The exact year of this latter is unknown.

Ken Chilton's television programme The Sky Tonight (on Cable 8), was modelled after Patrick Moore's The Sky At Night.

OFFICIAL OBSERVING PROGRAMME

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Hamilton Centre

Notice: This book is the property of the Hamilton Centre and is being loaned to you to stimulate interest in observing and to help you make observations of scientific value.

On 5 November 1949 the original planetarium at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario was publicly opened for the first time.  Armand Spitz, whose Spitz Laboratories had supplied the Model A-1 projection system, was a guest at the opening and spoke about 'The Value of Astronomy to the Layman.' Members of the Hamilton, Guelph and Toronto RASC centres, as well as the national RASC president Andrew Thomson, were also present. At the time, the dome above the projector was only a parachute hung from the ceiling, but the system was improved many times over the following years.