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Narrator |
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1 # |
Introduction |
Exhibit Curator David Devorkin |
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5 # |
Why is this called a mirror if I can see right through it?
(short version) |
Exhibit Curator David Devorkin |
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6 # |
Why is this called a mirror if I can see right through it?
(long version) |
Exhibit Curator David Devorkin |
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21 # |
What is this man doing? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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29 # |
Where’s Pluto? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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30 # |
What planets are missing? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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22 # |
Who invented the telescope? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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23 # |
How did Herschel make his map of the Milky Way? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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24 # |
What was Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s great discovery? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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27 # |
Do astronomers today use blink comparators? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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28 # |
How does this blink comparator work? |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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26 # |
What am I looking at? (IR Camera) |
Educator Beth Wilson |
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4 # |
What is a pigeon doing here? |
Exhibit Designer Rebekah Brockway and Educator Katie Moore |
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What made it possible for you to make the discovery? |
Astronomer Vera Rubin |
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8 # |
Is being a woman in astronomy an issue for you today? |
Astronomer Vera Rubin |
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9 # |
What did COBE tell us about the birth of the Universe?
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Astronomer John Mather |
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10 # |
What are you working on now? |
Astronomer John Mather |
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11 # |
How does someone get to use a big telescope?
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Astronomer Caty Pilachowski |
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12 # |
What’s it like to observe at the Mayall telescope? |
Astronomer Caty Pilachowski |
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What research are you doing now? |
Astronomer Caty Pilachowski |
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14 # |
What led you to study the large scale structure of the Universe?
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Astronomer Margaret Geller |
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15 # |
How did you make this map? |
Astronomer Margaret Geller |
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16 # |
What questions are there still about the largest structures? |
Astronomer Margaret Geller |
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17 # |
Did Galileo use the telescope to prove that the Earth moves around the Sun?
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Astronomer Owen Gingerich |
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What are some of the telescope’s greatest contributions to astronomy? |
Astronomer Owen Gingerich |
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