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January 8, 1996

1996

01. The Night Sky in Winter

A tour of the winter night sky, with Patrick Moore.

January 8, 1996

02. What's the Matter between the Stars?

A look at the material which lies between stars. With Patrick Moore.

February 5, 1996

03. News from Space

Patrick Moore is joined by Dr Paul Murdin to discuss this year's new developments.

March 4, 1996

04. March Comet

Comet Hyakutake should be visible in the evenings at the end of the month. With Patrick Moore.

March 24, 1996

05. Exploding Stars

Prof Michael Bode joins Patrick Moore to discuss novas.

April 1, 1996

06. The End of the Universe

How might the universe die? With Patrick Moore.

April 29, 1996

07. The Lives of the Galaxies

How much do galaxies change as they grow older? Patrick Moore finds out.

May 27, 1996

08. Hydrogen Hunters

Dr Alan Wright joins Patrick Moore to explain the purpose of a survey into the most plentiful substance in the universe.

June 24, 1996

09. A Tale of Three Planets

News from Jupiter and Saturn, plus the first maps of Pluto obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. With Patrick Moore.

July 15, 1996

10. Cool Stars Matter

Iras (the Infrared Astronomical Satellite), which operated for much of 1983, provided a great deal of information on aspects such as the presence of cool, possibly planet forming, material around stars like Vega. Iso (the Infrared Space Observatory) is now performing well. Dr Helen Walker of Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory joins Patrick Moore to give the latest news on the probe.

August 19, 1996

11. Hunt The Planet

Patrick Moore tells the story of the race to discover Neptune 150 years ago.

September 16, 1996

12. Star Remains

Dr Chris Kitchin of the University of Hertfordshire Observatory and Patrick Moore discuss supernovas.

October 14, 1996

13. Target - the Red Planet.

Dr Peter Cattermole , one of Nasa's principal scientific investigators, joins Patrick Mooreto describe findings on Mars.

November 11, 1996

14. Galileo at Jupiter

Professor Garry Hunt gives Patrick Moore the latest news received from the spacecraft Galileo.

December 9, 1996