Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding Cosmic Wonders
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
Take a tour of the most mysterious and beautiful phenomena of Earth's sky with this course packed with stunning images from telescopes and detailed animations.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Day and Night Skies across All Distances
- 02: The Blue Sky, Clouds, and Lightning
- 03: The Rainbow Family-Sunlight and Water
- 04: Solar Halos-Sunlight and Ice Crystals
- 05: The Colors of Sunrise and Sunset
- 06: Bright Stars, Constellations, and the Zodiac
- 07: Viewing the Planets and Their Motions
- 08: The Moon, Phases, and Lunar Eclipses
- 09: Satellites, Comets, and Meteors
- 10: Observing Solar Activity and Earth's Auroras
- 11: Solar Eclipses-Marvelous Coincidences
- 12: Celestial Sights When the Night Is Darkest
Taught by
Alex Filippenko
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