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{{short description|English astronomer, broadcaster and writer (1923–2012)}}
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| image            = Sir Patrick Moore at the opening of the South Downs Planetarium.jpg
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| caption          = Moore in 2002
| birth_name       = Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1923|03|04|df=yes}}<ref name="whoswho" />
| birth_place      = [[Pinner]], Middlesex, England
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2012|12|09|1923|03|04|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [[Selsey]], West Sussex, England
| resting_place    = [[Chichester]], West Sussex, England
| known_for        = ''[[The Sky at Night]]''
| awards           = {{unbulleted indent list|[[Knight Bachelor]]|[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]|[[Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society]]|[[Royal Astronomical Society|Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society]]}}
| field            = [[Astronomy]]
| workplaces       = {{hlist|[[Royal Air Force]]|[[BBC]]|[[British Astronomical Association]]}}
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| allegiance    = United Kingdom
| branch        = [[Royal Air Force]]
| serviceyears  = 1940–45
| rank          = [[Pilot officer]]
| battles       = [[Second World War]]}} 
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'''Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore'''{{efn|This British person has the [[Double-barrelled name#British tradition|barrelled surname]] ''Caldwell-Moore'', but is known by the surname ''Moore''.}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɔː|l|d|w|ɛ|l}}; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U27965|title=MOORE, Sir Patrick (Alfred) Caldwell|work=Who's Who 2013|publisher=A & C Black|date=2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref>) was an English [[Amateur astronomy|amateur astronomer]] who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter.<ref name="bbcprofile">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01psbjf/Sir_Patrick_Moore_Astronomer_Broadcaster_and_Eccentric|title=BBC iPlayer – Sir Patrick Moore: Astronomer, Broadcaster and Eccentric|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="bbcbiog">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/skyatnight/patrickmoore.shtml|title=Sir Patrick Moore obituary|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Melinda C. Shepherd|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1911288/Sir-Patrick-Moore|title=Sir Patrick Moore (British amateur astronomer, author, and television personality) dies|encyclopedia=Britannica.com|access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref>

Moore's early interest in [[astronomy]] led him to join the [[British Astronomical Association]] at the age of 11. He served in the [[Royal Air Force]] during [[World War II]] and briefly taught before publishing his first book on [[lunar observation]] in 1953. Renowned for his expertise in Moon observation and the creation of the [[Caldwell catalogue]], Moore authored more than seventy astronomy books. He hosted the world's longest-running television series with the original presenter, [[BBC]]'s ''[[The Sky at Night]]'', from 1957 until his death in 2012. Idiosyncrasies such as his rapid diction and [[monocle]] made him a popular and instantly recognisable figure on British television. Moore was co-founder and president of the [[Society for Popular Astronomy]].

Outside his field of astronomy, Moore appeared in the video game television show ''[[GamesMaster]]''. Moore was also a self-taught [[xylophonist]] and pianist, as well as an accomplished composer. In addition to many [[popular science]] books, he wrote numerous works of fiction. He was an opponent of [[fox hunting]], an outspoken critic of the [[European Union]] and a supporter of the [[UK Independence Party]], and he served as chairman of the short-lived anti-immigration [[United Country Party (United Kingdom)|United Country Party]]. He was [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom|knighted]] in 2001.

==Early life==
Moore was born in [[Pinner]], [[Middlesex]], on 4 March 1923<ref name="page 1">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=1}}</ref> to Capt. Charles Trachsel Caldwell-Moore [[Military Cross|MC]] (died 1947)<ref name="page 4">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=4}}</ref> and Gertrude (née White) (died 1981).<ref name="page 4"/> His family moved to [[Bognor Regis]], and subsequently to [[East Grinstead]] where he spent his childhood. His youth was marked by heart problems, which left him in poor health, and he was educated at home by private tutors.<ref name="page 1"/><ref name="royalsocobit">{{Cite journal | last1=May | first1=Alex | last2=Longair | first2=Malcolm | date=2019 | title=Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012 | journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume= 67| pages= 143–152| doi=10.1098/rsbm.2019.0029| doi-access=free }} In press.</ref> He developed an interest in astronomy at the age of six<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1997|p=1}}</ref> and joined the [[British Astronomical Association]] at the age of 11.<ref name="page 3">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=3}}</ref> He was invited to run a small observatory in East Grinstead at the age of 14, after his mentor, [[William Sadler Franks]] – who ran the observatory – was killed in a road accident.<ref name="page 12">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=12}}</ref> At the age of 16, he began wearing a [[monocle]] after an [[Ophthalmology|oculist]] told him his right eye was weaker than his left.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=35}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], Moore joined the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] in East Grinstead, where his father had been elected [[platoon]] commander.<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|p=21}}</ref>  Records show that he enlisted in the [[Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve]] in December 1941 at age 18 and was not called up for service until July 1942 as an [[Aircraftman]], 2nd Class.<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|pp=23–24}}</ref> After basic training at various RAF bases in England, he went to Canada under the [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan]]. He completed training at [[Greater Moncton International Airport|RAF Moncton]] in New Brunswick as a navigator and pilot.<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|pp=30–33}}</ref> Returning to England in June 1944, he was commissioned as a [[pilot officer]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36653|date=11 August 1944|pages=3758–3761 |supp=y }}</ref> and was posted to RAF [[Millom]] in [[Cumberland]], where he claimed to have been a navigator in the crew of a [[Vickers Wellington]] bomber, engaged in [[maritime patrol]]ling and bombing missions to mainland Europe,<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|p=33}}</ref> though in fact he was still in training at Millom. He was only posted to [[RAF Bomber Command|Bomber Command]] five days before the end of the war in Europe.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=May|first1=Alex|last2=Longair|first2=Malcolm|date=2019-12-01|title=Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore. 4 March 1923—9 December 2012|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=67|pages=143–152|doi=10.1098/rsbm.2019.0029|doi-access=free}}</ref> After the end of hostilities, Moore became an [[Adjutant#Britain and the Commonwealth|adjutant]] and then an Area Meteorological Officer, demobilising in October 1945 with the rank of [[flying officer]].<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|p=39}}</ref>

