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The Sky at Night
BBC Four

S29E11: Red Shift - or Red Herring?

The Sky at Night · 1985
Aired 14 Oct 1985 at 9:00pm (UTC)
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Synopsis

How large is the universe? Astronomers measure the distances of very remote objects by using spectroscopes, but today there are some doubts as to whether the measurements are reliable. Two star-systems in the constellation of the Fishes appear to give very confusing results. Patrick Moore talks to Iain Nicolson about these new results and what they may mean.

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