Tweedledee Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 BBC4 tonight 9.00 till 10.30pm Gravity - Jim Al-Khalili Follows on from Stargazing Live on BBC2 Looks like a good TV night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I got away with Stargazing Live. Perhaps I'll see gravity on catch-up. Personally, it was nice to see the southern sky on TV, as I've seen it a few times from various countries. One interesting "pot" was photographing the whole of Scorpius from the Carribean. I also saw Alpha Centauri from India. Canopus, Alpha Centauri and Achernar are all visible year-round from my in-law's garden! Not sure how interesting it could be to UK-based astronomers who don't get to travel much, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 I managed to watch both, on holiday in Kent, my wife was engrossed in her book. I found stargazing live entertaining, but it would have been nice to see some proper telescope gazing being done. I did find it a refreshing change to see the views of the southern sky and certainly Orion and Canis Major etc upside down. Thoroughly enjoyed watching Jim Al-Khalili's Gravity, and I also enjoy his other programmes on TV and radio. Just downloaded his Time Warper app which looks very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Watched stargazing live and at last they've managed a stargazing live program about astronomical subjects and we actually saw some stars live. Congrats BBC, it's about time, I actually feel I want to watch the next one. OK, one may argue that showing clear skies live in the UK is difficult but I remember several previous programmes where they have had clear skies and they spent only minutes out there, preferring to run pre recorded spaceflight related stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldwell 14 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Thanks for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 We have Brian Cox - bit of a rock star, keyboardist, particle physicist, astronomical pin up and all round wonder. But Australia has Greg Quicke - Sky Tours guide, mechanic, motorcyclist, meditation guru, marine biologist, surf dude and laser wielding brother of Gandalf the Grey! Allan the Plumber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithysteve Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Thanks for that Pete, just watched the ' Alka-piccalilli' prog on gravity! Thoroughly enjoyed it! I love anything and everything about this sort of stuff! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 The sky is much darker Down Under, even from urban locations. I was amazed by just how much I could see from Canberra and Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 12 hours ago, Smithysteve said: Thanks for that Pete, just watched the ' Alka-piccalilli' prog on gravity! Thoroughly enjoyed it! I love anything and everything about this sort of stuff! ? Totally agree Steve. We could do with at least one of this type of programme every single night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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