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Astronomy education

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2MASS Second Incremental Data Release Gallery: Gallery containing celestial images, including the centre of the Milky Way, the Sombrero galaxy, the Crab Nebula, and the Dark Nebula. Images are offered as thumbnails which link to full-sized images.
Author: Two-Micron All Sky Survey
Subjects: astronomy education, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: image collection
Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum: Information about the museum, including descriptions of exhibits and galleries, and astronomy related resources such as details of weather conditions on other planets and online collections entitled Comets Through the Ages and Heavenly Reflections.
Author: Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
Subjects: astronomy education, planetary science
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: museum
Astronomical Society of the Pacific: Education: International society focused on providing educational resources for the astronomy community. Features instructional videos, podcasts and guides, including a series of discovery guides created in collaboration with NASA, with topics for each month of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA).
Author: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Subjects: astronomy education
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: guides
Astronomy: A collection of video resources from astronomy experts including Sir Patrick Moore, answering a range of general astronomy questions, such as how stars form and what wormholes are. The video clips are arranged into sections including astronomy, the sky at night, space, studying the universe and the future of space exploration.
Author: VideoJug
Subjects: astronomy education
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: moving images
Astronomy Departments Worldwide: Alphabetical listing of links to over 400 university astronomy departments and projects.
Author: Cambridge University
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: index
Astronomy Information Leaflets: Text from a series of educational leaflets covering a wide range of topics in astronomy and cosmology. Educational use of the information by private individuals or schools is encouraged.
Author: Royal Greenwich Observatory
Subjects: astronomy education, black holes, cosmology, pulsars, satellites, spectroscopy, stars
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: document collection
Astronomy Unbound: Electronic book providing information on basic physics, the solar system, the sun, measuring the universe, the nature of stars and galaxies, and theories on origins and evolution. Also features a glossary of astronomical terms, acronyms, diagrams, photographs, and a periodic table of the elements.
Author: Ching, Alice, Li, Charmaine and Gu, Min-jee
Subjects: astronomy education, physics education
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: non-fiction ebook
Black Holes FAQ: Answers to questions such as 'how big is a black hole', 'what is a wormhole' and 'what is a white hole'.
Author: Bunn, Ted
Subjects: astronomy education, black holes, cosmology, stars
DeweyClass: 523.887
Resource type: document
Comets and Meteors: Descripton of comets, the history of Hale-Bopp, and meteor shower information.
Author: ScienceNet, Wellcome Centre for Medical Science
Subjects: astronomy education, comets
DeweyClass: 523.6
Resource type: guide
Constellation Index: Offers data on all recognised constellations including the location of each, descriptions accompanied by constellation charts, and notes on special stars or star clusters.
Author: Magruder, Kerry
Subjects: astronomy education, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: reference data
From Stargazers to Starships: Collection of physics and astronomy resources, exploring the concept of gravity using tutorials, which include Astronomy of the Earth's Motion in Space, Newtonian Mechanics, Spaceflight and Spacecraft.
Author: Stern, David P.
Subjects: astronomy education, gravity
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: guides
Galileo Project: Project to produce a collection of materials on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time. Includes information about Galileo's patrons, his instruments, maps, and a timeline of Galileo's life and era.
Author: Helden, Albert Van
Subjects: astronomy education, scientists
DeweyClass: 509
Resource type: documents
Green Flash Page: Information on the phenomena occasionally observed at sunrise and sunset when a part of the sun suddenly changes colour. Includes photographs, simulations, explanations, advice on how best to see one, and facts debunking common misconceptions about green flashes. Also contains an annotated bibliography on green flashes, mirages, and other low sun phenomena.
Author: Young, Andrew T.
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy research, sun
DeweyClass: 523.7
Resource type: documents, images, moving images
Hubble Deep Field: Several hundred new galaxies are visible in this view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), taken from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Photographs are available in low and high resolution, black and white and colour, and are accompanied with an explanatory caption, press release, and background information.
Author: AURA: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Subjects: astronomy education, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: images
Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures: A collection of images produced by the Hubble Space Telescope. Pictures are organised in year groupings from 1994 and by subject, with press releases and copyright details.
Author: AURA: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Subjects: astronomy education, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: image collection
Leicester University Educational Guide to Space and Astronomy: Information source on space science and astronomy, particularly useful for teachers and school children. Includes a glossary and materials on the solar system, comets, asteroids, meteorites, spacecraft and satellites.
Author: Leicester University
Subjects: astronomy education
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: guide
Lunar Phases Web Tool: Tutorial that explains the elements of the lunar phases one-by-one, with sections on time of day, time of month, and apparent direction of the moon.
