Courses are currently held at the Gunnedah Adult Community Education Centre.
Will be also available soon in Coonabarabran.
Courses are held over 4 evenings and all have an observing component with telescopes provided though you are encouraged to bring your own telescope as well.
The presenter is Peter Starr who is a former Site Manager of Siding Spring Observatory and has qualifications in Astronomy and Chemistry.
Courses
Practical Astronomy for Beginners
The Planets & Beyond
Wonders of The Universe
Cosmology and the Big Bang
Coonabarabran Program (Click here for program)
Practical Astronomy for Beginners
23 - 25 October 2009 as part of Festival of The Stars
Gunnedah Program
To be advised
Narrabri Program
To be advised
If you are interested in these courses or wish to accomodate a course in your town, email starr_peter@hotmail.com and a couse can be arranged and then advertised more widely.
If you own a telescope and do not know how to get the most out of it, this is the course for you.
This course is held over 4 evenings and consists of theory and practical components. You are encouraged to bring your own telescope but telescopes will be provided.
Course Notes are included.
Day 1
Our Place in the Universe
Celestial Coordinates and find your way around the night sky
Magnitude
Astronomical Distances
Motion of the Sun
Night Sky Observing till late
Day2
Telescopes
Types
How to Set up
Accessories
Mounts
Alignment
Tracking
Purchasing
Night Sky Observing Till Late
Day 3
Motion of the Planets
Motion of the Moon
Night Sky Observing Till Late
Day 4
Astrophotography
Night Sky Observing Till Late
This course is a natural progression from Practical Astronomy For Beginners. It is designed to learn about the solar system, how it formed, the motion of the planets,
This course is held over 4 evenings and consists of theory and practical components. You are encouraged to bring you own telescope but telescopes will be provided for night time viewing.
Course Notes are included.
Day 1
Classification & Overview of Solar System Bodies
Night Sky Observing till late
Day2
Birth of the Solar System
Night Sky Observing till late
Day 3
Orbits & Motions of the Planets
Night Sky Observing till late
Day 4
Fate of our Solar System
Extra Solar Planets
Night Sky Observing Till Late
This course is a natural progression from The Solar System. It is designed to learn about how stars are born, live, and die, galaxies and their formation and Blackholes.
This course is held over 4 evenings and consists of theory and practical components. You are encouraged to bring you own telescope but telescopes will be provided for night time viewing.
Course Notes are included.
Day 1
Life and Death of Stars
Night Sky Observing till late
Day2
Nebulae
Pulsars
Night Sky Observing till late
Day 3
Galaxies
Night Sky Observing till late
Day 4
Quasars,
Blackholes
Active Galactic Nuclei
Night Sky Observing Till Late
This course is a natural progression from The Wonders of the Universe. It is designed to learn about the Big bang and the expansion of the Universe.
This course is held over 4 evenings and consists of theory and practical components. You are encouraged to bring you own telescope but telescopes will be provided for night time viewing.
Course Notes are included.
Day 1
Building Blocks of The Universe
Night Sky Observing till late
Day2
The Big Bang
Night Sky Observing till late
Day 3
The Expanding Universe
Night Sky Observing till late
Day 4
Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Night Sky Observing Till Late
