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What is a total eclipse of the moon ? Find out what happens when the shadow of the Earth creeps across the face of the moon .
Test your knowledge of planets, moons and probes with our three level Solar System jigsaw .
Lunar Eclipse courtesy of Matthew Lawton Constellations quiz
Constellations
Quiz
Test your knowledge of the constellations in our quiz. Find
the missing stars , and learn more about meteor showers.
Sir Patrick Moore
What did the Galileo probe discover on its trip to
Jupiter? Patrick Moore finds out in The
Sky at Night .
The Apollo 11 mission
SMART-1 will take 15 months to reach the Moon. The Apollo
astronauts got there in just four days.
Space
BBC Two, 11 November, 21.50pm
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clear for stargazing.
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