The Sky at Night · SEASON 15

The Life and Death of a Star

Episode 10 · 1971-09-15

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Episode overview

Stars look like simple points of light to the naked eye, but they have complicated lives, evolving from dust and gas and eventually ageing into dense 'white dwarfs.' Patrick Moore discusses the stages of a star's life with Iain Nicolson, who is a lecturer on astronomy at Hatfield Polytechnic.

Season 15 episodes

1. The Approach of Mars1970-01-13 2. Things are Seldom What They Seem1971-02-03 3. Sirius, the Dog-Star1970-03-03 4. A Black Hole in Space?1971-04-01 5. Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet1971-04-27 6. Orbiting Space-Stations1971-06-08 7. Tracking the Stars1971-06-30 8. How Far Are the Stars?1971-07-21 9. Mars Comes Close1971-08-18 10. The Life and Death of a Star1971-09-15 11. Kepler, Genius and Mystic1971-10-13 12. Mars1971-11-17 13. The Royal Observatory Telescope1971-12-07