Astronomy Today Explained

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

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.^[1]

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.

External links

• Web site: Astronomy Today . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311072631/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/A.html . 11 March 2010 . dmy .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astronomy Today . John . Corcelli . February 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .