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  M79 and its special bright star - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 3 minutes, 40 seconds.

  • 1 month ago
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  Professor Paul Crowther singles out one star from the Messier 79 globular cluster.
  More Messier object videos: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects
  M79 is also known as NGC 1904
  More reading: arxiv.org/abs...
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  Super Star Cluster and its Magnetar - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 5 minutes, 20 seconds.

  • 2 months ago
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  It's not a Messier Object, but we let Professor Paul Crowther tell us all about Westerlund 1 and its impressive magnetar.
  More videos on Messier Objects, including many clusters: http://bit.ly/Mess...
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  The Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51) - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 6 minutes, 56 seconds.

  • 2 months ago
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  Messier 51, The Whirlpool Galaxy, and how its spiral arms were formed. Featuring Professor Mike Merrifield.
  EXTRA FOOTAGE: https://youtu.be/dHLpUOXU2S4
  More Messiers: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects
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  The Millisecond Pulsar in M28 - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 4 minutes, 49 seconds.

  • 3 months ago
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  Professor Paul Crowther's discussion of Messier 28 (NGC 6626) veers into discussion of millisecond pulsars and magnetars.
  More Messier Object videos: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects
  
  Prof Crowther is...
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  Re-coating a VERY LARGE telescope mirror - Duration: 4 minutes, 36 seconds.

  • 4 months ago
  • 34,085 views

  How are the four 8.2m mirrors at the Very Large Telescope moved and re-coated with aluminium?
  More form the VLT: http://bit.ly/VLT_Playlist
  
  Filmed at the European Southern Observatory's site at Pa...
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  Messier 10 and Orbits - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 8 minutes, 19 seconds.

  • 5 months ago
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  Dr Meghan Gray uses our discussion of Messier 10 (a globular cluster) as an excuse to talk about the six key components of an orbit.
  More Messier Object videos: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects
  
  Paper ...
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  The mystery ring in M26 - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 8 minutes, 19 seconds.

  • 7 months ago
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  It's the Messier 26, an open cluster, also known as NGC 6694.
  Discussed by Professor Mike Merrifield at the University of Nottingham.
  More Messier Objects: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects
  Telescopes: ...
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  The Plateau and Mountains at ALMA - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 5 minutes, 29 seconds.

  • 8 months ago
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  A bigger picture look at the plateau at ALMA - with Denis Berkats.
  Part 1: https://youtu.be/eAQZp6yTR2Q
  Antenna: https://youtu.be/7ksw3s3KpdE
  
  More telescopes: http://bit.ly/telescopetours
  Venus Tr...
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  M25 and measuring the distance to stars - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 10 minutes.

  • 9 months ago
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  Professor Merrifield discusses motorways and stars - but says only a little about Messier 25 itself!
  More Messier Object videos: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects
  
  Includes discussion of the Baade-Wesse...
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  Antennas at ALMA - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 2 minutes, 49 seconds.

  • 9 months ago
  • 23,204 views

  Looking at the dishes at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in Chile.
  Featuring commissioning scientist Denis Barkats.
  Part One: https://youtu.be/eAQZp6yTR2Q
  Part Two: https:/...
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  ALMA - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 13 minutes.

  • 1 year ago
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  Our first video at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
  More ALMA: http://bit.ly/ALMA_Playlist
  Featuring commissioning scientist Denis Barkats.
  
  ALMA: http://www.almaobservatory...
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  Telescope Time (extra footage) - Deep Sky Videos - Duration: 6 minutes, 11 seconds.

  • 1 year ago
  • 32,984 views

  Main video on Numberphile: https://youtu.be/7c0CoXFApnM
  Merrifield/Saari paper: http://bit.ly/TelescopeTears
  
  Deep Sky Videos website: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/
  Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/...

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