1996

The Sky at Night1996

1996
14 Episodes

Episodes

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S40E01

The Night Sky in Winter

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

08 Jan 1996
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S40E02

What's the Matter between the Stars?

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

05 Feb 1996
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S40E03

News from Space

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

04 Mar 1996
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S40E04

March Comet

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

24 Mar 1996
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S40E05

Exploding Stars

Prof Michael Bode joins Patrick Moore to discuss novas.

01 Apr 1996
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S40E06

The End of the Universe

How might the universe die? With Patrick Moore.

29 Apr 1996
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S40E07

The Lives of the Galaxies

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

27 May 1996
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S40E08

Hydrogen Hunters

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

24 Jun 1996
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S40E09

A Tale of Three Planets

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

15 Jul 1996
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S40E10

Cool Stars Matter

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.

19 Aug 1996
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S40E11

Hunt The Planet

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

16 Sept 1996
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S40E12

Star Remains

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

14 Oct 1996
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S40E13

Target - the Red Planet.

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

11 Nov 1996
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S40E14

Galileo at Jupiter

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

09 Dec 1996