Recommendations of YouTube vids to watch

[Sam]

We recently got unlimited broadband after years being on a very limited plan - we moved a bit closer to town, and more importantly only 3km from the exchange. So the broadband is not the fastest but good for downloading vids for me to watch, instead of the rubbish on tv. So does anyone have any recommendations for astronomy, science etc vids to watch.

[Dave In Vermont]

Astronomy Shed has some YouTube videos in it's tutorials. Quite good instructions there. Worth a look:

http://www.astronomyshed.co.uk/

Clear Skies,

Dave

[Kabi]

The possibilities are endless: from the typical 2 minutes 'unboxing' videos to full university lectures. I guess, it really depends on what you want to get out of it. 

For in-depth information I can recommend e.g. the 'Skynet University' , 'Yale Astronomy lectures' and the 'SVAstronomyLectures' are all worthwhile. Professor Carolin Crawford gives some good lectures on the Gresham College youtube channel.

[ronin]

You've got the Southern Skies to go look at.

What do you want to sit in front of a PC screen for?

[Qualia]

Sam, I really like Khan Academy's Astronomy videos and learning sections. The academy also have loads of videos on many other subjetcs, so there's plenty to work through. It's nice to sign up - you get points and tests and stars - but it isn't necessary.

Obviously, there's Sagan's

which is always worth returning to and of equal brilliance is Bronowski's epic Ascent of Man. Sure, it's not about astronomy per se, but I feel is a must watch to culturally ground us. From there, Greene's Fabric is rather entertaining and informative.

There's a few more light hearted videos recommended here, and

and here. Some of the links are broken but I'm sure the videos can still be sought out.

Hope that gets the ball rolling

[Sam]

Thanks for the links. Some great options! I feel like a pig in an ice cream shop, woohoo

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[ghostdance]

And there's always the Alien Bases on the Moon stuff....hours and hours of endless educational fun...

er.....

What was that about the brightest minds of our generation?

[Davey-T]

The trouble is you start watching then go from link to link and before you know it it's bedtime 

Dave

[Vince1963]

I particularly like these Sam....

https://www.youtube.com/user/universetoday/videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK--MdCSg/videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/howfarawayisit/videos

[nytecam]

If it's at a practical level and and about observing/recording deep sky etc from your garden in brief exposures you may like to try my Nytecam Channel - had >million hits so far :-)

[frostynixon]

Hello,

my favourite astro channel on YT is https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos

The focus is on introducing Messier Objects and their particular specialities. The explanations are given by real scientists and amateur astronomers.

The creator of the channel, Brady, also has other interesting channels like "Numberphile".

best regards

[Knight of Clear Skies]

I can recommend Minute Physics as being quick, informative and entertaining - although I've never seen one that is actually a minute long.

[Vox45]

As a beginner I really enjoyed Forrest Tanaka channel on Astrophotography

There are a lot of tutorials for everything EQASCOM here and, of course, the fabulous Astronomyshed

[Roy Challen]

I wish I could link you to the Space Shuttle in he launch. Very high quality sound, deserves max volume on a decent hi fi, but headphones are good too!

[Roy Challen]

HD, as in high def! Not he! But then again- high explosive?!! Definitely!