Asterism Course
The Asterism Course equips physics professionals with hands-on skills in sky mapping, RA/Dec coordinates, star-hopping, and stellar data from trusted sources. You will design accurate, engaging public sky tours based on real observational astronomy principles, using naked-eye navigation, charts, planispheres, and simulators to confidently guide audiences.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course teaches practical skills for recognizing night sky patterns, planning star tours, and guiding audiences confidently. You will learn naked-eye navigation, star-hopping, chart and planisphere use, online simulators, script building, visual aids, data sheets from catalogs, and linking asterisms to coordinates, stellar data, and observing plans.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Master celestial coordinates by quickly converting asterisms to precise RA/Dec.
- Develop star-hopping techniques for efficient linear sky tours using small telescopes.
- Gain skills in catalog data by pulling vetted star info from SIMBAD, VizieR, Gaia, and others.
- Learn outreach scripting to simplify complex stellar physics for public tours.
- Master professional sky-planning for timing visibility, altitude, and transit of key asterisms.
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