The Sky at Night
Season 17 Episode 3 - Sirius - The Brightest Star
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Patrick Moore talks about Sirius the Dog-Star, the brightest star in the sky and one of the nearest to us, and about its white dwarf companion Sirius B. (Patrick Moore's new opera Perseus discussed in Scan: Thurs 8.45 pm R4)
Episodes in Season 17
1
1973 - an Exciting Year!
2
Practical Work in the Observatory
3
Sirius - The Brightest Star
NOW PLAYING
4
The Eclipse of the Century
5
How Big are the Planets?
6
The Colours of the Stars
7
The African Eclipse
8
Navigational Astronomy
9
Venus - A Cratered World
10
The Moon Illusion
11
The Volcanoes of Mars
12
When Mercury Crosses the Sun
13
