The Sky at Night — Season 37

Aired 10 January 1993

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

Aired 6 February 1993

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

Aired 8 March 1993

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

Aired 5 April 1993

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.

Aired 3 May 1993

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

Aired 31 May 1993

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.

Aired 27 June 1993

Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Aired 26 July 1993

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

Aired 23 August 1993

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

Aired 20 September 1993

Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.

Aired 18 October 1993

Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.

Aired 15 November 1993

Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.

Aired 12 December 1993

Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Jocelyn Bell-Burnell for the latest news about black holes.