The Suburban Stargazer’s
First Steps.
You don’t need dark skies. You don’t need an expensive telescope. You don’t need to know anything yet.
Learning the Sky You Have is the first book in the My Backyard Universe series — written for the person standing in a suburban backyard, looking up, and wondering where to start. Scott Walker has been that person. He still is, most nights.
This book won’t show you the Milky Way arching over a mountain meadow.
It will show you what’s actually above your house — planets, clusters, double stars, and a moon that rewards every look — and how to find it, understand it, and keep coming back to it. Because the sky you have, however light-polluted and imperfect, is more than enough to last a lifetime.
The suburban stargazer’s first steps.