Lucie Green
The Sky at Night (1957)
1964
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
S8E1 - The Ghosts of the Universe
Patrick Moore talks about some of the strange celestial objects, like the planet Vulcan, which have been reported at times but do not in fact seem to exist.
Jan. 10, 1964, midnight
S8E2 - Signals from Jupiter
Frank Hyde discusses with Patrick Moore the progress of his radio-astronomy station's observations in collaboration with Florida State University to try to determine whether the radio emissions from Jupiter originate there or are reflected from the sun.
Feb. 7, 1964, midnight
S8E3 - Rock or Dust?
The recent flight of Ranger VI came near to solving the age-old problem of the nature of the Moon's surface. Patrick Moore reports on the present situation and its significance to astronomers.
March 6, 1964, midnight
S8E4 - Space Navigation
For ages man has used the stars to navigate by Patrick Moore discusses with Henry Brinton some of the new problems of celestial navigation which the space traveller has to face.
April 3, 1964, midnight
S8E5 - Ancient and Modern
The Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland is the oldest observatory still in use in the Commonwealth. Yet the work being done there on the structure of galaxies is in the forefront of contemporary research. Dr. E. M. Lindsay, the director, describes the Observatory's activities to Patrick Moore, as well as showing him round the eighteenth-century building and its historic possessions.
May 1, 1964, midnight
S8E6 - Moon Gathering
Patrick Moore reports on the New York International Symposium on the Structure of the Moon's Surface, at which he himself read one of the technical papers.
June 5, 1964, midnight
S8E7 - Midsummer Sense
The accurate astronomical alignment of Stonehenge, notorious on Midsummer Day, contrasts with ancient Egyptian theories that the sun and planets revolved round the earth. Patrick Moore and Henry Brinton discuss the historical theories, some odd, some prescient, which have tried to explain the universe.
June 26, 1964, midnight
S8E8 - Quasars
Quasi stellar objects, quasars for short, is the description given to a recently discovered and puzzling new kind of body in the universe.
Patrick Moore discusses with Colin Ronan these very remote and powerful sources of radio emissions.
July 24, 1964, midnight
S8E9 - Red Giant, Yellow Planet, Blue Sun
Commenting on reported changes in the yellow colouring of the planet Saturn, Patrick Moore discusses the colours a telescope reveals in the night sky.
Aug. 21, 1964, midnight
S8E10 - Explosion in Space
The minor planet Vesta is now visible in the evening sky. Patrick Moore talks about the swarm of dwarf worlds in the solar system which may be the remains of an old planet which met with disaster.
Sept. 18, 1964, midnight
S8E11 - How Old is the Earth?
Patrick Moore and Henry Brinton discuss the current scientific evidence as to when the earth came into existence as a separate body in the solar system.
Dec. 11, 1964, 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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