Table of Contents – Fundamentals of Stargazing (March 2017 – February 2018) ** Solar System Observing Tools and Science of Month Sky Tours (North) Sky Tours (South) Deep-Sky Objects Observing Techniques Astronomy Layout of the sky: the Orion, Taurus, Gemini, Canis Visual observing - how Orion, Taurus, Canis Major, Hyades; Pleiades; Orion Nebula; Orion Layout of the solar celestial sphere, finding Major, Auriga; Monoceros, the eye sees faint Auriga; Monoceros and Lepus; OB1 Association; Crab Nebula; M41; system; a detailed the celestial poles, 1- March Lepus, and Columba; Puppis, objects; dark adaptation; Eridanus; Constellations vs. M36,37,38; M46 and M47; NGC2451 look at the planet equator, ecliptic; Eridanus; Constellations vs. averted vision; tools: red Asterisms and NGC2477 Jupiter measuring angular Asterisms flashlights distances Castor, M35, NGC2392 (Eskimo), Iota Can, M44 (Beehive), M67, M48, Regor Apparent motion of the Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Hydra, Geometry of the (Gamma Velorum) and NGC2547, Evaluating the night sky; night sky; celestial 2- April Gemini, Lynx, Cancer, Leo, Hydra Carina, Vela and the ‘False solar system; IC2391, NGC2516 (Southern Beehive), Estimating small angles coordinates; precession Cross’ Retrograde motion NGC3372 (Eta Carinae), NGC3293, of the equinoxes IC2602 (Southern Pleiades) M81 and M82; M97; Regulus; Leo Binoculars: How to Triplet; Cor Caroli and La Superba; Bootes, Corona Borealis, choose; image Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Bootes, M51; M3; Izar; Melotte 111; NGC 4565; Coma Berenices, Canes A detailed look at stabilization; giant Stellar magnitude; star 3- May Corona Borealis, Coma Acrux and Gacrux; NGC 4755 (Jewel Venatici, Crux (Southern the planet Mars binoculars; focusing and names Berenices, Canes Venatici Box); Coalsack; NGC 5139 (Omega Cross), Centaurus mounting; Centauri); NGC 5128; Alpha Centauri; recommendations NGC 5281 Porrima, M104 (Sombrero), M87, Saturn: structure Telescopes: overview, How stars form; star Virgo, Corvus and Crater, Virgo, Corvus and Crater, Markarian’s Chain, NGC 4216, M13 and geography; refractors, Newtonians, structure, star colors, 4- June Hercules, Draco Libra, Hercules (Hercules Cluster); M92, alpha Herc, rings; moons, SCT and MCT reflectors, stellar classification, the NGC 6543 (Cat’s Eye) observing tips pros and cons HR diagram Altazimuth and M57 (Ring Nebula), M56; epsilon Lyrae, equatorial telescope Lyra, Ophiuchus, Serpens, Lyra, Ophiuchus, Serpens, 70 Oph, IC4665, M5, M10 and M12; “Seas” on the Review of stars; how 5- July mounts, go-to and push- Scorpius Scorpius Antares, M4, rho Oph, M6 and M7; Moon; lunar craters stars evolve to mounts; False Comet recommended mounts Milky Way, NGC 7000 (NA Neb), Veil Distances to nearby Neb, M29, M27(Dumbbell), Meteors, Eyepiece primer, wide- Cygnus, Aquila, Scutum, Cygnus, Aquila, Scutum, stars; parallax; proper Coathanger, M71,M11 (Wild Duck), Meteoroids, field eyepieces, 6- August Vulpecula, Sagitta, Delphinus, Vulpecula, Sagitta, motion and radial M16(Eagle), M17(Swan), M24, Meteorites; Meteor planetary eyepieces; Sagittarius Delphinus, Sagittarius velocity; double and M8(Lagoon), M20(Trifid), M22 showers light-pollution filters multiple stars Fundamentals of Stargazing www.cosmicpursuits.com Table of Contents – Fundamentals of Stargazing (March 2017 – February 2018) ** Solar System Observing Tools and Science of Month Sky Tours (North) Sky Tours (South) Deep-Sky Objects Observing Techniques Astronomy Herschel’s Garnet Star (Mu Cep); Delta Cephei; NGC 7380; NGC 188; M52 and Long-relief eyepieces; Capricornus, Pavo, Indus, Zodiacal light and Cassiopeia, Cepheus, NGC 7635; NGC 7789 and Rho zoom eyepieces; Emission, reflection, 7- September Octans, Gegenschein; Lunar Capricornus, Lacerta Cassiopeiae; Eta Cassiopeiae; NGC 281; telescope resolution; and dark nebulae mountains M103; NGC 457; NGC 6752; NGC 6744; dew control Epsilon and Theta Indi; Sigma Octanis Pegasus, Aquarius, Piscis M15, NGC7331, NGC7662, NGC7479, Binoviewers; Urban Pegasus, Aquarius, Piscis Uranus and 8- October Austrinus; Sculptor, Phoenix, M2, NGC7009, NGC7239(Helix), zeta observing techniques, Variable stars Austrinus, Sculptor Neptune Grus, and Tucana Aqr, NGC253, NGC55 and NGC300 Bortle dark-sky scale M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), NGC 404, M33 (Triangulum Galaxy), NGC 604, Finder scopes, Barlow Open and globular star Pisces, Andromeda, Triangulum, Pisces, Andromeda, The Lunar 100 9- November NGC 752, Gamma Andromedae, NGC lenses, Clear-sky charts, clusters; stellar Aries Triangulum, Aries 891, Gamma Arietis, Small Magellanic the Caldwell list populations Cloud (NGC 292), 47 Tucanae, NGC 362 Alpha Persei Moving Group; Algol; M76; Double Cluster and Region; Heart Galaxies and galaxy Perseus, Cetus, and the (IC 1805) and Soul (IC 1848) Nebula; Color filters, Moon classification, structure 10- December Perseus, Cetus, Camelopardalis Deep-Southern NGC 1333; M34; M77 and NGC 1055; Venus and Mercury filters, Solar filters of the Milky Way; Constellations Mira; M74; NGC 247; The Large (white light and H-alpha) distance scale of the Magellanic Cloud; NGC 2070 (Tarantula Milky Way Nebula) Jewel-box cluster, the Coalsack, alpha Cen, Omega Cen cluster; IC2602 (southern Pleiades), eta Carinae Basics of astronomical Comets: names, Nebula, NGC3293 NGC3532, NGC2516 imaging; sky portraits, The cosmic distance Tour of the southern Tour of the northern historical, Great 11- January (Southern Beehive); 47 Tuc, Large nightscapes, afocal scale; Type Ia constellations constellations Comets, observing Magellanic Cloud; M81/82,M51, La imaging, tracking with a supernovae comets Superba, NGC4565, Melotte111, M97, DSLR NGC457, NGC7789, Mu Cephei, Double Cluster Solar Observation; Challenge objects: NGC1514, M78, Introduction to deep-sky Quasars: the farthest 12- February Orion revisited Orion revisited Solar and lunar NGC1999, IC405, NGC2419 video astronomy things you can see eclipses Fundamentals of Stargazing www.cosmicpursuits.com .