The Sky at Night

[Gina]

On NOW BBC 4

[xtreemchaos]

thanks Gina, i missed the start but watching it on the I-player now.  clear skys, charl.

[ringz]

Is it me or has TSAN been a lot more interesting of late? Last nights' programme was excellent.

[geordie85]

22 minutes ago, ringz said:

Is it me or has TSAN been a lot more interesting of late? Last nights' programme was excellent.

I've actually been finding it rather droll since sir Patrick Moore passed. It just hasn't been the same since 

[kirkster501]

Yes I agree, I also think it has been more interesting lately.  It had really lost its way a few years ago but seems to have found its mojo again.  That said, I have not watched this months edition as yet.  I shall look forward to it on catch up.

[Gina]

Yes, I think it's been better lately

[Les Ewan]

Haven't watched it for over 10 years I found Patrick's steady decline in health too depressing. I'm talking through the prejudice of someone who hasn't seen the programme for such a long time but it must be pretty ordinary without Patrick Moore.

[DaveS]

Last night's was excellent.

Deffo finding it's way at last. Maggie does the "eccentric" bit well.

[Jonk]

I don't know about you, but to me it looked like Pete Lawrence was at my nearest dark site...!

Screenshot:

Photo from 2015 when I first went there to test

[Alan White]

Just watched this after work on iPlayer.

I think Sky at Night is truly on a roll again and look forward to each episode.
The Cassini episode was of great interest, what an amazing space craft it has been,
I will have very mixed emotions on Friday when 'she' has gone.

[Paul73]

Thanks for the heads up Gina. 

Mrs Paul is out tomorrow night. I can sense a glass of wine and a couple of editions of S@N coming on!

Paul

[Alien 13]

I have always liked the new format but agree its getting better every month, it realy needs to be 45 mins now to give Pete more time to explain the technicalities a bit more to any newbies watching.

Alan

[barkis]

I totally agree. The lady is a fine choice to replace sir Patrick, and a very intelligent, and knowledgeable person.     SGL is not a place for casting aspersions on anyone, anyone doing so may find themselves in serious danger of being removed. Perhaps an apology is in order too.

 

[LukeSkywatcher]

I'll only watch it if the main subject interests me..........such as comets,Nebs etc.

[DaveS]

I'll watch it anyway, always the possibility of opening my eyes to something out of my normal teritory.

[ronl]

I have enjoyed most episodes for quite some time, and I agree with Alan

It should be at least 45 minutes long.

 

[Astro Imp]

Another fine production. The fact that at the end I thought it was over too quickly speaks volumes.

[Tim]

Just watched this one, thoroughly enjoyed the Cassini run down, and Pete's comments about Saturn struck a chord too. Will definitely be looking out for that once in 30 years storm system now.

Re-visiting some of Cassini's images made the episode special, especially those with the tiny moons making waves in the rings, epic!

The show does seem to have re-found it's feet lately. At first I found Dr Maggie's presenting style to be distracting to the material, but now her infectious enthusiasm has won me over, great to have another unique  character at the core of the programme.

[michaelmorris]

I've really grown to like the new format. The Maggie and Chris combo works well. Obviously I'd like to see more of Pete Lawrence's observing section. Perhaps the answer is an extended version (Sky at Night XL?) for viewing at a less popular time slot or on line.

[Kropster]

Maggie is much better now she has toned down the 'presenter' type of delivery.

No more........long pauses......in the middle.....of sentences.

Hurrah!

[Swoop1]

I enjoy TSAN but sometimes wish they would do a bit more for the amateur amateur astronomer (if you know what I mean)- more 'lessons' in the art of stargazing.

The recent programmes that involved the Vatican observatories were good though!

[elliot]

They really don't have a lot of time for lessons on stargazing, which is a shame. 30mins a month is way too short. I like BBC4 content and BBC science programming in general, but I'd like to see something a bit less mainstream than the Horizonesque "but there was a problem" type of documentary. The arts get great coverage on BBC4 - would be nice to extend the science remit a tad.