The Sky at Night: 1958
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Sky at Night Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Winter Sky
Jan 8, 1958
Patrick Moore shows you the wonders of the winter sky during the coming month.
Radio Astronomy
Feb 5, 1958
Patrick Moore discusses with Dr. Roger Jennison of Jodrell Bank how radio astronomy is increasing our knowledge of the Universe.
The Plough
Mar 5, 1958
Patrick Moore discusses the most famous of all the constellations.
Penumbral Eclipse
Apr 2, 1958
Patrick Moore talks about the forthcoming penumbral eclipse of the Moon, and Mercury the nearest planet to the Sun.
The Moon
Apr 30, 1958
Tonight Patrick Moore is at the Hampstead Observatory. If weather conditions are suitable television cameras will bring live pictures of the moon's surface.
Jupiter
May 28, 1958
Patrick Moore talks about the largest planet, its family of moons, and its mysterious changing red spot.
Moon Missions
Jul 23, 1958
Patrick Moore explains what it would mean to astronomers if a successful attempt were made to reach the moon.
Telescopes
Aug 20, 1958
Patrick Moore talks about old and new telescopes with A. H. Degenhardt, and shows some of the things which the new telescopes can reveal-for instance, about the Andromeda Galaxy, w
The Universe
Sep 17, 1958
Patrick Moore talks to America's foremost astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, about his theories on the size and scale of the universe.
The Craters on the Moon
Dec 15, 1958
Patrick Moore and Dr. Gilbert Fielder discuss the recent report by a Russian astronomer of an eruption on the moon, and what it reveals about the moon's origin and present state.