Frontiers in Space: Exploring the Universe with Telescope

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1963

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Uses behind-the-scenes views in the Palomar Observatory to show astronomers using optical and radio telescopes to gather information about the universe. Describes how reflecting and refracting telescopes work and shows the worlds largest reflecting telescopes in operation. Explains the methods used by astronomers to obtain and analyze data about the stars. Collaborator, I. S. Bowen

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