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The Sky at Night•Season 24•Episode 4

The Multiple Mirror Telescope

Apr 17, 1980

On the summit of Mount Hopkins, in Arizona, is the world's most revolutionary observatory, containing the multiple mirror telescope. Instead of one great mirror, there are six all working together and controlled by a laser beam. Patrick Moore visits the observatory, and looks at this

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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

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The Mapping of Venus

Meteor Crater

Autumn Equinox

The Scintars

Voyager I Reaches Saturn

The Quadrantids

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Episode Summary

"The Multiple Mirror Telescope" is episode 4 of The Sky at Night season 24. It aired on April 17, 1980.

Next: E5 · Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy Best of Season 24