The HEASARC Video Archive

These files are Indeo compressed to obtain the highest quality for the smallest file size. The AVI format files can be played on PCs using the Media Player included with Windows. The QuickTime files can be played both on PCs, using QuickTime for Windows, and on Macintosh computers which have QuickTime for Macintosh installed.

Links to some MPEG movies are included.

Mission Videos ASCA assembly, launch, solar panel deployment, orbit images of supernova in M81 BeppoSAX Italian movie about the mission Compton Gamma Ray Observatory gamma-ray astronomy background (short subjects) interview with Neil Gehrels gamma-ray bursts from BATSE instrument deployment of CGRO (video from shuttle) Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer prelaunch, launch, orbit and intrument animations Groovie Movie, All-sky monitor movies, artist conceptions of black hole and pulsar results Vela Her X-1 animations from Vela data Sky sweeps of Vela 5B FOV (1969-1976)

Other videos Educational Videos Kepler's Laws Historical Videos John F. Kennedy speeches Apollo 11 videos General Videos animations of x-ray binary, M87 black hole, bursting pulsar Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars Software and Drivers Software and Drivers for Windows QuickTime for Windows Software and Drivers for Macintosh Macintosh QuickTime 6.0