Sir Patrick Moore's monocle and xylophone auctioned
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The astronomer leads a band which includes comedian Willie Rushton and Please Sir actor Deryck Guyler.
Sir Patrick Moore's famous monocle and his xylophone have been sold at auction.
The astronomer, who presented The Sky At Night for over 50 years, died at his home in Selsey, West Sussex, in December 2012.
The xylophone - which he used during a Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen - sold for £1,500 at Henry Adams Auctioneers in Chichester.
The monocle fetched £688 at Christie's, in London.
Sir Patrick presented the first edition of The Sky at Night on 24 April 1957.
He became famous for his habit of wearing a monocle on screen, as well as his dishevelled and idiosyncratic persona.
However, he was a celebrated and gifted astronomer and wrote dozens of books, with his research being used by the US and the Soviet Union in their space programmes.
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