Michael Zeilik
Michael Zeilik 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 UniverseConceptual Astronomy
- ''Introduction to Astronomy & Astrophysics''