==Career in astronomy==
After the war, Moore rejected a grant to study at the [[University of Cambridge]], citing a wish to "stand on my own two feet".<ref name="page 3"/> He wrote his first book, ''Guide to the Moon'' (later retitled ''Patrick Moore on the Moon'') in 1952, and it was published a year later.<ref name="page 3"/> He was a teacher in [[Woking]] and at [[Holmewood House School]] in [[Langton Green]]<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=6}}</ref> in Kent from 1945 to 1953.<ref name=KSC270712>{{cite news|title=The teacher who studied the stars went on to have a stellar career|newspaper=Kent & Sussex Courier|edition=Tonbridge|page=44|issue=27 July 2012}}</ref> His second book was a translation of a work of French astronomer [[Gérard de Vaucouleurs]] (Moore spoke fluent French).<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=15}}</ref> After his second original science book, ''Guide to the Planets'', he wrote his first work of fiction, ''The Master of the Moon'',<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=16}}</ref> the first of numerous [[young adult fiction]] space adventure books (including the late 1970s series the ''[[Scott Saunders Space Adventure]]''); he wrote a more adult novel and a [[farce]] titled ''Ancient Lights'', though he did not wish either to be published.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=18}}</ref> Moore also translated the book ''Quanta'' by J Lochak and Andrade E Silva, published in 1969, from the French.

While teaching at Holmewood, he set up a 12½ inch [[Reflecting telescope|reflector telescope]] at his home, which he kept into his old age.<ref name="page 12"/> He developed a particular interest in the [[far side of the Moon]], a small part of which is visible from Earth as a result of the Moon's [[libration]]; the Moon was his specialist subject throughout his life.<ref name="page 12"/> Moore described the short-lived glowing areas on the lunar surface and gave them the name [[transient lunar phenomenon|transient lunar phenomena]] in 1968.<ref name="page 14">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=14}}</ref>

His first television appearance was in a debate about the existence of [[flying saucer]]s following a spate of reported [[List of reported UFO sightings|sightings]] in the 1950s; Moore argued against [[Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding|Lord Dowding]] and other UFO proponents.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=21}}</ref> 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 (Sibelius)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]'' was chosen and used throughout the programme's existence.<ref name="page 23">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=23}}</ref> The programme was originally named ''Star Map'' before ''[[The Sky at Night]]'' was chosen in the ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref name="page 23"/> On 24 April 1957, at 10:30 pm, Moore presented the first episode about the [[Comet Arend–Roland]].<ref name="page 23"/> The programme was pitched to casual viewers up to professional astronomers, in a format which remained consistent from its inception.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=24}}</ref> Moore presented every monthly episode except for one in July 2004 when he suffered a near-fatal bout of [[Foodborne illness|food poisoning]] caused by eating a contaminated goose egg and was replaced for that episode by [[Chris Lintott]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=257}}</ref> Moore appears in the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' book as the world's longest-serving TV presenter having presented the programme since 1957. From 2004 to 2012, the programme was broadcast from Moore's home when [[arthritis]] prevented him from travelling to the studios. Over the years, he received many lucrative offers to take his programme onto other networks but rejected them because he held a '[[gentlemen's agreement]]' with the BBC.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=28}}</ref>

In 1959, the Russians allowed Moore to be the first Westerner to see the photographic results of the [[Luna 3]] probe and to show them live on air.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=39}}</ref> Less successful was the transmission of the [[Luna 4]] probe, which ran into technical difficulties and around this time, Moore famously swallowed a large fly; both episodes were live, and Moore had to continue regardless.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=40}}</ref> He was invited to visit the [[Soviet Union]], where he met [[Yuri Gagarin]], the first man to journey into [[outer space]].<ref name="page 41">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=41}}</ref> For the fiftieth episode of ''The Sky at Night'', in September 1961, Moore's attempt to be the first to broadcast a live direct telescopic view of a planet resulted in another unintended 'comedy episode', as cloud obscured the sky.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=42}}</ref>
[[File:Dr. Patrick Moore signing his book "The Astronomy of Birr Castle" at NIHE - 1985.jpg|thumb|Patrick Moore signing his book "The Astronomy of Birr Castle" at NIHE - 1985]]
In 1965, he was appointed director of the newly constructed [[Armagh Planetarium]] in Northern Ireland, a post he held until 1968.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=54}}</ref> His stay outside England was short partly because of the beginning of [[The Troubles]], a dispute Moore wanted no involvement in.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=56}}</ref> He was appointed [[County Armagh|Armagh County]] secretary of the [[Scouting|Scout]] movement but resigned after being informed that Catholics could not be admitted.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=57}}</ref> In developing the Planetarium, Moore travelled to Japan to secure a [[Planetarium projector|Goto Mars projector]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=58}}</ref> He helped with the redevelopment of the [[Birr, County Offaly#Birr Telescope - The 'Leviathan of Parsonstown'|Birr Telescope]] in the Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=61}}</ref> He was a key figure in the development of the [[Herschel Museum of Astronomy]] in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=113}}</ref>

