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The Sky at Night: 1992

13 episodes · premiered Jan 12, 1992

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  1. Episode 1: The Keck Reflector Jan 12, 1992 Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful telescope, the Keck reflector, now being constructed on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
  2. Episode 2: Sky-Watcher Feb 24, 1992 It is not necessary to have a large telescope in order to take a real interest in the night sky. Binoculars will show a great deal. Patrick Moore takes viewers on a "guided tour".
  3. Episode 3: Asteroids Mar 15, 1992 Patrick Moore finds out more about asteroids, the minor planets which are junior members of the Sun's family.
  4. Episode 4: Shooting the Stars Apr 6, 1992 At the Anglo-Australian Observatory in New South Wales, Dr David Malin has developed new techniques for photographing the stars. With Patrick Moore.
  5. Episode 5: Space for Astronomy Apr 26, 1992 An anniversary edition to celebrate the first transmission of The Sky at Night35 years ago. A newcomer to television then, Patrick Moore has continued to present the programme ever since…
  6. Episode 6: The Astronomer Royal Jun 1, 1992 Professor Arnold Wolfendale, joins Patrick Moore to discuss the latest information received from the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite,
  7. Episode 7: Our Outer Giants Jun 28, 1992 A look at the outer giant planets, Uranus and Neptune. The Voyager probe missions that by-passed Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989 were covered by Sky at Night at the time. Further…
  8. Episode 8: Comets a Second View Jul 20, 1992 The Giotto spacecraft encountered Halley's Comet in 1986 and escaped. The same craft recently made close-range studies of the comet Grigg-Skellerup. Patrick Moore and Drjohn Mason are…
  9. Episode 9: The First Telescope Aug 16, 1992 It is usually accepted that the first telescope was made in 1608. But new evidence shows that the first reflector was made in England, by Leonard Digges , many years before. In this…
  10. Episode 10: The Great Spiral Sep 20, 1992 Patrick Moore studies the Great Spiral in Andromeda, a galaxy containing more than 100,000 million stars.
  11. Episode 11: Venus - A New View Oct 11, 1992 Dr David Allen joins Patrick Moore to describe research aimed at showing surface details of the planet Venus.
  12. Episode 12: Six Into One Will Go Nov 9, 1992 Patrick Moore sees how the multiple mirror telescope in Arizona is to be changed.
  13. Episode 13: Glitch in the System Dec 7, 1992 Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith , the former Astronomer Royal, joins Patrick Moore to discuss the latest findings about the fascinating Crab Nebula.