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The Sky at Night•Season 15•Episode 4

A Black Hole in Space?

Apr 1, 1971

Patrick Moore discusses with Professor Samuel Tolansky a startling new theory about an 'invisible' star in the two-star system Epsilon Aurigae. Could this mysterious object be, not an ordinary star at all, but a 'collapsar' or collapsed star within a black hole moving through

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Season 15 Episodes13

The Approach of Mars

Things are Seldom What They Seem

Sirius, the Dog-Star

A Black Hole in Space?

Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet

Orbiting Space-Stations

Tracking the Stars

How Far Are the Stars?

Mars Comes Close

The Life and Death of a Star

Kepler, Genius and Mystic

Mars

The Royal Observatory Telescope

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Episode Summary

"A Black Hole in Space?" is episode 4 of The Sky at Night season 15. It aired on April 1, 1971.

Next: E5 · Jupiter - the Other Magnetic Planet Best of Season 15