Episodes
1. Episode 1
January 10, 1993
Patrick Moore surveys Orion the Hunter, and then Mars and Venus - two bright inner planets.
2. Radio Watchers
February 6, 1993
Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful radio observatories and talks to the astronomers who make the radio pictures.
3. How the Universe Began
March 8, 1993
Patrick Moore discusses the latest findings on how the universe began.
4. Cambridge Telescope
April 5, 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.
5. Town Astronomy
May 3, 1993
Patrick Moore explains that there is much for the amateur astronomer to see.
6. Star Death
May 31, 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.
7. A Star and its Costar
June 27, 1993
Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.
8. Planetary Nebulae
July 26, 1993
Dr Chris Kitchin joins Patrick Moore to explain what the so-called planetary nebulae are.
9. Swarm around the Solar System
August 23, 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.
10. Merlin - The Radio Wizard
September 20, 1993
Patrick Moore talks to Prof Richard Davis of Jodrell Bank about his current work with the Lovell radio telescope.
11. Tubes of Light
October 18, 1993
Patrick Moore is joined by Fred Watson, of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, who has been developing fibre optics for astronomy.
