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''Stargazing Live'' is a British live television programme on astronomy that was first broadcast for three evenings on BBC Two between 3 and 5 January 2011, with a second series broadcast between 16 and 18 January 2012,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Brian Cox on Twitter )〕 a third series between 8 and 10 January 2013, a fourth series between 7 and 9 January 2014, and a fifth in March 2015. The series is primarily presented by scientist Brian Cox and comedian and amateur astronomer Dara Ó Briain with support from TV presenter and biochemist Liz Bonnin and astronomer Mark Thompson. It is broadcast from Jodrell Bank Observatory and has featured live links from scientific facilities in Hawaii, South Africa, Norway and NASA. == Overview == The first series was scheduled to coincide with the partial Solar eclipse of 4 January 2011,〔 a conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus, and the Quadrantid meteor shower. It also featured Jonathan Ross learning how to spot planets, and a discussion with the International Space Station.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=BBC - Episodes from Stargazing LIVE broadcast in 2011 )〕 Scientific advisors for the first series included Dan Hillier, manager of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, visitor centre.〔 To coincide with each series of the show, hundreds of ''Stargazing Live'' events were run across the UK, including star parties and 'sidewalk astronomy' sessions. Many of these events were organised by local astronomy societies and universities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=BBC Stargazing Live - Events )〕 The show returned for a second series on 16–18 January 2012. The first episode had a theme about the moon, including a live interview with 'the last man on the moon', Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan. The second episode had a focus on black holes, and the third on the possible existence of extra-terrestrial life.〔 Each episode included different guests, such as impressionist and amateur astronomer, Jon Culshaw on the second night. The final episode also included a feature titled the "Great Big Dulverton Switch Off"〔 where every light in the town of Dulverton, Somerset was switched off live on TV to highlight the issue of light pollution. Each episode of the series was immediately followed by ''Back to Earth'', an additional half-hour discussion of the main show. The second series was a co-production with the Open University, with OU science consultants Dr Andrew Norton, Dr Dave Rothery and Dr Stephen Serjeant. During the 2012 series, viewers were encouraged to help locate possible exoplanets, planets orbiting stars outside the Solar System, by volunteering some time on the Planet Hunters〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Planet Hunters )〕 online citizen science project. This led to the discovery of a new Neptune-sized exoplanet by two amateur astronomers, one in Peterborough, England, to be named Threapleton Holmes B. The third series returned with another three episodes. As with the last series, a "Back to Earth" chat was held after each episode. A citizen science project was again featured, this time asking viewers to help in identifying areas of interest in aerial photographs of the surface of Mars. Another feature which ran across the three nights involved the construction of a modern version of William Herschel's 20-foot telescope at the University of Derby. The fourth series appeared in January 2014, with the citizen science project asking viewers to look for evidence of gravitational lensing in deep space photographs, which resulted in the discovery of dozens of previously unknown galaxies. The series also featured live broadcasts from Norway with the aim of capturing the aurora borealis on camera; although the show's publicity emphasised that the unpredictable nature of the aurora meant this attempt could easily fail, an unexpectedly large coronal mass ejection that week resulted in strong auroral activity, with live footage of the phenomenon being captured on all three nights. Stargazing Live returned in 2015 but it was not held in the usual January slot which has been the usual month for all previous events, it was held on 18 to 20 March instead to coincide with next total solar eclipse which took place on 20 March 2015. On 6 November 2015 the BBC confirmed two special episodes of Stargazing Live to air on 15 December 2015, with Dara O'Briain and Professor Brian Cox, covering the launch of Expedition 46 to the International Space Station with British Astronaut Tim Peake aboard. The first special entitled Blast Off Live: A Stargazing Special will cover the launch of Expedition 46 at 1105am. The latter program Stargazing Live Special: Tim Peake Docking is planned to cover the missions docking with the ISS later that same evening.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tim Peake - Britain’s first International Space Station astronaut – on the BBC )〕 Simultaneously the BBC confirmed a sixth season of Stargazing Live, to air in January 2016, featuring coverage of Tim Peak aboard the International Space Station.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tim Peake - Britain’s first International Space Station astronaut – on the BBC )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stargazing Live」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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