Europe to the Stars – Planetarium On The Go

(Duration 31 min – for adults and children 10+)

Europe to the Stars takes the viewer on an epic journey behind the scenes at the most productive ground-based observatory in the world, revealing the science, the history, the technology and the people.

Discover the European Southern Observatory in a story of cosmic curiosity, courage and perseverance; a story of observing a Universe of deep mysteries and hidden secrets; and a story of designing, building and operating the most powerful ground-based telescopes on the planet.

The movie focuses on the essential aspects of an astronomical observatory, while offering a broader view of how astronomy is done. From site-testing to locate the best places in the world for observing the sky, to how telescopes are built and what mysteries of the Universe astronomers are revealing.

Available languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Greek

Credit: ESO

Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen
Music: Music Jennifer Athena Galatis. Orchestra Conducted by Jennifer Athena Galatis.
3D Animation and Graphics: Martin Kornmesser, Luis Calçada & Theofanis Matsopoulos
Sound Effects and Mixing: Konstantino Polizois
Producer: The European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Executive Producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen
Script and Scientific Advice: Govert Schilling, Lars Lindberg Christensen & Nicky Guttridge
Scientists: Dominika Wylezalek & Mariya Lyubenova
Narration: Sara Mendes Da Costa

German Translation:
Hamburg Planetarium (Thomas Kraupe)/PrimeTime Studios

Spanish version (Castillian):
Produced by: Hamburg Planetarium.
Narrator: Eva Maria Arteaga

Czech version:
Czech translation and recording supervision: Adam Fišer (Planetárium Ostrava)
Sound supervision: Petr Pokorný
Narration: František Strnad, Jana Zajacová, Markéta Haroková
Consultant: Soňa Ehlerová
Recorded at QQ studio Ostrava

Italian version:
Produced by: www.3des.it
Voice: Zeudi De Togni

Japanese version:
Producer: MiC PARIS (https://www.mic-paris.com/)
Translation: Tadashi Mori, Makiko Endo
Narration: Nyoko Mizuki, Reiko Muratsubaki
Cooperation: Informatique LLC (https://www.informatique.co.jp/)

We gratefully acknowledge footage and images from a long range of the world’s most talented photographers, artists and scientists:

ESO/M. Kornmesser
ESO/L. Calçada
ESO/SpaceEngine
ESO/H. Zodet
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
ESO/T. Matsopoulos
ESO/Babak Tafreshi/TWAN (twanight.org)
Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO
ESO/M. Zamani
ESO/F. Kamphues
ESO/C. Malin (christophmalin.com)
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/NRAO/General Dynamics C4 Systems
LWL-Planetarium Münster/Northdocks/Hubert Klahr/MPIA
NASA
ESO/G. Hüdepohl
ESO/S. Gillessen/MPE/Marc Schartmann
N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)
Christoph Malin (christophmalin.com)
José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)
Alexandre Santerne
VISTA/J. Emerson, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Stéphane Guisard (eso.org/~sguisard)
NASA/Spitzer Science Center/R. Hurt
PIONIER/IPAG
Rainer Lenzen/MPIA Heidelberg
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in Berlin by KolBerlin
Davide De Martin
Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
ESO/H-H. Heyer
T. Preibisch, R. Fosbury (ST-ECF)
INAF-VST/OmegaCAM
OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute
A. Fujii
J.-B. Le Bouquin et al., D. Coe (STScI)/J. Merten (Heidelberg/Bologna)
Gemini Observatory/NRC/AURA/Christian Marois et al.
M. Janson, Jean-Luc Beuzit, IAC (SMM) and ESPRESSO consortium
UltraVISTA team, TERAPIX/CNRS/INSU/CASU, World Wide Telescope.