WatchTrove
US My List

Episode guide

The Sky at Night: 1996

14 episodes · premiered Jan 8, 1996

TMDB has no overview for this season.

The Sky at Night: cast and where to watch

  1. Episode 1: The Night Sky in Winter Jan 8, 1996 A tour of the winter night sky, with Patrick Moore.
  2. Episode 2: What's the Matter between the Stars? Feb 5, 1996 A look at the material which lies between stars. With Patrick Moore.
  3. Episode 3: News from Space Mar 4, 1996 Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Paul Murdin to discuss this year's new developments.
  4. Episode 4: March Comet Mar 24, 1996 Comet Hyakutake should be visible in the evenings at the end of the month. With Patrick Moore.
  5. Episode 5: Exploding Stars Apr 1, 1996 Prof Michael Bode joins Patrick Moore to discuss novas.
  6. Episode 6: The End of the Universe Apr 29, 1996 How might the universe die? With Patrick Moore.
  7. Episode 7: The Lives of the Galaxies May 27, 1996 How much do galaxies change as they grow older? Patrick Moore finds out.
  8. Episode 8: Hydrogen Hunters Jun 24, 1996 Dr Alan Wright joins Patrick Moore to explain the purpose of a survey into the most plentiful substance in the universe.
  9. Episode 9: A Tale of Three Planets Jul 15, 1996 News from Jupiter and Saturn, plus the first maps of Pluto obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. With Patrick Moore.
  10. Episode 10: Cool Stars Matter Aug 19, 1996 Iras (the Infrared Astronomical Satellite), which operated for much of 1983, provided a great deal of information on aspects such as the presence of cool, possibly planet forming, material…
  11. Episode 11: Hunt The Planet Sep 16, 1996 Patrick Moore tells the story of the race to discover Neptune 150 years ago.
  12. Episode 12: Star Remains Oct 14, 1996 Dr Chris Kitchin of the University of Hertfordshire Observatory and Patrick Moore discuss supernovas.
  13. Episode 13: Target - the Red Planet. Nov 11, 1996 Dr Peter Cattermole , one of Nasa's principal scientific investigators, joins Patrick Mooreto describe findings on Mars.
  14. Episode 14: Galileo at Jupiter Dec 9, 1996 Professor Garry Hunt gives Patrick Moore the latest news received from the spacecraft Galileo.