First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe

第一缕曙光：寻找宇宙边缘

• 批准号: 9050243
• 负责人: Kathleen White
• 金额: $ 7.95万
• 依托单位: WGBH Educational Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-07-01 至 1992-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9050243&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: First; Light; Search; Edge; Universe

First Light is a one-hour documentary to be shown nationally on WGBH-TV's NOVA science series. It tells the extraordinary story behind the building of the Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain in southern California. The film also documents a research effort at the frontiers of astronomy that has pushed the Hale beyond anything its builders had imagined: The attempt to find and map the edge of the known universe. It follows astronomers Maarten Schmidt, James Gunn and Don Schneider as they search for distant quasars. This team recently detected a quasar that is by far the most distant object yet found in the universe; its discovery may challenge our current understanding of cosmic evolution. The documentary is based on the award winning book First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe by Richard Preston. After broadcast, the program will have wide educational distribution in secondary schools and colleges.

《第一缕曙光》是一部一小时的纪录片，将在WGBH-TV的NOVA科学系列节目中在全国播出。它讲述了在加利福尼亚南部帕洛马山上建造黑尔望远镜背后的非凡故事。这部电影还记录了一项在天文学前沿的研究工作，这项工作使海尔号超越了它的建造者的想象：试图找到并绘制已知宇宙的边缘。它跟随天文学家马丁·施密特，詹姆斯·冈恩和唐·施耐德寻找遥远的类星体。这个团队最近发现了一颗类星体，这是迄今为止在宇宙中发现的最远的物体；它的发现可能会挑战我们目前对宇宙演化的理解。这部纪录片是根据理查德·普雷斯顿的获奖作品《第一缕光：寻找宇宙边缘》改编的。该节目播出后，将在中学和大学广泛普及教育。