Our Night Sky

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Tags

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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