Patrick Moore
Born	4 March 1923 (1923-03-04) (age 85) Pinner, Middlesex, England
Occupation	TV presenter and amateur astronomer

Sir Alfred Patrick Caldwell-Moore, CBE, HonFRS, FRAS (born 4 March 1923 in Pinner) known as Patrick Moore, is an English amateur astronomer who has attained legendary status in astronomy as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter of the subject and who is credited as having done more than any other to raise the profile of astronomy among the British general public. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Amateur astronomy, a subset of Astronomy, is a Hobby whose participants enjoy studying and observing celestial objects The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society is a person elected under special criteria to Fellowship of the Royal Society. The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS is a Learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Amateur astronomy, a subset of Astronomy, is a Hobby whose participants enjoy studying and observing celestial objects He was born to Captain Charles Trachsel Caldwell-Moore MC (died 1947) and Gertrude, née White (died 1981 aged 94). The Military Cross ( MC) is the third level Military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993 other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981

Sir Patrick was always very close to his mother and she was a talented artist who lived with him at his Selsey home which is still colourfully decorated with many paintings of "bogeys", little friendly aliens, which she regularly produced and were sent out annually as Patrick's Christmas cards. Selsey is a seaside town and Civil parish, about 7 miles (11 kilometres south of Chichester, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England

He is a former president of the British Astronomical Association, co-founder and former president of the Society for Popular Astronomy, author of over 70 books on astronomy, presenter of the longest running television series (with the same original presenter), The Sky at Night on the BBC and a famous figure on British television (such as being the Gamesmaster). The British Astronomical Association, BAA is the senior national association of Amateur astronomers in the UK. The Society for Popular Astronomy is Britain 's leading astronomical society for beginners to Amateur astronomy with a membership exceeding 3000 in 2005 The Sky at Night is a monthly Television programme on Astronomy produced by the BBC. GamesMaster was a British show screened on Channel 4 from 7 January, 1992 to 3 February, 1998, and was He is well known for his rapid mode of speech, trademark monocle, poorly fitting blazers, extremely high trouser line and a fondness for the xylophone. A monocle is a type of Corrective lens used to correct the vision in only one Eye. The xylophone (from the Greek words ξύλον - xylon, "wood" + φωνή - phone, "voice" meaning "wooden

Sir Patrick is also an accomplished composer. He is entirely self-taught in music. His favourite style includes 19th century Viennese waltzes and marches, but he has also turned to ragtime, polkas, and a nocturne. In 1981 he played a xylophone solo in a Royal Command Performance.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Television 2.1 Honours and appointments 2.2 Other interests and popular culture 2.3 Activism 3 Personal life 4 References 5 External links

Early life

Sir Patrick Moore was born in Pinner in Middlesex and moved to East Grinstead in Sussex, where he spent his childhood. Pinner is a suburb in the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. East Grinstead (archaically spelt Grimstead) is a town and Civil parish in the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex, West Sussex in England Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. His youth was marked by poor health and consequently he was educated at home by private tutors. He developed an interest in astronomy at the age of six and was elected to the British Astronomical Association at the age of 11. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study The British Astronomical Association, BAA is the senior national association of Amateur astronomers in the UK. In the Second World War Moore lied about his age in order to join the RAF and from 1940 until 1945 he served as a navigator in RAF Bomber Command, reaching the rank of Flight Lieutenant, having received his flight training in Canada where he met Albert Einstein and Orville Wright whilst on leave in New York. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAF 's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968 Flight Lieutenant ( Flt Lt in the RAF; FLTLT in the RAAF and RNZAF, F/L in the former RCAF) is a junior Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The war had a significant influence on his life: his only known romance ended when his fiancée, a nurse, was killed by a bomb which fell on her ambulance. Moore subsequently remarked, somewhat poignantly, that he never married because "There was no one else for me. . . second best is no good for me. . . I would have liked a wife and family, but it was not to be. "^[1]

After the war, Moore eventually set up home at Selsey in Sussex, where he constructed a home-made reflecting telescope in his garden and began to observe the Moon. Selsey is a seaside town and Civil parish, about 7 miles (11 kilometres south of Chichester, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. A reflecting telescope (also called a reflector) is an Optical telescope which uses a single or combination of Curved mirrors that reflect Light He was fascinated by the subject and he is now acknowledged as a specialist in lunar observation, one of his particular areas of expertise being the study of the glimpses of the Moon's far side that are occasionally visible due to the Moon's libration. Far Side of the Moon, in original French, La face cachée de la lune, is a 2003 film by Robert Lepage. In Astronomy libration (from the Latin verb librare "to balance to sway" cf He was also an early observer of Transient lunar phenomena: short-lived glowing areas on the lunar surface. A transient lunar phenomenon ( TLP) or "Lunar Transient Phenomena" (LTP refers to short-lived lights colors or changes in appearance of the lunar surface

