The Sky at Night
Season 31 Episode 10 - The Exploding Star
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1957
Documentary, News
In February of this year a supernova burst out in a neighbouring galaxy and became visible to the naked eye. It has provided astronomers with all kinds of problems. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Russell Cannon , Director of the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, and to Dr Paul Murdin of the Royal Greenwich Observatory about this remarkable event.
Episodes in Season 31
1
Photographing the Sky
2
The Study of Variable Stars
3
Stellar Catastrophe
4
A Celebration
5
Air on Other Worlds
6
High Moon
7
The William Herschel Telescope
8
The Roof of the World
9
The Hunt for Planet Ten
10
The Exploding Star
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11
Jodrell - The Listening Bank
12
A Telescope for Christmas?
13
