The Sky at Night · SEASON 30
The Furthest Depths of the Universe
Episode 10 · 1986-09-14

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Astronomers in Australia have just announced the discovery of the most remote object known to science. It is a quasar - an object whose nature is not known with certainty but which is so far away that its light comes to us after a journey which has lasted for longer than the whole history of the Earth. Patrick Moore talks to Professor Sir Francis Graham Smith , the Astronomer Royal, about this remarkable discovery and its significance.
Season 30 episodes
1. Our Nearest Star1986-01-11
2. Voyager to Uranus1986-02-04
3. Halley's Comet: The Encounter1986-03-13
4. The Spring Sky1986-04-06
5. The Story of Satum1986-04-27
6. Halley - The End of the Tale?1986-05-25
7. The Summer Sky1986-06-29
8. The Death of a Star1986-07-27
9. The Innermost Planet1986-08-17
10. The Furthest Depths of the Universe1986-09-14
11. The Autumn Sky1986-10-12
12. Cosmic Lawn Sprinkler1986-11-10
13. The Galilean Moons1986-12-21