Television

On 26 April 1957, at 10:30 pm, in an event that was to be a landmark of his career, Moore presented the first episode of The Sky at Night, a BBC television programme for astronomy enthusiasts. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Since then, he has presented every episode each month, excepting July 2004, because of a near-fatal bout of food poisoning caused by eating a contaminated goose egg. Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease) is any Illness resulting from the consumption of food An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals consisting of an Ovum surrounded by layers of Membranes and an outer casing which acts to nourish Moore appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-serving TV presenter, by virtue of having presented the show since 1957. Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U Early editions of The Sky at Night were transmitted live and on one occasion he swallowed a fly live on air. True flies are Insects of the Order Diptera ( Greek: di = two and pteron = wing possessing a single pair of Since 2004, the programme has been presented from Moore's home, as he is no longer able to travel to the studios, owing to arthritis. Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body

On 1 April 2007, a 50th anniversary semi-spoof edition of the programme was broadcast on BBC1, with Moore depicted as a Time lord and featuring, as special guests, amateur astronomers Jon Culshaw (impersonating Moore presenting the very first The Sky At Night) and Dr Brian May. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Time Lords are a fictional race and civilization in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, of which the series' Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and Comedian The Sky at Night is a monthly Television programme on Astronomy produced by the BBC. Brian Harold May, CBE This tongue-in-cheek edition of the show included a look-ahead to the state of astronomy in the year 2057, with May recalling his appearance in a disastrous concert on the Moon, in which an accident resulted in an explosion of rocket fuel that sent Queen drummer Roger Taylor into orbit, with accompanying footage of Taylor orbiting the moon, drumsticks still in hand. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Roger Taylor (born Roger Meddows-Taylor on July 26, 1949 in Dersingham, Norfolk later moved to Kings Lynn is an English Musician In Physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of one object around a point or another body for example the gravitational orbit of a planet around a star During the programme, Moore tries in vain to warn his past self to avoid the goose egg that gave him food poisoning in 2004 and expresses annoyance at the late time slot that the show occupies. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

On 6 May 2007, a special edition of The Sky at Night was broadcast on BBC1, to commemorate the programme's 50th anniversary, with a party in Moore's garden at Selsey, attended by amateur and professional astronomers. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Selsey is a seaside town and Civil parish, about 7 miles (11 kilometres south of Chichester, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England It consisted of a retrospective of highlights from the past 654 editions of the programme, together with Moore reminiscing with guests who have appeared over the past 50 years and who have been influenced in various ways by the programme and by Moore himself. Another special edition, broadcast on BBC4 on 9 December 2007, was a retrospective of achievements in astronomical science during the past 50 years, together with a review of the highlights of "The Sky at Night" in presenting such achievements and the contributions of distinguished astronomers to the programme during those years.

Patrick Moore has undertaken significant research in astronomy. It was revealed in a TV programme that when the Russians wanted accurate information on the Moon over a number of years, they first went to America then other countries for the information but could not obtain such information. Patrick Moore was then suggested as a source of the data and on visiting him at this dwelling, they were invited in. Moore left them and returned with a pile of exercise books with all the necessary information in, his records of observations over many years which is how in 1959, the Soviet Union used his charts of the moon to correlate their first pictures of the far side with his mapped features on the near side and he was involved in the lunar mapping used by the NASA Apollo space missions. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program A human spaceflight is a Spaceflight with a human crew, and possibly passengers In 1965, he was appointed Director of the newly-constructed Armagh Planetarium, a post he held until 1968. Armagh Planetarium is a Planetarium located in Armagh, Northern Ireland close to the city centre and neighbouring Armagh Observatory in approximately During the Apollo programme, Moore was a presenter of the BBC's television's coverage of the moon landing missions. British television coverage of Apollo 11, man's first mission to land on the moon lasted from 16 to 24 July 1969. He compiled the Caldwell catalogue of astronomical objects and in 1982 asteroid 2602 Moore was named in his honour. The Caldwell Catalogue is an Astronomical catalog of 109 bright Star clusters Nebulae and Galaxies Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but 2602 Moore is a small main belt Asteroid. It was discovered in 1982 by E

Moore has written over 70 books on astronomy, all of them typed on a Woodstock typewriter of 1908 vintage, which he has always preferred to any more modern device. After the BBC withdrew financial support, he independently produced a 50th anniversary DVD of his life and work titled 'The Astronomical Patrick Moore'.

