Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 1993
13 episodes · premiered Jan 10, 1993
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- Episode 1: Episode 1 Jan 10, 1993 Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.
- Episode 2: Radio Watchers Feb 6, 1993 Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.
- Episode 3: How the Universe Began Mar 8, 1993 Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.
- Episode 4: Cambridge Telescope Apr 5, 1993 Patrick Moore explains the significance of a new telescope jointly planned by Cambridge University and the Harvard Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is being set up in Chile.
- Episode 5: Town Astronomy May 3, 1993 Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.
- Episode 6: Star Death May 31, 1993 Dr Robin Catchpole of the Royal Greenwich Observatory joins Patrick Moore to talk about supernova - the most tremendous outbursts known in nature involving the destruction of a massive…
- Episode 7: A Star and its Costar Jun 27, 1993 Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Episode 8: Planetary Nebulae Jul 26, 1993 Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.
- Episode 9: Swarm around the Solar System Aug 23, 1993 Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.
- Episode 10: Merlin - The Radio Wizard Sep 20, 1993 Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.
- Episode 11: Tubes of Light Oct 18, 1993 Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.
- Episode 12: Aerial Display Nov 15, 1993 Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.
- Episode 13: Galactic Dustbins Dec 12, 1993 Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.