Course curriculum

    1. Installing Stellarium on Your Device

    2. Video Walk-Through: Installing Stellarium

    3. Lesson 1 Comprehension Check

    4. Setting Your Location and Time

    5. Video Walk-Through: Setting Location and Time

    6. Lesson 2 Comprehension Check

    7. Customizing Your View

    8. Video Walk-Through: Customizing Your View

    9. Lesson 3 Comprehension Check

    1. Identifying Constellations

    2. Video Walk-Through: Identifying Constellations

    3. Lesson 4 Comprehension Check

    4. Finding Planets and the Moon

    5. Video Walk-Through: Finding Planets and the Moon

    6. Lesson 5 Comprehension Check

    7. Tracking the Sun and Seasons

    8. Video Walk-Through: Tracking the Sun and Seasons

    9. Lesson 6 Comprehension Check

    1. Stars and Deep-Sky Objects (DSOs)

    2. Video Walk-Through: Stars and DSOs

    3. Lesson 7 Comprehension Check

    4. Meteor Showers and Eclipses

    5. Video Walk-Through: Meteor Showers and Eclipses

    6. Lesson 8 Comprehension Check

    7. Satellites and the International Space Station (ISS)

    8. Video Walk-Through: Satellites and the ISS

    9. Lesson 9 Comprehension Check

    1. Time Travel: Simulating Past and Future Skies

    2. Video Walk-Through: Previewing Conjunctions

    3. Lesson 10 Comprehension Check

    4. Using Plug-ins and Extra Tools (Oculars, Exoplanets, Angle Measure)

    5. Video Walk-Through: Ocular and Angle Measure

    6. Lesson 11 Comprehension Check

    7. Telescope Control & Observation Planning

    8. Video Walk-Through: Observation Planning

    9. Lesson 12 Comprehension Check

    1. Creating Your Own Sky Tour

    2. Video Walk-Through: Sky Tour

    3. Lesson 13 Comprehension Check

    4. Planning a Stargazing Night

    5. Video Walk-Through: Stargazing Planning

    6. Lesson 14 Comprehension Check

    7. Building a Science Project with Stellarium

    8. Video Walk-Through: Collecting Data using Angle Measure

    9. Lesson 15 Comprehension Check

    10. Mock Project #1: Planet Retrograde Loop

    11. Mock Project #2: Moon Phase & Elongation

    12. Mock Project #3: Radiant Altitude vs. Meteor Rate

About this course

  • $20.00
  • 48 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content
  • Learn how to use Stellarium, a powerful open-source planetarium software, to explore the night sky from anywhere on Earth. By the end, you will be able to identify stars, planets, constellations, and celestial events, while also developing the skills to simulate sky conditions for any time and location. This course empowers you, as a student, with practical astronomy skills, building scientific curiosity, and accessing the universe with just a computer.

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Meet Your Instructor

Kin 116, Yellow Crystal Warrior

Diego Maglione

Helioseismic Physicist & Lead Spiritual Scientist for Velatropa24Ventures CO

Diego Maglione is a recent graduate of Stanford University with a double major in Physics (Astrophysics concentration) and Art Practice. He has conducted research at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), focusing on galaxy simulations and magnetic fields, and has worked on dark matter detector instrumentation at Fermilab and SLAC. Beyond research, he is passionate about science communication, hands-on teaching, and making astronomy accessible to students at all levels.

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