Crash Course Astronomy
Crash Course Astronomy offers physics professionals a fast, practical path from telescopes and spectroscopy to celestial mechanics and multiband observing. You will learn to interpret real data, design better lessons, and connect theory to the dynamic sky, building confidence in teaching astronomy with solid assessments and vetted sources.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course provides a fast, rigorous overview of modern observational astronomy, covering telescopes, detectors, adaptive optics, and multiband strategies. Master key units, timekeeping, angular measures, celestial mechanics, sky motions, and create effective teaching modules with assessments, vetted sources, and diagrams.
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Develop skills
- Design efficient observing runs by matching telescopes, bands, and detectors to targets.
- Apply celestial mechanics to predict sky motions, eclipses, and lunar phases.
- Interpret spectra and photometry to infer stellar temperature, motion, and composition.
- Use astronomical units, time systems, and error analysis for quick, robust estimates.
- Build concise, physics-rich astronomy modules for advanced STEM learners.
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