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Our Night Sky

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

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Astronomy Courses Telescopes Courses Planetary Science Courses Celestial Navigation Courses

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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