The Sky at Night: Mr Herschel's Planet

Aired 1981-03-08

Patrick Moore tells the story of William Herschel, the obscure Hanoverian army bandsman whose discovery with a home-made telescope of the planet Uranus doubled the size of the known solar system. Herschel was hired to provide 'astronomical entertainment' for the British Royal Family and King George III gave him Â£4,000 to build the world's largest telescope in a garden at Slough.

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Episodes

Season

13 episodes

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The Sky at Night: Mr Herschel's Planet

The 200-inch Telescope at Mount

The Sword of Orion

Mr Herschel's Planet

The Spring Sky

'In the Beginning.... '

Neptune - the Mysterious Giant

Bombardment from Space

The Summer Sky

The Perseids

Voyager 2: A Second Opinion of Saturn

A Tribute to Sir Bernard Lovell

The Autumn Sky

The Star of Bethlehem