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Learn to View Our Sky
with Fresh New Eyes
Dramatic cloud formations. Stirring sunsets. Intricate constellations.
Captivating solar eclipses. These and other breathtaking natural
phenomena are more than just pretty objects to be admired. Rather,
they’re the result of fascinating atmospheric and astronomical
phenomena that often go unappreciated by the average skywatcher.
Now, get an unparalleled visual guide to the sky’s most mysterious and
beautiful offerings with Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding
Cosmic Wonders. With these twelve 45-minute lectures, award-winning astronomer and Professor Alex Filippenko has crafted a
stunning tour of the sky’s most dazzling displays, most of which you
can see even without binoculars. Featuring jaw-dropping images and
photographs, these lectures make for a thrilling voyage, after which the
sky above your head will never look the same again.
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Skywatching: Seeing
and Understanding
Cosmic Wonders
Taught by Professor Alex Filippenko
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1. Day and Night Skies
across All Distances
2. The Blue Sky, Clouds, and Lightning
3. The Rainbow Family—
Sunlight and Water
4. Solar Halos—Sunlight
and Ice Crystals
5. The Colors of Sunrise and Sunset
6. Bright Stars, Constellations,
and the Zodiac
7. Viewing the Planets and
Their Motions
8. The Moon, Phases, and
Lunar Eclipses
9. 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
Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding
Cosmic Wonders
Course no. 1852 | 12 lectures (45 minutes/lecture)
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