The Sky at Night · SEASON 16

Tycho's Star

Episode 13 · 1972-12-04

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Episode overview

Four hundred years ago this month, the famous astronomer Tycho Brahe saw a brilliant new star blaze overhead near the 'W' of Cassiopeia. This was a supernova, one of only three in recorded history. Patrick Moore talks about these dramatic stellar explosions.

Season 16 episodes

1. The Great Bear1972-01-05 2. X-Ray Stars1972-02-02 3. Mars - A Dynamic World1972-03-01 4. What Do You Want to Know?1972-03-27 5. Fifteenth Anniversary1972-04-12 6. The Tenth Planet?1972-05-24 7. Midsummer and Megaliths1972-06-21 8. Jupiter - The Colossal Planet1972-07-19 9. The Andromeda Galaxy1972-08-16 10. An Exploded Planet?1972-09-18 11. Mars1972-10-02 12. Collapsing Stars1972-10-30 13. Tycho's Star1972-12-04