Astronomy
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Astronomy is a great Scout skill. The Workbook has great charts and diagrams.
![]() | This is the Boy Scout Astronomy Merit Badge. Cub Scouts & Webelos Scouts can earn the Cub Scout Astronomy Belt Loop & Pin |
![]() | Astronomy requires prior counselor approval for requirement(s) #9. |
Astronomy merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1911 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 022 | |
Requirements revision: | 2006 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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Astronomy requirements | ![]() | ||
* For requirement 4: If instruction is done in a planetarium, Scouts must still identify the required stars and constellations under the natural night sky. **For requirement 8b: To complete this requirement, you may use the Scout Planning Worksheet at http://troopleader.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/512-505_16_Wksht_WEB.pdf.
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Requirement resources
1. First Aid
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
2. Light pollution – Air pollution
3. Binoculars basics - Telescope types and instruments – Telescopes & Types
4a. Constellations – Zodiac Constellations - Eclipses, moon phases, Milky Way, etc.
4b. Conspicuous Stars (brightest)
4c. Big Dipper: diagram
4d. Milky Way
'5a. Planet location and visibility by month - Solar System with planet links - Details on the planets
5b. Monthly planner for upcoming moon and planet events
- Constellation Chart for any date, time, and location
- Click Select from map to enter your location then click Whole sky chart
- Click Select from map to enter your location then click Whole sky chart
6. See above.
7. Moon phases, surface, moon phase video, etc. – All about the moon
7d. See the Astronomy Workbook for the diagrams you will need.
8a. Sun - Encarta Encyclopedia article – Wikipedia article
8b. Notable stars by color - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_colors Star Colors with examples]
9. Planetarium – Astronomical Observatory
10. Career opportunities in astronomy.
Related awards
- Science Award Links
Science-related awards
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- Outdoor Skills Awards
See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Amateur Telescope Maker's - Stelfane home page
- Astronomy and Space - Interactive Web Resources
- Astronomy and Space : Fact files : Learning : National Maritime Museum
- The Astronomy Cafe
- AstroWeb - Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
- The Constellations and Their Stars
- Current Night Sky - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Earth & Sky
- Infrared Astronomy
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- The Nine Planets Solar System Tour
- Plans for Building a Dobsonian Telescope
- Tonight's Sky - New things to discover every night
- Views of the Solar System
- Windows to the Universe
- Guide to the Planets
- Details on Each Planet
- Find Satellites, Constellations, Planets and more