The Sky at Night · SEASON 4

Measuring the Universe

Episode 8 · 1960-08-30

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Patrick Moore talks to Sir Harold Spencer Jones F.R.S. The former Astronomer Royal about measuring distances which are literally astronomical. The greatest distance ever measured is that of a recently discovered galaxy whose light takes five thousand million years to reach the earth.

Season 4 episodes

1. The Great Spiral1960-01-20 2. Uranus1960-02-17 3. Why Stars Twinkle1960-03-16 4. Visitor from Space1960-04-11 5. Star Clouds of Sagittarius1960-06-08 6. Other Moons1960-06-11 7. Celestial Fireworks1960-08-08 8. Measuring the Universe1960-08-30 9. Moonscape1960-09-27 10. Make-up of the Stars1960-10-10 11. Astronomy in Russia1960-11-07 12. Tektites1960-12-05 14. Episode 14