Flags of the Night Sky

Federative Republic of Brazil: Constellations in the Breeze.- Crux: Beacon of the Southern Hemisphere.- Northern Hemisphere: The Empty Sky.- Sun-bearing Flags: Here Comes the Sun.- Moon-bearing Flags: Bright side of the Moon.- Starry Flags: Here's Stars in Your Eyes-Northern Hemisphere.- Starry Flags: Here's Stars in Your Eyes-Southern Hemisphere.- Glossary: Vexillology.- Glossary: Astronomy.

André G. Bordeleau has been an amateur astronomer since 1982. He got involved with the astronomy club at the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada while he was completing a Master's degree in Political Science (1984) and competing internationally for Canada in rifle shooting from 1978 to 1990, in which he was invited to two Olympic trials (1984, 1988). Bordeleau spent the 1980's with the club, selecting topics for the meetings, presenting talks as well as offering guided tours of the University's observatory. He was named a Lifetime Honorary Member in 1987 and gave guided tours of the observatory and astronomy talks to outside groups and schools on behalf of the University of Guelph's Outreach Program from 1987 until 1990. Bordeleau has been involved in the fight for eradicating light pollution since 1987 and has written several articles on popular astronomy topics in both English and French, many of them specifically on light pollution. He has published in Sky & Telescope (both the American and Australian magazines), The Griffith Observer, The Planetarian, and the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society in Canada. He has also translated four astronomy books from English to French, including one published by Patrick Moore and another written by Stephen James O'Meara. Bordeleau has been a Planetarium lecturer since 1994, and around that time travelled to Australia and New Zealand in order to admire the southern sky. He fell with it and wishes for another opportunity to return, this time armed with a telescope, to resume his observations.ary Member in 1987 and gave guided tours of the observatory and astronomy talks to outside groups and schools on behalf of the University of Guelph's Outreach Program from 1987 until 1990. Bordeleau has been involved in the fight for eradicating light pollution since 1987 and has written several articles on popular astronomy topics in both English and French, many of them specifically on light pollution. He has published in

From the book reviews:"Probably only in this book could one find detailed connections between vexillology and astronomy ... . I recommend the book to anyone with an interest, even a minor one, in vexillology." (Phillip Helbig, The Observatory, Vol. 134 (1243), December, 2014)
"With chapters ranging from sun-bearing flags, moon-bearing flags, and one titled 'Starry Flags: Here's Stars in Your Eyes', Flags of the Night Sky covers it all. If you're looking for in depth insight into national cultures displayed through their flags and their connections tied to the heavens above, this is a well organized, great resource." (Eva Gallant, Universe Today, March 03, 2014)