The Sky at Night - Season 25 Episode 3 Mr Herschel's Planet
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 £4,000 to build the world's largest telescope in a garden at Slough.
First Air Date: Apr 24, 1957
Last Air date: Aug 15, 2025
Season: 69 Season
Episode: 844 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 8.30/10 by 13.00 users
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Language: English
Keyword : universe
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The 200-inch Telescope at Mount
The Sword of Orion
Mr Herschel's Planet
The Spring Sky
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The Perseids
Voyager 2: A Second Opinion of Saturn
A Tribute to Sir Bernard Lovell
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