Astronomy
for beginners Contact
Location: North Bersted
| Weekday | Start Time | End Time | Location |
Frequency |
| Monday |
2.00 |
4.00 |
Jubilee Hall |
Monthly (2nd Monday of the month) |
For more information please use the contact link on this
page.
New
members welcome, just turn up and see how you get
on. No knowledge of astronomy is necessary, however,
any skills in the subject would always be useful.
Drinks and biscuits are provided as there is a kitchen (
volunteers required).
The
meeting subjects are based loosely on the GCSE course
though there are no tests. Once completed then we
can go around again or introduce new topics.
Subjects
include:
Topic
1 –
Planet Earth ●
Topic
2 –
The lunar disc ●
Topic
3 –
The Earth-Moon-Sun system ●
Topic
4 –
Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles ●
Topic
5 –
Solar System observation
Topic
6 –
Celestial observation ●
Topic
7 –
Early models of the Solar System ●
Topic
8 –
Planetary motion and gravity
Topic
9 –
Exploring the Moon ●
Topic
10 –
Solar astronomy ●
Topic
11 –
Exploring the Solar System ●
Topic
12 –
Formation of planetary systems ●
Topic
13 –
Exploring starlight ●
Topic
14 –
Stellar evolution ●
Topic
15 –
Our place in the Galaxy ●
Topic
16 –
Cosmology
There
will be opportunities for some practical work eg solar
observation or lunar observations and course members are
invited to have a look at my observatory in Aldwick and as
chair of the South Downs Astronomy group you are also
invited to attend the observing evenings.