The Sky at Night
Season 20 Episode 12 - Quasars - the Remotest Objects in the Universe?
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Documentary, News
In 1963 astronomers identified ' quasars ' - star-like objects which were held to be the most remote and the most luminous ever seen. There have been doubts about the accuracy of these estimates, but new research indicates that it is correct. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Simon Mitton , of Cambridge University, about these strange objects which may well lie very close to the edge of the observable universe.
Episodes in Season 20
1
The Changing Face of Mars
2
The Pole Star
3
Black Holes in Space
4
The Rings of Saturn
5
The Sun and the Earth
6
Neutron Stars
7
Viking to Mars
8
Viking on Mars
9
How Far Can You See?
10
Viking - The End of the Beginning
11
A New Look from Old Greenwich
12
Quasars - the Remotest Objects in the Universe?
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