Charismatic astronomer Greg Quicke (aka Space Gandalf) takes us on the ultimate guided tour of the southern sky, revealing unseen connections between the everyday world around us and the stars above.
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10 Episodes
How To See The Earth Turn
E1
How To See The Earth Turn"Space Gandalf" Greg Quicke shares the stargazing discovery that inspired him to become an astronomer: How to observe the rotation of the Earth in space, by watching a handful of easily observable stars in the night sky.
Navigate By The Stars
E2
Navigate By The StarsGreg Quicke shares how he came to realise that the solar system was just as predictable as his beloved Harley Davidson. Using basic stargazing skills, he shows how to locate a key navigation point: The South Celestial Pole.
See The Earth's Orbit
E3
See The Earth's OrbitOutback astronomer Greg Quicke demonstrates a simple stargazing technique, by which we can accurately follow the orbital of our planet through the night sky, as it makes its vast 470 million km journey around the sun.
Seasons In The Stars
E4
Seasons In The StarsAstronomer Greg Quicke reveals how a quirk of our planets orientation in space plays a fundamental role in creating the seasonal cycle on Earth. As he reveals, this 23-degree tilt is one that affects all life on the planet.
The Scale Of The Solar System
E5
The Scale Of The Solar SystemGreg Quicke reveals how seeing the planet Saturn through a telescope for the first time led him to a revelation about the size of our solar system. And he demonstrates a scale model, with the wild outback as a star chart.
Stairway To The Moon
E6
Stairway To The MoonGreg Quicke shares how he discovered the huge influence the moon had on his life as a Pearl Diver. And he shows us how to experience it for ourselves, by connecting the visible phases of the moon to the tides on Earth.
See The Space Station
E7
See The Space StationAstronomer Greg Quicke shows us how to identify some of the night sky's most unusual sights: From spotting the International Space Station with the naked eye to meteor showers and how to tell weather balloons from UFO's
See The Zodiac
E8
See The Zodiac"Space Gandalf" Greg Quicke shows us how to find the iconic Zodiac constellations in the night sky. He also reveals how we can use them as guideposts, to mark the path of our planet through space and our everyday lives.
Cities In The Sky
E9
Cities In The SkyGreg Quicke helps us see a connection between the towns and cities we inhabit on Earth and vast clusters of stars in the night sky. And he shows us how to find these colossal stellar phenomena for ourselves.
See the Galaxy And Beyond
E10
See the Galaxy And BeyondStargazer Greg Quicke helps us identify a truly epic journey in the night sky: The path of our solar system as it orbits the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy. And he reveals some extraordinary sights hidden in deep space.
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