Astronomy Project

Welcome to the Astronomy Learning Project. This learning project offers activities that allow Wikiversity participants to learn astronomy "on the job" by participating in analysis of astronomical observations. Participants in this project access public astronomy data to explore objects in our universe.

SkyCam
The SkyCam project uses an automated camera system to periodically record images of the entire sky from dusk until dawn. These images will be incorporated into other learning projects that include real-time scientific data as dynamic curricular content.  category       = SkyCam namespace      = (Main) ordermethod    = categorysortkey order          = ascending redirects      = exclude shownamespace  = false 

Observational Astronomy
Astronomers can gain an understanding of objects in the universe by studying them with a telescope. In this learning project computer programs will be used to view and study images or measurements taken with a telescope to learn basic concepts in astronomy.  category       = Observational astronomy namespace      = (Main) ordermethod    = categorysortkey order          = ascending redirects      = exclude shownamespace  = false 

Pages

 * Asteroid Surveys
 * Binary Stars and Extrasolar Planets
 * Cosmological simulations
 * Earth-impact events
 * Epsilon Aurigae
 * Galactic evolution - participants analyze data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) Mission
 * Galaxy Zoo - an off-wiki project for galaxy classification.
 * International Year of Astronomy