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Sir Patrick Moore. Credit: sirpatrickmoore.com
Astronomers, both professional and amateur, throughout the world, were saddened yesterday to hear of the death of Sir Patrick Moore. He was the reason many of them became interested in the stars in the first place. For 55 years, from 26 April 1957 until his final broadcast on 3 December 2012, he was our monthly guide to the stars, earning him a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s longest-serving TV presenter of the longest-running programme with the same presenter in television history, The Sky at Night.(…)
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© Jenny Winder for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | 2 comments |
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2012-12-10 17:42:15
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/98889/remembrances-and-reflections-sir-patrick-moore-1923-2012/