Pennsylvania StarWatch: The Essential Guide To Our Night Sky - Softcover

Lynch, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896586774 ISBN 13: 9780896586772

Publisher: Voyageur Pr, 2005

Synopsis

“Make the Stars Your Old Friends!” . . . with Mike Lynch, America’s Master Stargazing instructor. Mike has led stargazing classes for over 30 years and has instructed 1000s of would-be backyard astronomers (and maybe a few would-be professional astronomers!) Now with "Pennsylvania 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
  Pennsylvania’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. 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 "Pennsylvania StarWatch."

About this title

From the Publisher:

Mike Lynch is the author of "Mike Lynch’s Minnesota StarWatch." He has been a broadcast meteorologist and personality at WCCO Radio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, since 1981, as well as a regular weekly astronomy columnist for the "St. Paul Pioneer Press." Lynch has taught thousands of stargazing classes since 1973. He loves teaching the basics of stargazing and especially loves pointing out constellations and telling the stories about them. The main goal Lynch has for his students is to "make the stars your old friends!"

About the Author:

Minnesota native Mike Lynch has been a broadcast meteorologist with WCCO Radio in Minneapolis for over 25 years. Also an astronomy enthusiast, Mike is the author of Mike Lynch’s Minnesota StarWatch, published by Voyageur Press in 2004, and a stargazing columnist for the St Paul Pioneer Press. Mike and his wife, Kathy, live in Eagan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Voyageur Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0896586774
• ISBN 13: 9780896586772
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 147