The Sky at Night · SEASON 60

Secrets of the Whirlpool Galaxy

Episode 5 · 2016-06-12

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Episode overview

Chris Lintott and Maggie Aderin-Pocock report on a plan to train as many telescopes as possible on the Whirlpool Galaxy. This star formation is 30 million light years from Earth and was discovered in 1773, its spiral shape believed to have been the inspiration for Van Gogh's painting Starry Starry Night. Optical and infra-red telescopes, radio observatories and ultraviolet and x-ray sensors will study the galaxy to learn more about a wave of intense star formation.

Season 60 episodes

1. Planet 9 From Outer Space2016-02-14 2. Five Greatest Images of the Solar System2016-03-13 3. Stephen Hawking on Black Holes2016-04-10 4. Mercury: The Problem Child of the Solar System2016-05-08 5. Secrets of the Whirlpool Galaxy2016-06-12 6. Juno: Mission to Jupiter2016-07-10 7. Interstellar: The Journey to Proxima Centauri2016-09-11 8. Goodbye Rosetta: A Sky At Night Special2016-10-02 9. Life on Mars2016-11-13 10. Review of the Year2016-12-11