400 Years of the Telescope
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Director Kris Koenig Initial DVD release May 5, 2009 (USA) Country United States | 7/10 Genre Documentary Music director Mark Slater Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast (Narrator (voice)), Lawrence Krauss (Himself), Wendy Freedman (Herself), Mark Giampapa (Himself)Release date January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06) Writer Donald Goldsmith, Kris Koenig, Albert van Helden Similar movies Your Inner Fish , The Martian , Kingdom of Plants 3D , Genesis , Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates , Wonders of Life Tagline A journey of science, technology, and thought. |
Galileo 400 years of the telescope
400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology and Thought is a 2009 American documentary film that was created to coincide with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. The film chronicles the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo and features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from around the world, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo's first use of the telescope to view the moons of Jupiter, to the latest discoveries in space, including new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy, a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe.
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- Galileo 400 years of the telescope
- 400 years of the telescope hd trailer
- Actors
- Production
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400 years of the telescope hd trailer
Actors

Production
The film's development team included Donald Goldsmith, a well-known astronomy writer on the Carl Sagan Cosmos team, and Albert Van Helden, a leading authority on the history of the telescope. It was shot on RED Digital Cinema at the world's leading universities and observatories including the European Southern Observatory, Institute for Astronomy, SETI Institute, Space Telescope Science Institute, Anglo-Australian Observatory, and Harvard University. Among the production team's challenges were shooting the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) at 5000m on the Atacama Desert. The original score was composed by Mark Slater and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.
Broadcast and release details
Awards
References
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