Astronomy Extras

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• Damian Peach a winner!

  Astronomer Damian Peach won Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2011 with this stunning image of Jupiter and its moons Io and Ganymede. Paul Abel visits his home in Selsey to find out why the planets inspire him.

• Blast off with the space shuttle

  Astronaut Piers Sellers tells Sir Patrick Moore and Dr Chris Lintott what its like to take a ride on the space shuttle.

• Aurora Borealis

  Jon Culshaw, Dr Lucie Green and Pete Lawrence travel to North Norway to see the Northern Lights.

• The Sky at Night 1960

  In 1960, a young Patrick Moore made this Sky at Night programme about Herschels discovery of the planet Uranus.

• Neutral Bouyancy

  In 2010 The Sky at Night filmed astronaut Piers Sellers space training for his last coming shuttle mission.

• Moonscapes 1960

  In 1960 Patrick made this Sky at Night about the Moon.

• Orion the Hunter

  The constellation of Orion is very distinctive in the winter sky. Dr Chris Lintott guides us to the stars that make up Orion the Hunter.

• Orion's Jewels

  The constellation of Orion has some of the most famous and delectable nebulae for astronomers to look at in the winter sky. Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel guide us to the jewels of Orion.

• Guide to Ursa Major

  Dr Chris Lintott takes us on a tour of Ursa Major, otherwise known as the Great Bear.

• Mizar and Alcor

  Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel tell the astronomical story of Mizar and Alcor.

• Mythology of the Plough

  Paul Abel and Sir Patrick Moore discuss the legends inspired by Ursa Major and the Plough.

• Uranus meets Jupiter

  Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel discuss the recent rare conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Uranus.

• Mira the Wonderful Star

  The variable star Mira was at its brightest the night Pete Lawrence and the team were looking for comet Hartley 2. Pete took time out to look at the star and tell us about it.

• Patrick Moore is Tycho Brahe

  Sir Patrick Moore dons a gold nose and becomes Tycho Brahe, the famous Danish astronomer, who witnessed a supernova in 1572.

• A transit of the gas giant Jupiter

  On 16th October, whilst filming comet Hartley 2, planetary astronomer Damian Peach looked through Sir Patricks 15 inch telescope, to observe a transit of Jupiter.