ASTR 25 - OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY

    Recent Professors
    J. Komine, E. Chicas Gallardo, A. Ahsan, T. Hester
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025
    Class Size
    10–30 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of ASTR 25
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    This course is designed primarily to acquaint students with astronomical measurements, instruments and techniques. Students will use telescopes, spectroscopes and other instrumentation to observe and study the moon, planets, stars, binary and multiple stars, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Field trips may be required to fulfill the course objectives.
    Usually Held
    5:00pm–6:50pm, Tue 5:00pm–6:50pm, Tue 7:00pm–9:50pm, Thu 5:00pm–6:50pm