Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space - is it a battle of the telescope giants?
Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, L. L. Christensen & R. Shida), Luis Calçada, ESO, Spitzer Space Telescope, Keck Observatory, Subaru Observatory
Narration:
Dr. Robert Fosbury
Design:
Martin Kornmesser
Web Technical Support:
Lars Holm Nielsen
Raquel Yumi Shida
Cinematographer:
Peter Rixner (www.perix.de)
Script:
Raquel Yumi Shida
Lars Lindberg Christensen
Ana Margarida Lopes
Executive Producers:
Raquel Yumi Shida
Lars Lindberg Christensen
Director:
Lars Lindberg Christensen
Learn more at http://www.esa.int
This video has been released in the public domain by the ESA and all credit is to ESA for the production of this material.
yea, make more videos in 1080p please. It's 2010!! :) We need more videos like this to educate people about this subject. thanks
sebastiansz 2 years ago
amazing graphics :)
LTUcronus 2 years ago
Incredibly good HD quality video!
CHARLIETWW 2 years ago
GREAT in HD!
grummeper 2 years ago