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Mapping the Sky

The Sky at Night

Season 24Episode 1Aired 1980-01-10
Mapping the Sky

Mapping the Sky

How many people know the meaning of terms such as ' right ascension' and ' declination '? And what exactly is the celestial sphere? Mapping the sky presents problems different from those of mapping the earth. Patrick Moore talks about sky-maps, and how astronomers have worked out their own equivalent of latitude and longitude.