While you all are having a look at the PBS site can I just take a moment here to suggest a couple of other goodies from their site.
Nova/PBS docos are amongst the best docos I've seen- fantastic quality content, I'm a big fan of them. Some of them are available in full length on youtube also.
So for what it's worth here are a couple of my recommendations :
Death Of A Star (Supernova SN1987A) US$19.95
Especially if you witnessed this rare event naked eye, you will want to watch this excellent one hour documentary. It was made I think around September of the same year. Everyone that was involved in the discovery/observations of this event are interviewed on this dvd. Don't forget we are also coming up to the 25th Anniversary of sn1987A on the 24th of February. There's a wonderful write up of it in "Astronomy Australia 2012" book.
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NOVA: Death of a Star
Witness one of the most spectacular events since creation, the supernova. Supernovas are as spectacular as they are rare. In early 1987, a giant star exploded in the sky one of the most violent celestial events since the creation of the universe. Why did this phenomenon fascinate, baffle, and delight astronomers? Journey to space and around the globe for an astounding look at the true meaning of star power.
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YouTube link for complete doco
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Hunting The Edge Of Space
As you can see on the link above, this is only available as a package offer from PBS (it seems), but YOU GET "Death Of A Star" and two other dvds for US$68.99.
This documentary celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope. It explores all the instruments we've used todate to see our universe, from Galileo times (we even get to see his original telescope and how it was made), the story of the Herschell's etc and how John Herschell made hs mirrors/scope, right through to modern times with our array of observatories in space (Hubble etc). It's an extensive 2 hour doco.
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NOVA: Telescope: Hunting the Edge of Space
Hunting the Edge of Space celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, and takes viewers on a global adventure of discovery, exploring the rich history of the telescope. Then NOVA turns its attention to a new generation of ever-larger telescopes, poised to reveal answers to longstanding questions about our universe, and, in turn, to raise new questions.
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YouTube link for complete doco...
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