The Sky at Night · SEASON 18

Shooting Stars

Episode 7 · 1974-08-07

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Episode overview

At this time of the year shooting stars can be seen in profusion, for we are in the middle of the year's richest meteor-shower - The Perseids. Tonight Patrick Moore discusses these spectacular objects and how they occur. He also hopes to show photographs which viewers were invited to send.

Season 18 episodes

1. Positional Astronomy1974-01-27 2. Saturn - The Ringed Planet1974-02-17 3. The Milky Way1974-03-20 4. Life in the Universe1974-05-15 5. The Daylight Star1974-06-12 6. The Heart of the Scorpion1974-07-10 7. Shooting Stars1974-08-07 8. Choosing a Telescope1974-09-04 9. Lord Rosse's Great Telescope1974-10-02 10. The Changing Force of Gravity1974-10-30 11. Eros - Wanderer in Space1974-11-26 12. The Year of the Planets1974-12-18