The Sky at Night S2007E8: Robonet

  • Aired: 2007-08-04
  • Time: 22:00:00
  • Runtime: 30 minutes
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Overview

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.