The Depths of space: exterior galaxies

United States, 1953

Film
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Episode of Series “The Universe”.
The 200-inch telescope of Palomar Observatory reveals, to the limit of its two billion light year range, a universe strewn with other milky ways or galaxies like our own, with misty objects faintly visible which indicate that there are other galaxies lying beyond even that vast distance.

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Credits

producer

Ruroy Sibley

Duration

00:11:37:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1953

Appears in

The Universe

Group of items

The Universe

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

002756

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronomical instruments

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronomy

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Galaxies

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Telescopes

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

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Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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