The Sky at Night: The Multiple Mirror Telescope

Aired 1980-04-17

On the summit of Mount Hopkins, in Arizona, is the world's most revolutionary observatory, containing the multiple mirror telescope. Instead of one great mirror, there are six all working together and controlled by a laser beam. Patrick Moore visits the observatory, and looks at this remarkable new telescope.

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Episodes

Season

13 episodes

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The Sky at Night: The Multiple Mirror Telescope

Mapping the Sky

Saturn: The Disappearing Rings

The Man Who Discovered a Planet

The Multiple Mirror Telescope

Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy

Kitt Peak Observatory: the Solar Telescope

Quasars

The Mapping of Venus

Meteor Crater

Autumn Equinox

The Scintars

Voyager I Reaches Saturn

The Quadrantids