Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 1968
14 episodes · premiered Jan 5, 1968
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- Episode 1: Home-Built Observatories Jan 5, 1968 The enthusiasm of astronomers makes them build observatories at their own homes. Tonight Patrick Moore looks at three home-built observatories, including his own, which he has successfully…
- Episode 2: Calendars of Other Worlds Feb 2, 1968 Leap Year makes this a special month-but variations in earthly calendars are slight compared with those in other worlds. In tonight's programme, Patrick Moore talks about Uranus's…
- Episode 3: The New Planetarium Mar 1, 1968 The Armagh Planetarium-the first big public planetarium to be built in Britain outside the London area-was opened to visitors on February 5. Its Director, Patrick Moore, shows viewers…
- Episode 4: Black Clouds in the Galaxy Mar 29, 1968 Patrick Moore discusses with Iain Nicolson the sooty clouds in space which hide some stars and themselves shine in the light from others.
- Episode 5: Flights of Space Fancy Apr 26, 1968 Patrick Moore discusses with Michael Bentine the problems of manned flight beyond the Moon to the planets and stars. They examine the techniques devised in fiction and in fact to solve…
- Episode 6: A Close Pass by Icarus May 24, 1968 In three weeks' time the asteroid Icarus, first seen in 1949, orbits close to the Earth. Patrick Moore talks to Dr. Vinicio Barocas about the nature and movements of the asteroids.
- Episode 7: The Unquiet Sun Jun 21, 1968 Sunspots, or 'storms' on the sun's surface, appear in maximum numbers about every eleven years; and large numbers are expected this year. Patrick Moore discusses with William Baxter the…
- Episode 8: Pulsars Jul 19, 1968 Strange, quickly vibrating radio sources have been discovered far out in space. These pulsating stars or 'pulsars' are one of the most exciting discoveries of modern science, and have…
- Episode 9: The Structure of the Moon Aug 16, 1968 Within a few months from now, man may land on the moon. Patrick Moore discusses with a geologist, Dr. Peter Cattermole, the conditions the first lunar astronauts are likely to find.
- Episode 10: The Siberian Eclipse of the Sun Sep 9, 1968 On September 22 a total eclipse of the sun will be visible in Russia. Patrick Moore explains why eclipses are scientifically important and what people in Britain will see.
- Episode 11: The Eclipse of the Sun Oct 7, 1968 Patrick Moore shows film and gives a first-hand description of the recent total eclipse of the sun he saw in Siberia, and discusses its scientific significance with another British…
- Episode 12: The 'Clocks' of Space Nov 4, 1968 Radio-astronomers at Jodrell Bank are carrying out a series of remarkable experiments to measure the distance from earth of 'pulsars'-the mysterious regularly-ticking radio sources out in…
- Episode 13: Venus, The Hot Planet Dec 2, 1968 The planet Venus is like the earth in size, yet totally unlike it - as recent American and Russian probes have shown - in being an inferno of heat and clouds. Patrick Moore explains why…
- Episode 14: The Moon and the Earth Dec 30, 1968 Is it unlucky to see the new moon through glass? The moon has always been thought to have a powerful influence on the earth, causing not only tides but good luck, bad luck, and even…