The Sky at Night - Season 36 / Year 1992
Season 36 / Year 1992
Episodes
Outposts Of The Universe
Sky-Watcher
Vermin Of The Skies?
Shooting The Stars
Space For Astronomy - 35Th Anniversary Programme
Background Of The Universe
Our Outer Giants
Comets - A Second View
The Giotto spacecraft encountered Halley's Comet in 1986 and escaped. Giotto recently made close-range studies of the comet Grigg-Skellerup. Patrick and Dr. John Mason are joined by Susan McKenna-Lawlor to discuss the problems of comets.
The First Telescope?
The Great Spiral
Venus-A New View
Six Into One Will Go
A Glitch In The System
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