Discoveries in Space

The Sky at Night Season 27 Episode 12

Overview:
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.

Genre : Documentary, News

Actors : -

Release Date : 1983-11-20

Duration : 30 menit

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A New Frontier
2. A New Frontier
Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space
3. Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space
The Quickest Pulsar
4. The Quickest Pulsar
Neutrino Hunting
5. Neutrino Hunting
Speckles of Light
6. Speckles of Light
Pioneering the Heliosphere
7. Pioneering the Heliosphere
Illuminating Quasars
8. Illuminating Quasars
Unlocking the Secrets of Vega
9. Unlocking the Secrets of Vega
The Autumn Sky
10. The Autumn Sky
The Mount Wilson Observatory
11. The Mount Wilson Observatory
Discoveries in Space
12. Discoveries in Space
The Black Hole Weigh-In
13. The Black Hole Weigh-In
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