Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 1984
13 episodes · premiered Jan 8, 1984
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- Episode 1: The Winter Sky Jan 8, 1984 Winter is perhaps the best time for star-gazing; the nights are long and dark. Also the winter constellations, led by Orion the Hunter, are brilliant. Patrick Moore talks about the winter…
- Episode 2: At the Castle Gate Feb 5, 1984 British astronomy has always been in the forefront of research. This is still true today, though the largest optical telescopes have been moved to sites with better climates, such as La…
- Episode 3: Venus Unveiled Mar 11, 1984 For the past few months Venus has been a brilliant object in the morning sky. Though we cannot see through its dense, unbreathable atmosphere, space probes have sent back remarkable…
- Episode 4: The Secret Lives of the Stars Apr 1, 1984 The stars are suns; they have tremendously long lives, but they do not exist for ever. In this programme Patrick Moore and Heather Couper trace the stories of some typical stars which are…
- Episode 5: New Life for Solar Max Apr 29, 1984 In February 1980 the Americans launched an important artificial satellite - Solar Max, designed to study the sun. After nine months it developed serious faults. Recently a daring rescue…
- Episode 6: Cooking the Elements May 20, 1984 Most astronomers believe that the universe began with a big bang, perhaps 15,000-million years ago, and that all the familiar elements have since been built up out of the original hydrogen…
- Episode 7: A Night with the INT Jun 10, 1984 The Isaac Newton Telescope at the new observatory at La Palma, in the Canary Islands, is now ready for use. Patrick Moore has been there taking part in one of the first sets of…
- Episode 8: Missions to Comets Jul 15, 1984 Interest is growing as Halley s Comet continues to draw in toward the sun. Already there have been trial runs in observing the much fainter Crommelin's Comet, and of course several…
- Episode 9: The Orange World of Titan Aug 19, 1984 Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is one of the most remarkable bodies in the solar system. With its dense orange clouds and its nitrogen atmosphere it may have a deep ocean made up of…
- Episode 10: Shells Around the Stars Sep 17, 1984 Do other solar systems exist? Information from the infra-red astronomical satellite, IRAS, indicates that they may well do so. Many stars - some of them similar to our sun - have been…
- Episode 11: Once Upon a Time Oct 14, 1984 What is only 100 years old? What were the French finally forced to accept? And why do King Charles II, Sir Isaac Newton, Captain Cook, Admiral Sir Clowdisley Shovel, the Great Western…
- Episode 12: Reflection Nebulae Nov 18, 1984 There is a tremendous amount of material spread thinly between the stars. If a star happens to pass into a cloud of denser gas and dust, it will illuminate it to produce a reflection…
- Episode 13: Forgotten Constellations Dec 9, 1984 Most people can recognise the major constellations such as Orion the celestial hunter, Hercules, Perseus, the Great Bear and others. But more constellations have been proposed from time to…