The Sky at Night S19E01 · Orion, the Hunter

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Patrick Moore talks about this most splendid of constellations.

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1. 1 1. Orion, the Hunter1975-01-06Patrick Moore talks about this most splendid of constellations.
2. 2 2. The New Northern Hemisphere Laboratory1975-02-06Patrick Moore discusses plans for the new Northern Hemisphere laboratory with Dr Graham Smith , director-designate of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
3. 3 3. Algol: The Winking Demon1975-03-05Algol, the Demon Star, is now well on view during the evening. Every two-and-a-half days the star seems to give a long, slow ' wink.' Patrick Moore describes this remarkable eclips
4. 4 4. Astronomy of The Infra-Red1975-04-10Astronomy of the infra-red is now vitally important in studies of the planets, the stars and the universe as a whole. Patrick Moore talks about infra-red astronomy to Professor Ji
5. 5 5. The Outer Planets1975-04-30This month the three outermost planets - Uranus, Neptune and Pluto - are all on view, even though they are faint. Each has its own special points of interest; and Patrick Moore tal
6. 6 6. The Mysterious X-rays1975-05-30A strange force of X-rays from the sky has been discovered by instruments on board the British satellite Ariel-5. What is the object sending them out?
7. 7 7. The Hot Clouds of the Sun1975-07-01What is the sun made of? To study the nature of the sun, special equipment is needed. At Sevenoaks Commander Henry Hatfield has built one of the very few spectrohelioscopes outsid
8. 8 8. The New Moon1975-07-28Six years ago, in July 1969, the first man landed on the moon. At a major international conference held in London last month, experts from all over the world met to discuss the res
9. 9 9. The Galilean Satellites1975-08-28Jupiter's four largest moons - the Galilean satellites - are among the most interesting members of the Solar System. They were discovered by Galileo in 1610 - hence their nickname
10. 10 10. The Origin of the Universe1975-09-23How did the Universe come into being? This is one of the most important and most puzzling problems facing mankind. Recently we have some new information from the depths of space, w
11. 11 11. New Star in Cygnus1975-10-22We have just seen the brightest nova, or exploding star, for many years - Nova Cygni , which blazed out in the constellation of the Swan and became very bright. Patrick Moore talks
12. 12 12. The Rocks on Venus1975-11-12On 22 October the Russians landed a space-probe on the planet Venus and sent back pictures of the surface which have taken astronomers completely by surprise. Venus has been called
13. 13 13. The Search for Life in the Universe1975-12-10Is Earth the only inhabited world, or is our civilisation one of many? Patrick Moore looks at some of the stars which could be the centres of planetary systems, and speculates as t