Sir, On 5 March 2011 a small delegation from the BIS was privileged to help Sir Patrick Moore celebrate the 700th edition of The Sky at Night and his 88th birthday at his 'Farthings' home in Selsey, West Sussex. The first edition of the monthly astronomy show was broadcast by the BBC on 24 April 1957 and The Sky at Night is now the longest continuously running programme in the world featuring the same presenter in a largely unchanged format. Patrick briefly addressed his guests, offering special thanks to the production team at The Sky at Night and mentioning his latest book - Patrick Moore's Data Book on Astronomy (a definitive 576 page compendium of astronomical data co-authored with Robin Rees) - which has taken over ten years to write.
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