In June 1968, he returned to England, settling in Selsey after resigning from his post in Armagh.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=62}}</ref> During the NASA Apollo programme, presenting on the [[Apollo 8]] mission, he declared that "this is one of the great moments of human history", only to have his broadcast interrupted by the children's programme ''[[Jackanory]]''.<ref name="page 67">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=67}}</ref> He was a presenter for the [[Apollo 9]] and [[Apollo 10]] missions, and a commenter, with [[Cliff Michelmore]] and [[James Burke (science historian)|James Burke]], for [[British television Apollo 11 coverage|BBC television's coverage of the Moon landing]] missions.<ref name="page 67"/> Moore could not remember his words at the "[[Apollo 11|Eagle has landed]]" moment, and the BBC lost the tapes of the broadcast.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=69}}</ref> A homemade recording reveals that the studio team was very quiet during the landing sequence, leaving the NASA commentary clear of interruptions. Some 14 seconds after "contact" Burke says "They've touched". At 36 seconds, he says, "Eagle has landed". Between 53 and 62 seconds, he explains the upcoming stay/no-stay decision, and NASA announces the T1 stay at 90 seconds after contact. At 100 seconds, the recorded sequence ends. Thus, any real-time comment Moore made was not broadcast live, and the recording ends before Burke polls the studio team for comment and reaction. Moore participated in TV coverage of [[Apollo program|Apollo missions]] [[Apollo 12|12]] to [[Apollo 17|17]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=70}}</ref>
{{Quote box|quote="Patrick was the last of a lost generation, a true gentleman, the most generous in nature that I ever knew, and an inspiration to thousands in his personal life, and to millions through his 50 years of unique broadcasting. It's no exaggeration to say that Patrick, in his tireless and ebullient communication of the magic of astronomy, inspired every British astronomer, amateur and professional, for half a century. There will never be another Patrick Moore. But we were lucky enough to get one."|source=— [[Brian May]], speaking shortly after Moore's death<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|title=Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939|access-date=9 December 2012|date=9 December 2012|work=BBC News}}</ref>|width=35%|align=right}}

He was elected a member of the [[International Astronomical Union]] in 1966;<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=151}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iau.org/static/membership/ind_memb_nat_memb.pdf|title=Individual Membership|work=International Astronomical Union|date=2011|access-date=29 December 2011|archive-date=21 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021173914/http://iau.org/static/membership/ind_memb_nat_memb.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> having twice edited the Union's General Assembly newsletters.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=166}}</ref> He attempted to establish an International Union of Amateur Astronomers, which failed due to lack of interest.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=154}}</ref> During the 1970s and 80s, he reported on the [[Voyager program|Voyager]] and [[Pioneer program]]s, often from [[NASA]] headquarters.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=140}}</ref> At this time he became increasingly annoyed by [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorists]] and reporters who asked him questions such as "Why waste money on space research when there is so much to be done here?". He said that when asked these types of questions "I know that I'm dealing with an idiot."<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=145}}</ref> Another question that annoyed him was "what is the difference between [[astronomy]] and [[astrology]]?"<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=155}}</ref> Despite this he made a point of responding to all letters delivered to his house, and sent a variety of standard replies to letters asking basic questions, as well as those from conspiracy theorists, proponents of hunting and '[[Crank (person)|cranks]]'.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|pp=189–92}}</ref> Despite his fame, his telephone number was always listed in the telephone directory and he was happy to show members of the public his observatory.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|pp=194–98}}</ref>

He compiled the [[Caldwell catalogue]],{{efn|Moore used the first of his two surnames, ''Caldwell'',  to name the list, since the initial of ''Moore'' is already used for the [[Messier catalogue]].}} of 109 [[star cluster]]s, nebulae, and galaxies for observation by amateur astronomers.<ref>{{harvnb|O'Meara|2002}}</ref> In 1982, [[asteroid]] [[2602 Moore]] was named in his honour.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=101}}</ref> In February 1986, he presented a special episode of ''The Sky at Night'' on the approach of [[Halley's Comet]]. However, he later said the BBC's better-funded ''[[Horizon (BBC TV series)|Horizon]]'' team "made a complete hash of the programme."<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=119}}</ref> In January 1998, [[:Category:Tornadoes in the United Kingdom|a tornado]] destroyed part of Moore's garden observatory; it was subsequently rebuilt.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/45580.stm|title=Town picks up the pieces after tornado|access-date=3 April 2007|date=9 January 1998|work=BBC News}}</ref> Moore campaigned unsuccessfully against the closure of the [[Royal Observatory, Greenwich]] in 1998.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|pp=175–86}}</ref> Among Moore's favourite episodes of ''The Sky at Night'' were those that dealt with [[eclipse]]s, and he said, "there is nothing in nature to match the glory of a [[Solar eclipse|total eclipse of the Sun]]."<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=121}}</ref>
[[File:Lintott, Moore, May.jpg|thumb|Moore with his co-presenter [[Chris Lintott]] and [[Brian May]], astrophysicist and [[Queen (band)|Queen]] guitarist, at [[Astronomy Now#AstroFest|AstroFest]] in 2007]]
Moore was a BBC presenter for the [[Solar eclipse of 11 August 1999|total eclipse in England in 1999]], though the view he and his team had from [[Cornwall]] was obscured by cloud.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=139}}</ref> Moore was the patron of the [[South Downs Planetarium and Science Centre]], and he attended its official opening in 2001.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=260}}</ref>

