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The Sky at Night

1993

1993 · 13 episodes

  1. 1. Episode 1

    1993-01-10

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

  2. 2. Radio Watchers

    1993-02-06

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

  3. 3. How the Universe Began

    1993-03-08

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

  4. 4. Cambridge Telescope

    1993-04-05

    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. 5. Town Astronomy

    1993-05-03

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

  6. 6. Star Death

    1993-05-31

    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. 7. A Star and its Costar

    1993-06-27

    Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

  8. 8. Planetary Nebulae

    1993-07-26

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

  9. 9. Swarm around the Solar System

    1993-08-23

    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. 10. Merlin - The Radio Wizard

    1993-09-20

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

  11. 11. Tubes of Light

    1993-10-18

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

  12. 12. Aerial Display

    1993-11-15

    Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.

  13. 13. Galactic Dustbins

    1993-12-12

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

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