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The Best Episodes of The Sky at Night Season 8

Every episode of The Sky at Night Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Sky at Night Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 1 - The Ghosts of the Universe
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    #1 - The Ghosts of the Universe

    S8:E1

    Patrick Moore talks about some of the strange celestial objects, like the planet Vulcan, which have been reported at times but do not in fact seem to exist.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 2 - Signals from Jupiter
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    #2 - Signals from Jupiter

    S8:E2

    Frank Hyde discusses with Patrick Moore the progress of his radio-astronomy station's observations in collaboration with Florida State University to try to determine whether the radio emissions from Jupiter originate there or are reflected from the sun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 3 - Rock or Dust?
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    #3 - Rock or Dust?

    S8:E3

    The recent flight of Ranger VI came near to solving the age-old problem of the nature of the Moon's surface. Patrick Moore reports on the present situation and its significance to astronomers.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 4 - Space Navigation
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    #4 - Space Navigation

    S8:E4

    For ages man has used the stars to navigate by Patrick Moore discusses with Henry Brinton some of the new problems of celestial navigation which the space traveller has to face.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 5 - Ancient and Modern
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    #5 - Ancient and Modern

    S8:E5

    The Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland is the oldest observatory still in use in the Commonwealth. Yet the work being done there on the structure of galaxies is in the forefront of contemporary research. Dr. E. M. Lindsay, the director, describes the Observatory's activities to Patrick Moore, as well as showing him round the eighteenth-century building and its historic possessions.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 6 - Moon Gathering
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    #6 - Moon Gathering

    S8:E6

    Patrick Moore reports on the New York International Symposium on the Structure of the Moon's Surface, at which he himself read one of the technical papers.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 7 - Midsummer Sense
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    #7 - Midsummer Sense

    S8:E7

    The accurate astronomical alignment of Stonehenge, notorious on Midsummer Day, contrasts with ancient Egyptian theories that the sun and planets revolved round the earth. Patrick Moore and Henry Brinton discuss the historical theories, some odd, some prescient, which have tried to explain the universe.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 8 - Quasars
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    #8 - Quasars

    S8:E8

    Quasi stellar objects, quasars for short, is the description given to a recently discovered and puzzling new kind of body in the universe. Patrick Moore discusses with Colin Ronan these very remote and powerful sources of radio emissions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 9 - Red Giant, Yellow Planet, Blue Sun
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    #9 - Red Giant, Yellow Planet, Blue Sun

    S8:E9

    Commenting on reported changes in the yellow colouring of the planet Saturn, Patrick Moore discusses the colours a telescope reveals in the night sky.

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  10. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 10 - Explosion in Space
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    #10 - Explosion in Space

    S8:E10

    The minor planet Vesta is now visible in the evening sky. Patrick Moore talks about the swarm of dwarf worlds in the solar system which may be the remains of an old planet which met with disaster.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Sky at Night Season 8 Episode 11 - How Old is the Earth?
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    #11 - How Old is the Earth?

    S8:E11

    Patrick Moore and Henry Brinton discuss the current scientific evidence as to when the earth came into existence as a separate body in the solar system.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Ghosts of the Universe" is the best rated episode of "The Sky at Night" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/10/1964. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Signals from Jupiter".