On 1 April 2007, a 50th anniversary semi-spoof edition of the programme was broadcast on [[BBC One]], with Moore depicted as a [[Time Lord]]. It featured special guests, amateur astronomers [[Jon Culshaw]] (impersonating Moore presenting the first ''The Sky at Night'') and [[Brian May]]. On 6 May 2007, a special edition of ''The Sky at Night'' was broadcast on BBC One to commemorate the programme's 50th anniversary, with a party in Moore's garden at Selsey, attended by amateur and professional astronomers. Moore celebrated the record-breaking 700th episode of ''The Sky at Night'' at his home in Sussex on 6 March 2011. He presented with the help of special guests [[Brian Cox (physicist)|Professor Brian Cox]], Jon Culshaw and [[Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow|Lord Rees]], the [[Astronomer Royal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sky at Night|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z9n1z|work=bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|access-date=5 December 2016}}</ref>

It was reported in January 2012 that because of arthritis and the effects of an old spinal injury, he was no longer able to operate a telescope. However, he was still able to present ''The Sky at Night'' from his home.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9034627/Sir-Patrick-Moore-I-cant-operate-my-telescope-anymore.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9034627/Sir-Patrick-Moore-I-cant-operate-my-telescope-anymore.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Patrick Moore: 'I can't operate my telescope anymore'|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 January 2012|access-date=28 January 2012|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Activism and political beliefs==
Moore briefly supported the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] in the 1950s, though later condemned the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]], saying he believed they could alter their position radically and that they "would happily join up with the [[British National Party|BNP]] or the [[Socialist Workers Party (UK)|Socialist Workers Party]]&nbsp;... if [by doing so] they could win a few extra votes."<ref name="page 168"/> In the 1970s, he was chairman of the anti-immigration [[United Country Party (United Kingdom)|United Country Party]], a position he held until the party was absorbed by the [[New Britain Party]] in 1980. He campaigned for the politician Edmund Iremonger at the [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]], as the two men agreed the French and Germans were not to be trusted.<ref name="page 167">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=167}}</ref> Iremonger and Moore gave up political campaigning after deciding they were [[Thatcherism|Thatcherites]].<ref name="page 167"/> He also admired the [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]] and was briefly their financial adviser.<ref name="page 169"/> A [[Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom|Eurosceptic]], he was a supporter and patron of the [[UK Independence Party]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukipdorset.org/patron.htm |title=UKIP Dorset Party Patrons Page |access-date=8 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206150349/http://www.ukipdorset.org/patron.htm|archive-date = 6 February 2007}}</ref> and campaigned on behalf of Douglas Denny, the UKIP candidate for the [[Chichester (UK Parliament constituency)|Chichester constituency]] in [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]].<ref name="page 168">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=168}}</ref>

Moore was known for his [[social conservativism|conservative]] political views. Proudly [[English national identity|declaring himself to be English]] (rather than British) with "not the slightest wish to integrate with anybody",<ref name="page 169">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=169}}</ref> he stated his admiration for British politician [[Enoch Powell]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=170}}</ref> Moore devoted an entire chapter ("The Weak Arm of the Law") of his autobiography to denouncing modern British society, particularly "motorist-hunting" policemen, sentencing policy, the [[Race Relations Act 1976|Race Relations Act]], [[Sex Discrimination Act 1975|Sex Discrimination Act]] and the "[[Thought Police]]/[[Political correctness|Politically Correct]] [[Brigade (pejorative)|Brigade]]".<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|pp=197–201}}</ref> He wrote that "homosexuals are mainly responsible for the spreading of [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] (the [[Garden of Eden]] is home of [[Adam and Eve]], not [[Adam and Steve]])".<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=223}}</ref> In 2007, in an interview with ''Radio Times'', he said 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 realism|kitchen-sink play]]s. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days." In response, a BBC spokeswoman described Moore as being one of TV's best-loved figures and remarked that his "forthright" views were "what we all love about him".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1760061.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203111554/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1760061.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 December 2008|title=The BBC is being ruined by women, says Patrick Moore|author=Adam Sherwin|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=8 May 2007|access-date=15 March 2015}}{{subscription required}}</ref> During his June 2002 appearance on ''[[Room 101 (British TV series)|Room 101]]'' he banished female newsreaders into Room 101.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=253}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|I may be accused of being a dinosaur, but I would remind you that dinosaurs ruled the Earth for a very long time.|Moore responds to those who criticise his right-wing beliefs<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=173}}</ref>}}

He wrote in his autobiography that [[Liechtenstein]] – a [[semi-constitutional monarchy]] headed by a prince – had the best political system in the world.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=171}}</ref> Moore was a critic of the [[Iraq War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b3ta.com/interview/patrickmoore|title=Interviews: Patrick Moore|access-date=11 August 2007|work=[[b3ta]]}}</ref> and said "the world was a safer place when [[Ronald Reagan]] was in the White House".<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=172}}</ref>

Moore cited his opposition to [[fox hunting]], [[blood sport]] and [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom|capital punishment]] to rebut claims that he had ultra-right-wing views.<ref name="page 169"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Patrick Moore attacks hunting law|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_daily_politics/7936812.stm|access-date=27 December 2011|date=11 March 2009|work=BBC News}}</ref> Though not a vegetarian, he held "a deep contempt for people who go out to kill merely to amuse themselves."<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=86}}</ref> He was an animal lover, supporting many animal welfare charities (particularly [[Cats Protection]]). He had a particular affinity for cats and stated that "a catless house is a soulless house".<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=244}}</ref>

