New book The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque out this week

An interesting new book by University of Washington astronomy professor Emily Levesque is coming out this week. The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers (Sourcebooks, 2020) will be published August 4. In The Last Stargazers Levesque shares the tales and experiences of astronomical observing. Weaving together stories from more than 100 astronomers and observatory employees, The Last Stargazers explores how modern observatories are run, shares some of the many incredible stories from the astronomy community about what it’s like to work at a telescope, and reveals the transformative developments in astronomy's immediate future.

Several events mark the release of the book, including a virtual meeting of Astronomy on Tap Seattle at 8 p.m. August 6. Watch live on either Zoom or YouTube. Levesque also will do a launch event August 3 through Elliott Bay Book Company and another through Denver's Tattered Cover bookstore August 13 in conversation with Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait. 

Levesque's research specialty is the evolution of dying stars. We covered a talk she did for Astronomy on Tap Seattle back in 2016. She's an engaging speaker and writer and we're looking forward to reading the book.

By the way, you can pre-order the book by clicking the image to the left or the title link above. Seattle Astronomy gets a small cut, at no cost to you, when you do that, and it helps support our work. Many thanks!