The Sky at Night

Season 15, Episode 10

Episode Title: The Life and Death of a Star

Air Date: 1971-09-15

Overview:

Stars look like simple points of light to the naked eye, but they have complicated lives, evolving from dust and gas and eventually ageing into dense 'white dwarfs.' Patrick Moore discusses the stages of a star's life with Iain Nicolson, who is a lecturer on astronomy at Hatfield Polytechnic.