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  1. Kepler and His Work (1958 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Uses contemporary prints to show Kepler’s birthplace at Weil in WüUErttemberg and his education at the University of Tübingen. Animated diagrams show the conception of planetary movements held when...

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  2. Action of the Sun (1950 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A classified selection of types of solar prominences. Made at the High Altitude Observatory of the Universities of Harvard and Colorado.

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  3. CinÉma et L’Astrophysique, Le (1948 Film)

    Director
    Joseph Leclerc
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Movements of the sun and moon as seen by time-lapse photography. Movement of the midnight sun in polar regions. distortions of the sun at sunset, caused by refraction. Rotation of the planet Mars, seen from...

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  4. Story of Palomar, The (1948 Film)

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The development of the Palomar telescope explaining the theory behind the reflecting telescope and tracing the manufacture and installation of the mirror for the Palomar telescope.

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  5. Explosions on the Sun (1946 Film)

    Producer
    Prof Menzel
    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Studies of solar prominences filmed at the McMath-Hulbert Observatory. Photographs taken by a coronograph.

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  6. Planet Pluto, The: Maligned but Not Forgotten

    Subject
    Astronomy

    Dr. Dale Cruikshank from NASA reviews what we know about Pluto (including its atmosphere, of which he was the co-discoverer), why Pluto was re-classified as a dwarf planet in the fall of 2006, and what the...

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  7. Dwarf Galaxy

    Director
    John Wise; Tom Abel
    Subject
    Astronomy

    Computer simulation showing a number of small galaxies which formed around 200 million years after the Big Bang.

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  8. "Brave New World": The Shakespearean Moons of Uranus (Audio)

    aka: Shakespearean Moons of Uranus

    Producer
    Richard Paul
    Subject
    Astronomy; Science

    Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Rebecca Sheir traces the little-known tale of the 27 known moons of Uranus— nearly all of which have Shakespearean names. Through the voices of historians,...

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  9. Hubble Deep Space

    Subject
    Astronomy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 70 minutes), £9.00

    When the Space Telescope Hubble was launched into orbit around Earth on April 24, 1990, Discovery launched a new era of breathtaking discoveries for science and all humanity. For almost 20 years, the...

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