Resources

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WEBSITES

 

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

STARGAZING & ASTRONOMY

  • Sky & Telescope Magazine
  • A Child’s Introduction to the Night Sky by Michael Driscoll
  • Night Sky by Rola Shaw
  • The Backyard Astronomer’s Guide by Terence Dickinson & Alan Dyer
  • DK’s The Night Sky Month-by-Month
  • Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait

DARK SKY PRESERVATION

OTHER

  • Let There be Night by Paul Bogard
  • Astrotourism by Michael Marlin
  • Sleepless: Unleashing the Subversive Power of the Night Self by Annabel Abbs-Streets

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

  • Lights Out by Marsha Diane Arnold
  • What if Night? by Paul Bogard
  • Ada & the Galaxies by Alan Lightman & Olga Pastuchiv
  • Impossible Moon by Breanna J. McDaniel
  • The Moon Tonight by Jung Chang-hoon
  • There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars by Bob Crelin
  • Skywatcher by Jamie Hogan
  • The Fire of Stars Kirsten W. Larson

CULTURAL

  • Star Stories: Constellation Tales from Around the World by Andy Wilx & Anita Ganeri
  • Human Cosmos: Civilization & the Stars by Jo Marchant
  • The First Astronomers by Duane Hamacher
  • Mythos & Cosmos by John K. Lundwall
  • Talking Skies (Ojibwe) by Carl Gawboy
  • Creation Stories: Landscapes & the Human Imagination by Dr. Anthony Aveni
  • Star Stories: Constellation & People by Dr. Anthony Aveni
  • Guide to Pre-historic Astronomy in the Southwest by J. McKim Malville
  • The Star People: A Lakota Story (kids) by S.D. Nelson
  • Thirteen Moons on Turtles Back: A Native American Year of Moons (kids) by Joseph Bruchac & Jonathan London
  • Why the North Star Stands Still (and Other Indian Legends) by William R. Palmer
  • Lakota Star Knowledge by Ronald Goodman
  • Chaco Astronomy: An Ancient American Cosmology by Anna Sofaer
  • Landscape of the Spirits: Hohokam Rock Art at South Mountain Park by Todd W. Bostwick
  • Celestial Geometry: Understanding the Astronomical Meaning of Ancient Sites by Ken Taylor
  • The Stars We Know: Crow Indian Astronomy & Lifeways by Timothy P. McCleary

NATURE AT NIGHT

  • Wild Nights Out by Chris Salisbury
  • Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
  • Open-Air Living: Discover the Nordic Art of Friluftsliv & Embrace Nature Every Day by Linda Åkeson McGurk
  • Nocturnalia: Nature in the Western Night by Charles Hood & José Gabriel Matínez-Fonseca
  • Campfire Stories: Tales from America’s National Parks by Dave Kyu & Ilyssa Kyu
  • Glacier National Park After Dark by John Ashley

ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

  • Photography Night Sky: A Field Guide for Shooting After Dark by Jennifer Wu & James Martin

DOCUMENTARIES & MOVIES

OUT IN NATURE

STARGAZING TOOLS

  • Orion telescopes
  • Celestron telescopes
  • Celestron solar binoculars
  • Celestron stargazing binoculars
  • Green laser pointer
  • Red flashlight
  • Stargazing app SkyView Lite
  • ISS tracker
  • Planisphere 

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