The Sky at Night · SEASON 16

The Great Bear

Episode 1 · 1972-01-05

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Episode overview

The Great Bear is the most familiar and conspicuous star-pattern in the night sky all the year round: but it is not exactly what it seems. Patrick Moore explains that, although its seven stars look close together, some are further from each other than they are from Earth.

Season 16 episodes

1. The Great Bear1972-01-05 2. X-Ray Stars1972-02-02 3. Mars - A Dynamic World1972-03-01 4. What Do You Want to Know?1972-03-27 5. Fifteenth Anniversary1972-04-12 6. The Tenth Planet?1972-05-24 7. Midsummer and Megaliths1972-06-21 8. Jupiter - The Colossal Planet1972-07-19 9. The Andromeda Galaxy1972-08-16 10. An Exploded Planet?1972-09-18 11. Mars1972-10-02 12. Collapsing Stars1972-10-30 13. Tycho's Star1972-12-04