Night Astronomy Home

 

Instructor:  Scott Kindt

email  celestialphotons@mindspring.com

Voice Mail:   970 613-7743

Location:  Berthoud High School  Room 208  (Enter through West doors)

Time:  6:00 - 10:00  Thursday Nights

Directons to Berthoud High School  & Little Thompson Observatory

Little Thompson Observatory Web Site

 

Course Syllabus

Unit 1     The Night Sky

Unit 2     Using a Telescope & Astrophotography

Unit 3     Space Exploration

Unit 4     Historical Astronomy & Kepler's Laws

Unit 5     The Earth Sun Moon System  (eclipses, lunar cycle, tides)

Unit 6     The Solar System (Planets, Satellietes, Comets etc.)

Unit 7     The Sun (Solar cycles, Maunder Minimum, Solar features) 

Unit 8     Properties of Stars  (How Stars Shine, Nuclear Fusion)

Unit 9     The Death of Stars   

Unit 10     Galaxies & Cosmology

 

 

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