Your guide to Betelgeuse, your friendly red supergiant

Betelgeuse probably isn't about to explode, but that's no reason not to get to know it.

[davidmurphy]

Anyone else watch and rewatch these vids countless times?

Also, I have a correction for you Nick. If you promise not to take the video down and redo it (like you did the last time I corrected you, I still feel terrible about that...) then I'll tell you what the mistake is (assuming I'm correct of course).

[trikkinikki]

I don't even have it in me to write a verbose prose fellating your artistic talents and deft linguistics, but I get that magic of a crisp sunrise creeping above the cluttered horizon beaming down that energy, and as you feel it cascade into a warm glow upon your face, and one can realize that the future is bright because you have a half hour of parallaxnick ahead of you.

[V.]

Your presentations are always so beautifully worded and well put together, I love watching them. Thank you so much!

[winterweib]

I find it strange to hear someone could not find the big cart ( as we call it, if we not say 'big bear').
It is my childhood constellation. I remember clear how much I longed as a toddler to be able to recognize more constellations, but always could only see the big cart. My Mother showed me Orion (and so my more, since she was 'and home' under the stars), but though oh most popular SciFi-TV show was named 'Orion', I never found the constellation.
Maybe it has something to do it our direction; at night the room looked into the east, and outside it was south west. But I remember clear the big cart on the heaven. I grew up in Berlin with its huge light pollution, and the big cat was never dim to me, but wonderful and clear.

[kahasson]

The factual content is great, but the writing, the narrative description is what makes this series exceptional. Thanks for all of this, I’m hooked.

[SeauxNOLALady]

New sub here… I am SO happy I found this channel. I am already binge watching!!! Great content and narration!

[caturdaynite]

I have always thought of Orion as 'my Winter companion', through good times and bad. It's always there to remind me of how short and precious life is.

[IainGalli]

Love your work, Nick. You have the soul of a poet and the mind of a born teacher.

[natemathewson]

You could do an in depth video on every major star in the sky and I’d watch each one a million times over. Well done.

[tedstriker]

Holy cow, I know I've seen the artwork at 15:58 somewhere. My research lead me to the cover of my favorite book as a child 35 years ago: "National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe" by Roy A. Gallant. Cover Art by John Berkley. Yes, its first publication pre-dates Blade Runner.

[triggerho]

Suburb video! It is always a pleasure to listen, and learn from such a poetically eloquent speaker as yourself, thank you.

[andrewcockburn]

How fascinating! Thanks for another great video, Nick!

[sameerpitale]

My god! This is extremely sentimental and am feeling the deep, poignant unsettling emotions of loss while looking at this marvel of a star.
Beautiful presentation as always!

Thank you!

[CrimeOfTheTrueKind]

your channel is damn near perfect
i love it yours is my favorite of this type right up there with covert cabals perfect unbiased millitary commentary and mark feltons history reviews of the ww2 and the cold war possitivly addicting

[SarcasmIsMyGame_]

Brilliant Nick! I'm so grateful for all the work you put into this. Thank you.

[mr]

22:35 And we geographers/geologists don’t tell time the way others do either, as shown on that very nifty animation of the alpine ice caps. Nice visual! ⭐️
And also what a wonderful educational video on what a red supergiant actually is. I’m sure most thought, as I did, that it was just like our star but bigger and redder. Not at all! Wow! A boggling, billowing bubble of boiling gasses! Whenever you think you knew everything about a star or a planet, Nick is there to show you a LOT more. Thanks again! ☮️❤️⭐️

[CelticSaint]

Brilliant video... now I'll watch it.

[Unotch]

You Sir, are an absolutely fabulous narrator!
You could read me the phone book of Swaziland and i would be mesmerized!

[gbalot]

Another beautiful and thoughtful offering. Thank you so much.

[avikicky]

Magically presented. How did I find you so late ? Better late than never. Keep posting new stuff 🖤