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The Sky at Night Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
11 Episodes 1961 - 1961
Episode 1
Storms in the Sun
Patrick Moore talks with W.M. Baxter, Secretary of the British Astronomical Association, about the mysterious dark areas, many thousands of miles across, on the sun's surface, known as sunspots.
Episode 2
Life on Mars
In this programme, postponed from February, Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. F. L. Jackson, of King's College Hospital Pathology Department, the results of certain experiments carried out specially on behalf of 'The Sky at Night'.
Episode 3
Life on the Moon
Patrick Moore discusses the evidence both for and against the possibility of finding life on the moon.
Episode 4
Venus
As the Russian space probe approaches Venus, Patrick Moore discusses the little we know about this planet and what sort of world further exploration might reveal it to be.
Episode 5
Radio Astronomy and the Amateur
Frank Hyde has built and operated his own radio telescope at Clacton in Essex. Patrick Moore discusses with him the contributions an amateur can make in this latest field of astronomy.
Episode 6
Cosmic Debris
Patrick Moore discusses meteors and meteorites with Dr. M. H. Hey of the British Museum of Natural History, and the latest versions of the suggestion that some may contain organic compounds.
Episode 7
50th Programme
To celebrate the 50th edition of "The Sky at Night", Patrick Moore looks around the night sky through George Hole's 24-inch telescope at Patcham and the 36-inch telescope at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
Episode 8
Astronomy in Space
Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. H. E. Butler how artificial satellites outside the earth's atmosphere can help astronomers, and what further discoveries they may lead to.
Episode 9
Has the Earth Three Moons?
It has been suggested that the Earth may have more than one moon. Any such satellite would be very small and faint; but searches for them have been carried out, and recently a Polish astronomer claimed to have photographed two of them.
Episode 10
How Many Stars in the Pleiades?
Patrick Moore talks about star clusters and asks viewers to help find out how many stars in the Pleiades are visible without a telescope.
Episode 11
A Telescope for Christmas
Patrick describes how to set up a small home telescope, powerful enough for real astronomical use, and discusses with L. Marsland Gander the best way to use it.