As a benefit of membership in AAS, members have access to the society's tape and DVD library.  Members should make arrangements for checking out these videos with AAS vice-president and program chairman, Allen Screws. Videos will be loaned on a first come, first serve basis, with official AAS functions having the highest priority. There is a limit of 2 items at a time, for no more than 2 weeks, unless special arrangements are made. Select from the videos below.

Cosmos Lecture Series - 4 tapes (50 mins each)

 

  1. What makes the Big Bang

  2. Milk Way’s Invisible Light

  3. Wimps vs Machos

  4. Digital Universe

Made for Mars - Mars Pathfinder Story

Comet Odyssey - Comet Hyakutake Photography

The Planets Series (~1 hour each)

 

  1. Atmospheres

  2. Giants

  3. Life Beyond the Sun

  4. Different Worlds - Creation of Solar System

  5. Terra Firma

Life Beyond Earth (~2 hours)

Aurora (1 hour)

Meteorites (2, 1 hour tapes)

Time Travel

Mysteries of the Universe (1, 2 hour tape)

Telescope Building with John Dobson

Understanding the Universe

Jupiter (Planets series)

Solar Max - Imax Film (DVD)

Wheels on Mars (DVD)

Eyes on Mars (DVD)

Searching for Super Stars

Danger! Solar Storm

Comet Hunters / Asteroid Seekers (DVD)

Atlas of the Sky (DVD)

Mystery Moon (Titon/Cassini-Huygens), 2006 DVD (1 hour)

The Ghost Particle (Neutrinos) NOVA, 2006 DVD (1 hour)

Exploring Space: The Quest for Life | Episode 101, 2006 DVD (1 hour)

Monster of the Milky Way: (Black Holes) NOVA, 2006 (1 hour)

Seeing in the Dark, Timothy Ferris (amateur astronomy), 2007 DVD (1 hour)

The Hundred Year Hunt for the Red Sprite, 2009 DVD (1 hour)

400 Years of the Telescope, 2009 DVD (1 hour)

Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, presented by Professor Alex Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley

This is a 40-tape Astronomy Lecture Course

Part I - Unlocking the Secrets to the Heavens

 

Lecture 1 - A Grand Tour of the Cosmos 
Lecture 2 - Journey Through Space and Time  
Lecture 3 - Light – The Supreme 
Lecture 4 - The Fingerprints of Atoms  
Lecture 5 - Tools of the Trade 
Lecture 6 - Space Telescopes and the Celestial Spheres Informant  
Lecture 7 - Our Sun – The Nearest Star  
Lecture 8 - Lunar Phases and Glorious Eclipses

Part II - Unlocking the Secrets to the Heavens (continued)

 

Lecture 9 - The Early History of Astronomy  
Lecture 10 - The Copernican Revolution  
Lecture 11 - On the Shoulders of Giants  
Lecture 12 - One Small Step – The Earth and Moon  
Lecture 13 - Paradise Lost – Venus and Mars  
Lecture 14 - Planetary Behemoths – Jupiter and Saturn  
Lecture 15 - Distant Worlds and Solar-System Debris  
Lecture 16 - Comets and Catastrophic Collisions

Part III - The Stars and Their Lives

 

Lecture 17 - Distant Suns  
Lecture 18 - Social Stars – Binaries and Clusters  
Lecture 19 - Nature’s Nuclear Reactors  
Lecture 20 - The Fate of Our Sun  
Lecture 21 - Exploding Stars – Celestial Fireworks!  
Lecture 22 - The Corpses of Massive Stars  
Lecture 23 - Hearts of Darkness  
Lecture 24 - The Quest for Black Holes

Part IV - A Universe of Galaxies

 

Lecture 25 - Starting at Home – The Milky Way  
Lecture 26 - One Giant Leap – Other Galaxies  
Lecture 27 - The Dark Side of Matter  
Lecture 28 - The Birth and Life of Galaxies  
Lecture 29 - Quasars – Cosmic Powerhouses  
Lecture 30 - In the Belly of the Beast  
Lecture 31 - Are We Alone?  The Search Begins  
Lecture 32 - Communicating with Extraterrestrials

Part V - The Birth and Life of the Universe

 

Lecture 33 - The Expansion of the Universe  
Lecture 34 - The Age of the Universe  
Lecture 38 - In the Beginning 
Lecture 35 - The Geometry and Fate of the Universe  
Lecture 36 - Einstein’s Biggest Blunder?  
Lecture 37 - Echoes of the Big Bang  
Lecture 39 - The Ultimate Free Lunch?  
Lecture 40 - A Universe of Universes