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The Sky at Night

on BBC Two England

Looking Back in Time. The William Herschel Telescope is the third largest astronomical telescope in the world and one of the most modern. Patrick Moore visits the observatory at the top of the extinct volcano of Los Muchachos on La Palma in the Canary Islands and talks to the astronomers who have been exploring the universe with this great new telescope.

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