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The Sky at Night•Season 24•Episode 1

Mapping the Sky

Jan 10, 1980

How many people know the meaning of terms such as ' right ascension' and ' declination '? And what exactly is the celestial sphere? Mapping the sky presents problems different from those of mapping the earth. Patrick Moore talks about sky-maps, and how astronomers have

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Season 24 Episodes13

Mapping the Sky

Saturn: The Disappearing Rings

The Man Who Discovered a Planet

The Multiple Mirror Telescope

Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy

Kitt Peak Observatory: the Solar Telescope

Quasars

The Mapping of Venus

Meteor Crater

Autumn Equinox

The Scintars

Voyager I Reaches Saturn

The Quadrantids

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Episode Summary

"Mapping the Sky" is episode 1 of The Sky at Night season 24. It aired on January 10, 1980.

Next: E2 · Saturn: The Disappearing Rings Best of Season 24