Rockport Public Library

Our night sky, the Teaching Company ; Jupiterimages Corporation ; producer, Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisor, Jay Tate

eng

Guidebook includes bibliography (p. 76-85)

videorecording

College students and adults

Our night sky

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the Teaching Company ; Jupiterimages Corporation ; producer, Zachary H. Rhoades ; academic content supervisor, Jay Tate

386

The great courses DVD. Science & mathematics. Astronomy

Presents 12 lectures by Edward M. Murphy on astronomy. You'll learn how to use a star map and how to read coordinates to locate planets, constellations and other objects in the night sky

Disc 1. The constellations and their stars (33 min.) -- Seeing and navigating the sky (34 min.) -- Using binoculars and backyard telescopes (30 min.) -- Observing the moon and the sun (33 min.) -- Observing the planets with a telescope (34 min.) -- Meteor showers, comets, eclipses, and more (33 min.)Disc 2. The northern sky and the celestial pole (32 min.) -- The fall sky (31 min.) -- The winter sky (32 min.) -- The spring sky (31 min.) -- The summer sky (31 min.) -- The southern sky and the milky way (32 min.)

adult

live action