13 episodes

The Sky at Night - 1993

First aired Jan 10, 1993Season 37

Browse all 13 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Episode 1

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Jan 10, 1993

Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.

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Episode 2

Radio Watchers

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Feb 6, 1993

Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.

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Episode 3

How the Universe Began

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Mar 8, 1993

Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.

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Episode 4

Cambridge Telescope

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Apr 5, 1993

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.

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Episode 5

Town Astronomy

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May 3, 1993

Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.

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Episode 6

Star Death

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May 31, 1993

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.

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Episode 7

A Star and its Costar

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Jun 27, 1993

Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Episode 8

Planetary Nebulae

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Jul 26, 1993

Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.

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Episode 9

Swarm around the Solar System

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Aug 23, 1993

Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.

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Episode 10

Merlin - The Radio Wizard

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Sep 20, 1993

Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.

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Episode 11

Tubes of Light

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Oct 18, 1993

Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.

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Episode 12

Aerial Display

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Nov 15, 1993

Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.

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Episode 13

Galactic Dustbins

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Dec 12, 1993

Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.