<p>What does an astronomy club usually do? We can’t go stargazing together since that is after school hours, there aren’t any competitions (at least here in Canada), no tutoring (since there isn’t even a course), and I just don’t see students working on astronomical experiments or whatnot. So do you know what YOUR astronomy club does? Or any ideas or suggestions (wild ones are welcomed as well - just for fun)? Please tell meeee here :)</p>
<p>why can’t you go after school hours?</p>
<p>We don’t have an astronomy club but we have the class. Their homework includes stargazing (alone) which would be slightly difficult unless members of the class lived in less light polluted areas.</p>
<p>Stargazing and etc would be at night…which won’t be a club activity since the teacher will never come with us. lol</p>
<p>buuuump. come on a little advice =]</p>
<p>talk about recent discoveries</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but MY school does not have an ASTRONOMY club.</p>
<p>My school has a Astronomy Club as well as a Meteorology Club. I’m not in either, but I’ve heard that both the students and the teachers meet every other week at night to do stargazing and it counts as one of the clubs activities, it’s actually one of the most prominent one. Before doing this, I believe the professor shows them how to use a telescope, high-def pictures taken of space, and some science concerning stars. Besides that, I think he also gives star charts so that a student could eventually name many of those found in a clear sky.
Hope this helps!</p>
<p>My school doesn’t, but I do belong to my city’s amateur astronomy group. We meet on the first Monday of every month in our university’s planetarium and discuss recent discoveries and whatnot. Whenever the sky is clear we go out with telescopes and look at various things. </p>
<p>Maybe you can find out if your city has one?</p>
<p>The thing about activities so far away from school hours is that (at my school ESPECIALLY) people and teachers have trouble keeping any commitments. I was thinking of getting guest speakers to talk about recent discoveries, that’s a really good ideaa! And maybe a field trip to somewhere?</p>
<p>bumpppp again…anyone?</p>
<p>hope it’s acceptable that i’m bumping again…C:</p>
<p>My high school does not having an Astronomy club, but the college I am dual enrolled at does have an Astronomy club ([Treasure</a> Coast Astronomical Society](<a href=“http://www.treasurecoastastronomy.org/]Treasure”>http://www.treasurecoastastronomy.org/)). They do star gazing at night with telescopes, and such like that (they have stuff on their website). My Astronomy professor is involved, and membership is not limited to students at the college (there are older people as well). Our college has a planetarium at the main campus, which we go to all the time during class. Maybe you could orchestrate some trips to a planetarium?</p>
<p>In addition to that, there is much you can learn in a classroom. One thing I like is being able to tell location (latitude and longitude) on the Earth, time, day/month/season, and other things from the position of celestial objects. You can teach that in a classroom. As well as things like constellations (positions, stars within, legends involved), the workings of the cosmos, various anomalies, and anything else about Astronomy. Observation is nice, but you can orchestrate unofficial “star-parties” anyway (not as an official club activity, just a “personal party”). And look into local planetariums you can visit.</p>
<p>My school has like 1263 clubs (looked it up), so probably.</p>
<p>Surprisingly in 1263 clubs, there’s only one Astronomy club.</p>
<p>^WOW!!! O.O My school has 50. LOL.</p>
<p>lolwut does every other person have their own club</p>
<p>^^My school probably has far more students than your’s though.</p>
<p>My school has about 1200 in 3 grades…and still! Does every other person have their own club? lol</p>
<p>No, my school has 41,000 students.</p>
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Large public university?</p>