Twelve lectures of thirty minutes each, by David M. Meyer, professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University.
System Details
DVDs.
Contents
Disc 1. Lecture 1. The rationale for a space telescope ; Lecture 2. Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter ; Lecture 3. The Sagittarius star cloud ; Lecture 4. The star factory inside the Eagle Nebula ; Lecture 5. The Cat's Eye Nebula--a stellar demise ; Lecture 6. The Crab nebula--a supernova's aftermath. Disc 2. Lecture 7. The Sombrero Galaxy--an island universe ; Lecture 8. Hubble's view of galaxies near and far ; Lecture 9. The Antennae galaxies--a cosmic collision ; Lecture 10. Abell 2218--a massiver gravitational lens ; Lecture 11. The Hubble ultra deep field ; Lecture 12. Hubble's legacy and beyond.
