Where Would I Start...

[Kevin41]

Where would I start to learn astronomy and cosmology outside of classes?

 

Any specific order I should follow in my research?

Any good sites or videos?

 

Thank you in advance,

Kevin

[JMJones0424]

I highly recommend Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial as a starting point. For (near) daily articles on the subject, I recommend Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog and Ethan Siegel's Starts with a Bang blog. Of course, I recommend diving through our many threads here too. Perhaps if you give a little more information on your education and ability/interest in math, we could give a better set of recommendations.

[Kevin41]

I highly recommend Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial as a starting point. For (near) daily articles on the subject, I recommend Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy blog and Ethan Siegel's Starts with a Bang blog. Of course, I recommend diving through our many threads here too. Perhaps if you give a little more information on your education and ability/interest in math, we could give a better set of recommendations.

The math classes I have completed are as follow:

Algebra 1

Algebra 2

Geometry

Trig 1

Trig 2

 

And then all of the basics you learn early in life.

[7DSUSYstrings]

Where would I start to learn astronomy and cosmology outside of classes?

 

Any specific order I should follow in my research?

Any good sites or videos?

 

Thank you in advance,

Kevin

 

Your public library.

 

Good book to start with is "From Quarks to the Cosmos" by Leon Lederman & David Schramm.

 

Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time"

 

Various field guides about astronomy, star catalogues, the universe, etc.

 

Get a good non-working knowledge and a telescope, then go for the working knowledge.