About Michael Zeilik
Lived 1946 – 2022 (aged 75). Michael Zeilik was an American astronomer, writer and university teacher.
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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Who was Michael Zeilik?
astronomer
When was Michael Zeilik born?
Michael Zeilik was born on 26 September 1946.
When did Michael Zeilik die?
Michael Zeilik died on 3 June 2022.
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Michael Zeilik was an astronomer, writer and university teacher.
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Michael Zeilik was American.
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