On 7 March 2006, he was hospitalized and fitted with a pacemaker because of a cardiac abnormality. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. For other uses see Pacemaker (disambiguation A pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the heart's natural pacemaker

Honours and appointments

In 1945, Moore was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS is a Learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research In 1968, he was appointed OBE and promoted to CBE in 1988. In 2001, he was knighted "for services to the popularisation of science and to broadcasting". Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. In the same year, he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society is a person elected under special criteria to Fellowship of the Royal Society. In June 2002, he was appointed as Hon. Vice President of the Society for the History of Astronomy. He has also won a BAFTA for services to television. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation

During a podcast of the Ricky Gervais Show in 2006, he was chosen by Karl Pilkington as one of six people who ought to re-start and educate human life on an imaginary uninhabited planet. This article is about the audio programme for the tv programme see Meet Ricky Gervais The Ricky Gervais Show is a comedy audio Karl Pilkington (born on 23 September 1972 is a Sony Award -winning Radio producer, podcaster and author best known for producing and co-presenting ^[2]

A keen amateur chess player, Moore often carries a pocket set around with him and has been honoured with the title of Vice President of Sussex Junior Chess Association. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. ^[3] In 2003, he presented Sussex Junior David Howell with the best young chess player award on Carlton TV's Britain's Brilliant Prodigies show. David Wei Liang Howell (born November 14, 1990) is an English Chess player Carlton Television is the British ITV franchisee for London and parts of the surrounding counties from 925am every Monday to 5

Other interests and popular culture

Aside from presenting The Sky at Night show, Moore has appeared in a number of other television and radio shows, including, from 1992 until 1998, playing the role of Gamesmaster in the television show of the same name: a character who professed to know everything there is to know about video gaming. GamesMaster was a British show screened on Channel 4 from 7 January, 1992 to 3 February, 1998, and was He would issue video game challenges and answer questions on cheats and tips presented in the Consoletation Zone. His appearance differed depending on the show's season (eg. in Season 1, he was an artificial intelligence whereas in Season 5, set in Heaven, he looked like a god).

He also appeared in self-parodying roles, in several episodes of The Goodies and on the Morecambe and Wise show. This article discusses The Goodies comedy television series For information about the formation of The Goodies group and for information Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, usually referred to as Morecambe and Wise, were a British comic Double act, working in variety, radio Film He had a minor role in the fourth radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and featured in the Radio 1 sci-fi parody, Independence Day UK. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series Independence Day UK is a one-hour BBC Radio 1 Science fiction special first broadcast on August 4 1996. He also appeared in It's a Celebrity Knockout, Blankety Blank and Face the Music. Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the Australian game show Blankety Blanks which was compared by Australian television icon Graham He has appeared on television at least once in a film prop spacesuit. A space suit is a complex system of Garments equipment and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space Despite believing that there may well be life in other parts of the universe, he has stated that he believes that there has not been any real contact with aliens and he dismisses all theories of the extraterrestrial origin of UFOs. Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth.

Until being forced to give up owing to arthritis, Moore was a keen musician and accomplished xylophone player. Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a The xylophone (from the Greek words ξύλον - xylon, "wood" + φωνή - phone, "voice" meaning "wooden He has composed a substantial corpus of works, including two operettas. Operetta is a genre of light Opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter He occasionally performed novelty turns at the Royal Variety Performance and appeared in a song-and-dance act in the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas special. The Royal Variety Performance is a gala evening held annually in the United Kingdom, which is attended by senior members of the British Royal Family, normally Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, usually referred to as Morecambe and Wise, were a British comic Double act, working in variety, radio Film As a guest on Have I Got News For You, he accompanied the show's closing theme tune on the xylophone and as a pianist, he once accompanied Albert Einstein playing The Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns on the violin (of which no recording was made). Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Le Cygne, or The Swan, is the thirteenth movement of The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and Moore is listed by the Internet Movie Database as the uncredited musical consultant on the 1968 Stanley Kubrick/Arthur C Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and 2001 A Space Odyssey is a 1968 Science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C Patrick Moore was also the subject of a popular internet cartoon entitled "Patrick Moore Plays the Xylophone", which appears on Weebl's Stuff.

