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Europe to the Stars
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Wikipedia article
'Europe to the Stars ESO's first 50 years of Exploring the Southern Sky' is a 2012 documentary film, detailing the history of the European Southern Observatory. It was released to coincide with the organization's fiftieth anniversary.
The movie consists of eight chapters each focusing on an aspect of an observatory, while also offering a broader view on how astronomy is made. From site testing and explaining the best conditions for observing the sky to how telescopes are built and what mysteries of the Universe astronomers are revealing. It has a total duration of 61 minutes.
Plot
It all began in 1962 with the signing of the ESO convention - thanks to the initiative of astronomers from five European countries, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. Fifty years later, their initial plan has become a reality. Europe to the Stars portrays the story of how Europeans achieved this.
Screenshots
File:Europe to the Stars ESOs first 50 years of exploring the southern sky.jpg|Europe to the Stars ESOs first 50 years of exploring the southern sky.
File:The ESO world.jpg|Illustration gathering glimpses of the ESO world.
File:Dr J talking about the light visible spectrum.jpg|Dr J talking about the visible light spectrum.
File:Dr J talking about the importance of spectroscopy.jpg|Dr J talking about the importance of spectroscopy.
File:ESO pushes technology further.jpg|Astronomer Rudi Albrecht in the Data Centre at ESO Headquarters in Garching bei Mnchen.
File:ESO Very Large Telescope.jpg|As soon as the Sun sets over the Chilean Atacama Desert, the VLT begins catching light from the far reaches of the Universe.
File:The Paranal Observatory in 1999.jpg|The Very Large Telescope platform during the last stage of construction in 1999.
File:La Silla soon after sunset.jpg|The splendours of the southern sky can truly be appreciated from the La Silla ridge.
File:The Southern Milky Way Above ALMA.jpg|The Southern Milky Way Above ALMA
File:Sunset at Paranal.jpg|The picture clearly shows 3 of the 4 big 8.2-m Unit Telescope (UT) domes of ESO's Very Large Telescope.
File:Stars Trails over La Silla.jpg|Impressive star trails over ESOs La Silla observatory.
File:Artists impression of the E-ELT.jpg|Artist's impression of the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT).
Details
* Blu-ray, mastered in full HD, 1080p
* 63 minutes
* 8 chapters
* Bonus material
* Narration in English
* Subtitles in 20 languages: esky, Dansk, Deutsch, English, , Espaol, Franais, slenska, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Portugus, Portugus (Brasil), , Romn, Slovenski, Suomen, Trke, ,
* Region-free
* Formats: cardboard DVD, DVD in a plastic box and Blu-ray
* License: TV stations and TV producers can show the full movie or parts of it for free in perpetuity in all regions, if proper credit is visibly and audibly included: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
* Related book: Europe to the Stars ESOs first 50 years of exploring the southern sky, Wiley, 2012
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