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  1. Uranus Encounter (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Uranus is two billion miles from earth, 50 times its size and shrouded in an opaque smoggy atmosphere. Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft, travelled past Uranus early in 1986. The scientific interest centred...

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  2. Asteroid discovered between Saturn and Uranus (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with astronomer Ian Ridpath on the discovery of a new massive asteroid between Saturn and Uranus. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Vivian White).

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  3. I Will See Such Things (1986 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The discovery of Uranus in 1781 by William Herschel is compared with discoveries by Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 of additional moons for the outer planets, especially Uranus. Shows photographs of the moon and the...

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  4. Voyager (1982 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposed a mission in the 1960s to send spacecraft to the giant outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. In 1977 Voyagers 1 & 2 were launched. The leading...

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  5. Voyager 2 at Uranus (1986 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, 20 slides. col.

    Over a period of six hours on 24th January 1986, the Uranian system was probed in detail and the dots that were its moons became new worlds. Voyager 2 discovered ten new moons in addition to the known five...

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  6. From Earth to Miranda (1990 Video)

    Director
    Fisher Dilke
    Producer
    Judith Bunting
    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the two Voyager spacecraft to Neptune, launched by NASA in 1977. Chronicles Voyager’s discoveries as it travels throughout the solar system. Features highlights from several earlier HORIZON...

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  7. Planets, The (1999)

    Producer
    David McNab
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 400 minutes), £34.99

    An account of space exploration and discovery from the first attempts to magnify the sky to space travel. Contains computer-created footage, actual footage shot from spacecraft and archive film. Narrated by...

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  8. Spacewatch (12 Parts) (1984 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, out of distribution

    Twelve 12-minute programmes. 1: A ride into space. 2: Venus and Mercury. 3: Earth and Mars. 4: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. 5: Orian and related bodies. 6: Includes footage of a total eclipse of the sun. 7: A...

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  9. Planets, The. Part 6: The Search for Planet X (1985 Video)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.

    There are currently nine known planets in the solar system. Mathematics of planetary motion predicts a tenth, outer planet and observations of the orbits of Neptune support this theory. Looks at the...

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  10. Complete Cosmos, The (5 Parts) (1998 Video)

    Director
    Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor
    Producer
    Martyn Ives; John Mason; David Taylor
    Subject
    Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 50 min., 2000 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) each

    Series of 25 10-minute programmes on space and astronomy.

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