The Sky at Night
Season 14 Episode 6 - Amateur Astronomers
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Patrick Moore examines the telescopes at Frank Acfield's back-garden observatory in Newcastle. Amateur astronomers - whether they have sophisticated equipment or simply use small telescopes or binoculars - can find out what is visible in the sky at night during the summer and where to find it.
Episodes in Season 14
1
Wanderers in Space
2
Orion
3
The Crab Nebula
4
Photography on the Moon
5
When Mercury Crosses the Sun
6
Amateur Astronomers
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7
Steering by the Stars
8
The Moons of Mars
9
Astronomers in the Space Age
10
Moon-quakes!
11
Rockets to the Planet
12
Infra-Red Astronomy
13