Our Night Sky
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Gain a superb introduction to the wonders of the night sky with this course-taught by an award-winning astronomer-that explores the fundamentals of stargazing.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Constellations and Their Stars
- 02: Seeing and Navigating the Sky
- 03: Using Binoculars and Backyard Telescopes
- 04: Observing the Moon and the Sun
- 05: Observing the Planets with a Telescope
- 06: Meteor Showers, Comets, Eclipses, and More
- 07: The Northern Sky and the North Celestial Pole
- 08: The Fall Sky
- 09: The Winter Sky
- 10: The Spring Sky
- 11: The Summer Sky
- 12: The Southern Sky and the Milky Way
Taught by
Edward M. Murphy
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