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The Sky at Night•Season 31•Episode 8

The Roof of the World

Aug 8, 1987

A great new telescope has just come into operation at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, almost 14,000 feet above sea level. It is the James Clerk Maxwell. Telescope, a sort of radio telescope designed to study regions of the universe where stars are

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Season 31 Episodes13

Photographing the Sky

The Study of Variable Stars

Stellar Catastrophe

A Celebration

Air on Other Worlds

High Moon

The William Herschel Telescope

The Roof of the World

The Hunt for Planet Ten

The Exploding Star

Jodrell - The Listening Bank

A Telescope for Christmas?

Where Are the Stars?

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Episode Summary

"The Roof of the World" is episode 8 of The Sky at Night season 31. It aired on August 8, 1987.

Next: E9 · The Hunt for Planet Ten Best of Season 31