Lucie Green
The Sky at Night (1957)
1993
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
S37E1 - Episode 1
Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.
Jan. 10, 1993, midnight
S37E2 - Radio Watchers
Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.
Feb. 6, 1993, midnight
S37E3 - How the Universe Began
Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.
March 8, 1993, midnight
S37E4 - Cambridge Telescope
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.
April 5, 1993, midnight
S37E5 - Town Astronomy
Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.
May 3, 1993, midnight
S37E6 - Star Death
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.
May 31, 1993, midnight
S37E7 - A Star and its Costar
Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.
June 27, 1993, midnight
S37E8 - Planetary Nebulae
Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.
July 26, 1993, midnight
S37E9 - Swarm around the Solar System
Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.
Aug. 23, 1993, midnight
S37E10 - Merlin - The Radio Wizard
Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.
Sept. 20, 1993, midnight
S37E11 - Tubes of Light
Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.
Oct. 18, 1993, midnight
S37E12 - Aerial Display
Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.
Nov. 15, 1993, midnight
S37E13 - Galactic Dustbins
Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.
Dec. 12, 1993, 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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