1993

1993

1993-01-10
13 Episodes

Episodes

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

1993-01-10

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Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.

Radio Watchers

2. Radio Watchers

1993-02-06

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Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.

How the Universe Began

3. How the Universe Began

1993-03-08

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Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.

Cambridge Telescope

4. Cambridge Telescope

1993-04-05

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Patrick Moore explains the significance of a new telescope jointly planned by Cambridge University and the Harvard Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is being set up in Chile.

Town Astronomy

5. Town Astronomy

1993-05-03

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Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.

Star Death

6. Star Death

1993-05-31

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Dr Robin Catchpole of the Royal Greenwich Observatory joins Patrick Moore to talk about supernova - the most tremendous outbursts known in nature involving the destruction of a massive star - from which astronomers can learn a great deal.

A Star and its Costar

7. A Star and its Costar

1993-06-27

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Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Planetary Nebulae

8. Planetary Nebulae

1993-07-26

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Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.

Swarm around the Solar System

9. Swarm around the Solar System

1993-08-23

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Patrick Moore discusses newly found bodies in orbit around the sun and asks whether the planetary system could be more extensive than previously believed.

Merlin - The Radio Wizard

10. Merlin - The Radio Wizard

1993-09-20

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Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.

Tubes of Light

11. Tubes of Light

1993-10-18

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Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.

Aerial Display

12. Aerial Display

1993-11-15

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Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.

Galactic Dustbins

13. Galactic Dustbins

1993-12-12

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Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.