Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 1970
13 episodes · premiered Jan 12, 1970
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- Episode 1: Wanderers in Space Jan 12, 1970 In January a comet will be visible in the northern sky, bright enough to be seen without a telescope. Patrick Moore talks about comets and their appearances with an observer, Keith…
- Episode 2: Orion Jan 27, 1970 The constellation of Orion the Hunter is conspicuous in the southern sky. Patrick Moore talks about its many fascinating features, among them white giant stars, the old red giant…
- Episode 3: The Crab Nebula Feb 24, 1970 In the year 1054 a new star, or Supernova, appeared. It was a star so brilliant that it rivalled Venus and was said to be visible in daylight. It was two years before it faded away. Modern…
- Episode 4: Photography on the Moon Mar 23, 1970 The Apollo 11 and 12 astronauts brought back colour photographs which have given valuable information about the moon's surface and geology. Soon the Apollo 13 crew will be photographing…
- Episode 5: When Mercury Crosses the Sun Apr 28, 1970 On 9 May the tiny planet Mercury will be seen as a black dot in transit across the sun's disc. Because it orbits close to the sun, Mercury has always been difficult to observe, and…
- Episode 6: Amateur Astronomers May 26, 1970 Patrick Moore examines the telescopes at Frank Acfield's back-garden observatory in Newcastle. Amateur astronomers - whether they have sophisticated equipment or simply use small…
- Episode 7: Steering by the Stars Jun 16, 1970 Patrick Moore examines some instruments used by ancient mariners to steer their ships by the stars, and discusses with James Burke the use of the stars by American astronauts and…
- Episode 8: The Moons of Mars Jul 14, 1970 The two tiny Moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, are unlike any other astronomical bodies known to us. Too small to be satellites like our Moon - are they asteroids or minor planets? Patrick…
- Episode 9: Astronomers in the Space Age Aug 25, 1970 Patrick Moore talks to some of the world's leading astronomers, who are attending an international conference at Brighton, about the spectacular growth in recent years of our knowledge of…
- Episode 10: Moon-quakes! Sep 15, 1970 The devastating results of earthquakes are well known, but recent observations have shown that the moon too has moon-quakes, and they are linked with the tidal effects of the earth on the…
- Episode 11: Rockets to the Planet Oct 14, 1970 Spacecraft have already been to the nearest planets, Mars and Venus. Within the next 10 years other probes will explore much further, heading inward to Mercury, and outward beyond…
- Episode 12: Infra-Red Astronomy Nov 18, 1970 One of the newest and most exciting branches of science, infra-red astronomy can detect 'invisible light' from the stars and so tell us more than we could find out from visible light only…
- Episode 13: Planets of Other Suns Dec 16, 1970 Astronomers now think there must be planets circling many of the stars in the Universe, and that some of these planets could well be inhabited. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Peter van de Kamp…