The Sky at Night — 1996
14 episodesFirst aired 8 January 1996
E1The Night Sky in Winter
Jan 1996
A tour of the winter night sky, with Patrick Moore.
- E2
What's the Matter between the Stars?
Feb 1996
A look at the material which lies between stars. With Patrick Moore.
- E3
News from Space
Mar 1996
Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Paul Murdin to discuss this year's new developments.
- E4
March Comet
Mar 1996
Comet Hyakutake should be visible in the evenings at the end of the month. With Patrick Moore.
- E5
Exploding Stars
Apr 1996
Prof Michael Bode joins Patrick Moore to discuss novas.
- E6
The End of the Universe
Apr 1996
How might the universe die? With Patrick Moore.
- E7
The Lives of the Galaxies
May 1996
How much do galaxies change as they grow older? Patrick Moore finds out.
- E8
Hydrogen Hunters
Jun 1996
Dr Alan Wright joins Patrick Moore to explain the purpose of a survey into the most plentiful substance in the universe.
- E9
A Tale of Three Planets
Jul 1996
News from Jupiter and Saturn, plus the first maps of Pluto obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. With Patrick Moore.
- E10
Cool Stars Matter
Aug 1996
Iras (the Infrared Astronomical Satellite), which operated for much of 1983, provided a great deal of information on aspects such as the presence of cool, possibly planet forming, material around stars like Vega. Iso (the Infrared Space Observatory) is now performing well. Dr Helen Walker of Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory joins Patrick Moore to give the latest news on the probe.
- E11
Hunt The Planet
Sept 1996
Patrick Moore tells the story of the race to discover Neptune 150 years ago.
- E12
Star Remains
Oct 1996
Dr Chris Kitchin of the University of Hertfordshire Observatory and Patrick Moore discuss supernovas.
- E13
Target - the Red Planet.
Nov 1996
Dr Peter Cattermole , one of Nasa's principal scientific investigators, joins Patrick Mooreto describe findings on Mars.
- E14
Galileo at Jupiter
Dec 1996
Professor Garry Hunt gives Patrick Moore the latest news received from the spacecraft Galileo.
