Stargazing Live (2011)

6.7 (6 votes)

7 Seasons

January 3, 2011

English

Documentary

Synopsis

Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain are at Jodrell Bank Observatory, and joined by special guests to bring you the latest news and the best views of the night sky.

Network

BBC Two

Episodes

Episode 1

Jan 3, 2011

60 min

Join Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain to wonder at the night sky, with extraordinary images beamed in from telescopes across the globe. Learn how to observe and take pictures over three busy days in the celestial calendar, with a meteor shower, a partial eclipse of the sun and the biggest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, burning bright.

Episode 2

Jan 4, 2011

60 min

In the second of three live programmes, Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain look at images of the partial eclipse of the sun and investigate how stars are born.

Episode 3

Jan 5, 2011

60 min

Jonathan Ross joins Professor Brian Cox and Dara O Briain at Jodrell Bank, home of one of Britain's biggest telescopes, for an hour of live stargazing.