Paul Doherty, an enthusiastic observer of Saturn, joins Patrick Moore to talk about the interesting features of Saturn which can be seen when the rings are almost invisible.
For this programme, Patrick Moore flew to Arizona to meet Professor Tombaugh and to ask him what he now thought about the curious planet he discovered half a century ago.
Atop Mount Hopkins, in Arizona, is the world's most revolutionary observatory. Instead of one great mirror, there are six all working together and controlled by a laser beam. Patrick Moore visits and looks at this remarkable new telescope.
What lies at the centre of our galaxy? Are there masses of brilliant stars, or something even more significant, such as a Black Hole swallowing up any stars which move too close to it? Patrick Moore and Heather Couper explore this mystery.
What are the quasars? Patrick Moore talks to Professor Alec Boksenberg about these strange, super-luminous objects which have set astronomers so many problems since they were first identified less than 20 years ago.
In December 1978 America's Pioneer Venus I reached its target. Since then it has been orbiting Venus, and mapping the planet's surface by means of radar. Dr. Garry Hunt joins Patrick Moore to describe the new findings.
In Arizona there is a vast hole in the desert, almost a mile across and 600 feet deep, known as Meteor Crater. It was blasted out in prehistoric times by a huge iron meteorite, and is the most perfectly preserved impact area known on Earth
Patrick Moore , with the aid of a sundial at his Selsey home, explains why equinoxes occur, and shows how the seasons of the year vary, due to the tilt of the Earth's axis.
In the constellation of Aquila, the Eagle, there is a faint star known as SS433. It seems to be a star accompanied by a tiny object expelling jets of gas. This new kind of supernova remnant object has been termed a scintar.
Patrick Moore discusses the by-pass of Voyager 1, and Saturn and its satellites, with the American scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena who are responsible for the mission.
Several times during the year meteor showers occur. One, known as the Quadrantid shower, will be at its maximum on 3 January and could provide an impressive display of cosmic fire-works. Patrick talks about this interesting phenomenon.
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By what name was The Sky at Night (1957) officially released in Canada in English?