Hubblecast 06: A battle of giants - telescopes in space and on the ground
Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space - is it a battle of the telescope giants?
Credit:ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, L. L. Christensen & R. Shida), Luis Calçada, ESO, Spitzer Space Telescope, Keck Observatory, Subaru Observatory
Presented by: Dr Joe Liske (Dr J)
Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury
Design: Martin Kornmesser
Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida
Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix-media-gmbh.de)
Script: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen, Ana Margarida Lopes
Executive Producers: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen
Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen
About the Video
Id: | hubblecast06a |
Release date: | 3 April 2007, 15:00 |
Duration: | 06 m 18 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Category: | HD Hubblecast |