Moore was opposed to [[Astronomy education|astronomy being taught in schools]]. In an interview, he said:
{{Blockquote|You see, anyone who is interested in astronomy will gravitate to it, as I did. If you start teaching it as a school subject, it's going to be taught badly, like everything else these days, and enthusiasm is going to be killed.<ref>"Eagle Star Interview: Patrick Moore" in ''Eagle'', 27 November 1982.</ref>}}

==Other interests and popular culture==
Because of his long-running television career and eccentric demeanour, Moore was widely recognised and became a popular public figure. In 1976 it was used to good effect for an [[April Fools' Day]] spoof on [[BBC Radio 2]], when [[Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect|Moore announced a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event]] that meant that if listeners could jump at that exact moment, 9.47 a.m. they would experience a temporary sensation of [[weightlessness]].<ref name="page 252">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=252}}</ref> The BBC received many telephone calls from listeners alleging they experienced the sensation.<ref name="page 252"/> He was a key figure in the establishment of the ''[[International Birdman]]'' event in [[Bognor Regis]], which was initially held in Selsey.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=254}}</ref>

Moore appeared in other television and radio shows, including the [[BBC Radio 4]] panel show ''[[Just a Minute]]''. From 1992 until 1998, he played the role of [[GamesMaster]], a character who knew everything about video games, in the [[Channel 4]] television series ''[[GamesMaster]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=188}}</ref> GamesMaster would issue video game challenges and answered questions about cheats and tips. The show's host, [[Dominik Diamond]], said that Moore did not understand anything he said on the show but recorded his contributions in single takes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gibson |first=Ellie|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-06-04-gamesmaster-the-inside-story|title=GamesMaster: The Inside Story|work=[[Eurogamer]]|access-date=15 March 2015|date=31 August 2014}}</ref>

Moore was a keen amateur actor, appearing in local plays.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=246}}</ref> He appeared in self-parodying roles, in several episodes of ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' and on the [[Morecambe and Wise]] show, and broadcast with [[Kenneth Horne]] only a few days before Horne's death.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=247}}</ref> He had a minor role in the fourth radio series of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', and a lead role in the [[BBC Radio 1]] sci-fi play, ''[[Independence Day UK]]'' in which amongst other things, Moore fills in as a navigator.<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|p=408}}</ref> Among other shows, he appeared in ''[[It's a Knockout|It's a Celebrity Knockout]]'', ''[[Blankety Blank]]'' and ''[[Face the Music (UK TV programme)|Face the Music]]'', and in the ''[[Q.E.D. (British TV series)|Q.E.D.]]'' episode "Round Britain Whizz".<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|pp=397–411}}</ref>

Moore expressed appreciation for the science fiction television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Star Trek]]'', but stated that he had stopped watching when "they went [[political correctness|PC]] - making women commanders, that kind of thing".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6634255.stm|title=Moore blames women for 'banal' TV|access-date=18 August 2015| date=8 May 2007|work=BBC News}}</ref> Despite this he made a [[cameo appearance]] in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)|The Eleventh Hour]]" in 2010, which was [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]]'s debut as the [[Eleventh Doctor]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/apr/03/doctor-who-eleventh-hour | title= Doctor Who: Matt Smith's debut in The Eleventh Hour - the verdict | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Daniel | last=Martin | date=3 April 2010 | access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref> In the 1960s, Moore had been approached by the ''Doctor Who'' [[story editor]] [[Gerry Davis (screenwriter)|Gerry Davis]] to act as a scientific advisor on the series to help with the accuracy of stories, a position ultimately taken by [[Kit Pedler]].<ref name="Burk/Smith">{{cite book |author1=Graeme Burk |author2=Robert Smith|title=Who's 50: 50 Doctor Who Stories To Watch Before You Die - An Unofficial Companion|year=2013|page=38|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1770411661}}</ref>

A keen amateur chess player, Moore carried a pocket set and was vice president of Sussex Junior Chess Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=123|title=Sussex v. Ireland Junior Match 2002|access-date=17 February 2008|author=Herbert Scarry|work=The Irish Chess Union|archive-date=18 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118231007/http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=123|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2003, he presented Sussex Junior [[David Howell (chess player)|David Howell]] with the best young chess player award on [[Carlton Television]]'s ''Britain's Brilliant Prodigies'' show. Moore had represented Sussex in his youth.<ref name="page 41"/>

Moore was an enthusiastic amateur cricketer, playing for the Selsey Cricket Club well into his seventies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-patrick-moore-in-tune-with-music-of-the-spheres-2198463.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sir-patrick-moore-in-tune-with-music-of-the-spheres-2198463.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Sir Patrick Moore: In tune with music of the spheres|work=The Independent|date=30 January 2011|access-date=13 October 2010|location=London}}</ref> He played for the [[Lord's Taverners]], a cricketing charity team, as a bowler with an unorthodox action. Though an accomplished [[leg spin]] [[Bowling (cricket)|bowler]], he was a [[Batting order (cricket)|number 11 batsman]] and a poor [[Fielding (cricket)|fielder]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=78}}</ref> The jacket notes to his book "Suns, Myths and Men" (1968) said his hobbies included "chess, which he plays with a peculiar leg-spin, and cricket." He played golf and won a Pro-Am competition in [[Southampton]] in 1975.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=81}}</ref>

