The Sky at Night
Season 19 Episode 11 - New Star in Cygnus
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1957
Documentary, News
We have just seen the brightest nova, or exploding star, for many years - Nova Cygni , which blazed out in the constellation of the Swan and became very bright. Patrick Moore talks about this strange and dramatic newcomer and reports on the research now being carried out by astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux in Sussex.
Episodes in Season 19
1
Orion, the Hunter
2
The New Northern Hemisphere Laboratory
3
Algol: The Winking Demon
4
Astronomy of The Infra-Red
5
The Outer Planets
6
The Mysterious X-rays
7
The Hot Clouds of the Sun
8
The New Moon
9
The Galilean Satellites
10
The Origin of the Universe
11
New Star in Cygnus
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12
The Rocks on Venus
13
