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Hubblecast 74: Hubble and Heaven’s Carousel

The ESA astronomy podcast, bringing you the latest from the Hubble Space Telescope

22 May 2014

This episode of the Hubblecast explores the intersection of science and art through the artwork of Tim Otto Roth — premiered in March 2014 at the fourth Hubble Space Telescope Conference at the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome.

Heaven’s Carousel is a huge carousel like sound installation with 36 rotating illuminated loudspeakers. It was inspired by Hubble research, in particular the expanding Universe.

Credit: ESA/Hubble
Directed by: Georgia Bladon
Visual design and editing: Martin Kornmesser
Written by: Georgia Bladon & Nikita Marwaha
Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa
Images: NASA, ESA Doppler Effect
- Diagram: Tkarcher, improved by Tatoute
- Images of Edwin Hubble: Courtesy of the Archives, California Institute of Technology
- Heaven’s Carousel with crowd: Gabriel Brammer
Videos: NASA, ESA
- Interview footage and installation footage: M. Estacion (STScI).
- Installation footage: Tim Otto Roth
- Timelapse videos: Martin Kornmesser and Christoph Malin
Music: Toomas Erm
Web and technical support: Mathias Andre and Raquel Yumi Shida
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen