ESOcast 63: Flexible Giants - The Evolution of Telescope Mirrors

The clear night sky offers one of the most beautiful views in nature. The eye adapts to the dark and the pupil widens to collect more light and thus allow fainter stars to become visible. But the light-collecting area of the human eye is tiny. To peer much deeper into the night sky astronomers need telescopes with enormous primary mirrors to do a much better job. More information and download options are available on: www.eso.org/public/videos/esoc...
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Credits:
ESO
Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser and Luis Calçada.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Phillip Keane and Herbert Zodet.
Presented by: Joe Liske (Dr. J).
Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa.
Music: Schmitz & Niebuhr-Orgelqualität
(www.derkleinegruenewuerfel.de), CC-BY-NC.
Footage and photos: ESO, Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Simon Lowery,
Christoph Malin (christophmalin.com), Gerd Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com),
Dave Jones and José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org).
Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.

[@galaxia4709]

Thanks, ESO!

[@JAKSONE]

Thank you very much for the effort

[@DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

Astronomers should get together and write a babynames book.
"VSH - Very Small Human"

[@johng.wolbach1689]

I really like this video! Great intro on telescope mirrors, and I would love to share this with my community. Would you consider adding Closed Captioning to it? The automatic captions are ok, but it's definitely missing some of the content. Thank you!

[@KasidAli-su1xx]

❤

[@mandarthakur3121]

Why ESO web page not available in India?

[@oker59]

It's called nanotech and space based telescopes. Imagine nanotechnology telescopes on both the far side of the moon and at lagrange points all interferometrically linked. This could happen in the next fifty years.