Episodes
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1. The Winter Sky
8 Jan 1958
Patrick Moore shows you the wonders of the winter sky during the coming month.
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2. Radio Astronomy
5 Feb 1958
Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. Roger Jennison of Jodrell Bank how radio astronomy is increasing our knowledge of the Universe.
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3. The Plough
5 Mar 1958
Patrick Moore discusses the most famous of all the constellations.
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4. Penumbral Eclipse
2 Apr 1958
Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming penumbral eclipse of the Moon, and Mercury the nearest planet to the Sun.
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5. The Moon
30 Apr 1958
Tonight Patrick Moore is at the Hampstead Observatory. If weather conditions are suitable television cameras will bring live pictures of the moon's surface.
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6. Jupiter
28 May 1958
Patrick Moore talks about the largest planet, its family of moons, and its mysterious changing red spot.
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7. Dwarf and Giant Stars
20 Jun 1958
Patrick Moore talks about the life history of a star.
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8. Moon Missions
23 Jul 1958
Patrick Moore explains what it would mean to astronomers if a successful attempt were made to reach the moon.
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9. Telescopes
20 Aug 1958
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.
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10. The Universe
17 Sept 1958
Patrick Moore talks to America's foremost astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, about his theories on the size and scale of the universe.
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11. Mars
17 Nov 1958
Mars is better seen now than it will be for the next ten years.
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12. The Craters on the Moon
15 Dec 1958
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 Sky at Night 1958: quick answers
How many episodes are in The Sky at Night 1958?
1958 of The Sky at Night has 12 episodes.
When did The Sky at Night 1958 come out?
1958 premiered on 8 Jan 1958.