Did anyone else see the (much trailed) Light programme on BBC4 last
night. It wasn't too bad despite the presumed short audience attention
span. Some parts were well done on the history of optics and light. The
tendency of early researchers in this field to spend long periods in
gaol etc..

Afterwards pressing the red button gave a short introduction to the
constellations of the winter night sky. It was going pretty well right
up to the point where they showed how to find the "famous Great Nebula
in Orion" but instead showed how to locate the dim horsehead nebula and
a picture of it. Not likely that anyone will see much of that by eye in
the UK. Hopefully they might still be able to spot the true Great Nebula
in the same binocular field though.

This is a pretty crass mistake. Does nobody check BBC output for
accuracy these days?

Regards,
Martin Brown