Boyce-Astro
Sharing Astronomy through Education and Research via remote technologies.
Boyce-Astro — an extension of B.R.I.E.F
Boyce-Astro is the astronomy arm of B.R.I.E.F. with addressing education, community development, and national and international research and education programs in astronomy.
Exoplorer™ EW Seminar – Spring 2025
Do exoplanet observations and learn photometry! The Spring 2025 Exoplorer™ EW Seminar is announced and the waitlist is open for signup. Click here to learn...
Boyce-Astro’s 2025 Annual Calendar for Courses and Seminars
Head over to the newly released Boyce-Astro’s annual calendar for 2025 and learn more about the available courses and seminars!Click here to learn moreThe universe is full of mysteries—let’s explore them...
Join Boyce-Astro’s DoubleSTARS™ Research Seminar!
Are you ready to learn astronomy?
Boyce-Astro’s DoubleSTARS™ research seminar starts on September 5, offering a unique chance to explore double star systems, run your own observations, and contribute to real scientific research with your published results.
Boyce-Astro’s 2024 Research Calendar: Two Fall Seminars
Boyce-Astro’s 2024 research calendar is here, featuring two important seminars this fall!
- DoubleSTARS™ Seminar - Starts September 5
- Python for Astronomy – Starts November 7
Fall Python Course – Sign Up Now
Our Python for Astronomy short (5-week) course will start soon. It is time to sign up now. The flyer is here and you can go to our Seminars section for more information. Register at our Python for Astronomy page or click here for the...
Boyce-Astro Exoplorer and Telescope Operator training begins in January 2023
The Exoplorer seminar in photometry of exoplanet transits starts in mid-January of 2023. Students must complete the IntroSTARS
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IntroStars™ – Signup
IntroSTARS is our free self-paced online course to introduce you to astronomy and astrophysics. It’s our prerequisite for our other seminars.
Alumni Roster
Alumni Papers
To view your paper please go to Student Publications
Advanced Research Programs
Tutorials
AAVSO Areas of Interest
The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) serves as a dedicated research and outreach organization that allows both professionals and amateurs contribute to the vast and dynamic field of variable star research in countless unique ways.
Understanding the 6th Orbital Catalog
The 6th orbital catalog serves as a hub for proposed orbital solutions, while the published Sixth Catalog contains only orbits of the highest grade.
How to Format Data from the USNO
This video goes over key points to the email from the USNO, saving the attachments, the historical data raw file, and editing and formatting in Word.
Provide Education & Opportunities in Science
The Boyce Research Initiatives and Education Foundation (BRIEF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that was founded in 2013 with this stated mission:
“The specific public, charitable, scientific and educational purposes of this corporation are to provide scientific and technical research opportunities to enhance the educational experience of students and to introduce them to the scientific and technical communities.”
BRIEF conducts seminars, research programs, workshops and conferences to accomplish its mission. BRIEF provides robotic observatories, information systems, and instructional support materials to instructors and students to enable the education through research experience. Our students who range from 7th grade to 70 are encouraged to become scientists through publication of their own research.
Your donations solely support our student scholarships and student STEM research programs. BRIEF (aka Boyce-Astro) is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes as a 501 (c) (3) corporation.
All donations are welcome.