By the end
What you'll build
- Read the night sky from your own city: identify planets, bright stars, the Saptarishi and a dozen more patterns in both modern and Indian traditions
- Explain the sky's clockwork — why stars rise and shift with the seasons, why the Moon changes phase, and exactly when and why eclipses happen
- Compute real rise and set times for planets with Python and the skyfield library, running entirely in your browser
- Track the International Space Station, read its ground track, and know when and how to spot it with the naked eye
- Choose your first observing instrument wisely, beat city light pollution, and keep a genuine scientific observation log
The shape of it
How this course works
Short lessons
26 lessons across 5 modules, each small enough to finish in one sitting.
Practice as you go
Every lesson ends with a small space for what you noticed — the doing is the learning.
A certificate at the end
Finish the course and earn a certificate anyone can verify with a link.
Ready when you are.
Make an account and this course opens up — your progress is saved from the very first lesson.