21/08/2012
Adam Walton tells the story of telescopes, from Galileo to the Hubble Space Telescope, and gazes into the future with news of yet-to-be-built super-telescopes.
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Adam Walton explores the story of telescopes from the early observations of Galileo to the Hubble Space Telescope and beyond.听He travels to Cardiff University's School Of Physics & Astronomy to meet听meets听Dr Edward Gomez听of the Las Cumbres Observatory听Global Telescope Network, who outlines the history of telescopes and听how joining telescopes together as a network can increase their accessibility and bring astronomy to more people. We also听hear from Dr Chris North who explains how radio telescopes and space based telescopes have vastly increased our knowledge of the Universe. Our reporter Alan Daulby visits Glyndwr University's OpTIC centre in St Asaph to meet Professor David Walker who is leading the team making prototype mirror segments for the European Extremely Large Telescope, due to start operation early in the next decade.
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Broadcasts
- Tue 21 Aug 2012 19:00成人快手 Radio Wales FM
- Sun 26 Aug 2012 06:30成人快手 Radio Wales