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The Sky at Night: 1990

13 episodes · premiered Jan 22, 1990

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  1. Episode 1: Tales of the Unexpected Astronomers Jan 22, 1990 Tales of the Unexpected Astronomers, like other people, can be taken by surprise. Bright comets, new stars, outbreaks on planets, displays of aurora - none of these can be predicted; and…
  2. Episode 2: Window on the Universe Feb 18, 1990 The NTT, or New Technology Telescope, at La Silla in the Atacama Desert of Chile has now come into full operation. It is the most accurate, most modern telescope in the world, as Patrick…
  3. Episode 3: Austin's Comet Mar 11, 1990 Brilliant comets have been rare over recent years, but Austin's Comet, now brightening as it moves into the northern part of the sky, may become really spectacular, with a bright head and…
  4. Episode 4: Leo and Cancer Apr 8, 1990 Two of the zodiacal constellations - Leo (the lion) and Cancer (the crab) - are on view during evenings this month. Both contain interesting objects, including Praesepe or the 'beehive'…
  5. Episode 5: Brown Dwarves May 8, 1990 A Brown Dwarf is like a missing link - not quite a star and yet too big to be a planet. A team including Dr Mike Hawkins of Edinburgh's Royal Observatory may have located the first…
  6. Episode 6: Looking Back in Time Jun 3, 1990 The William Herschel Telescope is the third largest astronomical telescope in the world and one of the most modern. Patrick Moore visits the observatory in the Canary Islands and talks to…
  7. Episode 7: Our Daylight Star Jul 2, 1990 The sun, our nearest star, is at present at the peak of its cycle of activity and there are many sunspots. These can be observed by amateurs, though great care must always be taken…
  8. Episode 8: Mission to Titan Jul 3, 1990 Titan is Saturn's largest moon. A new mission, Cassini, is to be launched to it in a few years' time. Patrick Moore is joined by Dr John Zarnecki of the University of Kent to discuss Titan…
  9. Episode 9: The Unveiling of Venus Aug 27, 1990 At the moment the planet Venus is a brilliant object in the east before dawn. It is a world much the same size as the Earth, but very different in many ways, with its fiercely hot surface…
  10. Episode 10: Europe in Space Sep 24, 1990 A new European space probe, Ulysses, is about to be launched to study the unknown poles of the Sun. Patrick Moore goes to Noordwijk in the Netherlands and talks to the scientists at the…
  11. Episode 11: Armagh's 'Flare' for Astronomy Oct 22, 1990 Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland is 200 years old. Patrick Moore goes to Armagh on the occasion of the observatory's bicentenary and talks to the astronomers who are carrying out…
  12. Episode 12: Great Wall and the Great Attractor Nov 18, 1990 rofessor Michael Rowan-Robinson of Queen Mary and Westfield College discusses developments in the study of the Great Wall and the Great Attractor with Patrick Moore.
  13. Episode 13: ROSA T - a Space Telescope Dec 9, 1990 Radiations of very short wavelength from space cannot reach the Earth because they are blocked by the atmosphere, but they are of increasing importance to astronomers. ROSAT, an artificial…