12 episodes

The Sky at Night - 1958

First aired Jan 8, 1958Season 2

Browse all 12 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Winter Sky

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Jan 8, 1958

Patrick Moore shows you the wonders of the winter sky during the coming month.

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Episode 2

Radio Astronomy

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Feb 5, 1958

Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. Roger Jennison of Jodrell Bank how radio astronomy is increasing our knowledge of the Universe.

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Episode 3

The Plough

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Mar 5, 1958

Patrick Moore discusses the most famous of all the constellations.

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Episode 4

Penumbral Eclipse

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Apr 2, 1958

Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming penumbral eclipse of the Moon, and Mercury the nearest planet to the Sun.

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Episode 5

The Moon

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Apr 30, 1958

Tonight Patrick Moore is at the Hampstead Observatory. If weather conditions are suitable television cameras will bring live pictures of the moon's surface.

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Episode 6

Jupiter

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May 28, 1958

Patrick Moore talks about the largest planet, its family of moons, and its mysterious changing red spot.

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Episode 7

Dwarf and Giant Stars

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Jun 20, 1958

Patrick Moore talks about the life history of a star.

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Episode 8

Moon Missions

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Jul 23, 1958

Patrick Moore explains what it would mean to astronomers if a successful attempt were made to reach the moon.

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Episode 9

Telescopes

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Aug 20, 1958

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.

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Episode 10

The Universe

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Sep 17, 1958

Patrick Moore talks to America's foremost astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, about his theories on the size and scale of the universe.

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Episode 11

Mars

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Nov 17, 1958

Mars is better seen now than it will be for the next ten years.

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Episode 12

The Craters on the Moon

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Dec 15, 1958

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.