Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way

Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way is a 7-min show produced by European Southern Observatory – ESO Supernova Planetarium for planetariums and digital dome theatres. Info, trailer & full preview available.

0 user reviews
Type: Short
Genre: Documentary
Release date: November 2014

Directed by:

FLAT TRAILER
FISHEYE TRAILER
FULL PREVIEW

Awards

Description

What lies at the heart of our galaxy? For twenty years, ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Keck telescopes have observed the centre of the galaxy, looking at the motion of more than a hundred stars and identifying the position of an otherwise invisible object — the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

Embark on a Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way and during seven minutes travel faster than light, from the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert in Chile right to the centre of our own galaxy, where a black hole is consuming anything that strays into its path.

84 million stars will appear in front of your eyes, each hiding mysteries waiting to be solved. Are there planets around them, perhaps with moons? Do they have water? Could they harbour life?

Journey to the Centre of the Milky Way is the first fulldome planetarium mini-show produced in-house by ESO for its Planetarium and Visitor Centre, the ESO Supernova, due to open in 2017. Available for free in 4k resolution, the mini-show can be downloaded and used by any planetarium in the world.

Distributors

You can get this show from:
Sky-Skan Europe GmbH
METASPACE
Fulldome Film Society
European Southern Observatory – ESO Supernova Planetarium
Giant Screen Films
Altair Digital
Daniel M. Soref Planetarium – Milwaukee Public Museum

Show details

Shorter version runtime : not available
Full version runtime: 7 minutes
Suitable for: General audience
Target audience: 14 - 18, Adults
License: Free
Resource & materials: Poster

Technical specifications

Video format: Fulldome
Resolution: 1K, 2K, 4K
Frame rate: 30 fps
Show orientation: Unidirectional
Stereo 3D: None
Production technologies: CG, Still photography, Time-lapse photography
Audio format: Stereo
Languages: English, German, Dutch, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Spanish

Production & Support

Produced by

Credits

Screened at 2 dome theaters and counting...

Reviews

No reviews available.

Be the first to review this show!