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First Aired: April 24th, 1957

Network: BBC Four

Summary: Your monthly journey through the fascinating world of space and astronomy with the latest thinking on what's out there in space and what you can see in the night sky.

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Season 1998

Episode 1: Ring Of Moons

Air Date: January 11st, 1998

Summary: The discoveries of Saturn's moons. Lunar Prospector sent to Moon.

Episode 2: The Art Of Deep Space

Air Date: February 8th, 1998

Summary: An exhibition of astronomical photos at the Science Museum and other places.

Episode 3: The Total Experience

Air Date: March 8th, 1998

Summary: The total solar eclipse in the Caribbean on 26 February.

Episode 4: A Cold View Of Space

Air Date: April 5th, 1998

Summary: ISO, Infrared Space Observatory, is due to finish. A review of its work.

Episode 5: The Sky With Chips

Air Date: May 3rd, 1998

Summary: CCDs are now being used extensively by amateurs.

Episode 6: Planets Of Other Suns

Air Date: May 31st, 1998

Summary: Hubble's release of the first photo of a planet outside the Solar System. A discussion of other candidates and what they might be like.

Episode 7: The Sun Awakes

Air Date: June 28th, 1998

Summary: The Sun is becoming more active in its 11-year cycle.

Episode 8: The Uk Schmidt - The First Quarter Century

Air Date: July 26th, 1998

Summary: The history and current work of the UK Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring, New South Wales.

Episode 9: Flaring Stars

Air Date: August 23rd, 1998

Summary: An explanation of the requirements and mechanisms of a binary star system required to produce novae, a spectacular class of varying star.

Episode 10: The Flying Horse Of Autumn

Air Date: September 27th, 1998

Summary: A look around the autumn skies with emphasis on the constellation of Pegasus.

Episode 11: Cosmic Fireworks

Air Date: October 18th, 1998

Summary: The Leonid meteors.

Episode 12: The Royal Greenwich Observatory - 1675-1998

Air Date: November 15th, 1998

Summary: Highlights from the 300-year history of the RGO on the occasion of its closure.

Episode 13: Timekeeping By Starlight

Air Date: December 13rd, 1998

Summary: A report on the 1998 Leonids and how to make a nocturnal clock to tell the time at night.

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