The Sky at Night

The Sky at Night (1957)

★ 8.3 NR 30m Documentary News

Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

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Episodes

  1. 1 1. Episode 11993-01-10Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.
  2. 2 2. Radio Watchers1993-02-06Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.
  3. 3 3. How the Universe Began1993-03-08Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.
  4. 4 4. Cambridge Telescope1993-04-05Patrick Moore explains the significance of a new telescope jointly planned by Cambridge University and the Harvard Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is being set up in
  5. 5 5. Town Astronomy1993-05-03Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.
  6. 6 6. Star Death1993-05-31Dr Robin Catchpole of the Royal Greenwich Observatory joins Patrick Moore to talk about supernova - the most tremendous outbursts known in nature involving the destruction of a mas
  7. 7 7. A Star and its Costar1993-06-27Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.
  8. 8 8. Planetary Nebulae1993-07-26Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.
  9. 9 9. Swarm around the Solar System1993-08-23Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.
  10. 10 10. Merlin - The Radio Wizard1993-09-20Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.
  11. 11 11. Tubes of Light1993-10-18Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.
  12. 12 12. Aerial Display1993-11-15Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.
  13. 13 13. Galactic Dustbins1993-12-12Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.

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