The Sky at Night
Season 30 Episode 8 - The Death of a Star
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1957
Documentary, News
The southern galaxy Centaurus A is a peculiar system, crossed by a dark dust-lane. In it an Australian amateur astronomer has found a supernova - a colossal stellar outburst involving the destruction of a star. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Paul Murdin of the Royal Greenwich Observatory about this remarkable object.
Episodes in Season 30
1
Our Nearest Star
2
Voyager to Uranus
3
Halley's Comet: The Encounter
4
The Spring Sky
5
The Story of Satum
6
Halley - The End of the Tale?
7
The Summer Sky
8
The Death of a Star
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9
The Innermost Planet
10
The Furthest Depths of the Universe
11
The Autumn Sky
12
Cosmic Lawn Sprinkler
13
