shetlandpeat Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died, aged 89, his friends and colleagues have said. Sir Patrick presented the first edition of The Sky at Night on 24th April 1957. He last appeared in an episode broadcast on Monday. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOYAANISQATSI Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 http://oi46.tinypic.com/21b6tcj.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lone Wolf Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Very sad. A man that gave us more than the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 One of the few TV 'personalities' who is actually deserving of any respect. Irreplaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Irreplaceable.When Julien Temple was at Screenplay he mentioned that there is a campaign for maverick guitar legend and amateur astronomer Wilko Johnson to succeed Moore. They have a petition: http://www.facebook.com/groups/158602003742/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavi Ugl Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 What sad news. A true gentleman and although The Sky At Night is on a little too late at night for me I watch them on youtube and it's so nice to find something that offers a little bit of escapism from the drudgery of life. I remember watching a documentary about him and apparently his fiance was killed by a bomb attack in WWII and he never really got over it - hence the fact he remained unmarried. Irreplaceable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyKipper Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 One of his books got me hooked on stargazing when I was a kid. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 The last of the monocle wearers? Always struck me as a fine Gentleman. I hope he achived everything he wanted in his lifetime. He certainly provided inspiration to many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 Yes sadly missed the sky at night won't be the same without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 R.I.P. it is sad, hope he will watch us now from the sky (as astronomer he is where he should be). Astronomy also fascinates me, and it is interesting how much scientists have learned about the stars in the last decades. Radiation, the galaxy and so on...and the astronauts with their equipment can even walk on the moon. I find it fascinating that there are watches which resist air and water pressure so strongly, that they can dive down deep with the divers and fly up as high with the astronauts. (*** Mod - Don't think I don't see what you're doing. A clever spammer is still a spammer ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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