Stargazing Live BBC2 8.30pm

[JonnyFive]

A very funny bit in the chat afterwards.. I won't spoil it though

Good show, liked it.. Could easily do a full week of it rather than just 3 days. Every 6 months or so.

[Eighteeteewhy]

Cheers peeps, look forward to it.
They had the news on in the background in the pub showing that town with all the lights off. They should have done that the first night when they had clear sky's.

[Eric Mc]

don4l said:

Tonight's programme was the best of the three, IMHO.

I get annoyed when they present "consensus" as "fact".

Tonight, they really concentrated on "observations" instead of "facts". It made riveting viewing.

The Scouser asked some really good questions.

The viewing figures suggest that the public have an appetite for this sort of thing. Maybe, we are not as "dumbed down" as BBC executives would have us believe.

Don
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They can't think we're all dumbed down or they wouldn't have made the programmes - or made it the cover feature of this week's Radio Times.

[don4l]

Eric Mc said:

don4l said:

Tonight's programme was the best of the three, IMHO.

I get annoyed when they present "consensus" as "fact".

Tonight, they really concentrated on "observations" instead of "facts". It made riveting viewing.

The Scouser asked some really good questions.

The viewing figures suggest that the public have an appetite for this sort of thing. Maybe, we are not as "dumbed down" as BBC executives would have us believe.

They can't think we're all dumbed down or they wouldn't have made the programmes - or made it the cover feature of this week's Radio Times.

3 nights a year?

Really? The BBC treat us like idiots.

My OH isn't interested in science, but even she enjoyed the shows.

Don
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[NismoGT]

jbudgie said:

What was the App you used ?

Google Skysearch i think. Point it at the sky , and it tells you exactly what is there.

Excellent app. And it was free!

[Eric Mc]

don4l said:

3 nights a year?

Really? The BBC treat us like idiots.

My OH isn't interested in science, but even she enjoyed the shows.

Don
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They have The Sky at Night every month - plus a few space documentaries (Horizon etc) throughout the year.
BBC4 has had quite a few space related documentaries.

They certainly feature far more science and space than any other terrestrial/mainstream channels.
They also publish The Sky at Night magazine.

[humpbackmaniac]

Can anyone help me with details of the substance Dara was handling in episode two? The Aquaphobic gel?

[JonnyFive]

humpbackmaniac said:

Can anyone help me with details of the substance Dara was handling in episode two? The Aquaphobic gel?

Aerogel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel

[humpbackmaniac]

You are a Star! (thats a pun, I made a funny!)

[K12beano]

Unless there is something I am missing, on the programme they credited two viewers with discovery of the planet.

but now ......

Beeb Website said:

A viewer who answered the call has helped spot a world that appears to be circling a star dubbed SPH10066540.

"A viewer"

?

What happened to the other one?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-1661...