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  1. Earthspace: Our Environment (1978 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Geology; Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Examines the discovery and development of understanding earth’s magnetosphere, particularly as affected by solar radiation.

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  2. Observatories, The (1982 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An overview of the research in astronomy being conducted at six American radio and optical observatories. Aspects of the radio and optical telescopes are explained. Graphics illustrate pulsars, black holes...

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  3. Star Clusters (1973 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Proper motion of the Pleiades and the Hyades is shown, and the convergence of the Hyades cluster is clearly apparent. Open clusters are contrasted in structure and distribution with globular clusters. A...

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  4. Violent Galaxies (1977 Video)

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

    Deals with a range of physical processes applied to astronomy, e.g. polarization, synchrotron radiation, Cerenkov radiation.

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  5. Heather Couper’s Guide to the Universe (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

    Introductory astronomy, showing how to recognise star patterns, identify planets, spot shooting stars and view eclipses. Includes NASA images from the Hubble telescope and the spacecraft ‘Voyager’.

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  6. Stellar Camera (1987 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, 24 slides. col.

    Pictures from the Anglo-Australian Telescope. Features views from the 1973 1.2m UK Schmidt telescope on Siding Spring Mountain in outback New South Wales (northern counterpart at Mount Palomar).

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  7. Message of Starlight, The (1983 Video)

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

    Describes the birth and death of stars. Filmed at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, and at the Department of Astrophysics at Oxford University.

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  8. Life and Death of a Star (1976 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Deals with the progression from nebula to red giant to white dwarf to cold black dwarf in the main sequence stars and also gives an account of heavier elements in the ‘super giants’.

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  9. Halley the Beautiful (198 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, 20 slides. col.

    Halley’s comet returned to the inner parts of the solar system during late 1985 and early 1986. Giotto and four other spacecraft took pictures of the orbit; there are also pictures from earth-based...

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  10. Anglo-Australian Telescope (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines fundamental questions about the earth, our galaxy, and the wider universe and examines the part played in advancing the study of astronomy by the Anglo-Australian telescope at Siding Spring in New...

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