''SkyWeek'' was a weekly

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television program created by '' Sky & Telescope'' magazine. The show was hosted by Tony Flanders, associate editor of ''Sky & Telescope'' magazine. Each episode of the program was released in one, three, and five-minute formats; and, the show's content and format were similar to that of another weekly astronomy program called ''

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''. ''SkyWeek'' was carried by many

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affiliates.

Content

''SkyWeek'' was an educational program that described

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events for the upcoming week. The show was aimed primarily at the general public and required no prior knowledge of astronomy. However, it also contained information that was likely to be interesting to experienced

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. It depicted celestial objects in the night sky that could be seen without special equipment such as

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s. Sky and Telescope's associate editor, Tony Flanders hosted the show, which was available in one-, three- and five-minute versions.

Production

''SkyWeek'' was produced by New Track Media, which publishes ''Sky & Telescope'' magazine. The show was distributed to

stations through

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. Images from the Hubble Space Telescope and many other professional and amateur sources were used in the production of the show. On April 16, 2014, Tony Flanders announced that the episode covering the week of April 28 to May 4, 2014 would be the last for the series. Flanders reported that the series was being discontinued because of insufficient money from sponsors required to cover the show's costs.

Episodes

Episodes were titled by the week of the events they describe. The production code used was of the form YYMMDD (2 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day) for the date the episode was best suited to be broadcast.

Season 1: 2011

The show premiered on November 19, 2011 with the inaugural episode covering the week of November 21 to 27 of 2011.

Season 2: 2012

The 2012 season started on January 1, 2012.

Season 3: 2013

The 2013 season started on January 1, 2013.

References

External links

Official ''SkyWeek'' website

''Sky and Telescope''s YouTube Channel
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