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Transit of Mercury: Transit of Mercury Pre-Program (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:24:36
00:24:36
Join Exploratorium staff Paul Doherty and Robyn Higdon as they discuss the Transit of Mercury.
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
| Real: 225K |
Transit of Mercury: Transit of Mercury (Webcast)
Running Time:
05:12:09
05:12:09
On November 8, 2006, Mercury slowly slid across the face of the sun during a relatively rare event known as a transit. The Exploratorium's Live@ crew was at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona to cover the event. This webcast includes a brief history of Kitt Peak and its 21 telescopes.
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, kitt peak national observatory, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
Project: Transit of Mercury | Browse All
Date: November 8, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Astronomy
Keywords: mercury, transit, kitt peak national observatory, exosphere, orbit, sun, first contact, eclipse, sunspot, solar flare
| Real: 225K |
Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2004: 1st & 2nd Contact Program (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:59:15
00:59:15
Astronomers in many parts of the world watched as Venus moved across the disk of the Sun, one of the rarest planetary alignments. The Exploratorium webcast this historic event from Greece.
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 8, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: lick observatory photographic plate vault, telescope filters for viewing the sun, transit of venus, eclipse, black drop effect explanation, past transits of venus, h-alpha solar telescope, first contact of the transit of venus, second contact of the transit of ve
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 8, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: lick observatory photographic plate vault, telescope filters for viewing the sun, transit of venus, eclipse, black drop effect explanation, past transits of venus, h-alpha solar telescope, first contact of the transit of venus, second contact of the transit of ve
| Real: 256K |
Transit of Venus: Transit of Venus 2004: 3rd & 4th Contact Program (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:44:08
00:44:08
Astronomers in many parts of the world watched as Venus moved across the disk of the Sun, one of the rarest planetary alignments. The Exploratorium webcast this historic event from Greece.
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 8, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: 3rd contact of the transit of venus, 4th contact of the transit of venus, telescope filters for viewing the sun, transit of venus, eclipse, h-alpha solar telescope
Project: The Rarest Eclipse: Transit of Venus | Browse All
Date: June 8, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: 3rd contact of the transit of venus, 4th contact of the transit of venus, telescope filters for viewing the sun, transit of venus, eclipse, h-alpha solar telescope
| Real: 256K |
Origins: Astrobiology: Listening for the Long Term (Webcast)
Running Time:
00:43:41
00:43:41
Join us as we talk with Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research and the inspiration behind Jody Foster's character in the movie Contact. Find out about the tools and technologies being developed for a multigenerational effort to search for life on other planets.
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 22, 2003
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: jill tartar, astrobiology, seti, contact, carl sagan, astronomy, extra-terrestrial life, intelligence
Project: Origins: Astrobiology: The Search for Life | Browse All
Date: November 22, 2003
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: jill tartar, astrobiology, seti, contact, carl sagan, astronomy, extra-terrestrial life, intelligence
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