50 years of Sky at Night!

An incredible aniversary when you consider the changes in technology! Started before the launch of Sputnik then through the Space Race years, Moon Landings, Hubble Telescope, International Space Station and Mars Landers it's pretty incredible.

Here is a quote from the BBC:

Sir Patrick Moore has presented the 650th episode of BBC One's astronomy programme The Sky at Night, nearly 50 years after the show first aired.
Sir Patrick presented the first show, when he was asked to do three programmes on astronomy in 1957.
At 83, he is British television's longest serving presenter, and still continues his own astronomy work.

The 50th aniversary programme was a real change from the norm. Featuring Brian May (Queen Guitarist) and Jon Culshaw who played a brilliant part as Sir Patrick 50 years ago! I really enjoyed the light hearted approach to Space and Science shown on the programme so I sent my own views to the S@N forum:

As a Primary School Teacher I would like to congratulate yourself, Sir Patrick, Brian, Jon Culshaw and everyone else involved in last night's programme. To traditional S@N watchers the aniversary programme was 'different' and maybe not as expected, but for young children with an interest in space and astronomy i'm sure that they will love it! It brought to life, in an entertaining way, how technology has progressed over the last 50 years and looked ahead to the next 50 years. This gives younger children something really positive to think about and gives a real stimulus for Science or Writing Projects. OK...the original programme was a bit late for younger children, but I will certainly be showing it to my class who are keen on learning about space. I think that you have produced a super resource that could encourage children to take more interest apart from 'Play Station' virtual space

Well Done Sir Patrick!