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.
1992 Episodes
EP 1
Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful telescope, the Keck reflector, now being constructed on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
EP 2
It is not necessary to have a large telescope in order to take a real interest in the night sky. Binoculars will show a great deal. Patric…
EP 3
Patrick Moore finds out more about asteroids, the minor planets which are junior members of the Sun's family.
EP 4
At the Anglo-Australian Observatory in New South Wales, Dr David Malin has developed new techniques for photographing the stars. With Patri…
EP 5
An anniversary edition to celebrate the first transmission of The Sky at Night35 years ago. A newcomer to television then, Patrick Moore ha…
EP 6
Professor Arnold Wolfendale, joins Patrick Moore to discuss the latest information received from the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite,
EP 7
A look at the outer giant planets, Uranus and Neptune. The Voyager probe missions that by-passed Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989 were co…
EP 8
The Giotto spacecraft encountered Halley's Comet in 1986 and escaped. The same craft recently made close-range studies of the comet Grigg-S…
EP 9
It is usually accepted that the first telescope was made in 1608. But new evidence shows that the first reflector was made in England, by L…
EP 10
Patrick Moore studies the Great Spiral in Andromeda, a galaxy containing more than 100,000 million stars.
EP 11
Dr David Allen joins Patrick Moore to describe research aimed at showing surface details of the planet Venus.
EP 12
Patrick Moore sees how the multiple mirror telescope in Arizona is to be changed.
EP 13
Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith , the former Astronomer Royal, joins Patrick Moore to discuss the latest findings about the fascinating …
