This volume contains a collection of 30 astronomy experiments, ranging in topic from ancient astronomy to cosmology. Each experiment contains one or more challenges for the reader, and each has been graded in difficulty to suit advanced secondary students as well as undergraduates.

This volume contains a collection of 30 astronomy experiments ranging from ancient astronomy to cosmology. Each of the experiments contains one or more challenges for the reader. The progression is from the Earth outward through the solar system to the stellar and galactic realm. Topics include the shape of the sky, Stonehenge as a Stone Age abacus, determination of the size of the Earth, the distance of the Moon and planets, Kepler's laws, planetary mass and density, the temperatures and atmospheres of planets, the speed of light, the distances of stars, the nature of the quiet and active Sun, photometry and spectroscopy, stars clusters and variable stars, fundamental properties of stars and Olber's paradox. The early experiments are suitable for advanced secondary and non-scientific university undergraduates while the later experiments, which offer increasingly difficult challenges, are more suitable for those taking scientific programmes at university.