Beyond the Milky Way
- Synopsis
- Astronomers are seen at work in the UK, Arizona, Hawaii, New Mexico and Australia describing their discoveries about the galaxies beyond the Milky Way. After examining optical astronomy, shows infrared and radio instruments and introduces some of the recently completed facilities from the Very Large Array in New Mexico to Kitt Peak in Arizona.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1980
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Uses
- Astronomy courses.*
- Subjects
- Astronomy
- Keywords
- galaxies; observatories
Credits
- Producer
- Alec Nisbett
- Writer
- Alec Nisbett
- Cast
Charles Kay
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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