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The Sky At Night

Season 1987 1987
TV-G

  • 1987-01-18T22:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 30m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, News
Sir Patrick Moore (1923-2012) began presenting The Sky at Night in April 1957. Airing a new episode every month, the show continues to explore our solar system and beyond. It is the longest running science show on TV. Many famous people have appeared on The Sky at Night, among them: Harlow Shapley, Carl Sagan and Jocelyn Bell-Burnell. Many astronauts have also appeared, including Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Recordings of most of the early episodes no longer exist.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

1987-01-18T22:00:00Z

1987x01 Photographing The Sky

Season Premiere

1987x01 Photographing The Sky

  • 1987-01-18T22:00:00Z30m

Objects to photograph with inexpensive equipment.

Where variable stars are found and how they behave.

1987-03-15T22:00:00Z

1987x03 Stellar Catastrophe

1987x03 Stellar Catastrophe

  • 1987-03-15T22:00:00Z30m

Discovery of Supernova 1987A.

Thirty years of the programme, including clips and new film of JCMT and the William Herschel Telescope.

1987-05-17T21:00:00Z

1987x05 Air On Other Worlds

1987x05 Air On Other Worlds

  • 1987-05-17T21:00:00Z30m

Atmospheres and weather on neighbouring planets.

1987-06-14T21:00:00Z

1987x06 High Moon

1987x06 High Moon

  • 1987-06-14T21:00:00Z30m

Why the Moon appears higher and sometimes lower.

The world's third largest telescope is nearly finished.

1987-08-09T21:00:00Z

1987x08 The Roof Of The World

1987x08 The Roof Of The World

  • 1987-08-09T21:00:00Z30m

On Hawaii with the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, studying objects in the submillimetre waveband.

1987x09 The Hunt For Planet Ten

  • 1987-09-06T21:00:00Z30m

Theories and searches for tenth planet.

1987-09-27T21:00:00Z

1987x10 The Exploding Star

1987x10 The Exploding Star

  • 1987-09-27T21:00:00Z30m

AAT findings on Supernova 1987A.

The 30th anniversary of telescope now renamed the Lovell Telescope.

Advice on which telescopes to buy or not to buy.

1987-12-13T22:00:00Z

1987x13 Where Are The Stars

1987x13 Where Are The Stars

  • 1987-12-13T22:00:00Z30m

Accurate maps of the stars to be made by Hipparcos, set for launch in 1989.

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