The Sky at Night
Season 3, Episode 5: The Shape of our Galaxy
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Patrick Moore discusses with Dr Harlow Shapley, former Director of Harvard College Observatory and one of the world's leading astronomers, our island of stars in the Universe, of which the solar system forms a minute and insignificant part.
All Episodes - Season 3
Episode 1
Life and Death of the Sun
Episode 2
Life and Death of the Sun
Episode 3
Mercury and the Moon
Episode 4
Twin Stars
Episode 5
The Shape of our Galaxy
Episode 6
Minor Planets
Episode 7
Life on Venus
Episode 8
Lights in the Sky
Episode 9
The Ringed Planet
Episode 10
Topical Events
Episode 11
The Front and the Back of the Moon
Episode 12
Pairs of Suns
Episode 13
The Star in the East