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1987
1987x1
Photographing The Sky
Episode overview
18, 1987
Objects to photograph with inexpensive equipment.
1987x2
The Study Of Variable Stars
Episode overview
08, 1987
Where variable stars are found and how they behave.
1987x3
Stellar Catastrophe
Episode overview
15, 1987
Discovery of Supernova 1987A.
1987x4
A Celebration (30th Anniversary)
Episode overview
24, 1987
Thirty years of the programme, including clips and new film of JCMT and the William Herschel Telescope.
1987x5
Air On Other Worlds
Episode overview
17, 1987
Atmospheres and weather on neighbouring planets.
1987x6
High Moon
Episode overview
14, 1987
Why the Moon appears higher and sometimes lower.
1987x7
The William Herschel Telescope
Episode overview
12, 1987
The world's third largest telescope is nearly finished.
1987x8
The Roof Of The World
Episode overview
09, 1987
On Hawaii with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, studying objects in the submillimetre waveband.
1987x9
The Hunt For Planet Ten
Episode overview
06, 1987
Theories and searches for tenth planet.
1987x10
The Exploding Star
Episode overview
27, 1987
AAT findings on Supernova 1987A.
1987x11
Jodrell - The Listening Bank
Episode overview
18, 1987
The 30th anniversary of telescope now renamed the Lovell Telescope.
1987x12
A Telescope For Christmas
Episode overview
15, 1987
Advice on which telescopes to buy or not to buy.
1987x13
Where Are The Stars
Episode overview
13, 1987
Accurate maps of the stars to be made by Hipparcos, set for launch in 1989.

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