The Roof of the World

The Sky at Night Season 31 Episode 8

Overview:
A great new telescope has just come into operation at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, almost 14,000 feet above sea level. It is the James Clerk Maxwell. Telescope, a sort of radio telescope designed to study regions of the universe where stars are being born. Patrick Moore visits the telescope and talks to the astronomers who planned and built it.

Genre : Documentary, News

Actors : -

Release Date : 1987-08-08

Duration : 30 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 31)

Photographing the Sky
1. Photographing the Sky
The Study of Variable Stars
2. The Study of Variable Stars
Stellar Catastrophe
3. Stellar Catastrophe
A Celebration
4. A Celebration
Air on Other Worlds
5. Air on Other Worlds
High Moon
6. High Moon
The William Herschel Telescope
7. The William Herschel Telescope
The Roof of the World
8. The Roof of the World
The Hunt for Planet Ten
9. The Hunt for Planet Ten
The Exploding Star
10. The Exploding Star
Jodrell - The Listening Bank
11. Jodrell - The Listening Bank
A Telescope for Christmas?
12. A Telescope for Christmas?
Where Are the Stars?
13. Where Are the Stars?

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