Welcome
Module 1: How to Get Ready for Backyard Astronomy
Module 2: Getting Hooked - See Your First Amazing Sight!
Module 3: How to DO Backyard Astronomy
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Introduction - How to Find Night Sky Objects When You Never Have Before
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Part 1 - Zenith, The North Celestial Pole and Circumpolar Constellations (8:39)
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Part 2 - An Easy Way to Measure Distances in the Night Sky
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Part 3 - An Introduction to The Brightest Seasonal Constellations
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Part 3a - Winter Constellations: Orion and Gemini
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Part 3b - Spring Constellations: Leo, Virgo and Boötes
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Part 3c - Summer Constellations: Cygnus, Sagittarius and the Summer Triangle
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Part 3d - Fall Constellations: Pegasus and Andromeda
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Part 4 - How to Plan What to See (3:01)
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Part 5 - Using Star Hopping to Find Faint Objects
Module 4: The Bright Planets
Module 5: A Year of Deep Space Objects
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Introduction
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The Orion Nebula (M42 & M43) - Sep / JANUARY / Feb
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The Pleiades (M45) - Oct / FEBRUARY / Mar
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Cat's Eye Galaxy (M94) - Nov / MARCH
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The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) - Dec / APRIL
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The Leo Triplet of Galaxies (M65 & M66) - January / MAY
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The Ring Nebula (M57) - Feb / JUNE
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The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) - Mar / JULY
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The Swan Nebula (M17) - May / AUGUST / Sep
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The Trifid Nebula (M20) - Jun / SEPTEMBER / Nov
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - July / OCTOBER / Dec
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Open Cluster (M52) - August / NOVEMBER / January
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Crab Nebula (M1) - Sep / DECEMBER / Jan
Module 6: Resources Every Backyard Astronomer Needs (from time to time)
