Experiencing Hubble : Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe
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Disc 1. Lecture 1. The rationale for a space telescope ; Lecture 2. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter ; Lecture 3. The Sagittarius star cloud ; Lecture 4. The star factory inside the Eagle Nebula ; Lecture 5. The Cat's Eye Nebula--a stellar demise ; Lecture 6. The Crab nebula--a supernova's aftermath. Disc 2. Lecture 7. The Sombrero Galaxy--an island universe ; Lecture 8. Hubble's view of galaxies near and far ; Lecture 9. The Antennae galaxies--a cosmic collision ; Lecture 10. Abell 2218--a massiver gravitational lens ; Lecture 11. The Hubble ultra deep field ; Lecture 12. Hubble's legacy and beyond.
Twelve lectures of thirty minutes each, by David M. Meyer, professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University.
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PUBLISHED
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 2 videodiscs (360 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 59 p. ; 19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1598037218
9781598037210
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Meyer, David Michael, 1958-
Teaching Company.
SUBJECTS
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Space telescopes.
Cosmology.
Astronomy.