Until forced to give up because of [[arthritis]], Moore was a keen pianist and accomplished [[xylophone]] player, having first played the instrument at the age of 13.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=103}}</ref> He composed a substantial corpus of works, including two [[operetta]]s.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=108}}</ref> Moore had a ballet, ''Lyra's Dream'', written to his music. He performed at a [[Royal Command Performance]], and performed a duet with [[Evelyn Glennie]].<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=107}}</ref>

In 1998, as [[List of Have I Got News for You episodes#Series 15 (1998)|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 ''[[Le cygne|The Swan]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]] on the violin (no recording was made).<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=31}}</ref> In 1981 he performed a solo xylophone rendition of the [[Sex Pistols]]' "[[Anarchy in the U.K.]]" in a [[Royal Variety Performance]].<ref>''[[The Daily Telegraph]] – 21 August 1981, pg 21, "Xy-Moore-phone"''</ref> He did not enjoy most popular music: when played ten modern rock songs by such artists as [[Hawkwind]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]] and [[Pink Floyd]], in a 2009 interview with journalist [[Joel McIver]], he explained, "To my ear, all these songs are universally awful."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01994-space-rock-the-final-frontier-sir-patrick-moore-on-interplanetary-pop|work=The Quietus|title=Space Rock The Final Frontier: Sir Patrick Moore on Pop|first=Joel|last=McIver|date=29 June 2009|access-date=9 December 2012}}</ref>

Before encountering health problems, he was an extensive traveller and had visited all seven continents, including [[Antarctica]]; he said his favourite two countries were [[Iceland]] and Norway.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|pp=202–218}}</ref> On 7 March 2006 he was hospitalised and fitted with a [[Artificial cardiac pacemaker|pacemaker]] because of [[Arrhythmia|cardiac dysrhythmia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4785340.stm|title=Pacemaker for Sir Patrick Moore|access-date=25 February 2011|date=8 March 2006|work=BBC News}}</ref>{{sfn|Mobberley|2013|pp=565–566}}

Moore was a friend of the [[Queen (band)|Queen]] guitarist and astrophysicist [[Brian May]], who was an occasional guest on ''The Sky at Night''.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=249}}</ref> May bought Moore's Selsey home in 2008, leasing it back to him for a [[Peppercorn (legal)|peppercorn rent]] the same day to provide financial security.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10112755.Sir_Patrick_helped_by_music_star/?ref=rss |title=Sir Patrick helped by music star |work=The Argus |location=Brighton |date=17 December 2012 |access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> May, Moore and [[Chris Lintott]] co-wrote a book ''Bang! The Complete History of the Universe''. In February 2011, Moore completed (with Robin Rees and Iain Nicolson) his comprehensive ''Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy'' for [[Cambridge University Press]]. In 1986, he was identified as the co-author of a book published in 1954 called ''Flying Saucer from Mars'', attributed to [[Cedric Allingham]], which was intended as a money-making venture and practical joke on UFO believers;<ref name=allen>Allan, C. and Campbell, S. ''Flying Saucer from Moore's?'', ''Magonia'' v. 23 (July 1986): pp 15–18</ref> Moore never admitted his involvement.

Moore believed himself to be the only person to have met the first aviator, [[Wright brothers|Orville Wright]], the first man in space, [[Yuri Gagarin]], and the first man on the moon, [[Neil Armstrong]].<ref name=telegraphobit>{{cite news|title=Sir Patrick Moore dies aged 89|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9732777/Sir-Patrick-Moore-dies-aged-89.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9732777/Sir-Patrick-Moore-dies-aged-89.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=1 April 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=9 December 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In March 2015, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 45-minute play based on the life of Moore, ''The Far Side of the Moore'' by Sean Grundy, starring [[Tom Hollander]] as Moore and [[Patricia Hodge]] as his mother.<ref>{{cite web|title=Far Side of the Moore|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nt1vb|website=BBC|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>

Moore is portrayed by [[Daniel Beales]] in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]''.<ref>{{Cite episode |last=Morgan |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Morgan |title=Moondust  |series=The Crown |network=Netflix |date=2019 |season=3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-111819a-the-crown-apollo11-moon-landing.html|title=Apollo 11 first moon landing receives royal treatment in 'The Crown'|date=18 November 2019|access-date=18 November 2019|website=collectSPACE}}</ref>

==Honours and appointments==
[[File:Sir Patrick Moore (14867817772).jpg|thumb|upright|Bronze bust of Moore at the [[National Space Centre (England)|National Space Centre]], [[Leicester]]]]
In 1945, Moore was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society]] (FRAS), and in 1977 he was awarded the society's [[Jackson-Gwilt Medal]]. He was also a long-time Fellow of the [[British Interplanetary Society]] and a member of its Council; he was the founding editor of the Society's monthly magazine ''[[Spaceflight (magazine)|Spaceflight]]'', first published in 1956. He made the Sir Patrick Moore Medal to recognise outstanding contributions to the Society. In 1968, he was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) and promoted to a [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|Commander]] (CBE) in 1988. In 1999, he became the Honorary President of the East Sussex Astronomical Society, a position he held until his death. Moore was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] for "services to the popularisation of science and to broadcasting" in the [[2001 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/new_year_honours_2000/1092601.stm|title=Knights Batchelor etc|access-date=2 March 2009| date=30 December 2000|work=BBC News}}</ref>

