The IMAX short film "Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time" transforms images and data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope into a voyage that sweeps viewers across the universe and back into cosmic history.
The film opens with looming images of two mature galaxies that are relatively nearby Earth, and then pans through the vibrant and diverse panorama of thousands of galaxies in an image from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey. The ensuing 3-D journey through these galaxies provides more than just a new perspective in space. It also takes the audience back in time. Because light takes time to journey across space, the galaxies farther away from Earth are seen further back in cosmic history. The virtual voyage reveals galaxies as they appeared billions of years ago, when they were still in the process of forming.
This low-resolution video version of the film is nearly identical to the IMAX version, except that the titles and credits have been re-formatted to be readable. The small (320 x 240 pixels) and large (640 x 480 pixels) versions have approximately 0.3 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively, of the detail in the full IMAX version.
The table below lists several versions of the video file using different file formats and quality settings. Larger files, in general, require more CPU speed (1 GHz or more) to playback smoothly. Please download the file that is most appropriate for your video player program, CPU speed, and internet connection speed.
| Movie File | File Size | Resolution | Video Encoding | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| avi_320x240_lower_quality.avi | 10.1 MB | 320 x 240 pixels | AVI | 2:52, 30 fps |
| avi_320x240_higher_quality.avi | 35.5 MB | 320 x 240 pixels | AVI | 2:52, 30 fps |
| avi_640x480_lower_quality.avi | 21.4 MB | 640 x 480 pixels | AVI | 2:52, 30 fps |
| avi_640x480_higher_quality.avi | 46.3 MB | 640 x 480 pixels | AVI | 2:52, 30 fps |
| quicktime_320x240_lower_quality.mov | 6.22 MB | 320 x 240 pixels | Quicktime | 2:52, 30 fps |
| quicktime_320x240_higher_quality.mov | 17.5 MB | 320 x 240 pixels | Quicktime | 2:52, 30 fps |
| quicktime_640x480_lower_quality.mov | 14.8 MB | 640 x 480 pixels | Quicktime | 2:52, 30 fps |
| quicktime_640x480_higher_quality.mov | 51.9 MB | 640 x 480 pixels | Quicktime | 2:52, 30 fps |
| quicktime_640x480_highest_quality.mov | 156 MB | 640 x 480 pixels | Quicktime | 2:52, 30 fps |
| mpeg_320x240_higher_quality.mpg | 26.1 MB | 320 x 240 pixels | MPEG-1 | 2:52, 30 fps |
| mpeg_640x480_higher_quality.mpg | 60.2 MB | 640 x 480 pixels | MPEG-1 | 2:52, 30 fps |
HubbleSite Press Release: "Hubble IMAX Film Takes Viewers on Ride Through Space and Time".