Astronomy Log

I am looking forward to the next “The Sky at Night” episode, which I am told by Windows Media Centre will be broadcast on the 4th August 2007 at 20:30 on BBC Four

1st Broadcast: Saturday 4th August 2007 at 20:30 on BBC4

2nd Broadcast: Monday 6th August 2007 at 01:10 on BBC1

3rd Broadcast: Saturday 11th August 2007 at 12:00 on BBC2

The sun never rises for astronomers using Robonet. Patrick Moore investigates Robonet, the robotic network of telescopes which spans the globe and links the cosmos directly to a laptop. In their world of permanent darkness these telescopes can react immediately to bangs in the night’ – the exotic cosmic phenomena such as gamma ray bursts which are over in the blink of an astronomical eye.

Related posts:

1. Partial Solar Eclipse in the UK, August 2008
2. Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Night
3. BBC Sky at Night Repeated on BBC iPlayer
4. Microsoft World Wide Telescope Talk
5. BBC Sky at Night Magazine Just £27

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