Patrick Moore in the 1950s; Moore argued against Lord Dowding and other UFO proponents. He was invited to present a live astronomy programme and said the greatest difficulty was finding an appropriate theme tune; the opening of Jean Sibelius's "Pelléas et Mélisande" was chosen and used throughout the programme's existence. The programme was originally named "Star Map" before "The Sky at Night" was chosen in the "Radio Times". On 24 April 1957, at 10:30 pm, Moore presented the first episode about the Comet Arend–Roland. The programme was pitched to casual viewers up to professional astronomers, in a format which remained consistent from
Night Sky (app) as the Free App of The Week on the Apple App Store. "Night Sky" was featured in Apple's 'Best of 2012' and has also been pre-installed onto iPads in Apple retail stores worldwide. Night Sky (app) Night Sky (app) is an application developed and published by indie studio iCandi Apps Ltd. from the UK. "Night Sky" is a stargazing reference app, where the user can explore a virtual representation of the night sky to identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites. The app is developed specifically for iOS, tvOS and watchOS devices. "Night Sky" was first released on November 1, 2011