The Death of a Star

The Sky at Night

S30E08
July 27, 1986

Overview

The southern galaxy Centaurus A is a peculiar system, crossed by a dark dust-lane. In it an Australian amateur astronomer has found a supernova - a colossal stellar outburst involving the destruction of a star. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Paul Murdin of the Royal Greenwich Observatory about this remarkable object.

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