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.

Companion book available in MAIN collection. Course no. 1846. Lectures produced in 2007.

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.).