He is a friend of Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Dr Brian May, who himself is a sometime guest on The Sky At Night. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian Harold May, CBE The Sky at Night is a monthly Television programme on Astronomy produced by the BBC. The pair have co-authored a book with Chris Lintott, entitled Bang! The Complete History of the Universe. Chris Lintott is an astrophysicist He is a Post-doctoral researcher who is involved in a number of Popular science projects aimed at bringing astronomical

His books are mostly non-fiction dealing with astronomy, along with several science fiction novels. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story His first novels were a series about the first arrivals on Mars, followed in 1977 by the start of the Scott Saunders Space Adventure series, aimed primarily at a younger audience, which eventually ran to six novels. In 1983 he published Bureaucrats: How to Annoy Them under the pseudonym R. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) T. Fishall.

In January 1998, part of Moore's observatory at his home in Selsey was destroyed by a tornado which passed through the area. An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus The observatory was subsequently rebuilt. ^[4]

Along with many other celebrities, Patrick Moore has been the subject of crank-calls by comedian Jon Culshaw, as part of the BBC Radio 4 show Dead Ringers. A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and Comedian Dead Ringers was a UK Radio and Television Comedy impressions show which first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and On this occasion, Jon Culshaw impersonated Tom Baker's role of the Fourth Doctor (Doctor Who), supposedly consulting Moore on various astronomy-related matters. Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker (born 20 January 1934 is an English Actor. The Fourth Doctor is the name given to the fourth incarnation of the Fictional character known as the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Moore, being aware of what was going on, confused Culshaw by out-playing him in his use of technobabble, resulting in a rare pause from the comedian as he tried to think of a response. Technobabble (a Portmanteau of technology and babble) is a form of prose using Jargon, Buzzwords and highly esoteric language to give

Activism

Moore is noted for his conservative political views. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined In the 1970s, he was Chairman of the anti-immigration United Country Party, a position he held until the party was absorbed by the New Britain Party in 1980. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The United Country Party was a minor Political party in the United Kingdom during the 1970s New Britain is a Right wing Political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1976 He then joined the Conservative Party and later the United Kingdom Independence Party, becoming a long standing supporter and patron of the eurosceptic party. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, ˈjuːkɪp Euroscepticism Euro (disambiguation --> has become a general term for opposition to the process ^[5] Moore introduced the DVD 'Britain on the Brink', a documentary which, he asserted, exposed the 'truth' that had been hidden from British people about being a member state in the European Union. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in He opposes the Iraq War, stating:

Mr. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign Bush’s venture into Iraq could have instead paid for the entire space program for quite a few years. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program . . I think Bush is certifiable. He’s a danger. If we are not careful he’ll plunge the world into a Third World War. He’s power-drunk you see. If he goes for Iran or North Korea, big trouble! What’s the difference between Robert Mugabe and Saddam Hussein? Mugabe doesn’t produce oil!

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He is also an opponent of fox hunting and all blood sports. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking chase and sometimes killing of a fox traditionally a Red fox, by trained Foxhounds or other Scent hounds He has been a life-long animal lover, actively supporting many animal welfare charities. He has a particular affinity for cats and has two of them.

Personal life

Because of his long-running television career and eccentric demeanour, Moore is widely recognised and has become a popular public figure, even to people with no interest in astronomy. In 1976, this was used to good effect for an April Fool's spoof on BBC Radio 2, when Moore announced that at 9. This article is about the informal holiday For other uses see April Fool. 47 am, a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event was going to occur: Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, temporarily causing a gravitational alignment which would reduce the Earth's own gravity. The Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect, a hoax phenomenon stated to cause a noticeable short-term reduction in gravity on Earth, was an invention for Gravitation is a natural Phenomenon by which objects with Mass attract one another Moore informed listeners that if they could jump at the exact moment that this event occurred, they would experience a temporary floating sensation. The BBC received many telephone calls from listeners alleging that they actually experienced the sensation.

Moore joined the Flat Earth Society as an ironic joke, though some have taken this seriously. The Flat Earth Society is an Organization first based in England and later in Lancaster, California, that advocates a flat Earth ^[7]

In May 2007, Moore provocatively asserted that the BBC was being "ruined by women", commenting that:

"The trouble is that the BBC now is run by women and it shows: soap operas, cooking, quizzes, kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn’t have had that in the golden days. ”

In response, a BBC spokesman described Moore as being one of TV's best-loved figures and remarked that his "forthright" views were "what we all love about him". ^[8]

References

External links

• Official site of Sir Patrick Moore
• 'The Astronomical Patrick Moore' and how the autobiography came to be made
• Bang! The Complete History of the Universe by Brian May, Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott
• BBC Biography of Sir Patrick Moore
• Watch "The Sky at Night" free at the official BBC site
• The Caldwell Club
• Clickable Caldwell Object table

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