# Countdown to the Invisible Universe

Describes a research satellite known as IRAS and how it provides scientists with more raw information about the universe than they had ever before encountered. The notable contribution of IRAS is its capacity to peer outside our own galaxy and, using infrared, expose objects even in total darkness. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : 1/2 in VHS Cameraman, Gordon Hickie ; graphics, David Parker ; film editor, David Elliott ; narrator, Don Wescott ; music, David Stoll Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program Nova; on container as Nova, adventures in science Narrated by Don Wescott ; participants, Dr. Michael G. Hauser, et al

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1987
- By: Glyn Jones, Alan Ross, WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service., Quanta Limited.
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/CountdowntotheInvisibleUniverse)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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