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The Stargazing Year: A Backyard Astronomer's Journey Through the Seasons of the Night Sky
The Stargazing Year A Backyard Astronomer's Journey Through the Seasons of the Night Sky Author:Charles Laird Calia A quarter-century after giving up his first telescope, Charles Laird Calia lay down one evening on his front lawn with his two young daughters, looked up at the stars, and rediscovered a childhood passion. Part primer on the science and history of astronomical observation, part love poem to the night sky, this is an amateur astronomer's account ... more »of a year spent observing the cosmos in his New England back yard. Available only in Nonfiction 4.« less