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The Sky at Night•Season 27•Episode 12

Discoveries in Space

Nov 20, 1983

IRAS, the infra-red astronomical satellite, is proving to be one of the most successful of all space missions. Already it has carried out an all-sky survey in infra-red, discovering hundreds of thousands of new infra-red sources ranging from very young stars out to remote quasars. Patrick

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Season 27 Episodes13

The Winter Sky

A New Frontier

Mauna Kea - Half-way to Space

The Quickest Pulsar

Neutrino Hunting

Speckles of Light

Pioneering the Heliosphere

Illuminating Quasars

Unlocking the Secrets of Vega

The Autumn Sky

The Mount Wilson Observatory

Discoveries in Space

The Black Hole Weigh-In

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Episode Summary

"Discoveries in Space" is episode 12 of The Sky at Night season 27. It aired on November 20, 1983.

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