
The Sky at Night
1993
199313 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Episode 1
1993-01-10
Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.
- E2
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.
- E3
How the Universe Began
1993-03-08
Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.
- E4
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.
- E5
Town Astronomy
1993-05-03
Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.
- E6
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.
- E7
A Star and its Costar
1993-06-27
Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.
- E8
Planetary Nebulae
1993-07-26
Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.
- E9
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.
- E10
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.
- E11
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.
- E12
Aerial Display
1993-11-15
Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.
- E13
Galactic Dustbins
1993-12-12
Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.
