Our night sky.

Author

Edward M Murphy

Call Number

• DVD 520 O937 (CEN)

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Performers

Lecturer, Edward M. Murphy, University of Virginia.

Publication Information

Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, c2010.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 85 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

College students and adults.

Notes

"Course no. 1846"--Disc label.

Contains 12 lectures, 30 min. per lecture.

Lectures produced in 2007.

Contents

• Disc 1. The constellations and their stars ; Seeing and navigating the sky ; Using binoculars and backyard telescopes ; Observing the moon and the sun ; Observing the planets with a telescope ; Meteor showers, comets, eclipses, and more
• Disc 2. The northern sky and the north celestial pole ; The fall sky ; The winter sky ; The spring sky ; The summer sky ; The southern sky and the milky way.