For those interested, on The History Channel this Tuesday, July 20th, is an hour long feature: Observatories. It is on @ 8am CST & 2pm CST so if interested check your local TV guide. Looks like there are other space-astronomy related shows on that day as well. There was a program on Discovery or The History Channel or one of them about a year ago that visited the great observatories of the world. I think this one is the same show and if so it is good. There was another one years ago that took the viewer into observatories in America like Palomar, Wilson, Yerkes, US Naval Observatory, Kitt Peak, McDonald's, etc. If anyone ever sees this one going to be aired please post a notification here...it was really good and I would like to tape it.
The History Channel: Observatories
[COLOR="Blue"]Mankind has always been a race of stargazers even before the invention of the wheel, primitive cultures built great stone monuments to record the movements of the heavens. But in just the last century, a handful of pioneers have learned more about the wonders of the universe than all of the dreamers before them could have ever imagined.
Join some of the world's most renowned scientists for the complete story of observatories from Stonehenge to the Hubble telescope. Meet the men and women who battled public ridicule in the quest to unlock the secrets of the cosmos. And astronomers reveal the discoveries that may finally offer a glimpse at the very dawn of creation itself.
It's a space voyage more incredible than science fiction![/COLOR]
If one misses the show, it can be purchased on VHS for $19.95 from The History Channel
The History Channel: Observatories
[COLOR="Blue"]Mankind has always been a race of stargazers even before the invention of the wheel, primitive cultures built great stone monuments to record the movements of the heavens. But in just the last century, a handful of pioneers have learned more about the wonders of the universe than all of the dreamers before them could have ever imagined.
Join some of the world's most renowned scientists for the complete story of observatories from Stonehenge to the Hubble telescope. Meet the men and women who battled public ridicule in the quest to unlock the secrets of the cosmos. And astronomers reveal the discoveries that may finally offer a glimpse at the very dawn of creation itself.
It's a space voyage more incredible than science fiction![/COLOR]
If one misses the show, it can be purchased on VHS for $19.95 from The History Channel
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