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The Sky at Night: 1986

13 episodes · premiered Jan 11, 1986

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  1. Episode 1: Our Nearest Star Jan 11, 1986 How much is known about the sun? We know that it is a huge nuclear furnace that sends out electrified particles, which affect the tails of comets and much else. But there is still a great…
  2. Episode 2: Voyager to Uranus Feb 4, 1986 The Voyager 2 probe by-passed the planet Uranus on 24 January. Though discovered in 1781, not much had been found out about Uranus - in many ways a mysterious world, with a strange axial…
  3. Episode 3: Halley's Comet: The Encounter Mar 13, 1986 Tonight's news from the comet comes as Europe's Giotto spacecraft plunges deep into the glowing dust and gases of its coma. At 47 miles per second, every grain of dust strikes like a…
  4. Episode 4: The Spring Sky Apr 6, 1986 By spring evenings the brilliant winter constellations have vanished into the twilight, but there is still plenty to see. Patrick Moore talks about the spring constellations such as Leo…
  5. Episode 5: The Story of Satum Apr 27, 1986 When the planet Saturn was first examined telescopically in 1610, it was believed by Galileo to be a triple world. Patrick Moore shows what can be seen this month, while Saturn is best…
  6. Episode 6: Halley - The End of the Tale? May 25, 1986 Two months ago the Giotto spacecraft passed through the head of Halley's Comet. It sent back the only close-range pictures ever taken of a nucleus, and more information about comets than…
  7. Episode 7: The Summer Sky Jun 29, 1986 This is a favourable time for planetary enthusiasts, as all the bright planets are on view. There are also brilliant southern stars, such as the Scorpion with its red leader Antares…
  8. Episode 8: The Death of a Star Jul 27, 1986 The southern galaxy Centaurus A is a peculiar system, crossed by a dark dust-lane. In it an Australian amateur astronomer has found a supernova - a colossal stellar outburst involving the…
  9. Episode 9: The Innermost Planet Aug 17, 1986 Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, is always difficult to study from earth, but it is at its best in the morning sky this month. So far the only space-probe to have bypassed it has…
  10. Episode 10: The Furthest Depths of the Universe Sep 14, 1986 Astronomers in Australia have just announced the discovery of the most remote object known to science. It is a quasar - an object whose nature is not known with certainty but which is so…
  11. Episode 11: The Autumn Sky Oct 12, 1986 Autumn skies may be less brilliant than those of other seasons, but there is plenty of interest. In this programme Patrick Moore discusses the main features, with special reference to…
  12. Episode 12: Cosmic Lawn Sprinkler Nov 10, 1986 The unique object known to astronomers at SS433 looks at first sight like a dim star, but has proved to be as bizarre as anything known. Jets of material spreading out from it are…
  13. Episode 13: The Galilean Moons Dec 21, 1986 Jupiter is now prominently visible in the evening sky. Any telescope will show it together with its four large satellites, known as the Galileans because they were studied in 1610 by…