Michael Zeilik

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