Astronomer James Kaler shares his knowledge and enthusiasm for stars

The winter sky; brightness, color, composition, and how stars evolve

The discoveries made by Hubble since being successfully repaired

The fall sky; the Milky Way & Andromeda Galaxies; types of galaxies

Backyard astronomy: objects visible with eyes, binoculars, telescopes

The evolution of stars as traced in the constellations of winter

How planets form & life beings, life elsewhere, methods of contact

A journey from our Milky Way "neighborhood" to the most distant galaxies