The Sky at Night - Season 8 / Year 1964

The Sky at Night - Season 8 / Year 1964

Season 8 / Year 1964

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DatesJan 10, 1964 - Dec 11, 1964
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Episodes

Ghosts Of The Universe
Year 1964Episode 130 min

Ghosts Of The Universe

Patrick Moore talks about some of the strange celestial objects, like the planet Vulcan, which have been reported at times but do not in fact seem to exist.
Jan 10, 1964
Signals From Jupiter
Year 1964Episode 230 min

Signals From Jupiter

Frank Hyde discusses with Patrick Moore the progress of his radio-astronomy station's observations in collaboration with Florida State University to try to determine whether the radio emissions from Jupiter originate there or are reflected from the sun.
Feb 7, 1964
The Surface Of The Moon - Rock Or Dust?
Year 1964Episode 330 min

The Surface Of The Moon - Rock Or Dust?

The recent flight of Ranger VI came near to solving the age-old problem of the nature of the Moon's surface. Patrick Moore reports on the present situation and its significance to astronomers.
Mar 6, 1964
Space Navigation
Year 1964Episode 430 min

Space Navigation

For ages man has used the stars to navigate by Patrick Moore discusses with Henry Brinton some of the new problems of celestial navigation which the space traveller has to face.
Apr 3, 1964
Ancient And Modern
Year 1964Episode 530 min

Ancient And Modern

The Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland is the oldest observatory still in use in the Commonwealth. Yet the work being done there on the structure of galaxies is in the forefront of contemporary research. Dr. E. M. Lindsay, the director, describes the Observatory's activities to Patrick Moore, as well as showing him round the eighteenth-century building and its historic possessions.
May 1, 1964
Moon Gathering
Year 1964Episode 630 min

Moon Gathering

Patrick Moore reports on the New York International Symposium on the Structure of the Moon's Surface, at which he himself read one of the technical papers.
Jun 5, 1964
Midsummer Sense
Year 1964Episode 730 min

Midsummer Sense

The accurate astronomical alignment of Stonehenge, notorious on Midsummer Day, contrasts with ancient Egyptian theories that the sun and planets revolved round the earth. Patrick Moore and Henry Brinton discuss the historical theories, some odd, some prescient, which have tried to explain the universe.
Jun 26, 1964
Quasars
Year 1964Episode 830 min

Quasars

Quasi stellar objects, quasars for short, is the description given to a recently discovered and puzzling new kind of body in the universe. Patrick Moore discusses with Colin Ronan these very remote and powerful sources of radio emissions.
Jul 24, 1964
Red Gient, Yellow Planet, Blue Sun
Year 1964Episode 930 min

Red Gient, Yellow Planet, Blue Sun

Commenting on reported changes in the yellow colouring of the planet Saturn, Patrick Moore discusses the colours a telescope reveals in the night sky.
Aug 21, 1964
Explosions In Space
Year 1964Episode 1030 min

Explosions In Space

The minor planet Vesta is now visible in the evening sky. Patrick Moore talks about the swarm of dwarf worlds in the solar system which may be the remains of an old planet which met with disaster.
Sep 18, 1964
Planet Earth
Year 1964Episode 1130 min

Planet Earth

Oct 30, 1964
The Leonid Meteors
Year 1964Episode 1230 min

The Leonid Meteors

Nov 13, 1964
How Old Is The Earth
Year 1964Episode 1330 min

How Old Is The Earth

Dec 11, 1964

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