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.
1982 Episodes
EP 1
Yesterday evening there was a lunar eclipse. The moon passed fully into the earth's shadow from 7.15 until 8.35 pm and the eclipse should h…
EP 2
Venus has always been a planet of surprises, and very recently the Pioneer spacecraft orbiting the planet have provided some more. There is…
EP 3
Close to the brilliant star Capella, in the constellation of Auriga, there is a particularly interesting star, Epsilon Aurigae. We know it …
EP 4
During evenings in April three bright planets-Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - are very conspicuous, with Venus still prominent in the east befor…
EP 5
In this special programme to mark the 25th anniversary of The Sky at Night, Patrick Moore reports on what's happening at great observatorie…
EP 6
Astronomers in Australia have just discovered an object which may be the most remote and luminous known to man. It is a quasar, apparently …
EP 7
La Palma, in the Canary Isles, is a picturesque place. It is also ideal as a site for large telescopes, and it is here that a major observa…
EP 8
Is there a new planet in the solar system? Many astronomers believe that there is a massive body beyond Neptune, the outermost of the main …
EP 9
Siding Spring Mountain in New South Wales is the site of one of the world's most sophisticated observatories. All the southern sky is avail…
EP 10
Why are some galaxies, such as ours, spiral in form like huge Catherine wheels, and why are stars born inside these arms? Patrick Moore and…
EP 11
Can comets have collided with the earth? According to a new theory by Dr Clube and Dr Napier from the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, collisi…
EP 12
Less than four years after Neil Armstrong made his 'one small step ...', Commander Eugene Cernan became the last man on the moon. In Decemb…
