Backyard Astronomy
Original price was: $19.99.$15.99Current price is: $15.99.
What you’ll learn
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You will learn about observing the Moon, Planets, Star Clusters, Nebula and even A galaxy you can see with the naked eye.
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Learn why the stars appear to move as they do
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Understand the celestial coordinate system, The Plane of the ecliptic and the Meridian
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learn how to use a basic star chart
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Tour the Night Sky as it appears in each of the four seasons
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Discover the different types of binoculars and telescopes available to enhance your observing experience
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The 10 things you MUST KNOW before buying a telescope
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Explore How your eye perceives light and Color, how your pupils dilate and become Dark Adapted
In this Course I will give you an overview of what you can see from your backyard or favorite observing site with your naked eye, a good pair of binoculars, or a small telescope. As you will soon see, there’s a lot more up there than just stars…
This course includes 23 Video lectures and several handouts designed to introduce you to the hobby of Backyard Astronomy.
The Course is delivered in to 9 easy to digest sections, to fit in to your busy schedule
We will start with a quick tour of what you can see in the night sky:
Including the Moon & Planets, Stars & Star Clusters, Nebulae and Galaxies.
Next you will look at the Celestial Sphere, learn how the sky moves and how to navigate the heavens.
Once you get your celestial bearings, you will learn to read a star chart and install a free planetarium program to help you simulate the night sky for any time of year.
Using your free planetarium software you will tour the Heavens in all four seasons, in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
After you have a basic understanding of the Night Sky you will look at how to improve your observing pleasure with binoculars and small telescopes. You will learn the basic types of instruments , how they work, and what you need to know before buying a telescope or binoculars.
If you are curious about the Night Sky and want to learn more, this is a great introductory course to get you out and observing in the shortest possible time with the maximum enjoyment.
Who this course is for:
- This Course is for anyone who would like to learn more about backyard Astronomy and stargazing
- The lessons are easy to understand and accessible to any age group
12 reviews for Backyard Astronomy
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Original price was: $19.99.$15.99Current price is: $15.99.
Philip Boyle –
so far so good
Isabelle Regina Luz dos Santos –
I loved it! It’s pretty simple, but full of content. I never had an experience with strgazing, so i’m pretty satisfied with the course
Noel Oakey –
This was a good introduction. Being Southern Hemisphere meant the moon map was upside down and the descriptions of the sky were too rushed and without the Greek Mythology images to help understand shape. A dood starting point
Steve Gossett –
Very interesting. Facts are compelling, e.g., Stars we can see are within our own galaxy. Presentation generates questions I am hoping are raised and answered, e.g., What is diameter of Milky Way? If visible stars are in our own galaxy does that mean Orion stars are in Milky Way but the Orion Galaxy is vastly further away?
Venu Venugopal –
This is too low level and the guy is just reading some script with no life to it.
Tekk 70 –
Great information – nice graphics, helpful, concise explanations – could do without the music, which is nice, but too loud in places and distracted me from the teaching.
Patrick Lopez –
I learned a lot of astronomy, congratulations, i enjoyed.
John Fonte –
So far, so good. My only complaint so far is the background music is too loud making it distracting and hard to concentrate on the subject material.
James M Ball –
Interesting and informative
Natalie Corner –
Last night i looked at the moon & was amazed to see all the things the course pointed out in the moon lesson. it was fascinating & made me eager to learn more.
Angad Singh –
background music is annoying, other than that, everything is good so far.
Stephanie Stevens –
cool course, wish the audio was better tho