Our Courses

Skynet University offers the same introductory astronomy courses that we have developed for our students at the University of North Carolina to everyone everywhere.  These courses are taken by both science and non-science students, and are now offered at other institutions as well.

They include:

  • Our Astronomy with Skynet courses, in which students learn how to use our telescopes in the Chilean Andes and around the world, and then use these telescopes to learn astronomy.
  • Our Astronomy 101/102 sequence, which does not use telescopes, but is a complete introduction to the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology.

Skynet University offers these courses online.  They are self-paced and can be taken at minimal or no expense.  Altogether, over 10,000 people have taken these courses since 2009:

Astronomy with Skynet:  Our Place In Space!

Our most popular course!  Learn how to use our telescopes in the Chilean Andes and around the world and then use these telescopes to learn astronomy.  For more information, click here.

Enroll now and begin using Skynet within days!

Costs:
  • Tuition:  Free
  • Telescope Access:  Free
  • WebAssign Access:  $65
  • Supplementary Textbook:  None
 
 
 
Astronomy 101:  The Solar System

The first of our two course introduction to astronomy sequence:  A complete introduction to the solar system.  For more information, click here.

Enroll now and begin immediately!

Costs:
  • Tuition:  Free
  • WebAssign Access (necessary if completing assignments for a certificate):  $35
  • Supplementary Textbook (not necessary, but recommended):  As low as $8 used on Amazon (as of 5/17)
 
 
Astronomy 102:  Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology

The second of our two course introduction to astronomy sequence:  A complete introduction to stars, galaxies, and cosmology.  For more information, click here.

Enroll now and begin immediately!

Costs:
  • Tuition:  Free
  • WebAssign Access (necessary if completing assignments for a certificate):  $35
  • Supplementary Textbook (not necessary, but recommended):  Same textbook as Astronomy 101: The Solar System

Astronomy with Skynet:  Astrophotography

Learn how to use our telescopes in the Chilean Andes and around the world and then use these telescopes to learn astronomy through astrophotography.  For more information, click here.

Opens:  TBD

Costs:
  • Tuition:  Free
  • Telescope Access:  TBD
  • WebAssign Access:  $65
  • Supplementary Textbook:  None
 
 
 
The Stonehenge Observatory

This is not a course, but a single lesson in which we explore Stonehenge’s solar and lunar astronomical properties using interactive software that reconstructs the site in three dimensions.  For more information, click here.  Take this lesson as a supplement to Astronomy 101: The Solar System or by itself.

Opens:  TBD

Costs:
  • Tuition:  Free
  • WebAssign Access (includes The Stonehenge Observatory software):  TBD
  • Supplementary Textbook:  None