Saturn: Crash Course Astronomy #18

Saturn is the crown jewel of the solar system, beautiful and fascinating. It is a gas giant and has a broad set of rings made of ice particles. Moons create gaps in the rings via their gravity. Saturn has dozens of moons, including Titan, which is as big as Mercury and has a thick atmosphere and lakes of methane; and Enceladus which has an undersurface ocean and eruptions of water geysers. While we are still uncertain, it is entirely possible that either or both moons may support life.

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Chapters:
Introduction: Saturn 00:00
Saturn's Atmosphere 1:23
Saturn's Hexagonal Storm 2:02
Saturn's Rings 2:49
Anomalies in Saturn's Rings 4:45
Titan: Saturn's Largest Moon 6:31
Enceladus’s Water Geysers 8:34
Saturn's Other Moons 9:51
Review 11:22
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PHOTOS/VIDEOS

[Seraphvonteschen]

I absolutely love it when the teacher is just as passionate about what they are teaching as much as I am.

[GreyFang]

Man, his conclusion made tear up a bit...

[solesearched]

Forget Youtube, "Crash Course Astronomy" belongs on TV! It's fantastic.

[GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

When I was a kid obsessed with space, Saturn and Jupiter really fascinated me with their size, colours, rings, moons and their metallic hydrogen cores. 

I drew pictures of the planets, coloured them and labeled their structures, it was really fun.

[Solo]

Man the narrator is so awesome. Such energy and perfect clear voice. :-D

[calebbyars]

Is that an equatorial bulge or are you just happy to see me.

[cougarhunter]

I laughed when Thought Cafe made 5 year old Phil bald.

[DSgamrz]

I've yet to see Saturn's rings myself through a telescope. For me, what got me into astronomy was seeing Jupiter and the Galilean moons through a telescope, I Could even somewhat make out the red dot. I'll never forget that moment, it sparked a lifelong love for the universe in me.

[veronicavolumes]

Just looked at Saturn through a telescope for the first time about a week ago in my astronomy class. I love astronomy but I've never been good at the actual math part of science, so it never turned into anything more than a side hobby. And the class is only to fulfill my one science requirement in college as an English major. But the class has opened my eyes and changed the way I view the world, and now I just want to go and buy a telescope so I can continue to look at the sky once the course ends.

[daviddcain]

I'm so glad you added the note about how amazing it is to see saturn in a telescope. It should be on everyone's bucket list. I saw it through a 13" reflecting telescope on Mauna Kea, and I couldn't believe my eyes. It was so real, like a perfect little porcelain toy hanging there in space. Truly amazing, I will never forget it.

[Libanass]

I've always been interested in astronomy, but never deeply got into it, it all started two months ago when I was looking at the moon with a cheap terrestrial telescope, magnifying it 20x, I spotted a bright interesting ''star'' right next to it, sitting low in the sky, and I decided to look at it. After few minutes looking at it with a very low power small telescope and blurry atmosphere, I realized it was Saturn! Before this, I never knew we can even look at planets trough a telescope! I was completely amazed, and 1 week later, I already made tons of researches about astronomy, bought a bigger refractor 90mm telescope, than barely one month later, I bought a much bigger C8 Edge 203mm reflector on CGEM mount and I'm about to start deep sky astrophotography... All this, thanks to Saturn! I'm totally in love with astronomy!

[astrid]

I love this crash course series. Phil is such a great host!

[benhelm]

I work at the observatory at my university and I host public star parties every weekend. I love seeing everyone’s reactions to seeing the planets for the first time. The amount of wonder and excitement they get is so rewarding.

[heypookeybearitisi]

But it would leave a ring, lol!  And that face!  The moon may not be made of cheese, but Phil sure is!

[campshay]

i just noticed the kerbans on the desk

[grafgingula]

Just photographed Saturn and its rings to the first time with my dingy camera, made my year.

[MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

The first time I saw Saturn through a telescope I was also left speechless! I remember I called my wife, in excitement, and then she took a quick peek, said okay, and ran back to the house to keep watching that damn soap opera she was watching. :|

[WillArtie]

My mother started crying when i showed her Saturn through a telescope! She had a hard time coming to terms with what she was looking at... and of course i was blown away as well. Gee i wish i still had my C8!

[meloniusman]

Oh god, I'm never gonna hear the end of the Uranus jokes next week...

[capnmochi]

I absolutely love Phil's enthusiasm for astronomy, it makes these videos so wonderful to watch!