The Sky at Night

Season 2009, Episode 13

Episode Title: The Great Observatories

Air Date: 2009-10-05

Overview:

Following the Hubble space telescope's overhaul, Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott examine its latest findings and the data from NASA's other telescopes, Spitzer and Chandra. Pete Lawrence observes the spiral galaxies M31 and M33 and explains how they owe their enigmatic names to an 18th-century French comet hunter.