The Sky at Night · SEASON 30

The Death of a Star

Episode 8 · 1986-07-27

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Episode overview

The southern galaxy Centaurus A is a peculiar system, crossed by a dark dust-lane. In it an Australian amateur astronomer has found a supernova - a colossal stellar outburst involving the destruction of a star. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Paul Murdin of the Royal Greenwich Observatory about this remarkable object.

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