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The Sky at Night — Episode 8: The Swan in the Sky

Episode 8 of 13 · Season 21
You are watching the episode The Swan in the Sky Cygnus, the Swan, is one of the most beautiful of the constellations, and it contains some spectacular objects, including the very luminous Deneb - a star at least

10,000 times more powerful than the Sun-and the lovely coloured double star Albireo. Very recently astronomers have found a new object in Cygnus-a star surrounded by a highly luminous disc from which planets may be in the process of formation. In this programme, Patrick Moore shows where to look for Cygnus, and describes some of the interesting objects on view there.

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Serie: The Sky at Night

Air Date: 1977-08-10

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