In 2001, he was appointed an [[Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society]] (HonFRS) since he had been the most effective and influential writer and speaker about astronomy in the UK and for his contribution to science in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=258}}</ref> In June 2002, he was appointed as the Honorary Vice-president of the [[Society for the History of Astronomy]]. Also in 2002, [[Buzz Aldrin]] presented him with a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] (BAFTA) award for services to television.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=72}}</ref> He was patron of [[Torquay Boys' Grammar School]] in south Devon. Moore had a long association with the [[University of Leicester]] and its Department of Physics and Astronomy and was awarded an Honorary [[Doctor of Science]] (HonDSc) degree in 1996 and a Distinguished Honorary Fellowship in 2008, the highest award that the university can bestow.<ref name=bull1>{{cite web|url=http://www2.le.ac.uk/staff/community/people/bereavements/2012/december/sir-patrick-moore|title=Patrick Moore|year=2012|publisher=Leicester University|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226132321/http://www2.le.ac.uk/staff/community/people/bereavements/2012/december/sir-patrick-moore|archive-date=26 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
World War II had a significant influence on Moore's life – he said his only romance ended when his fiancée Lorna, a nurse, was killed in London in 1943 by a bomb which struck her ambulance. Moore subsequently remarked that he never married because "there was no one else for me&nbsp;... second best is no good for me&nbsp;... I would have liked a wife and family, but it was not to be."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10525469 |title=Obituary: Patrick Moore |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 December 2012 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 April 2017 }}</ref> In his biography of Moore, [[Martin Mobberley]] expressed doubts over this account, as it was not possible to identify Lorna, saying that Moore told varying stories about her.<ref>{{harvnb|Mobberley|2013|pp=25–28}}</ref> In his autobiography, he said that after sixty years, he still thought about her, and because of her death, "if I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I could be relied upon to help push it down."<ref name="page 5">{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=5}}</ref> In May 2012, Moore told the ''Radio Times'' magazine, "We must take care. There may be another war. The Germans will try again, given another chance." He also said, in the same interview, that "the only good [[Kraut]] is a dead Kraut".<ref>{{cite news|last=Furness |first=Hannah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9238579/The-only-good-Kraut-is-a-dead-Kraut-Sir-Patrick-Moore-says.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9238579/The-only-good-Kraut-is-a-dead-Kraut-Sir-Patrick-Moore-says.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title='The only good Kraut is a dead Kraut,' Sir Patrick Moore says |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=27 December 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Moore said he was "exceptionally close" to his mother Gertrude,<ref name="page 4"/> a talented artist who shared his home at [[Selsey]], West Sussex, which was decorated with her paintings of "bogeys" – little friendly aliens – that she produced and sent out annually as the Moores' Christmas cards.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|2003|p=242}}</ref> Moore wrote the foreword for his mother's 1974 book, ''Mrs Moore in Space''.<ref>{{harvnb|Moore|1974|}}</ref> On 9 December 2012, Moore died of sepsis and heart failure,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=May |first1=Alex |last2=Longair |first2=Malcolm |date=December 2019 |title=Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore. 4 March 1923—9 December 2012 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |language=en |volume=67 |pages=143–152 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2019.0029 |issn=0080-4606|doi-access=free }}</ref> at his home in Selsey, aged 89.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20657939|title=Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89|date=9 December 2012|work=BBC News}}</ref> On 9 December 2014, it was reported that the [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]], London had acquired a large collection of his objects and manuscripts and memorabilia, including ''The Sky at Night'' scripts, and about 70 of his observation books, over more than 60 years, and manuscripts for astronomy and fiction books, and a 12.5-inch [[reflecting telescope]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://home.bt.com/news/science-news/sir-patrick-moore-archive-acquired-11363948925273|title=Sir Patrick Moore archive acquired|work=BT.com}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
Moore wrote many popular books. From 1962 to 2011, he also edited the long-running annual ''Yearbook of Astronomy'' and was editor for many other science books in that period. He also wrote science fiction novels for children and wrote humorous works under the pen-name R. T. Fishall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n79-82203|title=Moore, Patrick|publisher=Worldcat.org|access-date=11 December 2012}}</ref> The list below is therefore not exhaustive.
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* ''A Guide to the Moon'', 1953, {{ISBN|978-0-393-06414-8}}
