STARCHASERS SERIES (6 Programs) DVD
This six-program series is astronomy and space science on the edge. On the edge of technology - both personal and professional tools to see the skies as never before. On the edge of our map - from the deserts of New Mexico to the Canadian prairies and the high arctic of the Norwest Territories. On the edge of the known Universe - exploring stellar graveyards and searching for ghostly dark energy amidst the galaxies. And on the edge of understanding - facing questions about life and the Universe that almost every person has asked themselves, and which baffle top scientists to this very day.
Features our distinguished host and member of the Order of Canada astrophysicist and professor of astronomy Dr. Jaymie Matthews of the University of British Columbia.
There are six 24-minute programs in the series:
TO THE LAND OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
For times immortal, the Aurora Borealis has spurned man's imagination. Together with our host and astronomer Dr. Jaymie Matthews we travel to Canada's Northwest Territories to view and photograph the aurora's brilliant curtain of color, one of nature's most unique phenomena. #11573
GALACTICA INCOGNITA
Our infrared look at the center of our own galaxy leads us to the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in the Okanagan Valley near Penticton, where astronomers are using invisible radio waves to map the Milky Way. #11574
WE ARE STARDUST
Professor Chris Pritchett and his colleague Dr. Dave Ballam are working at the University of Victoria, where they are involved with the intergalactic sky survey of supernovae. Data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii is sent to Victoria where it is stored and deciphered by a number of supercomputers. Dr. Ballam explains the intricacy and importance of this research. #11575
ROCKS FROM HEAVEN
The Prairie Meteorite Search is carried out annually by an undergrad from the University of Calgary, who travels to Saskatchewan and Manitoba looking for new meteorites.
Dr. Alan Hildebrandt, the Chair for Planetary Sciences at the U of C, introduces us to meteorites, after which we follow his student to the prairies for the annual event. #11576
OF EARTH, PEOPLE, AND SKY
In the southwestern deserts of New Mexico, ancient petroglyphs may have recorded historical astronomical events and the supernova explosion of 1054. We travel to this remote area where we look for petroglyphs left by the Mimbres people over a thousand years ago, as well as being introduced to the local and more recent history of this area. #11577
M.O.S.T.'S VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
The voyage of Canada's first space telescope began in Russia in 2003, when the M.O.S.T. satellite was launched aboard a Russian ex-ICBM. Dr. Jaymie Matthews, Chief Scientist of the project, explains the outstanding research carried out by the satellite, including the search for extra-solar planets like our planet Earth. #11578
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