The Sky at Night documents the most recent 40 episodes of Sir Patrick Moore's record-breaking TV program.

As in the twelve earlier volumes, each of the episodes has been re-written into elegant little essays from the past four years of broadcasting. As such, this book represents a enjoyable synopsis of the most significant events in astronomy during this period.

Patrick Moore has fans the world over, for whom this most volume is essential reading, All readers of Sky at Night magazine (30,000), members of all 120 astronomical societies in the UK, readers of Sky and Telescope, Astronomy magazine, members of the scientists who read New Scientist and Scientific American, and the NY Times science pages - will be familiar with Patrick Moore's TV programs and will enjoy this book.

The Sky at Night programs (and of course the books) feature many of the greatest living astronomers, astrophysicists, cosmologists and astronauts - people such as Sir Martin Rees (President of the UK's prestigious Royal Society, and Astronomer Royal), Prof. Gerry Gilmore, Eugene Cernan - and many more.