On these pages you find overviews of some of Hubble video clips produced by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre.
The animations can be downloaded in six different sizes and qualities:
| Format |
Dimensions
[pixels] (4:3) |
Dimensions
[pixels] (16:9) |
Field/Frame Rate [fps] |
Other info |
| Small QT |
192 x 144 |
192 x 108 |
25 |
Quicktime Sorensen-3 encoded, needs Quicktime 4 or 5, can be downloaded here |
| Small MPEG |
192 x 144 |
192 x 108 |
25 |
MPEG-1 encoded |
| Medium QT |
384 x 288 |
384 x 216 |
25 |
Quicktime Sorensen-3 encoded, needs Quicktime 4 or 5, can be downloaded here |
| Medium MPEG |
384 x 288 |
384 x 216 |
25 |
MPEG-1 encoded |
| Video podcasts |
|
640 x 480 |
25 |
It can be watched with any hardware, Apple iPod included, or in any program that reads files in .m4v format (that is just another name for .mp4 files encoded with the H.264 codec). |
| Large H.264 MPEG |
|
720 x 576 |
25 |
Full PAL format, MPEG-4 encoded. Can be played with the freeware-Player VLC or Apple Quicktime 7. This format is intended for comfortable screen viewing and has a small file size. |
| Broadcast PAL |
|
720 x 576 |
25 |
For broadcasters only. Broadcast quality AVI DV format, 25 fps. Zipped with Winzip. This format can be imported by non-linear editing systems and edited. |
| HD720P_screen |
|
1280x720 |
25 |
Encoded with H.264 MPEG-4. This format is suitable for Apple TV. |
| HD720P_broadcast |
|
1280 x 720 |
25 |
This file format is for broadcasters and the files are encoded in HDV Mode-1 (m2t format, mpeg 2 transport stream). This format can be imported by non-linear editing systems and edited. Zipped with Winzip.; |
| HD1080p_screen |
|
1920x1080 |
25 |
Encoded with H.264 MPEG-4 |
| HD1080p_broadcast |
|
1440 x 1080 |
25 |
This file format is for broadcasters and the files are encoded in HDV Mode-2 (m2t format, mpeg 2 transport stream). This format can be imported by non-linear editing systems and edited. Zipped with Winzip. |
| Dome Masters |
|
3600 x 3600 |
25 |
For planetarium use only. lightly compressed single jpeg frames produced with with a 180 degrees fish-eye camera, or a standard 5 camera rig stitched together to a dome master. The dome masters can be downloaded and sliced into the configuration that suits the individual planetarium. |
