Asterism Course
This course equips physics professionals with hands-on expertise in sky mapping, RA/Dec coordinates, star-hopping, and stellar data retrieval. Participants will design precise, captivating public sky tours rooted in authentic observational astronomy practices, enhancing their ability to lead engaging night sky experiences.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
Gain practical skills to identify key night sky patterns, plan effective star tours, and confidently guide groups. Master naked-eye navigation, star-hopping, and tools like charts, planispheres, and simulators. Create compelling scripts, visual aids, and data sheets from reliable catalogs, linking each asterism to exact coordinates, stellar details, and observation strategies.
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Develop skills
- Master celestial coordinates by converting asterisms to precise RA/Dec quickly.
- Develop star-hopping techniques for efficient linear sky tours using small telescopes.
- Acquire skills to extract vetted star data from SIMBAD, VizieR, Gaia, and other catalogs.
- Learn to script outreach tours that simplify complex stellar physics for public audiences.
- Gain professional sky-planning abilities to time visibility, altitude, and transit for asterisms.
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