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Overview"Grab your lawn chair and a pair of binoculars, and head outside with your guide to the night sky. Beloved WCCO Radio meteorologist Mike Lynch points out constellations and other fascinating features in the stars above. He highlights 27 constellations, offering tips that will make you an expert at locating objects in the night sky, as well as the stories and myths behind the constellations. Plus, his monthly star maps show galaxies, nebulae and more. With his warm anecdotes and step-by-step instructions, Mike helps you ""make the stars your old friends.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mike LynchPublisher: Advance Publishing In.,US Imprint: Advance Publishing In.,US Dimensions: Width: 26.40cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.396kg ISBN: 9781591933540ISBN 10: 1591933544 Pages: 56 Publication Date: 27 September 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Spiral bound Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReady to Make the Stars Your Old Friends?Astronomy 101 . . . Hyper Fast!Using the Monthly Star MapsA Note About Planets, Meteor Showers and SatellitesSupplemental AudioJanuary Featured Constellations: Orion/LepusFebruary Featured Constellations: Canis Minor/Canis Major/LeoMarch Featured Constellations: Ursa Major/Ursa Minor/Coma BerenicesApril Featured Constellations: Boötes/CorvusMay Featured Constellations: Hercules/VirgoJune Featured Constellations: Lyra/CygnusJuly Featured Constellations: Scorpius/AquilaAugust Featured Constellations: Sagittarius/DracoSeptember Featured Constellations: Delphinus/Andromeda/PegasusOctober Featured Constellations: Cepheus/Cassiopeia/PerseusNovember Featured Constellations: Auriga/AriesDecember Featured Constellations: Taurus/GeminiAbout the AuthorReviewsAuthor InformationMike Lynch is a native Minnesotan who grew up in Richfield, Minnesota, in the 1960s. He attended Saint Peter’s Catholic School and Holy Angels High School. After two years at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, he transferred to the University of Wisconsin–Madison and earned his B.S. degree in Meteorology in 1979. Shortly afterward, he was hired as a broadcast meteorologist at WCCO Radio in Minneapolis and has been there for over 30 years. Mike has covered all kinds of weather, from deadly tornadoes to record cold snaps. In fact, on February 2, 1996, he broadcast from Tower, Minnesota, when the temperature dropped down to 60 degrees below zero, an all-time record low for the state of Minnesota. Since he was a teenager, Mike’s other passion has been astronomy. He built his first telescope when he was 15 years old. For over 40 years, Mike has been teaching classes and hosting star parties with community education groups, nature centers, and other entities throughout Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. His goal is to help people make the stars their old friends. From 2004 to 2007, Mike wrote astronomy/stargazing books for Voyageur Press. He wrote state-specific books for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, the Dakotas, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New England, New Jersey, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana and Southern Canada. In 2007, Mike Lynch also wrote “Mike Lynch’s Minnesota WeatherWatch,” which was a finalist in the recent Minnesota Book Awards.On top of that, Mike also writes a weekly Starwatch column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. His column is syndicated in more than two dozen other newspapers across the United States. Mike lives in Eagan, Minnesota, with his wife Kathy and their two children, Angie and Shaun. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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