    @manolimylopotamos85975 жыл бұрын

    This is at Amundson Scott right?

  • @Sokol10

    @Sokol10

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, in the South Pole (geographic) station.

  • @OOZ662
    @OOZ6627 жыл бұрын

    The "next" video after this that KZread has decided to give me is "proof" that the Earth is flat because planes are apparently crashing into the invisible shield that holds in the atmosphere. KZread, please...

  • @PCBSLC

    @PCBSLC

    7 жыл бұрын

    I know what you mean. I wish there were some way to block certain content or at least particular channels

  • @TCA744

    @TCA744

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yup it is bizarre how they decide what you might like to watch next.

  • @AustrianAnarchy

    @AustrianAnarchy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Using the "not interested" selection and specifying that you are not interested in that channel works as well as telling KZread you are not interested if you have already seen the videos. Just empty clicking on your part and no change in KZread suggestions.

  • @CarDusanGospodarSveta

    @CarDusanGospodarSveta

    5 жыл бұрын

    Earth is round tho

  • @teeanahera8949

    @teeanahera8949

    6 ай бұрын

    @@PCBSLCyou can. Click the not interested or do not recommend button.

  • @moritzkockritz5710
    @moritzkockritz57107 жыл бұрын

    sneaky alumin(i)um at 5:12 Brady

  • @victoriam586

    @victoriam586

    6 жыл бұрын

    Normally I'd advocate the international spellings of things, but the British chemist responsible for its name had chosen "Aluminum" in the first place, and it was the _Americans_ who used "Aluminium" until meddling from pseudo-linguists got everything mixed up. In a way, Aluminum _is_ the proper British way to say it, and neither spelling can be called wrong.

  • @Starblind11

    @Starblind11

    6 жыл бұрын

    Victoria M you are incorrect. He first chose Alumium, changed his mind once to Aluminum, then changed it again to Aluminium.

  • @pifdemestre7066
    @pifdemestre70667 жыл бұрын

    At 10:08 be careful you almost press the auto-destruct button.

  • @julessmith2
    @julessmith27 жыл бұрын

    Those fingerprint smudges on the detector did my head in. Shouldn't they be clean?!?!

  • @PCBSLC

    @PCBSLC

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't know about this particular sensor, but there are usually expensive and exotic coatings on astronomic instruments that would be damaged in the process of removing the smudge. While the smudge itself doesn't affect the sensor much. I'd love to hear from someone that knows for certain though

  • @mienaikoe

    @mienaikoe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don't know for certain, but smudges won't affect microwaves much. They typically only affect visible light.

  • @colinbischoff4383

    @colinbischoff4383

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PCBSLC The anti-reflection tiles are quartz, so pretty durable. But the smudge also isn't a big deal because it is so thin compared to the wavelength of the light (3 mm) that BICEP3 detects.

  • @markzambelli
    @markzambelli7 жыл бұрын

    Did they find the huge 'Z' cut into the dish after Zorro (nice moustache btw) whipped out his rapier wlhile noone was looking?

  • @kamakazechris
    @kamakazechris7 жыл бұрын

    I saw this thumbnail and assumed it was a music video from mrsuicidesheep. Goes to show how out of this world this place is.

  • @michaeltaylors2456
    @michaeltaylors24566 жыл бұрын

    What did we learn ?

  • @sachiperez
    @sachiperez7 жыл бұрын

    Who put a smudge on my detector?

  • @gregg4164
    @gregg41645 жыл бұрын

    Looks like they are loading an artillery piece.

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet3595 жыл бұрын

    Put this on Sheldon Cooper's dream job list.

  • @teebee4264
    @teebee42647 жыл бұрын

    I feel like I understood at most half of this video 😅

  • @91Muzzle

    @91Muzzle

    7 жыл бұрын

    I hardly understood anything at all. But I wanted more anyway :D

  • @alexandrugheorghe5610
    @alexandrugheorghe56107 жыл бұрын

    Nice mustache :D

  • @ym6294
    @ym62946 жыл бұрын

    Interesting how in the South Pole telescope you never seen pictures of space like you do in America telescope and many around the world. can someone tell me why I can't find any from this South Pole telescope of pictures of space. South Pole seems interesting place to look at stars and planets but yet no pictures from that place🤔

  • @BentConrod

    @BentConrod

    6 жыл бұрын

    sup no br 🤔 Hmmmm... I'll have a crack at replying.. Scientific instruments designed specifically for tasks such as Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarisation simply don't produce the same results you're familiar with from conventional astronomical telescopes? 2:49 The crazy cold South Pole environment makes it easier to get the telescope's antenna temperature down to 4K, helping to minimise antenna noise, which masks the extremely weak cosmic microwave background being captured. Also, there wouldn't be another location on the globe with lower man made RF polution.

  • @ledzeppelin4892000
    @ledzeppelin48920007 жыл бұрын

    John Waters at the South Pole.

