Astronomy Lessons

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Proficiency Steps

By Tom Bennett

Orientation: What Is Starsplitters?

What is Astronomy?

Structure of the Universe

Solar System

Constellations

Cosmic Scale and Distances

Astronomy Primers

by George Wertwijn

Level I

Highways in the Sky

Far-Away Galaxies and Astronomical Distances

Level II

Highways and Coordinates

Observe—Optics 

Astronomy Optics

Where the Heck Is That?

Red Shift and Distance

The Spectrum of Radiation

Other articles by George Wertwijn 

 

Progress in Imaging with FITS-Lib, LCS-Stretching, AIP4Winand PS

Photographing Mars  

52 of the Finest Objects in the Sky

50 More Objects 

Stars from Cradle to Grave

Stars from Cradle to Grave (no math version) 

Scope Alignment (TPoint) 

Upgrading Celestron 11

Web Dark Matter

Advanced Astro-Image Processing

 Gravity Probe B

Dwarf Nova SS-Cygni in the Swan Constellation