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D4K: Astronomy

Special | 28m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

How do telescopes work?

Aired 12/15/2009 | Rating TV-G

Science Trek

D4K: Astronomy

Special | 28m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

How do telescopes work?

One of humanity’s oldest sciences is astronomy when humans looked up into the stars and wondered what was there. In 1609, astronomer Galileo first used a telescope to study the stars. 400 years later, astronomers use a far more powerful tool, the Hubble Space Telescope. Kenneth Carpenter, Hubble Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist answers students’ questions about astronomy.

Aired 12/15/2009 | Rating TV-G

Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

Science Trek

D4K: Astronomy

Special | 28m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

One of humanity’s oldest sciences is astronomy when humans looked up into the stars and wondered what was there. In 1609, astronomer Galileo first used a telescope to study the stars. 400 years later, astronomers use a far more powerful tool, the Hubble Space Telescope. Kenneth Carpenter, Hubble Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist answers students’ questions about astronomy.

Aired 12/15/2009 | Rating TV-G

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