
A large number of astronomy DVDs contain images, videos, and fascinating facts about the universe. If you are enthusiastic about astronomy or if your kids are enthusiastic about astronomy, how would you select an interesting astronomy DVD that educates and entertains at the same time, given the vast choice of DVDs that are available on the topic of astronomy? Here are the top 3 features of a great astronomy DVD that you might want to consider: -
Genuine Astronomy Data and Images
The first thing to consider is the genuineness of the images and astronomical data on the DVD. Space exploration missions of NASA and ESA, the Hubble Telescope, and other unmanned deep space probes have collected vast amounts of fascinating information about the Universe. The representation of the Universe on any interesting astronomy DVD is based not only on real and high resolution images of the celestial bodies, but also on the precise positions, motions, and luminosity of the celestial bodies. Between 1989 and 1993, European Space Agency’s “Hipparcos Project” (High Precision Parallax Collection Satellite Astrometric and Photometric Project) pinpointed the accurate positions, motions, and luminosity of over 100,000 stars and heavenly bodies. A good DVD about astronomy uses this data to create a realistic representation of the heavenly bodies in time and space.
Guided Virtual Tours Across the Universe
Hours of guided tours of the Solar System, the planets, all the moons of the planets, asteroids, comets, numerous distant galaxies, stars, red giants, white dwarfs, quasars, pulsars, black holes, etc. can be very entertaining and can educate both adults and children. Guided tours of the Universe are among the top 3 features of any good astronomy DVD. This feature makes learning astronomy easy and fun. It is easy to forget things that we read from magazines and books, but it is very easy to remember fascinating things that we enjoy watching.











