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January 10, 1993

1993

01. Episode 1

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

January 10, 1993

02. Radio Watchers

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

February 6, 1993

03. How the Universe Began

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

March 8, 1993

04. Cambridge Telescope

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.

April 5, 1993

05. Town Astronomy

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

May 3, 1993

06. Star Death

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.

May 31, 1993

07. A Star and its Costar

Patrick Moore reports from Baltimore on the Hubble Space Telescope.

June 27, 1993

08. Planetary Nebulae

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

July 26, 1993

09. Swarm around the Solar System

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

August 23, 1993

10. Merlin - The Radio Wizard

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

September 20, 1993

11. Tubes of Light

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

October 18, 1993

12. Aerial Display

Patrick Moore looks at Taunton School's radio telescope.

November 15, 1993

13. Galactic Dustbins

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

December 12, 1993