The Sky at Night · SEASON 27

Discoveries in Space

Episode 12 · 1983-11-20

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Episode overview

IRAS, the infra-red astronomical satellite, is proving to be one of the most successful of all space missions. Already it has carried out an all-sky survey in infra-red, discovering hundreds of thousands of new infra-red sources ranging from very young stars out to remote quasars. Patrick Moore talks about these striking developments with Dr Jim Emerson of Queen Mary College, a British member of the IRAS team which also includes specialists from Holland and the United States.

Season 27 episodes

1. The Winter Sky1983-09-09 2. A New Frontier1983-02-06 3. Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space1983-03-06 4. The Quickest Pulsar1983-04-10 5. Neutrino Hunting1983-05-08 6. Speckles of Light1983-06-05 7. Pioneering the Heliosphere1983-07-03 8. Illuminating Quasars1983-07-31 9. Unlocking the Secrets of Vega1983-09-04 10. The Autumn Sky1983-09-25 11. The Mount Wilson Observatory1983-10-23 12. Discoveries in Space1983-11-20 13. The Black Hole Weigh-In1983-12-11 600. Episode 600 900. Episode 900