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The Sky at Night S2005E10: Mapping The Sky (Sky Survey)

  • Aired: 2005-09-04
  • Time: 22:00:00
  • Runtime: 30 minutes
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Overview

Man is scanning the night sky and counting stars, galaxies and other solar bodies. Patrick Moore discusses two of the most comprehensive surveys - 2dF and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - and asks what they tells us about our Universe. Chris Lintott visits the Palomar Observatory in Southern California. Patrck also ventgures into his gardne to look at the Perseids.