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Home-Built Observatories

Episode 1 · 1968-01-05

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The enthusiasm of astronomers makes them build observatories at their own homes. Tonight Patrick Moore looks at three home-built observatories, including his own, which he has successfully transferred to Northern Ireland. Not all are built for the same purposes.

Season 12 episodes

1. Home-Built Observatories1968-01-05 2. Calendars of Other Worlds1968-02-02 3. The New Planetarium1968-03-01 4. Black Clouds in the Galaxy1968-03-29 5. Flights of Space Fancy1968-04-26 6. A Close Pass by Icarus1968-05-24 7. The Unquiet Sun1968-06-21 8. Pulsars1968-07-19 9. The Structure of the Moon1968-08-16 10. The Siberian Eclipse of the Sun1968-09-09 11. The Eclipse of the Sun1968-10-07 12. The 'Clocks' of Space1968-11-04 13. Venus, The Hot Planet1968-12-02 14. The Moon and the Earth1968-12-30