The Cosmos a Beginners Guide How Far Can We See?
Adam Hart-Davis visits Chile's Atacama desert, home to the world's largest telescope to see some of the incredible images it has produced. In Tuscany, Dr Maggie Aderin inspects a telescope designed to map gravity waves.
Are we alone, or is there other life out there?
Primary Title
- The Cosmos a Beginners Guide
Secondary Title
- How Far Can We See?
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 20 August 2011
Start Time
- 20 : 00
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 30:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 3
Channel
- TVNZ 7
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Are we alone, or is there other life out there?
Episode Description
- Adam Hart-Davis visits Chile's Atacama desert, home to the world's largest telescope to see some of the incredible images it has produced. In Tuscany, Dr Maggie Aderin inspects a telescope designed to map gravity waves.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Documentary
- Educational
- Science
Hosts
- Adam Hart-Davis (Presenter)
Contributors
- Mark Jacobs BBC (Executive Producer)
- Paul Bader (Director)
- Paul Bader (Director)
- BBC (Production Unit)
- Screenhouse Productions (Production Unit)
- The Open University (Production Unit)