The Sky at Night · SEASON 27
Speckles of Light
Episode 6 · 1983-06-05
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
The stars, many far bigger than our ' star the sun, are many millions of miles away and appear only as specks of light. Until recently it had been impossible to see any details of the stars. But thanks to a new technique called 'speckle interferometry' this can be done for the first time. Patrick Moore discusses the remarkable results with Professor Alec Boksenberg , Director of the The Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux.
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
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