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  1. Optical Interferometry in Astronomy (1979 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Photography of the night sky and the vast amount of information obtained therein. Limiting factors on the resolution of large telescopes. Using optical interference patterns as measuring devices. Speckle...

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  2. Earth-Sun Relationship (1974 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 min.

    Shows, by means of animation, how the sun and planets were formed. Explains how, through NASA’s probes, the Van Allen belt was discovered and how the earth is protected from solar wind and ion particles by...

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  3. Evolution of the Solar System, The (1976 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Begins with the birth of the sun, then goes on to deal with the evolution of the planets and an account of the earth from its early gaseous form.

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  4. Moon, The: A Giant Step in Geology (1977 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Geology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows scientists at Houston’s Lunar Receiving Laboratory analysing lunar rocks samples brought back by astronauts. Animated segments illustrate the origins of lunar topography. Other segments show how...

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  5. Mapping the Milky Way 1 (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Tony Jolly
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Astronomers show recent evidence that our galaxy, the Milky Way, has the form of a spiral galaxy, with a dense concentration of stars rotating around a central disc. But from our position in the outer...

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  6. Design for an Alien World 1 (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Cameron Balbirnie
    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Tracks some of the development through 1992 of a space mission that will be launched towards Titan, the largest satellite of Saturn, in 1997. Closely follows two experiments being developed at the University...

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  7. Measuring Shadows (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Shows how scientists using the world’s largest optical telescopes have explored the origins of the universe. Ranges from Kant’s early speculations to Edwin Hubble’s observational evaluation of a...

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  8. Vanished Brilliance (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Through recent observations made by radio telescopes scientists are now beginning to understand the origin of the universe, which had a hot and explosive beginning. As a result galaxies were formed during...

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  9. Shades of Black (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Physics
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    One of the predictions of Einstein’s theory of general relativity is that objects that ‘black holes’ may exist in the universe and that through discoveries and techniques of observation one may be able...

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  10. Sun: Our Nearest Star, The (1981 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min.

    At Culgoora, 650km north-west of Sydney, CSIRO scientists study the sun and its atmosphere, using both radio and optical instruments. The main optical instrument is a 30cm high-resolution telescope which is...

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