"Terrestrial life is embedded in a cosmic web. And it seems reasonable to speculate that life is cosmically commonplace." ~Timothy Ferris

2024 nov 24 first time watching but 4:28 in toit im captivated

I would have been 12 when this was shown. He seemed to live in an alternative plane to my deprived provincial town. Then years later I was working just for one day as a teacher in school about half a mile away. PM arrived to give a talk. The great man from the TV, near me. I saw the talk. The school has been demolished now and he is gone as I will be in the fullness of time.

Love this, hilarious bit where we’re assured the Uranians won’t be upset because there aren’t any !!! Love Patrick’s passion for astronomy 🪐

Patrick Moore 😊

I do like the Astrophysics refractors and I was privileged to look through a 7" f9 Starfire back in 2006. One of these beautiful refractors is beyond my pay grade so I make use with what I can afford which is my Istar 150mm f8 R35 refractor and a Altair Astro 102mm f11 starwave, very very modest in comparison to an Astrophysics but they show me things in the night sky that i would not be able to see without them.

A fine homosexual

2024 and still brilliant Remember watching this in the 60s and 70s 👍🔭😂

It was a treat to stay up and see Patrick's monthly programme, I was 9 when this one was broadcast, and its still a pleasure to watch.

Nice 😊

That guy there is an icon to British Gen X's LOLOL

480th like!

Wow I am inspired

While watching this all I can think of is Ronnie Barker ... 😁

I just recently started watching episodes of this show. This is amazing. Astronomy is a fascinating and curious subject.

Those Sunday nights were the best. I was a nipper, so being up this late was a rare but special treat.

Beautiful combination of science, music and art. It makes astronomy accessible, without sacrificing any rigor. Recommended for students and professionals of any age.

THIS IS BEST DESCRIBED AS ""INCONSEQUENTIAL AMATUER HOUR"",,NOVA BLOOPER

Soundtrack pkease?

I miss these Sunday nights.

The Andromeda Galaxy is not a tiny speck in our sky, it's four times the size of the moon, if your eyes could discern something that faint.

Patrick Moore 😊

This is from 11 years ago and what has been done about light pollution over those years? Sadly nothing and it's got worse in that time.

The sun goes to bed at night.

The man never read a script!

🪷. Since 1984. 💕

Timothy is a classic homosexual name

The sky at night --------------------- The sky at night, a canvas deep, A moonlight bathes the world in grace. With stars above, their secrets keep, In this serene and quiet space. A silvery orb, in the expanse, The night is calm, the world's asleep. Its tranquil glow, a gentle dance, In slumber's embrace, our dreams we'll reap. The twinkling stars, like diamonds bright, A symphony of silence, vast and wide. Their distant light, a cosmic light, In the stillness of night, we'll confide. The constellations tell stories old, Each star a point in history's chart. A tale of heroes and myths untold, In the tapestry of time, a work of art. The planets in their stately parade, In orbits known, they circle 'round. In the dark abyss, they've boldly played, Their celestial beauty, in awe, we've found. The midnight hour, a world transformed, A tapestry of wonder, vast and grand. In the depths of space, our hearts warmed, As we admire the sky, on this quiet strand.

I absolutely love real science!

my favorite documentary, ive watched it so many times

Now that I have worked in heavy-ion physics at the CMS experiment at CERN, and have literally straddled the LHC beam pipe installing detector components: one of the main reasons I went into high-energy nuclear physics was because of watching this documentary when I was a kid.

Where does the time go......🔭 ☄☄

Patrick being hip and up to date with his fancy digital watch! They were only out for a couple of years before this was filmed.

Sir Patrick Moore always used a manual typewriter to write his book manuscripts, but in 1975 he is already rocking a digital watch😁Legend.

Thank you! for uploading this wonderful documentary.

This is all so inconsequential to anyone's REAL problems on planet Earth it boggles my mind that so much money ans effort goes into this 🤔😑

I'm not selling my Astro-Physics refractor

I was just 6 years old 👶 when this aired 😭😭 lol I used to love this show i watched it mostly all through the nineties.

Someday.... someday.

Go back and upload again. Poor, poor quality, especially the last half 😢

Are the Canary Islands south west Europe? They look pretty much like north west Africa on a map!

I discovered that the Star of Bethlehem was the same Halley´s Comet: Yo descubrí que la Estrella de Belén es el mismo Cometa Halley: Jesús (Yeshua) nació en Belén hace 2015 años cuando el cometa Halley tuvo su perihelio en el año 1 después de Cristo. Esto lo descubrí en 23-agosto-2018. Con base en los descubrimientos de la sonda Voyager el período exacto de los perihelios del cometa Halley no es de 76 años sino de 76,03 años. Por lo tanto, yo resté períodos exactos de 76,03 años, retrocediendo desde el año 1066 cuando Guillermo (William) El Conquistador avistó al cometa Halley, y obtuve en la hoja de Excel que el cometa Halley tuvo su perihelio en el año 1 d.C., del mismo modo coincide con el avistamiento del cometa registrado por El Astrónomo cuando el cometa fue observado por Luis El Piadoso (Ludovico Pío). Hay un error de 8 años en la datación de los registros históricos de la humanidad, porque antiguamente no se tenía un conteo internacional de los años, por este motivo la Iglesia Católica hizo un esfuerzo por organizar los datos históricos universales o mundiales, pero tuvieron un error de 8 años en la datación de la historia porque muy probablemente ya se sabía que cada 76 años pasaba el cometa Halley, y quizá usaron esa base para calcular el tiempo, pero resulta que el cometa pasa por aquí cada 76,03 años y no cada 76 años, de ahí surgió la diferencia acumulada de 8 años que tenemos hoy (2023), es decir, hoy no estamos en el año 2023 desde el nacimiento de Jesús (Yeshua) El Mesías, sino que han transcurrido 2015 años exactos. Saludos desde Cali, Colombia, Kevin Artemo Casanova Santini González

I saw this documentary in Spanish in my childhood and I loved it. And still loving it. The metaphor of going up to the lighthouse is one of the best things I have seen regarding the current knowledge of the science and what it is still missing. Great work!

Legendary Sir Patrick Moore!

He is right Uranus looks like a dim star naked eye.Tricky to find.Go somewhere very dark and located it in binoculars noting close by stars of similar brightness and then have a crack at it naked eye.

Thaddeus SC Lowe grandfather too Florence ""Pancho"" Lowe Barnes who piloted "" Travelair"" Mystery Ship R613k.

I watched this with Mum and Dad in London it was one of our family common interests. A quality programme presented by a brilliant presenter. Thank you, Sir Patrick.

I recorded this on VHS the first time it ran on PBS. Much later I bought it on LaserDisc, and eventually on DVD. While a few statements in it have been superseded in the ensuing decades, it is still a magnificent work, as good a short treatise on the subject as one could wish to find.

This documentary is fantastic! Thank you for posting 🤓

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