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The Sky at Night•Season 4•Episode 8

Measuring the Universe

Aug 30, 1960

Patrick Moore talks to Sir Harold Spencer Jones F.R.S. The former Astronomer Royal about measuring distances which are literally astronomical. The greatest distance ever measured is that of a recently discovered galaxy whose light takes five thousand million years to reach the earth.

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Episode Summary

"Measuring the Universe" is episode 8 of The Sky at Night season 4. It aired on August 30, 1960.

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