The Sky at Night · SEASON 12

Pulsars

Episode 8 · 1968-07-19

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Episode overview

Strange, quickly vibrating radio sources have been discovered far out in space. These pulsating stars or 'pulsars' are one of the most exciting discoveries of modern science, and have taken astronomers by surprise. Patrick Moore talks about them with Dr. A. Hewish at Cambridge and discusses the implications with Sir Bernard Lovell and Professor F. Graham Smith at Jodrell Bank.

Season 12 episodes

1. Home-Built Observatories1968-01-05 2. Calendars of Other Worlds1968-02-02 3. The New Planetarium1968-03-01 4. Black Clouds in the Galaxy1968-03-29 5. Flights of Space Fancy1968-04-26 6. A Close Pass by Icarus1968-05-24 7. The Unquiet Sun1968-06-21 8. Pulsars1968-07-19 9. The Structure of the Moon1968-08-16 10. The Siberian Eclipse of the Sun1968-09-09 11. The Eclipse of the Sun1968-10-07 12. The 'Clocks' of Space1968-11-04 13. Venus, The Hot Planet1968-12-02 14. The Moon and the Earth1968-12-30