The Sky at Night · SEASON 19

New Star in Cygnus

Episode 11 · 1975-10-22

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Episode overview

We have just seen the brightest nova, or exploding star, for many years - Nova Cygni , which blazed out in the constellation of the Swan and became very bright. Patrick Moore talks about this strange and dramatic newcomer and reports on the research now being carried out by astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux in Sussex.

Season 19 episodes

1. Orion, the Hunter1975-01-06 2. The New Northern Hemisphere Laboratory1975-02-06 3. Algol: The Winking Demon1975-03-05 4. Astronomy of The Infra-Red1975-04-10 5. The Outer Planets1975-04-30 6. The Mysterious X-rays1975-05-30 7. The Hot Clouds of the Sun1975-07-01 8. The New Moon1975-07-28 9. The Galilean Satellites1975-08-28 10. The Origin of the Universe1975-09-23 11. New Star in Cygnus1975-10-22 12. The Rocks on Venus1975-11-12 13. The Search for Life in the Universe1975-12-10