Michigan Starwatch The Essential Guide To Our Night Sky

You won't find a more enthusiastic guide to the night sky than Mike Lynch, and you won't find a better guidebook to our night sky than Michigan StarWatch. Mike Lynch has led stargazing classes for over 30 years and has instructed thousands of would-be backyard astronomers (and maybe a few would-be professional astronomers)! Here's what stargazers have said about Mike's classes: Now with Michigan StarWatch you can easily pick up what beginning and advanced stargazers, ages 12 and up, have learned in his popular stargazing classes: * Use the detailed seasonal constellation charts to quickly identify their main stars and find "celestial goodies" such as star clusters, nebulae, and other galaxies. * Enjoy the stories and mythology of characters for whom the constellations are named, including Orion the Hunter, Cassiopeia the Queen, and Perseus the Hero. * Locate the most prominent seasonal constellations with easy-to-use monthly star maps designed especially for Michigan's northern latitude. * Learn about the moon, solar and lunar eclipses, planets, as well as comets, meteor showers, and aurora borealis. There's even a planet locator guide good through 2015! * Gain firsthand advice on purchasing a telescope and other stargazing equipment, plus find listings of local astronomy resources.Lynch, Michael is the author of 'Michigan Starwatch The Essential Guide To Our Night Sky', published 2005 under ISBN 9780896586758 and ISBN 0896586758.