  • @ch.roughhabit5002

    @ch.roughhabit5002

    5 жыл бұрын

    Juan Gonzalez and freezes

  • @TCA744
    @TCA7447 жыл бұрын

    What will be the reaction if there are no B-mode evidence in the CMB? A collective OOPS?

  • @andrewphillips799
    @andrewphillips7993 жыл бұрын

    Where is Blofeld and his cat? That looks VERY “James Bond”

  • @DuckyoftheNorth
    @DuckyoftheNorth7 жыл бұрын

    First!

  • @JohnJohansen2
    @JohnJohansen26 жыл бұрын

    6:47 Make that canary shut up! ;-)

  • @amoose136
    @amoose1367 жыл бұрын

    If it's an antireflection coating, why can we so clearly see our reflection in them? :P

  • @colinbischoff4383

    @colinbischoff4383

    3 жыл бұрын

    The AR coating is designed to work at 3 mm wavelength, not optical.

  • @Bwyan
    @Bwyan7 жыл бұрын

    Why is there no subtitles for the host?

  • @alexandrugheorghe5610

    @alexandrugheorghe5610

    7 жыл бұрын

    Probably because the camera is standing just next to the host's mouth and, thus, we can hear the host more clearly unlike the other people which are at a distance with huge background noise covering them.

  • @Skandalos
    @Skandalos7 жыл бұрын

    Is that the teaser for Half-Life 3?

  • @JonasHortell
    @JonasHortell7 жыл бұрын

    What is the temperature of that place generally at?

  • @UCreations

    @UCreations

    7 жыл бұрын

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole Between -25C in the summer and -80C in the winter.

  • @JonasHortell

    @JonasHortell

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I was mostly wondering about the specific area of the dark zone, air-currents and the quirks of the area will heavily play into what temps they get.

  • @picobyte

    @picobyte

    7 жыл бұрын

    liquid nitrogen is A waste product so it's very cheap :) Transporting the stuff is most expensive.

  • @JonasHortell

    @JonasHortell

    7 жыл бұрын

    Helium tho, thats a luxury.

  • @picobyte

    @picobyte

    7 жыл бұрын

    ***** A special isolated tanker can be used.But still it's very dangerous stuff to drive around with.It's the danger level that makes transport troublesome and expensive.

  • @veidorje1681
    @veidorje16816 жыл бұрын

    any incoming red dwarf :)

  • @amoses2134

    @amoses2134

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is

  • @tncorgi92
    @tncorgi927 жыл бұрын

    0:30 I would so absolutely whip a handball over there... BONNNNGGGG!!!!

  • @Valkyrie612
    @Valkyrie6127 жыл бұрын

    Why are they not wearing protective/clean gear when around highly sensitive equipment?

  • @RonJohn63

    @RonJohn63

    5 жыл бұрын

    Either they're sloppy and incompetent, *or* it doesn't matter like you think it does. I vote "it doesn't matter like you think it does".

  • @roscoe454
    @roscoe4546 жыл бұрын

    i saw a smudge on the light detector glass lol..oops lol

  • @porterhouse7260
    @porterhouse72602 жыл бұрын

    Y'all able to puff on some Kind Buds down there ehhh?

  • @fatsamcastle
    @fatsamcastle7 жыл бұрын

    Check out those guns.

  • @ABitOfTheUniverse
    @ABitOfTheUniverse7 жыл бұрын

    4:20 Any Firefly fans?

  • @duncanw9901
    @duncanw99016 жыл бұрын

    The pressure is like 14 psi just sayin

  • @jessejones663
    @jessejones6632 ай бұрын

    That's stainless steel are some time of metal . That is not a teliscope

  • @viodvue2227
    @viodvue22272 жыл бұрын

    How many scientists does it need to load a cryostat onto a telescope mount 6:08? (heh)

  • @xiaoxiao01
    @xiaoxiao017 жыл бұрын

    cmon, those subtitles were really not needed :D

  • @pavelhoral

    @pavelhoral

    7 жыл бұрын

    I am glad they were there.

  • @DeepSkyVideos

    @DeepSkyVideos

    7 жыл бұрын

    I felt like a few words were lost to the compressors so just blanket subtitled whenever one of the "guests" was speaking (i.e.: not Denis with the camera and therefore close to the microphone). It too me ages for what it's worth! :)

  • @Braeden123698745

    @Braeden123698745

    7 жыл бұрын

    And if you're not a native speaker. They're always nice.

  • @xiaoxiao01

    @xiaoxiao01

    7 жыл бұрын

    Braeden Hamson well, im not, thats why i feel bad :D...

  • @Braeden123698745

    @Braeden123698745

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ahh makes sense haha

  • @EndTimesCollapse
    @EndTimesCollapse Жыл бұрын

    And I complain about assembling IKEA furniture.

  • @billiondollardan
    @billiondollardan5 жыл бұрын

    aaaaaaah one of the detectors is smudged. I can't stand it

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