The Sky at Night · SEASON 31

The Roof of the World

Episode 8 · 1987-08-08

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Episode overview

A great new telescope has just come into operation at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, almost 14,000 feet above sea level. It is the James Clerk Maxwell. Telescope, a sort of radio telescope designed to study regions of the universe where stars are being born. Patrick Moore visits the telescope and talks to the astronomers who planned and built it.

Season 31 episodes

1. Photographing the Sky1987-01-18 2. The Study of Variable Stars1987-02-08 3. Stellar Catastrophe1987-03-15 4. A Celebration1987-04-24 5. Air on Other Worlds1987-05-18 6. High Moon1987-06-14 7. The William Herschel Telescope1987-07-12 8. The Roof of the World1987-08-08 9. The Hunt for Planet Ten1987-09-06 10. The Exploding Star1987-09-27 11. Jodrell - The Listening Bank1987-10-18 12. A Telescope for Christmas?1987-11-15 13. Where Are the Stars?1987-12-13