About Michael Zeilik
Michael Zeilik, 75, American astronomer.
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|Michael Zeilik (1946–2022) was a professor of astronomy at the University of New Mexico. His main research interests were the study of H II regions at different wavelengths; the light curves of RS Canum Venaticorum variables; and the ethnoastronomy of the Puebloans. He also wrote astronomy textbooks which were the best-selling in the world for a period. These included:
- Astronomy: The Evolving Universe
- Conceptual Astronomy
- Introduction to Astronomy & Astrophysics
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