The Sky at Night · SEASON 25
The Perseids
Episode 9 · 1981-08-23
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Meteors, or shooting stars, space debris shed by comets travelling round the sun, can produce brilliant displays and the Perseids, seen each year between 27 July and 17 August, are unusually spectacular. They are of special interest during the early 1980s, because the comet associated with them - Swift-Tuttle - is due back having been unobserved for 120 years. Patrick Moore talks to John Mason , who led an expedition to France to study the Perseids, and looks forward to the return of Halley's Comet, which also is associated with meteor showers.
Season 25 episodes
1. The 200-inch Telescope at Mount1981-01-11
2. The Sword of Orion1981-02-08
3. Mr Herschel's Planet1981-03-08
4. The Spring Sky1981-04-05
5. 'In the Beginning.... '1981-05-03
6. Neptune - the Mysterious Giant1981-05-31
7. Bombardment from Space1981-06-26
8. The Summer Sky1981-07-27
9. The Perseids1981-08-23
10. Voyager 2: A Second Opinion of Saturn1981-09-21
11. A Tribute to Sir Bernard Lovell1981-10-18
12. The Autumn Sky1981-11-15
13. The Star of Bethlehem1981-12-13
