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Hubblecast 06: A battle of giants - telescopes in space and on the ground

Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space - is it a battle of the telescope giants?

Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, L. L. Christensen & R. Shida), Luis Calçada, ESO, Spitzer Space Telescope, Keck Observatory, Subaru Observatory

Narration:
Dr. Robert Fosbury

Design:
Martin Kornmesser

Web Technical Support:
Lars Holm Nielsen
Raquel Yumi Shida

Cinematographer:
Peter Rixner (www.perix.de)

Script:
Raquel Yumi Shida
Lars Lindberg Christensen
Ana Margarida Lopes

Executive Producers:
Raquel Yumi Shida
Lars Lindberg Christensen

Director:
Lars Lindberg Christensen

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