Author: Molnar, Lawrence A.
Subjects: astronomy education, moon observation
DeweyClass: 523.3
Resource type: guide
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Details of the education programme, latest news, shuttle launches and resources in aeronautics, human development and exploration of space, earth science and space science.
Author: NASA
Subjects: astronautics, astronomy education, space exploration
DeweyClass: 629.4
Resource type: institution
Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System: An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
Author: Arnett, Bill
Subjects: astronomy education, moon observation, mythology, planetary guides
DeweyClass: 523
Resource type: guide
PDS: Planetary Data System: Archive which provides accurate and quality planetary science data products to the scientific community. Resources cover planetary ring systems, atmospheres, and small bodies, such as comets and asteroids. Information is provided in a variety of formats, including images and animations.
Author: NASA Planetary Data System
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy links
DeweyClass: 523.4
Resource type: images, reference documents
Planetarium Finder: Planetarium Web Site Index (in PDF), with links to planetariums' web sites and email addresses and sorted by country and city. Also provides links to the IPS Directory of World's Planetariums and IPS Resource Directory, both available to IPS members only.
Author: IPS: International Planetarium Society
Subjects: astronomy education, space observation
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: index
Solar System Simulator: Presents simulated view from any point in the solar system, generated based on NASA astronomical data. Users can stipulate viewpoints and targets, as well as times and dates for their chosen view.
Author: California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Subjects: astronomy education, space observation
DeweyClass: 523.2
Resource type: interactive
Space Place: Make and do activities related to outer space. Explains how to make a model decoration of Saturn, an El Nino pudding, a relief map puzzle of the world, and asteroid potatoes, and describes how to match infrared images, explore a black hole, and navigate a maze to see how small a spacecraft can be. Also provides information on aspects of space science, and offers a selection of space facts.
Author: California Institute of Technology, NASA
Subjects: astronomy education
DeweyClass: 793.8
Resource type: guides
Stars: Portraits of Stars and their Constellations: Offers detailed but non-technical descriptions of selected stars and a link to a photograph of their respective constellations, geared towards amateur astronomers. Includes a section on the natures of stars, which consists of basic overviews of key concepts.
Author: Kaler, James B.
Subjects: astronomy education, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: documents
Stephen Hawking's Universe: Set of essays discussing theories of the origins of the universe and explaining complex cosmological phenomena such as antimatter, Hubble's Law and wormholes. Also includes short biographies of Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Newton and other historical contributors to cosmology.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: astronomy education, cosmology, pulsars
DeweyClass: 523.1
Resource type: biography, essays
Student Space Awareness: A non-profit organisation whose purpose is to educate students and the general public about the values and benefits of the space program.
Author: Student Space Awareness
Subjects: astronomy education, space exploration
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: institution
Treasure Trove of Astronomy: Searchable glossary and encyclopaedia of astronomy terms.
Author: Weisstein, Eric
Subjects: astronomy education
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: dictionary
Tutorial on Radio Pulsars: A tutorial produced as part of the lecture course given to MSc students at Jodrell bank in 1996. Its content and layout follows the book by Lyne and Graham-Smith on Pulsar Astronomy in many areas.
Author: Bell, Jon
Subjects: astronomy education, pulsars, radio astronomy, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: guide
Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC: Project group using infrared technology to scan the skies to create a complete celestial census. Contains data sets, factual documents, images, and links to other similar projects.
Author: Two-Micron All Sky Survey
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy research, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: documents, images, reference data
Views of the Solar System: Animations, images and descriptions of the Sun, planets, moons, comets and asteroids. Also covers rocketry, early astronauts, history of space exploration, space missions, and spacecraft.
Author: Hamilton, Calvin J.
Subjects: astronomy education, comets, space exploration, sun
DeweyClass: 523.2
Resource type: documents, images
Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars: Descriptions and MPEG animations that simulate travel to black holes and neutron stars. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations made with strict adherence to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The descriptions are written to be understandable on a variety of levels.
Author: Nemiroff, Robert
Subjects: astronomy education, black holes, relativity, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 523.887
Resource type: moving images
Welcome to the Planets: A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
Author: McGill University
Subjects: astronomy education, planetary exploration, planetary guides
DeweyClass: 523.2
Resource type: image collection
Zoom Astronomy - Planets: Provides basic information on the nine planets of the Solar System. Aspects covered include the size, mass, gravity, density, day length, year length, orbits from the sun, moons, and spacecraft visits for each planet. Also features speculation about a possible tenth planet, and an interactive puzzle on the solar system.
Author: EnchantedLearning.com
Subjects: astronomy education
DeweyClass: 523.2
Resource type: documents