Season 34
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A passionate astronomer battles personal demons while uncovering cosmic mysteries, revealing the profound connection between the universe and human emotion.
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Astronomers, like other people, can be taken by surprise. Bright comets, new stars, outbreaks on planets, displays of aurora - none of these can be predicted; and in this programme Patrick Moore looks at some of these.
The NTT, or New Technology Telescope, at La Silla in the Atacama Desert of Chile has now come into full operation. It is the most accurate, most modern telescope in the world, as Patrick Moore finds when he visits La Silla.
Brilliant comets have been rare over recent years, but Austin's Comet, now brightening as it moves into the northern part of the sky, may become really spectacular. Patrick explains what, hopefully, is in store during the coming weeks.
Two of the zodiacal constellations - Leo (the lion) and Cancer (the crab) - are on view during evenings this month. Both contain interesting objects, including Praesepe or the 'beehive', one of the brightest of all star-clusters.
A Brown Dwarf is like a missing link - not quite a star and yet too big to be a planet. A team including Dr. Mike Hawkins of Edinburgh's Royal Observatory may have located the first definite Brown Dwarf.
Astronomy programme.