Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 2010
12 episodes · premiered Jan 4, 2010
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- Episode 1: Twinkle Twinkle Jan 4, 2010 January provides the perfect opportunity to observe stars, planets and galaxies. Sir Patrick Moore takes us on a tour of the winter sky, looking at twinkling 'variable stars' with Dr John…
- Episode 2: The Spirit of Mars Feb 9, 2010 Mars is the brightest thing in the sky and is at its closest to Earth for the next four years. With NASA announcing that its Martian rover Spirit is to rove no more on the red planet…
- Episode 3: Life Mar 8, 2010 Half a century ago, scientists were speculating about the possibility of planets outside our solar system. Since then over 400 such extra-solar planets have been discovered. Is there…
- Episode 4: The Sun in Splendour Apr 7, 2010 We can never see our nearest star at night, only by day. Looking at it directly will blind us - because our nearest star is the Sun. Sir Patrick Moore is joined by the Astronomer Royal for…
- Episode 5: Ring World May 4, 2010 Saturn is one of the largest planets and the beautiful system of rings surrounding it makes it the most distinctive in the solar system. But how were the rings formed and what effect do…
- Episode 6: Star Birth Jun 6, 2010 The many star-forming areas of our galaxy are obscured by interstellar dust, but Herschel, a new space telescope, can see these areas in infrared light. Sir Patrick Moore is joined by…
- Episode 7: The Universe from Atlantis Jul 5, 2010 The Space Shuttle Atlantis has returned from its final flight to the International Space Station. With the shuttle fleet soon to be decommissioned, Sir Patrick Moore and Dr Chris Lintott…
- Episode 8: Monster Star Aug 2, 2010 The team look at the discovery of the brightest and most massive star to date.
- Episode 9: Events on Jupiter Sep 7, 2010 In July 2009 a large object crashed into Jupiter, and in May 2010 one of the most prominent features of the planet, the southern equatorial belt, disappeared. But where did it go? Sir…
- Episode 10: Light Echoes Oct 5, 2010 Light echoes are reflections of light from distant objects in space. But what do they look like and how can they best be seen? Sir Patrick Moore and his guests Professor Mike Bode and Dr…
- Episode 11: Ghostly Travellers Nov 8, 2010 Comets are strange and exotic objects, the remnants from dead stars and the birth pangs of our solar system. Only a handful of these ghostly, celestial objects have been seen at close…
- Episode 12: The Great Bear Dec 7, 2010 Ursa Major, the Great Bear, is a rich source of galaxies, double and variable stars and the Hubble Deep Field, through which we are able to look back 10 billion years in time. Sir Patrick…