Telescope : hunting the edge of space / a Nova production by Brook Lapping Productions and TPT National Productions, in associaton with Green Umbrella Films, LLC ; WGBH ; directed by Oliver Twinch and Peter Jones ; story by David Axelrod ; telescript by Oliver Twinch, David Axelrod ; produced by Oliver Twinch, David Axelrod.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
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Widescreen.
Published/​Created
  • [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2010]
  • [Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010]
  • ©2010
Description
1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Summary note
    Takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery, dramatizing the inNovations in technology and the achievements in science that have marked the rich history of the telescope. Then Nova turns its attention to a new generation of ever-larger telescopes, poised to reveal answers to longstanding questions about our universe.
    Notes
    Documentary.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Edited by Mairin O'Faolain, Robert Hutchings, Dan Wolfmeyer, Nigel Ashcroft, Paul Burgess.
    Time and place of event
    Originally broadcast on television as part of Nova.
    System details
    DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Narrator, Jay O. Sanders.
    Language note
    Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
    Contents
    • The mystery of the Milky Way
    • The ever expanding Universe.
    Other title(s)
    • Hunting the edge of space
    • Nova (Television program)
    • Stargazing.
    • Hunting the edge of space. Mystery of the Milky Way.
    • Hunting the edge of space. Ever expanding Universe.
    • Mystery of the Milky Way.
    • Ever expanding Universe.
    ISBN
    • 9781608832477
    • 1608832473
    • 9781608834969 ((set container))
    • 1608834964 ((set container))
    Publisher no.
    • NOVA6203
    • SGAZ600
    OCLC
    630977392
    Universal Product Code
    • 841887012508
    • 841887014991
    Gtin-14
    • 00841887012508
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