1993

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Episodes

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Episode 11993-01-10

Episode 1

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

Episode 21993-02-06

Radio Watchers

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

Episode 31993-03-08

How the Universe Began

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

Episode 41993-04-05

Cambridge Telescope

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.

Episode 51993-05-03

Town Astronomy

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

Episode 61993-05-31

Star Death

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.

Episode 71993-06-27

A Star and its Costar

Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Episode 81993-07-26

Planetary Nebulae

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

Episode 91993-08-23

Swarm around the Solar System

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

Episode 101993-09-20