The Sky at Night
Synopsis
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.
1985 Episodes
EP 1
Patrick Moore looks at the new and quite unexpected developments in our understanding of Beta Pictoris and Van Biesbroeck 8-two very differ…
EP 2
The Anglo-Australian Telescope in New South Wales is one of the largest and best telescopes in the world. With it David Malin has been tak…
EP 3
Halley's Comet is now approaching the Sun and the Earth. Patrick Moore explains when and where to look for the comet, and describes the var…
EP 4
The Infra-Red Astronomical Satellite, IRAS, operated for most of 1983 and provided important information about subjects ranging from the du…
EP 5
The moon is a world of mountains, craters, valleys, peaks and huge waterless seas. Of special interest are the cracklike features known as …
EP 6
During its voyage to Jupiter, the American Galileo probe will survey a small and interesting world, the asteroid Amphitrite - one of the sw…
EP 7
How do you find your way around the sky? It is not difficult; the constellation patterns are easy enough to make out. Patrick Moore conduc…
EP 8
Infra-red radiation, often termed 'heat', is an important part of the total range of wavelengths now being studied by astronomers. Strikin…
EP 9
Mizar, the second star in the 'handle' of the Plough, has a faint companion, Alcor, easily visible with the naked eye. Use a telescope and …
EP 10
Many amateur astronomers have large telescopes but Ron Arbour 's observatory, near Winchester, is exceptional; his 16-inch reflector is com…
EP 11
How large is the universe? Astronomers measure the distances of very remote objects by using spectroscopes, but today there are some doubts…
EP 12
Halley's Comet is now back and can be seen with binoculars, and should be visible with the naked eye next month. Patrick Moore talks to Dou…
EP 13
The science of astronomy is thousands of years old. Yet only in the last few decades have astronomers made discoveries that have proved the…
