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The Sky at Night

1993 · 13 episodes · Jan 10, 1993

  1. Episode 1

    Episode 1

    Jan 10, 1993

    Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.

  2. Episode 2

    Radio Watchers

    Feb 6, 1993

    Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.

  3. Episode 3

    How the Universe Began

    Mar 8, 1993

    Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.

  4. Episode 4

    Cambridge Telescope

    Apr 5, 1993

    Patrick 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 Chile.

  5. Episode 5

    Town Astronomy

    May 3, 1993

    Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.

  6. Episode 6

    Star Death

    May 31, 1993

    Dr 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 massive star - from which astronomers can learn a great deal.

  7. Episode 7

    A Star and its Costar

    Jun 27, 1993

    Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

  8. Episode 8

    Planetary Nebulae

    Jul 26, 1993

    Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.

  9. Episode 9

    Swarm around the Solar System

    Aug 23, 1993

    Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.

  10. Episode 10

    Merlin - The Radio Wizard

    Sep 20, 1993

    Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.

  11. Episode 11

    Tubes of Light

    Oct 18, 1993

    Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.

  12. Episode 12

    Aerial Display

    Nov 15, 1993

    Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.

  13. Episode 13

    Galactic Dustbins

    Dec 12, 1993

    Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.