Two really interesting astronomy programmes on BBC4 tonight:
1st: Sir Patrick on the Ice Giants Uranus and Neptune, but also available on the website is a lost episode of the Sky At Night with Sir P interviewing Arthur C Clarke.
programme link :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0184tv5 2nd: Horizon on "Seeing Stars" on the latest super-telescopes covering Antares telescope (talk about making things difficult for yourself - underwater FFS); SOFIA, a 747 with a difference; and the European Southern Observatory, among others. The lengths astronomers will go to!
Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013pnv4
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