Welcome to Launch Pad Astronomy! I'm Christian Ready, your friendly neighborhood astronomer, and this channel is the place to geek out on the universe and understand how it works, all in plain english.
When I was 13 years old, I started working at the Sproul Observatory at Swarthmore College. I helped with observing, analysis, and monthly open houses. I was instantly hooked on sharing the universe with others. Other highlights include working on the Hubble Space Telescope and teaching astronomy at Towson University (I’m probably skipping a couple of decades here and there, but you get the idea).
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I'm from Bharat, a lot of thanks to you for your kind information about altima thule❤❤
Its👎Ecliptic or elliptic??
Pluto is a planet. No planetary scientists use the IAU definition because it’s a bad definition and an embarrassment to science.
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Weak! Very weak!
Great explanation! I think the most curious thing about this GRB is how incredibly unlikely it is that earth was hit by a “laser beam” from 2 billion light years away. I wonder if years from now we’ll actually understand that it was a black hole communicating with our planet.
Thank you so much for your work. This question was bugging me for a week now how moon transition between phases and you explained it nicely with animations.
Amazing video thank you!
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This is absolutely incredible. Wow.
Not in front auer Sun.???
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Hey Christian I'm 143-year-old man and you've convinced me that the world is flat
Sugar Magnolia, blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care.
It orbits sun??
Thanks a lot : first time I can understand Lagrange points
Not just exoplanets but exomoons too if they have it.
Have heard very little new news about this scope...is it online yet?
it orbits the sun and our galaxy, that's far from nothing.
gayest thing ive ever saw
Planet 9 is a frightening planet, therefore it is very well known for many thousands of years in the history of mankind. We are walking in the dark as long as we ignore ancient texts, like the Indian Mahabharata and the Mayan Popol Vuh, that tell us that our planet Earth is suffering from a cycle of seven natural disasters. Those disasters are causing a huge tidal wave, massive floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and a bombardment of fiery meteors every few thousand years. Several animal species become extinct and mankind hardly survives. Every earthlayer that is lying loosly on top of the previous one is the proof of one disaster.The only possible natural cause of this cycle can be a ninth planet in our solar system, orbiting our sun in an eccentric orbit. Thus the event is predictable but inescapable as the sunrise tomorrow. We have pictures of the approaching planet, ancient sources show us the orbit of planet 9 and its whereabouts. Just east of Pisces. And it looks like LL Pegasi, the spiraled cloud, also just east of Pisces. Coincidence? To learn much more about planet 9, the cycle of recurring floods, the recreation of civilizations and its timeline and ancient high technology, read the eBook: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". You can read it on every computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: invisible nibiru
We are 💯 living in a simulation
I knew why it orbits nothing but still clicked because it's so cool
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Haven’t watched the video yet but I’m assuming it has to due with conservation of angular momentum
How LOUD was it? Also, how dense is the corona compared to the surface? Which means that the heat of the less dense corona is less than the surface even though the temperature is much higher. Just like boiling water at 100°C contains more heat than air at 500°C.
Goblin aka Annuaki
All this intelligence , yet ashholle dictators are destroying the planet
So how long does the signal take from the telescope to the computer and vice versa? Just curius. I doubt it is that fast.
I have a question -- the earth is rotating and also revolving around sun; so isn't the coordinates of any celestial object on the celestial sphere (RA,DEC) going to change?
do you have a video (or considered making one) about 'nearby' Sun-like stars that are perhaps being studied for exo-planets and potential life?
It could form from another moon or a collision from another object
It doesn’t orbit nothing. It orbits time.
Wow... Know i understand
ZZ Top knows.
Enjoyed the video. Along with the cold temps and occasional flares, shouldn't gravity on 'Barnard b' (mass of at least three times that of the Earth) also be an issue for Earthlings? I'm already heavy enough here, lol.
In 120 years, humans have built the first airplane, gone to space, landed on the moon, and now we have this telescope, which is essentially a looking glass back in time to the origin of the universe.
Man that would be incredible to witness a super nova. Throw on a 79' Dark Star and just enjoy.
The Sun is NOT "Nothing", James Webb Orbits the Sun with the same period as the Earth. Not going to waste 14 minutes on a flashy title which is just SO SO Wrong. Look up Lagrange Points instead.
Misleading title. Thanks for playing.
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Wow
Why name scientific instruments after a politician who has not really created knowledge or wealth?
Earth is seriously flat ♥️
Earth NOT a spinning ball lost in a vacuum, Earth is seriously flat and non rotating in the center of the whole universe ♥️
Taking a layman's guess before the explanation is given. I think it orbits L2 by being slowed down and then "slingshotted" forward in its solar orbit by Earth. That it, it is actually orbiting the sun but in a position so precise that Earth's gravitational effect causes it to _appear_ to orbit L2.
Ayyyy
How do I track the ecliptic of the sun from the vernal equinox until the next vernal equinox-the days it takes the sun to track through each constellation beginning with the constellation after the vernal equinox?
I just want to say your content and expertise for all of you videos is brilliant and its a real shame you don't have more subscribers. Thank you for making these videos!
Maybe there's a reason related to UFO/UAPs that might explain why planet X can't be found.. They (the little bug eyed guys) don't want us to find it.. 🤔
Planet 9 is not recognized by astronomers because it is hidden in a large spiral cloud like LL Pegasi. Astronomers know nothing about ancient human history that tells us about a cycle of seven natural disasters that is caused by a celestial body. Every earth layer that is lying loose on top of the previous one is the proof of one disaster because when that planet crosses the ecliptic plane with a very high speed the gravitational force causes a huge tidal wave on our planet. That wave wipes out the existing civilization and some animal species go extinct. It leaves a thick layer of mud all over the planet that hardens and becomes the next earth layer. We have many pictures from that planet 9 that is approaching our planet Earth. We have pictures from its orbit and where we must look now, east of the constellation Pisces. That is also the spot where LL Pegasi can be found. Coincidence? To learn much more about planet 9, the cycle of recurring floods, the recreation of civilizations and its timeline and ancient high technology, read the e-Book: "Planet 9 = Nibiru". You can read it on every computer, tablet or smartphone. Search: invisible nibiru 9