The Sky at Night
Season 27 Episode 3 - Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space
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1957
Documentary, News
Mauna Kea, in the Hawaiian Islands, is almost 14,000 feet high. At its summit the air is thin and the skies are clear-which is why some of the world's largest telescopes have been set up there. Patrick Moore pays it a visit.
Episodes in Season 27
1
The Winter Sky
2
A New Frontier
3
Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space
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The Quickest Pulsar
5
Neutrino Hunting
6
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
Discoveries in Space
13
The Black Hole Weigh-In
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