Heads up. BBC2.

[kenny k]

BBC 2 Cosmic Dawn 8.00pm

Enjoy

Kenny

[bish]

Thanks. Just set to record

[JamesF]

I thought I'd missed the start but it turns out that it is recording anyhow

James

[JB80]

Cheers, a bit hectic here but it's on record too.

Something for a bit later tonight methinks

[Davey-T]

Just watching it while I wait for it to get dark

Dave

[Alien 13]

I am enjoying it very much.

Alan

[bejay1957]

Got drawn into (a repeat of) A303 - Highway To The Sun over on BBC4; bought the book at the weekend in a local bookshop

[mcolbert]

and this is another of the good things about SGL, I can find out about series that aren't available to us in this country and can check out dvds etc.

Thanks

michael

[laudropb]

I watched this an found it quite enjoyable. The enthusiasm of the professionals shone through.

[symesie04]

Yes tried to watch it and what i saw was interesting but sadly had the company of a woman who insisted on talking most of the way through it and then exclaiming she "didnt understand it". 

So i think i must of missed some facts about the 13.5byr old star that had been discovered lurking in our own galaxy. From what i caught it is near pure Hydrogen marking it as one of the earliest stars to have formed (a direct result of the death of the first stars). But what i must of missed is how a early star can exist for so long. My understanding is that the early stars were massive as pure hydrogen burners and that massive stars have short life spans. So how does a star from the birth of light period last a life that exceeds even the span of yellow dwarfs like our Sun?

[r3i]

So i think i must of missed some facts about the 13.5byr old star that had been discovered lurking in our own galaxy. From what i caught it is near pure Hydrogen marking it as one of the earliest stars to have formed (a direct result of the death of the first stars). But what i must of missed is how a early star can exist for so long. My understanding is that the early stars were massive as pure hydrogen burners and that massive stars have short life spans. So how does a star from the birth of light period last a life that exceeds even the span of yellow dwarfs like our Sun?

They explained that the star in question is a second generation star rather than one of the big blue first generation ones.

I thought it was a well presented programme and learned one or two things that I hadn't come across before.

[Kropster]

I tried to watch this, but sadly, the pace was so s-l-o-w I had to turn it off.

Lots of arty padding.

Such a shame.. Horizon can be good when they don't get too arty.