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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,132 lines
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00:00:01 (male narrator) HAVE YOU EVER PONDERED YOUR EXISTENCE
00:03:07 THAT WILL REVEAL A HIDDEN UNIVERSE
00:05:36 A BETTER ONE OF HIS OWN.
00:07:53 "IF I HAD BEEN PRESENT AT CREATION
00:10:25 THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL
00:12:33 SUN-CENTERED HELIOCENTRIC MODEL
00:15:02 GALILEO SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
00:17:21 THE TELESCOPES OF THE JIRKES AND LICK OBSERVATORIES
00:19:58 IT WAS NOT SENSITIVE ENOUGH TO PHOTOGRAPH FAINT THINGS.
00:22:33 SUCH AS WHAT THE STAR'S MADE OF
00:24:33 IT'S A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE OF A UNIFORMLY EXPANDING SPACE.
00:26:40 IF IT'S WARMER THAN THE AIR
00:28:59 SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY 80 METERS
00:31:07 OR USE IT IN CLASSROOM WORK
00:33:26 OF ATMOSPHERIC BLURRING
00:35:36 THE SUN IS CERTAINLY
00:37:54 (narrator) ONCE IN ORBIT, THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SOON REVEALED
00:40:07 FREE FROM ATMOSPHERIC INTERFERENCE.
00:42:51 IS IF THE EXPANSION RATE WASN'T SLOWING DOWN;
00:44:40 WHICH WOULD PRODUCE A SMALL REPULSIVE FORCE
00:46:52 AND PROVIDE A NEW VISION OF THE UNIVERSE.
00:49:21 (Cesarsky) IN THE LAST DECADE
00:51:43 IN ORBIT AROUND OTHER STARS.
00:53:52 WE'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,132
Dialogue density20.2 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:53:52
Production Record
DirectorKris Koenig
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,200,000
IMDb votes137