The Sky at Night
Season 27 Episode 12 - Discoveries in Space
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1957
Documentary, News
IRAS, the infra-red astronomical satellite, is proving to be one of the most successful of all space missions. Already it has carried out an all-sky survey in infra-red, discovering hundreds of thousands of new infra-red sources ranging from very young stars out to remote quasars. Patrick Moore talks about these striking developments with Dr Jim Emerson of Queen Mary College, a British member of the IRAS team which also includes specialists from Holland and the United States.
Episodes in Season 27
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The Winter Sky
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A New Frontier
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Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space
4
The Quickest Pulsar
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Neutrino Hunting
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Speckles of Light
7
Pioneering the Heliosphere
8
Illuminating Quasars
9
Unlocking the Secrets of Vega
10
The Autumn Sky
11
The Mount Wilson Observatory
12
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