The Milky Way

The Sky at Night Season 18 Episode 3

Overview:
The Milky Way, made up of countless faint stars, can easily be seen in the evening sky this month. Tonight Patrick Moore describes this luminous band which stretches from one horizon to the other, and explains how it forms part of the huge Galaxy of stars in which we live.

The latest news will also be given of Mariner 10, the space probe now nearing Mercury, which on 29 March should send back the first close-range pictures of the planet's surface.

Genre : Documentary, News

Actors : -

Release Date : 1974-03-20

Duration : 30 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 18)

Positional Astronomy
1. Positional Astronomy
Saturn - The Ringed Planet
2. Saturn - The Ringed Planet
The Milky Way
3. The Milky Way
Life in the Universe
4. Life in the Universe
The Daylight Star
5. The Daylight Star
The Heart of the Scorpion
6. The Heart of the Scorpion
Shooting Stars
7. Shooting Stars
Choosing a Telescope
8. Choosing a Telescope
Lord Rosse's Great Telescope
9. Lord Rosse's Great Telescope
The Changing Force of Gravity
10. The Changing Force of Gravity
Eros - Wanderer in Space
11. Eros - Wanderer in Space
The Year of the Planets
12. The Year of the Planets


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