Easy Star GazingSpring 2013

The Night Sky

The oldest and greatest show on Earth

And no commercials

The Earth’s ShadowConstellation Road Map

The Visible PlanetsGet to Know Luna

Meteor ShowersVisible SatellitesUsing Binoculars

PhotographyAstronomical Resources

Planisphere Demonstration

Easy Star GazingEarth’s Shadow

Easy Star GazingA Constellation Road Map

Easy Star GazingThe Spring Planets

Easy Star GazingThe Moon

Moon Phase Names

Best Moon Phases?• Moonlight to see by?

• View of moon craters and mountains?

• Dark enough to see the Milky Way?

Know the place like you live there

Quiz Time!

Quiz Time!

The Man on the Moon

Lunar Events

Easy Star GazingMeteors

Easy Star GazingWatching Satellites

Easy Star GazingUsing Binoculars

What’s 7X50?

Binocular Objects

• Mizar and Alcor• Zubenelgenubi• Pleiades and Hyades• Coma Berenices (MEL 111)• M-35 (Gemini)• Beehive Star Cluster• M-7 (Ptolemy's Cluster)• Jovian Satellites

Easy Star GazingUsing a Digital Camera

Galilean Satellites

Star ClustersThe Seven Sisters

The Hyades

Earth’s Rotation Movie

Astronomical Resources• Boise Astronomical Society

• Whittenberger Planetarium

• Bruneau Dunes State Park Observatory

• Herrett Center CSI

• Idaho Skies (blog, tweets, and 89.9 FM)

• www.starmaps.com

Easy Star GazingPlanisphere Demo