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Astronomy Today

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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Original network
  
CBC Television

Final episode date
  
16 August 1959

Number of seasons
  
1

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Gene Lawrence

First episode date
  
24 May 1959

Network
  
CBC Television

Language
  
English

Original release
  
24 May – 16 August 1959

Astronomy Today was a Canadian science television series which aired on CBC Television in 1959.

Contents

Premise

F. A. Kaempffer, a University of British Columbia physics professor, presented various lectures during this series which concerned modern scientific theories and how these relate to historical theories. These were accompanied with photographs and graphics from the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory.

Production

Gene Lawrence produced Astronomy Today in Vancouver.

Scheduling

The half-hour series aired Sundays at 3:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 24 May to 16 August 1959.

References

Astronomy Today Wikipedia