The Sky at Night · SEASON 56
Home-grown Observatories
Episode 8 · 2012-08-13

- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
Up and down the country amateur astronomers are out in their back-garden observatories looking at stars, galaxies and nebulae. The team visits some astronomers on their own turf, to find out what keeps them up late at night.
Season 56 episodes
1. Other Solar Systems2012-01-09
2. Age of the Infrared2012-02-13
3. Citizen Astronomy2012-03-04
4. Warp Factor 552012-04-02
5. Moore's Marathon2012-05-10
6. Juice2012-06-04
7. Venus and the Midnight Sun2012-07-02
8. Home-grown Observatories2012-08-13
9. Curiosity at Mars2012-09-03
10. Moore Winter Marathon2012-10-08
11. The Story of Stuff2012-11-05
12. Mercury and the Moon2012-12-03