Stars & Planets Course - 8 Week Course
Event details
1 May - 19 June 2025
Course duration: 8 weeks - Thursday nights
Course time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Cost: $280 per person
Astronomy Lecturer: Martin Lewicki
01 May - 19 June 2025
In this course, you will be taken on a grand tour covering a range of topics that are the core of astronomy – Stars, Planets, Galaxies and the Cosmos. You will learn the methods and instruments both professional and amateur astronomers use to probe the night sky. In a series of 8 sessions, you will learn how to identify constellations and planets in the night sky, tour the planets close up and see why they are so different from one another. Then off to interstellar space to learn of the variety of stars and how they are formed, then beyond to the wider cosmos of galaxies, black holes and other exotic phenomena. You will also how learn your telescope works and even how to make a simple educational spectroscope, the indispensable instrument astronomers use to decipher the physical nature and dimensions of the universe.
Each week will cover a different topic:
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- Week 1: Introduction to Astronomy
- Week 2: Discover the Planets
- Week 3: Tour of the Solar System
- Week 4: Mapping the Sky
- Week 5: Discover the Stars
- Week 6: Backyard Astronomy
- Week 7: The Great Telescopes
- Week 8: The Universe and Beyond
