The Sky at Night
Season 12 Episode 8 - Pulsars
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Strange, quickly vibrating radio sources have been discovered far out in space. These pulsating stars or 'pulsars' are one of the most exciting discoveries of modern science, and have taken astronomers by surprise. Patrick Moore talks about them with Dr. A. Hewish at Cambridge and discusses the implications with Sir Bernard Lovell and Professor F. Graham Smith at Jodrell Bank.
Episodes in Season 12
1
Home-Built Observatories
2
Calendars of Other Worlds
3
The New Planetarium
4
Black Clouds in the Galaxy
5
Flights of Space Fancy
6
A Close Pass by Icarus
7
The Unquiet Sun
8
Pulsars
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9
The Structure of the Moon
10
The Siberian Eclipse of the Sun
11
The Eclipse of the Sun
12
The 'Clocks' of Space
13
Venus, The Hot Planet
14