Location: City College Peterborough
Course code
09121439
Tutor
Dean Watson
Start date
16 Sep 2025
End date
21 Oct 2025
Day & Time
Tuesday 18:30 - 20:30
Places left
12
Cost
£102.00
An exciting new course learning how to find your way around the sky. You will learn about astronomy including how to read easily understood star charts so as to find your way around the sky, what are the most exciting and interesting things to look at (and what they actually are) along with how to understand choosing and using a wide variety of telescopes and other optical aids so as to leave you better informed during your first steps in astronomy, taking the mystery out of what may on first glance look overwhelming. A friendly, approachable atmosphere where all questions are encouraged.
An enquiring mind! A notebook would be helpful. A smart phone may be useful if you want to download some recommended planetarium and astronomy software as to understand them during the class and as a ‘take away’ - but this is by no means essential, just something that many are in possession of!
You could continue onto Astronomy: The Stargazer's Path - The Next Steps. You might also enjoy one of our other leisure courses details are available on either our website, in the course prospectus or by calling the College on 01733 761361.
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