- Title: The Stars A Star Is Born
- Date: 10th September 1990
- Summary: OUR COMPLEX AND BEAUTIFUL PLANET IS MERELY A BY-PRODUCT OF THE BIRTH OF A STAR - OUR SUN. BUT UNTIL VERY RECENTLY STARBIRTH WAS, QUITE LITERALLY, VEILED IN MYSTERY. IT TOOK PLACE WITHIN DARK, IMPENETRABLE GAS AND DUST CLOUDS THAT NO TELESCOPE COULD EVER PIERCE. BUT NOW ASTRONOMERS CAN SEE THINGS IN A NEW, PENETRATING LIGHT - INFRARED. IN TODAY'S PROGRAMME, HEATHER COUPER TRAVELS TO THE 14,000-FT OBSERVATORY AT MAUNA KEA ON HAWAII, TO JOIN A TEAM OF YOUNG ASTRONOMERS WHO THINK THEY HAVE JUST SEEN A FLEDGLING STAR "SWITCH ON". IN AUSTRALIA, HEATHER CATCHES UP ON THE PHOTOGENIC AFTERMATH OF STARBIRTH - AND ASKS IF PLANETS, AND LIFE, ARE A NATURAL BY-PRODUCT OF THE BIRTH OF ALL STARS.
- Description:WITH THE USE OF THE LATEST COMPUTER GRAPHICS,HEATHER COUPER TAKES US BEYOND 'THE PLANETS' TO EXPLORE THE STARS. IN THIS SERIES,WE MEET THE INHABITANTS OF OUR OWN STAR CITY - THE GALAXY.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:MOVING PICTURE COMPANY
- Programme Episode:Episode 4
- Transmission Date:10/09/1990
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s