naked-eye-observing

Practical naked-eye and binocular sky observing. Covers dark adaptation, limiting magnitude, constellation recognition, star hopping, the messier and Caldwell catalogs accessible without a telescope, the Moon, planets, meteor showers, aurorae, and the ethics and habits of observing under light-polluted and dark skies. Use when teaching someone to find their…

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