400 Years of the Telescope
2009 · 56 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 137 VOTES · DIR. Kris Koenig
Overview
A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo's first use of the telescope to the latest discoveries in cosmology.
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00:00:01 (male narrator) HAVE YOU EVER PONDERED YOUR EXISTENCE
00:03:09 THAT CURRENT OBSERVERS CAN BARELY SEE.
00:05:41 EACH WITH AN INCREASE IN MAGNIFYING POWER.
00:08:01 WAS PRETTY COMPLICATED.
00:10:37 AFTER A WEEK OF STUDYING THE LARGEST PLANET
00:12:50 THE PROBLEM WAS
00:15:22 AND WHAT WERE THE PROPER OBJECTS OF THIS SCIENCE AND ASTRONOMY
00:17:43 AT LICK OBSERVATORY
00:20:23 THE EYE WAS DISPLACED FROM THE EYEPIECE OF THE TELESCOPE
00:22:57 YOU JUST GET A SPECTRUM OF THE GALAXY
00:25:06 WITHOUT A SENSIBLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY
00:27:11 ON WHAT'S CALLED AN ALTAZIMUTH DRIVE SYSTEM
00:29:51 THE RESEARCH TECHNIQUE
00:31:49 AND THESE TELESCOPES HAVE THE GOAL
00:34:16 THERE ARE A LOT OF SODIUM ATOMS
00:36:31 THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE.
00:38:43 ALTHOUGH THE TELESCOPE'S DESIGNERS HAD NOT ANTICIPATED
00:41:30 THEY MADE A STUNNING DISCOVERY.
00:43:37 BECAUSE IT MEANT THAT PEOPLE WERE FREE
00:45:39 THAT WE ARE MISINTERPRETING THE OBSERVATIONS.
00:48:08 AT A SITE WHICH IS VERY DRY, VERY DARK
00:50:38 WILL GIVE ASTRONOMERS A NEVER BEFORE ACCESSIBLE VIEW
00:52:51 DURING THE NEXT DECADE
14:00:00 OF THIS HAWAIIAN ISLAND
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,132
Dialogue density20.2 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line14:00:00
Production Record
DirectorKris Koenig
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,200,000
IMDb votes137