The Sky at Night
Season 21 Episode 8 - The Swan in the Sky
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1957
Documentary, News
Cygnus, the Swan, is one of the most beautiful of the constellations, and it contains some spectacular objects, including the very luminous Deneb - a star at least 10,000 times more powerful than the Sun-and the lovely coloured double star Albireo. Very recently astronomers have found a new object in Cygnus-a star surrounded by a highly luminous disc from which planets may be in the process of formation. In this programme, Patrick Moore shows where to look for Cygnus, and describes some of the interesting objects on view there.
Episodes in Season 21
1
Sirius, the Dog-Star
2
Travel in Space and Time
3
The Mapping of Mercury
4
Celebrates its 20th anniversary
5
The Solar Cycle
6
Uranus - the Second Ringed Planet?
7
The New Infra-red Telescope
8
The Swan in the Sky
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The Voyager Missions
10
Stars of the Far South
11
The Amateur Astronomer
12
Why Do the Planets Shine?
13
