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The Best Episodes of The Sky at Night Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 1 - Life and Death of the Sun
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    S3:E1

    Patrick Moore describes the life-cycle of a star and compares the Sun's history with that of Betelgeuse, the vast red giant now visible in Orion.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 2 - Life and Death of the Sun
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    S3:E2

    Patrick Moore describes the life-cycle of a star and compares the Sun's history with that of Betelgeuse, the vast red giant now visible in Orion.

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    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 3 - Mercury and the Moon
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    S3:E3

    Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming partial eclipse of the Moon and about the planet Mercury, which is at its most visible period for some time.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 4 - Twin Stars
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    Patrick Moore and Roger Griffin talk about these pairs of suns revolving round each other, and how they help astronomers to measure the masses of the stars.

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  5. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 5 - The Shape of our Galaxy
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    S3:E5

    Patrick Moore discusses with Dr Harlow Shapley, former Director of Harvard College Observatory and one of the world's leading astronomers, our island of stars in the Universe, of which the solar system forms a minute and insignificant part.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 6 - Minor Planets
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    S3:E6

    Patrick Moore talks about some of the lesser known bodies of the Solar System.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 7 - Life on Venus
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    S3:E7

    Patrick Moore discusses with F. L. Jackson, F.R.A.S., the theory that the planet Venus is covered with a shallow ocean, which might possibly contain single-celled creatures of a primeval type.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 8 - Lights in the Sky
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    S3:E8

    Patrick Moore discusses with Colin Ronan the Northern Lights and other similar natural phenomena.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 9 - The Ringed Planet
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    S3:E9

    Patrick Moore talks about the planet Saturn, which may now be seen low in the south, looking like a fairly bright yellowish star. With its rings of satellites and its retinue of moons, it is one of the loveliest objects in the whole sky.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 10 - Topical Events
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    S3:E10

    Patrick Moore introduces George Alcock who recently discovered two new planets. He also speaks about the eclipse of the sun which is visible here next Friday.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 11 - The Front and the Back of the Moon
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    S3:E11

    Patrick Moore talks with Colin Ronan about what is known of the hidden side of the moon, and about the Russian satellite Lunik III, its path through space, its looping of the moon, and the possible information it has brought back with it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 12 - Pairs of Suns
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    S3:E12

    Patrick Moore talks about double stars.

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  13. The Sky at Night Season 3 Episode 13 - The Star in the East
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    S3:E13

    Patrick Moore gives an astronomer's view of the Star of Bethlehem which is described in Chapter 2 of the Gospel according to St. Matthew.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Life and Death of the Sun" is the best rated episode of The Sky at Night season 3. It scored 0.0/10 from 0 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 12, 1959.