Lucie Green
The Sky at Night (1957)
1958
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.
Released April 24, 1957
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: tmdb.universe, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.observation, imdb.discussion, imdb.space-exploration, imdb.science, imdb.interview
Network: BBC Four
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The Winter Sky
Patrick Moore shows you the wonders of the winter sky during the coming month.
Jan. 8, 1958, midnight
S2E2 - Radio Astronomy
Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. Roger Jennison of Jodrell Bank how radio astronomy is increasing our knowledge of the Universe.
Feb. 5, 1958, midnight
S2E3 - The Plough
Patrick Moore discusses the most famous of all the constellations.
March 5, 1958, midnight
S2E4 - Penumbral Eclipse
Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming penumbral eclipse of the Moon, and Mercury the nearest planet to the Sun.
April 2, 1958, midnight
S2E5 - The Moon
Tonight Patrick Moore is at the Hampstead Observatory. If weather conditions are suitable television cameras will bring live pictures of the moon's surface.
April 30, 1958, midnight
S2E6 - Jupiter
Patrick Moore talks about the largest planet, its family of moons, and its mysterious changing red spot.
May 28, 1958, midnight
S2E7 - Dwarf and Giant Stars
Patrick Moore talks about the life history of a star.
June 20, 1958, midnight
S2E8 - Moon Missions
Patrick Moore explains what it would mean to astronomers if a successful attempt were made to reach the moon.
July 23, 1958, midnight
S2E9 - Telescopes
Patrick Moore talks about old and new telescopes with A. H. Degenhardt, and shows some of the things which the new telescopes can reveal-for instance, about the Andromeda Galaxy, whose light takes nearly two million years to reach us.
Aug. 20, 1958, midnight
S2E10 - The Universe
Patrick Moore talks to America's foremost astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, about his theories on the size and scale of the universe.
Sept. 17, 1958, midnight
S2E11 - Mars
Mars is better seen now than it will be for the next ten years.
Nov. 17, 1958, midnight
S2E12 - The Craters on the Moon
Patrick Moore and Dr. Gilbert Fielder discuss the recent report by a Russian astronomer of an eruption on the moon, and what it reveals about the moon's origin and present state.
Dec. 15, 1958, midnight
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BBC Four
30 min/ep
25752 min
April 24, 1957
Nov. 10, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
TV-G / 2+
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