The Sky at Night - Season 11 / Year 1967

The Sky at Night - Season 11 / Year 1967

Season 11 / Year 1967

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DatesJan 6, 1967 - Dec 8, 1967
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Episodes

The Giant Planet
Year 1967Episode 130 min

The Giant Planet

At present the most brilliant object in the evening sky is Jupiter, giant planet of the Solar System - an immense world with cloud belts, the fascinating Great Red Spot. and four bright moons. Even a small telescope will show details upon its yellowish gaseous surface. Patrick Moore talks about Jupiter, and the many problems that it presents to modern astronomers.
Jan 6, 1967
Oberving Earth Satellites
Year 1967Episode 230 min

Oberving Earth Satellites

Well over a thousand artificial satellites are now in orbit round the earth, and some can be seen as bright lights crossing the stars. Patrick Moore talks to Desmond King-Hele, F.R.S. about the way amateur observers can sight and track satellites, and about the value of these observations to space research.
Feb 3, 1967
Gas Clouds In Space
Year 1967Episode 330 min

Gas Clouds In Space

Patrick Moore and Dr. V. Barocas talk about the nebulae - clouds of gas of many kinds far out in space. In some of these, new stars are coming into existence.
Mar 3, 1967
Craters On The Moon
Year 1967Episode 430 min

Craters On The Moon

Mar 21, 1967
The Past 10 Years Of The Sky At Night
Year 1967Episode 530 min

The Past 10 Years Of The Sky At Night

Apr 28, 1967
A New Look At Mars
Year 1967Episode 630 min

A New Look At Mars

Since the American rocket Mariner IV went close to Mars to send back information, our ideas about the Red Planet have changed very much. Patrick Moore discusses these new ideas with Harold Ridley and in particular considers whether there can be any life on Mars.
May 26, 1967
Vega
Year 1967Episode 730 min

Vega

Vega, one of the brightest stars in the sky, is now almost overhead during the evening. It is a magnificent blue star, much hotter than the sun. Patrick Moore and Dr. V. Barocas talk about Vega, and discuss the view of the universe that could be obtained from there.
Jun 23, 1967
Lord Rosse's Great Telescope
Year 1967Episode 830 min

Lord Rosse's Great Telescope

From 1845 until 1917 the biggest telescope in the world was the 72-inch reflector built and operated by Lord Rosse at his Irish home. Patrick Moore visits Birr Castle in County Offaly, Eire, to discuss with the present Lord Rosse his great - grandfather's remarkable achievement in constructing the huge telescope, and his use of it to establish the spiral nature of galaxies.
Jul 21, 1967
Exploding Stars
Year 1967Episode 930 min

Exploding Stars

Patrick Moore talks about Novae, which appear to be new stars but are in fact existing ones brightened by explosions, and discusses the new Nova near the Constellation of Delphinus with George Alcock, a Huntingdonshire schoolmaster, who was the first person to see it.
Aug 18, 1967
Invisible Astronomy
Year 1967Episode 1030 min

Invisible Astronomy

Patrick Moore and Colin Ronan discuss the increasing study of non-visible radiations from space which is dramatically widening our knowledge of the universe.
Sep 15, 1967
Cameras Around The Moon
Year 1967Episode 1130 min

Cameras Around The Moon

In the just-completed NASA Lunar Orbiter programme, five photo-laboratories have orbited the moon at 4,500 m.p.h. Patrick Moore talks to H. J. P. Arnold about the sophisticated techniques involved in spacecraft photography.
Oct 13, 1967
Venus Observed
Year 1967Episode 1230 min

Venus Observed

The Russian probe Venus 4 has landed on its target. Patrick Moore talks about the mysterious earth's twin' planet, and puts questions about the new information from Venus to Colonel Valery Bykovsky, the Russian astronaut. Close Down
Nov 10, 1967
Lumps From Outer Space
Year 1967Episode 1330 min

Lumps From Outer Space

Meteorites are the only solid objects from outer space which land on earth. Two thousand have been found, the biggest weighing sixty tons. What are they, and where do they come from? Patrick Moore discusses their significance and possible origin with a geologist, Dr. G. J. H. McCall.
Dec 8, 1967

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