{"id":78,"date":"2012-08-30T17:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T17:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2020-02-06T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T13:53:16","slug":"astronomy-now-level-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=78","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Now!  Level 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>An Introduction to Astronomy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bd1d7d;\"><strong>Next course commences in Autumn 2020 &#8211; dates TBC\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The main aim of this course is to develop a firm working knowledge of the major themes of astronomy and an ability to identify all the most prominent night-sky objects. During the course you will learn about:<a href=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/220px-Mars_atmosphere.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-231\" title=\"220px-Mars_atmosphere\" src=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/220px-Mars_atmosphere.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The planets and the solar system &#8211; our neighbours in space! The birth of the solar system; our star the sun; life (?)\u00a0on Mars; oceans and volcanoes on Jupiter\u2019s moons; and acid rain on Venus&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>The Stars: What is a star? How do they shine? Chart their birth, life and (often spectacular!) death.<\/li>\n<li>The big bang!: the history and future of the universe.<\/li>\n<li>Black holes and white dwarfs &#8211; always a favourite!<\/li>\n<li>Galaxies and the structure of the Universe<\/li>\n<li>Choosing and using a telescope.<\/li>\n<li>What to observe and when \u2013 learning your way around the night sky.<\/li>\n<li>Gravity, time travel and Einstein!<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Life in the Universe&#8230;?? !<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The course runs on consecutive Tuesday evenings, 7-9 pm, and is seven weeks in duration:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tutorial dates &#8211;\u00a0 for prime-time viewing of the Night Sky:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>TBC<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bd1d7d;\"><strong>Fee for the full course\u00a0 \u00a399 per person<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:nick@astronomyforall.co.uk\">nick@astronomyforall.co.uk<\/a> to reserve your place&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>or ring the centre:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 01253 772974<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Introduction to Astronomy Next course commences in Autumn 2020 &#8211; dates TBC\u00a0 The main aim of this course is to develop a firm working knowledge of the major themes of astronomy and an ability to identify all the most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=78\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}