More BBC Astronomy - The New Galileos

[tmarkuk]

The BBC appear to be giving us a wealth of astronomy related programming of late, I've not seen this one mentioned here though, apologies if it has been :

The New Galileos -

1. The James Webb Space Telescope

BBC iPlayer - The James Webb Space Telescope

Meet the scientists behind the James Webb Space Telescope, the gigantic successor to the Hubble Telescope. In the first of two programmes on modern day telescope builders and astronomers, Andrew Luck-Baker talks to some of the 2,000 strong team constructing a telescope unlike any that has been sent into space before.

The New Galileos -

2. The Large Binocular Telescope

BBC iPlayer - The Large Binocular Telescope

The world's largest telescope is nearing completion on a mountain top in Arizona. With the combined power of its two giant mirrors, the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) will image the Universe in greater detail than NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

[Dencappo]

Thanks for the heads up.

[yesyes]

Is this audio only?

[tmarkuk]

Yes, this was a two part series on Radio 4.