First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe

第一道曙光是一部一小时的纪录片， 在WGBH电视台的新星科学系列节目中播出 它告诉 建造黑尔望远镜背后的非凡故事 在加州南部的帕洛玛山上 影片还 记录了天文学前沿的研究成果， 使黑尔号超越了建造者的想象 试图找到并绘制已知宇宙的边缘。 它 天文学家马尔滕施密特，詹姆斯古恩和 唐·施耐德在寻找遥远的类星体。 这支球队 最近发现了一个类星体， 宇宙中尚未发现的物体;它的发现可能会挑战 我们目前对宇宙演化的理解 纪录片 作品：First Light：The Search for 理查德·普雷斯顿的《宇宙边缘》 播出后， 该计划将在教育领域广泛分布， 中学和大学。

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.