The Sky at Night
Season 15 Episode 13 - The Royal Observatory Telescope
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1957
Documentary, News
A historic telescope recently returned from Herstmonceux to its original home on the roof of the old Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Patrick Moore talked to the Astronomer Royal, Sir Richard Woolley, about the telescope's history, and to Cmdr Derek Howse, RN, about its future.
Episodes in Season 15
1
The Approach of Mars
2
Things are Seldom What They Seem
3
Sirius, the Dog-Star
4
A Black Hole in Space?
5
Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet
6
Orbiting Space-Stations
7
Tracking the Stars
8
How Far Are the Stars?
9
Mars Comes Close
10
The Life and Death of a Star
11
Kepler, Genius and Mystic
12
Mars
13
The Royal Observatory Telescope
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