Today at 12:25 Sir Patrick Moore passed away peacefully at his home in Selsey, West Sussex.
Patrick presented the BBC’s The Sky At Night for over 50 years, making him the longest-running host of the same television show in history.
He counted himself as a writer and broadcaster first and foremost, but as Britain’s most recognisable scientist for more than 50 years, he inspired countless people to take up astronomy as a hobby or astrophysics as a career.
Chris Lintott
Astronomy has lost one of its heroes and the country has lost an institution. Our thought are with his friends and family.
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