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Old 07-11-2016, 05:40 PM
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Thumbs up "Star Men" documentary - a road trip of US observatories

"Star Men" is a documentary released late in 2015 and made by Alison Rose.

It follows the 50th anniversary reunion in the U.S. of four eminent British astronomers,
Donald Lynden-Bell, Roger Griffin, Neville “Nick” Woolf and Wallace Sargent.

All of them made significant contributions to astronomy.

The film maker joins them on a road trip of observatories in the
western United States, including Mount Wilson, Palomar, the Mt Graham
Large Binocular Telescope and to the VLA.

Now in their 70's, Roger and Donald do well to repeat a demanding
14 mile hike to Rainbow Bridge in Utah which they last did when
they were only twenty-something.

An entertaining documentary for astronomy fans.

It is available for purchase or rent on ITunes. This week, (7 Nov 2016),
it is available for rent for the princely sum of 99 cents.

https://itunes.apple.com/au/movie/star-men/id1108107056
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Old 09-11-2016, 11:19 AM
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Thanks Gary, will definitely check it out
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thanks for sharing!
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Old 17-02-2017, 06:37 AM
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Also on Netflix....
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Old 17-02-2017, 10:00 PM
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Thanks Gary sounds fascinating
I cant wait!
With thanks; bigjoe
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Old 18-02-2017, 10:08 AM
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Doco about cool observatories and interesting people. Hmmm but it will cost me 99 cents. Well...I dunno

Thanks for sharing Gary
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