The Sky at Night · SEASON 29

The Comet Returns

Episode 12 · 1985-11-12

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Episode overview

Halley's Comet is now back and can be seen with binoculars, and should be visible with the naked eye next month. Patrick Moore talks to Douglas Arnold (photographing the comet); Brian Harpur (Halley Comet Society), Lee Sproates (a young amateur astronomer), and Dr Rod Jenkins of British Aerospace, who built the probe that will go right into the comet next March.

Season 29 episodes

1. Worlds Apart?1985-01-13 2. Colours of the Stars1985-02-10 3. The Year of the Comet1985-03-10 4. The Sky in Infra-Red1985-03-31 5. Moon Rills1985-05-05 6. Little Worlds1985-06-02 7. Summer Sky1985-06-30 8. Infra-Red at Siding Spring1985-07-28 9. Mizar1985-08-19 10. The Computerised Amateur1985-09-08 11. Red Shift - or Red Herring?1985-10-14 12. The Comet Returns1985-11-12 13. How Wrong We Were1985-12-15