Patrick Moore shows you the wonders of the winter sky during the coming month.
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January 8, 1958
2. Radio Astronomy
Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. Roger Jennison of Jodrell Bank how radio astronomy is increasing our knowledge of the Universe.
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February 5, 1958
3. The Plough
Patrick Moore discusses the most famous of all the constellations.
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March 5, 1958
4. Penumbral Eclipse
Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming penumbral eclipse of the Moon, and Mercury the nearest planet to the Sun.
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April 2, 1958
5. The Moon
Tonight Patrick Moore is at the Hampstead Observatory. If weather conditions are suitable television cameras will bring live pictures of the moon's surface.
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April 30, 1958
6. Jupiter
Patrick Moore talks about the largest planet, its family of moons, and its mysterious changing red spot.
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May 28, 1958
7. Dwarf and Giant Stars
Patrick Moore talks about the life history of a star.
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June 20, 1958
8. Moon Missions
Patrick Moore explains what it would mean to astronomers if a successful attempt were made to reach the moon.
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July 23, 1958
9. Telescopes
Patrick Moore talks about old and new telescopes with A. H. Degenhardt, and shows some of the things which the new telescopes can reveal-for instance, about the Andromeda Galaxy, whose light takes nearly two million years to reach us.
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August 20, 1958
10. The Universe
Patrick Moore talks to America's foremost astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, about his theories on the size and scale of the universe.
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September 17, 1958
11. Mars
Mars is better seen now than it will be for the next ten years.
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November 17, 1958
12. The Craters on the Moon
Patrick Moore and Dr. Gilbert Fielder discuss the recent report by a Russian astronomer of an eruption on the moon, and what it reveals about the moon's origin and present state.