The Sky at Night · SEASON 34
The Unveiling of Venus
Episode 9 · 1990-08-27
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
At the moment the planet Venus is a brilliant object in the east before dawn. It is a world much the same size as the Earth, but very different in many ways, with its fiercely hot surface, its dense, choking atmosphere and its clouds of corrosive acid. Maps of its surface have to be compiled by radar. In this programme, Patrick Moore and Dr Peter Cattermole describe how the new radar-carrying spacecraft Magellan, which reaches Venus this month, will continue this work.
Season 34 episodes
1. Tales of the Unexpected Astronomers1990-01-22
2. Window on the Universe1990-02-18
3. Austin's Comet1990-03-11
4. Leo and Cancer1990-04-08
5. Brown Dwarves1990-05-08
6. Looking Back in Time1990-06-03
7. Our Daylight Star1990-07-02
8. Mission to Titan1990-07-03
9. The Unveiling of Venus1990-08-27
10. Europe in Space1990-09-24
11. Armagh's 'Flare' for Astronomy1990-10-22
12. Great Wall and the Great Attractor1990-11-18
13. ROSA T - a Space Telescope1990-12-09
