Calendar

Syllabus

Sessions

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Terminology
 

Session 2:
Moon phases, rise and set times
Eclipses, blue moon, names of the full moon
Make and use a moon phase calculator

Session 3:
Tour of the Solar System
Albedo, retrograde motion
Where are the planets tonight?

Session 4:
Celestial Coordinate system: right ascension and declination
Circumpolar constellations, significance of Polaris as a reference point
Make and use a star clock

Session 5:
Stars: naming conventions, magnitudes
Limiting magnitude due to light pollution
Colors - spectra
Make and use a spectroscope

Session 6:
The Sun and its features
Solar eclipses
Why are there seasons?

Session 7:
Meteors, meteor showers, comets
Satellites, angular distances
Make and use a sky-angle tool

Session 8:
Messier objects, galaxies
Cosmology