* ''[[Mission to Mars (novel)|Mission to Mars]]'', 1955
* ''The Planet Venus'', 1956
* ''[[The Domes of Mars]]'', 1956
* ''[[The Voices of Mars]]'', 1957
* ''Peril on Mars'', 1958
* ''Raiders of Mars'', 1959
* ''A Guide to the Planets'', 1960, {{ISBN|0-393-06319-4}}
* ''Stars and Space'', 1960
* ''A Guide to the Stars'', 1960, Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 60-7584
* ''Oxford Children's Reference Library Book 2: Exploring the World'', 1966
* ''The Amateur Astronomer's Glossary'', 1966 (reprinted as ''The A-Z of Astronomy'')
* ''Moon Flight Atlas'', 1969<ref>Moore, Patrick. ''Moon Flight Atlas'' Hardcover. 48 pages. SBN 54005064-4. First published in Great Britain in 1969 by George Philip, & Son Ltd. 98 Victoria Road, N.W.10.</ref>
* ''Observer's Book of Astronomy'', 1971, {{ISBN|0-7232-1524-3}}
* ''Challenge of the Stars'', 1972, {{ISBN|0528830457}}
* ''Can You Speak Venusian?'', 1972, {{ISBN|0-352-39776-4}}
* ''How Britain Won the Space Race'', 1972 (with [[Desmond Leslie]])
* ''The Southern Stars'', 1972, {{ISBN|0-851-79535-8}} 
* ''Mastermind'' (Book 1), (edited by Boswell Taylor), the sections on Astronomy, 1973, republished 1984, {{ISBN|0-907812-64-3}}
* ''Watchers of the Stars:The Scientific Revolution'', 1974, {{ISBN|0-399-11374-6}}
* ''Next Fifty Years in Space'', 1976, {{ISBN|0-86002-033-9}}
* ''Astronomy Quiz Book'', 1978, {{ISBN|0-552-54132-X}}
* [[Scott Saunders Space Adventure|The Scott Saunders series]] (six juvenile science fiction novels), late 1970s
* ''Bureaucrats: How to Annoy Them'' (humour) (writing as R.T.Fishall), 1982, {{ISBN|0-09-929370-6}}
* ''New Observer's Book of Astronomy'', 1983, {{ISBN|0-7232-1646-0}}
* ''Armchair Astronomy'', 1984, {{ISBN|0-85059-718-8}}
* ''Travellers in Space and Time'', 1984, {{ISBN|0-385-19051-4}}
* ''Stargazing: Astronomy Without A Telescope'', 1985, {{ISBN|0-906053-92-7}}
* ''Explorers of Space'', 1986, {{ISBN|0-86134-092-2}}
* ''Astronomy for the Under Tens'', 1986, {{ISBN|0-540-01103-7}}
* ''The Astronomy Encyclopaedia'', 1987, {{ISBN|0-85533-604-8}}
* ''Astronomers' Stars'', 1987, {{ISBN|0-393-02663-9}}
* ''Television Astronomer: Thirty Years of the "Sky at Night"'', 1987, {{ISBN|0-245-54531-X}}
* ''Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars'', 1988, {{ISBN|0-521-36866-9}}
* ''Space Travel for the Under Tens'', 1988, {{ISBN|0-540-01179-7}}
* ''The Universe for the Under Tens'', 1990, {{ISBN|0-540-01209-2}}
* ''Mission to the Planets'', 1991, {{ISBN|0-304-34088-X}}
* ''New Guide to the Planets'', 1993, {{ISBN|0-283-06145-6}}
* ''The Sun and the Moon (Starry Sky)'', 1996, {{ISBN|0-09-967911-6}}
* ''The Guinness Book of Astronomy'', 1995, {{ISBN|0-85112-643-X}}
* ''The Stars (Starry Sky)'', 1996, {{ISBN|0-09-967881-0}}
* ''The Sun and the Moon (Starry Sky)'', 1996, {{ISBN|0-09-967911-6}}
* ''The Planets (Starry Sky)'', 1996, {{ISBN|0-09-967891-8}}
* ''Eyes on the Universe: Story of the Telescope'', 1997, {{ISBN|3-540-76164-0}}
* ''Exploring the Earth and Moon'', 1997, {{ISBN|1-85361-447-5}}
* ''Philip's Guide to Stars and Planets'', 1997, {{ISBN|0-540-07235-4}}
* ''Brilliant Stars'', 1997, {{ISBN|0-304-34972-0}}
* ''Patrick Moore on Mars'', 1998, {{ISBN|0-304-35069-9}}
* ''Patrick Moore's Guide to the 1999 Total Eclipse '', 1999, {{ISBN|0-7522-1814-X}}
* ''Countdown!, or, How nigh is the end?'', 1999, {{ISBN|0-7181-2291-7}}
* ''Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars'', 2000, {{ISBN|9780521793902}}
* ''The Star of Bethlehem'', 2001, {{ISBN|0-9537868-2-X}}
* ''80 Not Out: The Autobiography'', 2003, {{ISBN|978-0-7509-4014-6}}
* ''2004 The Yearbook of Astronomy'', 2003, {{ISBN|0-333-98941-4}} (editor)
* ''Voyage to Mars'', 2003, {{ISBN|0-9543836-0-5}}
* ''Our Universe: Facts, Figures and Fun'', 2007, {{ISBN|1-904332-41-2}}
* ''Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy'', 2011, Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-521-89935-2}} and {{ISBN|978-1-107-67165-2}}
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==See also==
* [[Jack Horkheimer]], host of the astronomy show ''Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer'' (American counterpart)

==Notes==
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==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===
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* {{cite book |last = Moore |first = Gertrude L. |title = Mrs Moore in Space |publisher = Cassel & Co., Ltd. |year=1974 |isbn = 0-304-29426-8 }}
* {{cite book |last=Moore |first=Patrick |title = Exploring the night sky with binoculars |year=1997 |publisher = Cambridge University Press |location = Cambridge, England |isbn=1-85361-447-5 }}
* {{cite book |last=Moore |first=Patrick |title = The Autobiography |publisher=[[Sutton Publishing]] |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-7509-4014-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/patrickmooreauto00sirp }}
* {{cite book |last = Mobberley |first = Martin |title = It Came from Outer Space, Wearing an RAF Blazer: A fan's biography of Sir Patrick Moore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfO7BAAAQBAJ&q=.+It+Came+from+Outer+Space,+Wearing+an+RAF+Blazer |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-3-319-00608-6 }}
* {{cite book |last=O'Meara |first=Stephen James |title=The Caldwell Objects |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-521-82796-6}}
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* [http://banguniverse.com/ Bang! The Complete History of the Universe by Brian May, Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott]

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