General Astronomy Books by Hermograph Press
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From Out of the Sky….
A Basic Guide to Meteors, Craters and Meteorites Through Travel and Observation
Coming June 1st, 2026
Alabama’s had a crazy history with Meteors! It has the only Deep South meteor crater. A woman was hit by a nine-pound meteor and lived to tell the tale. It is the only state with a license plate motto that says “Stars Fell on Alabama”, referring to a meteor storm in the early 1800s. And more.
From Out of the Sky….will not only tell you these storied events but help you drive to them and see the history yourself. If you aren’t in Alabama, that’s okay, you can take the trip virtually with this book.
But From Out of the Sky…. is not just about these three events. It will teach you how to observe meteors, meteor showers and fireballs. When to look. What to look forward. How to look and record them with your own eyes or with electronic means. What you can learn from your observations and for teachers of astronomy how to teach about them. Finally, it will give you the basics of how to tell a meteorite from an Earth rock, and where to see some for yourself.
Table of Contents
- What is a Falling Star Anyway? ………………………………………….. 2
- The Wetumpka Crater, Space Tourism on Earth ……………………. 5
- The Meteoric Bruising, the Sylacauga Event ……………………….. 23
- The Not-Yet-Stormy Lion …………………………………………………… 33
- What Other Places in Alabama Did Stars Fall?………………………. 37
- Determining a Meteorite from a Meteor-wrong……………………… 40
- What Can You Do With Meteor Showers? …………………………….. 45
- What Can You Learn from Fireballs? …………………………………… 49
About the Author ………………………………………………………………… 52
Purchase a Pre-Publication Copy at discount HERE!
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Coming in 2026!
Learning Astronomy Using the Northern Sky
The 365-Night Teaching Resource!
Learn about the basics of astronomy from the stars that never set from the sky! Star brightness and color, what do they tell us? What are the different ways to locate stars and objects? Stellar evolution examples all in one place! Galactic structure evidence to the eye. And More!
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Where IS the United Federation of Planets?
What if the United Federation of Planets was real? Where would it be? Where should one look in the sky to see from where the Klingons would attack? Where is Spock’s homeworld? You CAN find all these, if you know where to look. And how would that happen? Because not all the stars mentioned in all the franchise’s of Star Trek are imaginary, many are real!
Federation Space identifies the real stars of Star Trek and plots them in galactic coordinates; by doing so, we can see where the Federation and its allies/enemies are located in space!
Then we turn it around and ask what can we learn about astronomy using these stars? Where can you find them in Earth’s night sky? We analyze the types of stars involved and see what they can teach us about stellar evolution, the star types in the Milky Way galaxy, even hints about the structure of the Milky Way from where Federation outposts are located! A map of the sky at night has all the stars marked for you to view in all seasons of the year and in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Finally, an encyclopedia of all the Trek stars and what recent research has learned about the real stars of Star Trek is provided.