Astro 101: Imaging the Universe with Your Unistellar Telescope
- Registration Closed
Registration Ends Saturday, September 6 at 10:00am Pacific Time
Workshop takes place virtually on Zoom Saturdays, 9/6, 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, and 11/1 from 10am - 12pm Pacific / 1pm - 3pm Eastern.
Astro 101: Imaging the Universe with Your eVscope is a brand-new 5-part online workshop series designed exclusively for Unistellar smart telescopes (eVscope 1/2, eQuinox 1/2, ODYSSEY, ODYSSEY PRO) owners who are ready to unlock the full scientific power of their instrument.
Led by expert astronomers from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific — America’s first national astronomy organization, founded in 1889 — along with Unistellar’s world-class team and SETI Institute researchers advancing the search for life beyond Earth, this series will guide you through the essential concepts of modern astronomy while deepening your skills with your Unistellar smart telescopes (eVscope 1/2, eQuinox 1/2, ODYSSEY, ODYSSEY PRO).
Each 2-hour session features a stunning class of celestial objects — from nebulae to supernovae to exoplanets — and teaches you how to observe and interpret its features scientifically. Learn how to analyze brightness, shape, and color. Understand light curves, stellar evolution, and how you can contribute to real astronomy research.
Participants will gain the following through participation in the workshop:
- Identify and interpret colors, shapes, and brightness in your images
- Create light curves of variable stars and exoplanet transits
- Understand what deep sky objects tell us about cosmic evolution
- Contribute data to real scientific research
Registration: $199
Attendance/Refund Policy
Live attendance is strongly encouraged and expected in order to get the most out of the interactive session. A recording will be available for those who cannot attend live or who would like to review the content. Full refund is available for cancellations up to 14 days prior to the start of the workshop. If you need to cancel please email learn@astrosociety.org.
Shanil Virani
Cosmic Engagement Specialist
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Shanil Virani is a professional astronomer and passionate science educator with more than 30 years of classroom teaching experience. He has taught astronomy at both the high school and university levels to majors and non-majors, and in 2017 was nominated by his students for James Madison University’s General Education Distinguished Teaching Award. Shanil has extensive experience in observational astronomy and data-driven research, including working at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a member of the Science Operations team for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory for more than five years. As a planetarium director and faculty member at two large state universities, he has guided learners through the scientific analysis of real astronomical data. In addition to his role at the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, he is an Adjunct Professor in the University Honors College at The George Washington University, where he teaches a course on archaeo-astronomy and the cultural history of the sky.
Ian Weaver
SETI / Unistellar
Ian earned his PhD in Astrophysics from Harvard University, where he used some of the world’s largest telescopes to investigate new worlds around other stars. As an undergraduate at UCSC (Go Banana Slugs!), he was an active tutor for the Academic Excellence Program (ACE), which is dedicated to increasing the diversity of students earning their bachelors degrees in STEM. Currently, Ian serves as the education lead for the Unistellar College Astronomy Network (UCAN), NASA Community College Network (NCCN) support staff at SETI, and Program Manager for the education nonprofit, Onaketa, which provides free STEM tutoring for black and brown youth. Ask him about stemdiv, rowing, coding, and anime!
