Skynet
College University
Why pick this one
Skynet offers free, self-paced astronomy courses with remote access to robotic telescopes spanning four continents.
Best for
- Learners seeking free or low-cost introductory astronomy courses
- Students wanting hands-on remote telescope experience
- Astrophotography learners using robotic telescopes
- Self-paced online study of the solar system, stars, galaxies, and cosmology
- Students seeking UNC Certificates of Completion or Mastery
Look elsewhere if
- Students requiring in-person classroom instruction
- Learners seeking courses outside astronomy
- Students needing an immediately available astrophotography course, whose opening is listed as TBD
Specialties
- Astronomy with Skynet telescope courses
- Astronomy 101: The Solar System
- Astronomy 102: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
- Astrophotography using robotic telescopes
- Online self-paced astronomy education
What makes them different
- Headquartered at the University of North Carolina
- Robotic telescopes span four continents
- Astronomy with Skynet students receive free telescope access
- Tuition is free for listed online courses
- Certificates of Completion or Mastery are issued by UNC
- Response time
- Astronomy with Skynet enrollment begins using Skynet within days; Astronomy 101 and 102 enrollment begins immediately
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 3255, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255
- Website
- http://skynet.unc.edu/introastro
Services
- Online astronomy courses
- Remote access to robotic telescopes
- Interactive WebAssign assignments
- Certificates of Completion and Mastery