14 episodes

The Sky at Night - 1996

First aired Jan 8, 1996Season 40

Browse all 14 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Night Sky in Winter

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Jan 8, 1996

A tour of the winter night sky, with Patrick Moore.

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Episode 2

What's the Matter between the Stars?

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Feb 5, 1996

A look at the material which lies between stars. With Patrick Moore.

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Episode 3

News from Space

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Mar 4, 1996

Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Paul Murdin to discuss this year's new developments.

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Episode 4

March Comet

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Mar 24, 1996

Comet Hyakutake should be visible in the evenings at the end of the month. With Patrick Moore.

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Episode 5

Exploding Stars

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Apr 1, 1996

Prof Michael Bode joins Patrick Moore to discuss novas.

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Episode 6

The End of the Universe

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Apr 29, 1996

How might the universe die? With Patrick Moore.

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Episode 7

The Lives of the Galaxies

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May 27, 1996

How much do galaxies change as they grow older? Patrick Moore finds out.

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Episode 8

Hydrogen Hunters

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Jun 24, 1996

Dr Alan Wright joins Patrick Moore to explain the purpose of a survey into the most plentiful substance in the universe.

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Episode 9

A Tale of Three Planets

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Jul 15, 1996

News from Jupiter and Saturn, plus the first maps of Pluto obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. With Patrick Moore.

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Episode 10

Cool Stars Matter

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Aug 19, 1996

Iras (the Infrared Astronomical Satellite), which operated for much of 1983, provided a great deal of information on aspects such as the presence of cool, possibly planet forming, material around stars like Vega. Iso (the Infrared Space Observatory) is now performing well. Dr Helen Walker of Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory joins Patrick Moore to give the latest news on the probe.

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Episode 11

Hunt The Planet

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Sep 16, 1996

Patrick Moore tells the story of the race to discover Neptune 150 years ago.

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Episode 12

Star Remains

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Oct 14, 1996

Dr Chris Kitchin of the University of Hertfordshire Observatory and Patrick Moore discuss supernovas.

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Episode 13

Target - the Red Planet.

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Nov 11, 1996

Dr Peter Cattermole , one of Nasa's principal scientific investigators, joins Patrick Mooreto describe findings on Mars.

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Episode 14

Galileo at Jupiter

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Dec 9, 1996

Professor Garry Hunt gives Patrick Moore the latest news received from the spacecraft Galileo.