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The Best Episodes of The Sky at Night Season 36

Every episode of The Sky at Night Season 36 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Sky at Night Season 36!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 1 - The Keck Reflector
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    #1 - The Keck Reflector

    S36:E1

    Patrick Moore visits the world's most powerful telescope, the Keck reflector, now being constructed on top of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

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  2. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 2 - Sky-Watcher
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    #2 - Sky-Watcher

    S36:E2

    It is not necessary to have a large telescope in order to take a real interest in the night sky. Binoculars will show a great deal. Patrick Moore takes viewers on a "guided tour".

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 3 - Asteroids
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    #3 - Asteroids

    S36:E3

    Patrick Moore finds out more about asteroids, the minor planets which are junior members of the Sun's family.

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  4. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 4 - Shooting the Stars
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    #4 - Shooting the Stars

    S36:E4

    At the Anglo-Australian Observatory in New South Wales, Dr David Malin has developed new techniques for photographing the stars. With Patrick Moore.

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  5. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 5 - Space for Astronomy
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    #5 - Space for Astronomy

    S36:E5

    An anniversary edition to celebrate the first transmission of The Sky at Night35 years ago. A newcomer to television then, Patrick Moore has continued to present the programme ever since. Tonight he reports on the influence the space age has had on people's understanding and knowledge of astronomy.

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  6. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 6 - The Astronomer Royal
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    #6 - The Astronomer Royal

    S36:E6

    Professor Arnold Wolfendale, joins Patrick Moore to discuss the latest information received from the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite,

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 7 - Our Outer Giants
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    #7 - Our Outer Giants

    S36:E7

    A look at the outer giant planets, Uranus and Neptune. The Voyager probe missions that by-passed Uranus in 1986 and Neptune in 1989 were covered by Sky at Night at the time. Further analysis has since been carried out, and Patrick Moore sums up the new findings.

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  8. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 8 - Comets a Second View
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    #8 - Comets a Second View

    S36:E8

    The Giotto spacecraft encountered Halley's Comet in 1986 and escaped. The same craft recently made close-range studies of the comet Grigg-Skellerup. Patrick Moore and Drjohn Mason are joined by Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor to discuss the problems of comets.

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  9. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 9 - The First Telescope
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    #9 - The First Telescope

    S36:E9

    It is usually accepted that the first telescope was made in 1608. But new evidence shows that the first reflector was made in England, by Leonard Digges , many years before. In this programme Colin Ronan joins Patrick Moore to explain the principle, and to show the first "working" Digges-type telescope to have been made for more than 400 years.

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  10. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 10 - The Great Spiral
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    #10 - The Great Spiral

    S36:E10

    Patrick Moore studies the Great Spiral in Andromeda, a galaxy containing more than 100,000 million stars.

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  11. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 11 - Venus - A New View
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    #11 - Venus - A New View

    S36:E11

    Dr David Allen joins Patrick Moore to describe research aimed at showing surface details of the planet Venus.

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  12. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 12 - Six Into One Will Go
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    #12 - Six Into One Will Go

    S36:E12

    Patrick Moore sees how the multiple mirror telescope in Arizona is to be changed.

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  13. The Sky at Night Season 36 Episode 13 - Glitch in the System
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    #13 - Glitch in the System

    S36:E13

    Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith , the former Astronomer Royal, joins Patrick Moore to discuss the latest findings about the fascinating Crab Nebula.

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Season 36 Ratings Summary

"The Keck Reflector" is the best rated episode of "The Sky at Night" season 36. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/12/1992. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Sky-Watcher".