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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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002756
Language
English
Subject categories
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronomical instruments
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronomy
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Galaxies
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)