Astronomy with an online telescope

This badge has been issued for participating in the activities in the free non-accredited course Astronomy with an online telescope. This course supported demonstration of the following learning outcomes: understand how the apparent motion of the night sky is caused by the rotation of the Earth and the movement of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun; understand how the human eye adapts to dark conditions and how to use your dark adapted vision to its best effect when observing the night sky; have an understanding of the different types of telescopes and the advantages of an observatory location at a remote site such as Tenerife; understand how the positions of celestial objects are specified and be able to use this knowledge to predict when a given object will be visible in order to plan your own observations and make and collect images from the COAST telescope in Tenerife; understand the processes by which stars shine and how they evolve and the causes of variability in stars. You can review this course at the following link: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering-technology/astronomy-online-telescope/content-section-overview. This badge does not represent formal credit or award from The Open University. It does demonstrate participation in informal learning activity.