The Sky at Night
Season 4, Episode 7: Celestial Fireworks
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August is one of the best times of the year to observe shooting stars. Patrick Moore talks about meteors and meteorites, and what we know about these sudden arrivals from outside the Earth's atmosphere.
All Episodes - Season 4
Episode 1
The Great Spiral
Episode 2
Uranus
Episode 3
Why Stars Twinkle
Episode 4
Visitor from Space
Episode 5
Star Clouds of Sagittarius
Episode 6
Other Moons
Episode 7
Celestial Fireworks
Episode 8
Measuring the Universe
Episode 9
Moonscape
Episode 10
Make-up of the Stars
Episode 11
Astronomy in Russia
Episode 12
Tektites
Episode 14
Episode 14