Measuring the Universe

The Sky at Night Season 4 Episode 8

Overview:
Patrick Moore talks to Sir Harold Spencer Jones F.R.S. The former Astronomer Royal about measuring distances which are literally astronomical. The greatest distance ever measured is that of a recently discovered galaxy whose light takes five thousand million years to reach the earth.

Genre : Documentary, News

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Release Date : 1960-08-30

Duration : 30 menit

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1. The Great Spiral
Uranus
2. Uranus
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Visitor from Space
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Other Moons
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Celestial Fireworks
7. Celestial Fireworks
Measuring the Universe
8. Measuring the Universe
Moonscape
9. Moonscape
Make-up of the Stars
10. Make-up of the Stars
Astronomy in Russia
11. Astronomy in Russia
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12. Tektites
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