Episode guide
The Sky at Night: 2013
12 episodes · premiered Jan 7, 2013
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- Episode 1: Reaching for the Stars Jan 7, 2013 For more than half a century Sir Patrick Moore encouraged people to look up at the wonders of the night skies. Fittingly in this programme, recorded just before his death, he and his team…
- Episode 2: The Sun King Feb 3, 2013 The team are at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, to see how the sun affects our planet.
- Episode 3: Moore Winter Marathon Results Mar 3, 2013 There are amazing astronomical objects to see in the winter night sky, and Sir Patrick Moore chose a few of them for his last Moore Winter Marathon. To find out how everyone got on, Chris…
- Episode 4: They Fall to Earth Apr 7, 2013 Meteorites regularly hit Earth, although most go undetected. Occasionally a big meteorite collides with Earth and when it does, it can cause devastation. Lucie Green and Chris Lintott…
- Episode 5: Stunning Saturn May 6, 2013 Saturn is in our evening skies, and in any telescope looks a stunner. Lucie Green and Chris Lintott investigate the storm that is still raging in the planet's atmosphere, with the latest…
- Episode 6: Lives of the Stars Jun 6, 2013 Stars are full of variety - they can be big or little, bright or dim. Our sun is right in the middle - Mr Average - but eventually it will grow old and become a red giant. Lucie Green and…
- Episode 7: Solstice Jul 8, 2013 Every year thousands flock to Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice. Seeing the rise of the summer sun at Stonehenge is one of the most obvious connections between ancient man and…
- Episode 8: Exploring Mars Aug 7, 2013 It's a golden era of exploration on Mars, with Nasa's space rover Curiosity finding out new and exciting things about the planet and which might offer the best chance of life elsewhere in…
- Episode 9: Fatal Attraction Sep 2, 2013 Black holes are the beating heart of galaxies. It seems that they are pivotal in their evolution, but they also have a destructive side. A dust cloud more massive than the size of the…
- Episode 10: Space Surgery Special Oct 6, 2013 The team go camping at the Brecon Beacons star party and answer problems and queries about what to see in the night sky and how to use a telescope. Viewers have been sending in astronomy…
- Episode 11: Moore Moon Marathon Nov 3, 2013 The moon is a most familiar sight in our sky - it is the astronomer's friend and was Sir Patrick Moore's favourite object - yet fundamentally we still do not know how it was formed and why…
- Episode 12: Comet Chasing Dec 1, 2013 Astronomers always get excited about comets and in December they are looking forward to something rather special. The snappily-named Comet C/2012 S1 ISON has travelled from the very edges…