Patrick Moore shows you the wonders of the winter sky during the coming month.

The Winter Sky

Radio Astronomy

Season 1

Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. Roger Jennison of Jodrell Bank how radio astronomy is increasing our knowledge of the Universe.

Patrick Moore discusses the most famous of all the constellations.

The Plough

Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming penumbral eclipse of the Moon, and Mercury the nearest planet to the Sun.

Penumbral Eclipse

Tonight Patrick Moore is at the Hampstead Observatory. If weather conditions are suitable television cameras will bring live pictures of the moon's surface.

The Moon

Patrick Moore talks about the largest planet, its family of moons, and its mysterious changing red spot.

Jupiter

Patrick Moore talks about the life history of a star.

Dwarf and Giant Stars

Patrick Moore explains what it would mean to astronomers if a successful attempt were made to reach the moon.

Moon Missions

Patrick Moore talks about old and new telescopes with A. H. Degenhardt, and shows some of the things which the new telescopes can reveal-for instance, about the Andromeda Galaxy, whose light takes nearly two million years to reach us.

Telescopes

Patrick Moore talks to America's foremost astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, about his theories on the size and scale of the universe.

The Universe

Mars is better seen now than it will be for the next ten years.

Mars

Patrick Moore and Dr. Gilbert Fielder discuss the recent report by a Russian astronomer of an eruption on the moon, and what it reveals about the moon's origin and present state.

The Craters on the Moon

Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

The Winter Sky

Seasons70

Season 2 Episodes12

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