You can find the modern Astronomy Merit Badge Requirements at
www.meritbadge.com

The new requirements are quite different from the 1940 version. However,
they are fun to teach. Unfortunately, whenever I try to do any astronomy
(either teaching the merit badge or just some camping trip sky gazing) with
my Troop, we have cloudy skies at best and usually a deluge.



"Thad Floryan" wrote in message
om...
Larry Brown wrote in message
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To obtain a Merit Badge for Astronomy, a Scout must:

1. Describe the characteristics and differences of the celestial bodies
including the sun, moon, planets, comets, meteors, stars, nebulae, and
galaxies.
[...]

Whew, that sure brings back memories. Astronomy was one of my first merit
badges circa mid 1950s. Among other things, I built a refractor and an
orrery
as I recall.

I wonder what today's (21st century) requirements are like?