The BBC puts out a show called Wonders of the Universe and a member of that team just put out this video at http://vimeo.com/21914007 The video shows what they perceive to be a planetary nebula (I think it would look different up close), a series of pulsars and a wonderful sequence of a giant star going supernova. I loved the core collapse part. It's about 15 minutes but worth the time on a cloudy and rainy night to watch it. I hope someone enjoys it as much as I did. -- Jay Eads