The Sky at Night - Season 19 / Year 1975

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Episodes

Year 1975Episode 130 min

The Outer Planets

A look back at a Sky at Night episode from 1975. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are all on view. Each has its own special points of interest and Patrick Moore talks about these remote members of the Sun's family.

Apr 30, 1975

Year 1975Episode 630 min

The Mysterious X-Rays

A strange force of X-rays from the sky has been discovered by instruments on board the British satellite Ariel-5. What is the object sending them out?

May 30, 1975

Year 1975Episode 730 min

The Hot Clouds Of The Sun

What is the sun made of? To study the nature of the sun, special equipment is needed. At Sevenoaks Commander Henry Hatfield has built one of the very few spectrohelioscopes outside professional observatories, and Patrick Moore joins him there.

Jul 1, 1975

Year 1975Episode 830 min

The New Moon

Six years ago, in July 1969, the first man landed on the moon. At a major international conference held in London last month, experts from all over the world met to discuss the results of their work on the material obtained by the Apollo missions. Patrick Moore , who took part in the conference, talks to the scientists about some of the new and unexpected conclusions which have emerged and discusses their importance with Professor Geoffrcy Eglinton of Bristol University.

Jul 28, 1975

Year 1975Episode 930 min

The Galilean Satellites

Jupiter's four largest moons - the Galilean satellites - are among the most interesting members of the Solar System. They were discovered by Galileo in 1610 - hence their nickname - and they have been studied by the Pioneer probes; one of them, lo, affects Jupiter's radio emission. Patrick Moore talks about these planet-sized satellites with Dr Garry Hunt , who is involved in all the space missions and gives the latest news about the Viking probe to Mars.

Aug 28, 1975

Year 1975Episode 1030 min

The Origin Of The Universe

How did the Universe come into being? This is one of the most important and most puzzling problems facing mankind. Recently we have some new information from the depths of space, which may shed some light on the whole. question; Patrick Moore discusses it with Dr John Beckman of Queen Mary College, whose studies of remote objects from balloon-borne equipment have produced interesting results.

Sep 23, 1975

Year 1975Episode 1130 min

New Star In Cygnus

We have just seen the brightest nova, or exploding star, for many years - Nova Cygni , which blazed out in the constellation of the Swan and became very bright. Patrick Moore talks about this strange and dramatic newcomer and reports on the research now being carried out by astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory at Herstmonceux in Sussex.

Oct 22, 1975

Year 1975Episode 1230 min

The Rocks On Venus

On 22 October the Russians landed a space-probe on the planet Venus and sent back pictures of the surface which have taken astronomers completely by surprise. Venus has been called the planet of mystery - and these results make it more mysterious still. Patrick Moore talks to Dr Garry Hunt about the new questions raised by these landings.

Nov 12, 1975

Year 1975Episode 1330 min

The Search For Life In The Universe

Is Earth the only inhabited world, or is our civilisation one of many? Patrick Moore looks at some of the stars which could be the centres of planetary systems, and speculates as to which of them could support life.

Dec 10, 1975

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The Sky at Night - Season 19 / Year 1975

Season 19 / Year 1975

Episodes

Orion The Hunter

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Algol - The Winking Demon

Astronomy Of The Infrared