Meet the artist: astronomer Scott Kardel [electronic resource] / The Corning Museum of Glass.Astronomer, Scott Kardell

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Meet the artist: astronomer Scott Kardel [electronic resource] / The Corning Museum of Glass.Astronomer, Scott Kardell

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Publisher: 
Corning, N.Y. : The Corning Museum of Glass, 2011.
Description: 
1 streaming video file (50 min.) : digital, stereo.
Other Authors: 
Kardel, Scott
Corning Museum of Glass.
Format of Material: 
Video
Subjects: 
Corning Glass Works.
Palomar Observatory.
Glass manufacture New York (State) Corning 20th century.
Astronomy.
Hale telescope.
Bib ID: 
128984
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Variant Title: 
Title on resource description page: Meet the astronomer : Scott Kardel
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Title from opening frame.
Introduction provided by David Whitehouse.
Scott Kardel, public affairs coordinator for the Palomar Observatory, California Institute of Technology.
Filmed March 24, 2011 in the auditorium, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.
Hear from Scott Kardel, the public affairs coordinator for the Palomar Observatory, a world-class center for astronomical research that is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. There are five telescopes used at Palomar, including the 200-inch Hale Telescope (the "Big Eye"), for which Corning Glass Works created the mirror in 1934 (on its second attempt; the unsuccessful first attempt stands in the center of the Museum's Innovation Center.
Available as a streaming video file on CMOG YouTube Channel.
Not commercially available.
Event Notes: 
Filmed March 24, 2011 in the auditorium, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY.