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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
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
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
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
Heavenly Bodies: These notes on pulsars and Quark stars are part of a collection of the British MENSA Space Special Interest Group.
Author: McKillop, Julia
Subjects: pulsars, stars
DeweyClass: 523.887
Resource type: document
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center: Includes information on supernovas, X-ray binaries, black holes, and the research programme.
Author: NASA
Subjects: astronomy research, astrophysics, black holes, cosmology, stars, x-rays
DeweyClass: 523.01
Resource type: documents
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
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris: The IAP is a laboratory of the National Science Research Centre in France (CNRS). Research at IAP embraces a wide range of topics from particle physics to cosmology. Recent prepublications of IAP researchers are available online. Information is in French.
Author: Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique
Subjects: astrophysics, cosmology, stars
DeweyClass: 523.01
Resource type: articles
International Ultraviolet Explorer Archive: A collection of over 107,000 spectral images, including ultraviolet observations of every kind of object from planets to quasars over the years 1978 to 1996. Data may be obtained from the catalogue by file transfer.
Author: Space Telescope Science Institute
Subjects: astronomy research, stars
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: reference data
Jodrell Bank Pulsar Research: Document summaries, research papers, datasets, and news about pulsar research.
Author: Manchester University Department of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: astronomy research, pulsars, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: documents, reference data
Messier Catalog: List of nebulae, stars, and galaxies, including images and statistical data, originally compiled by the French astronomer Charles Messier between 1758 to 1782.
Author: Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
Subjects: stars
DeweyClass: 523.1
Resource type: documents
Parallax Project: Presents electronic versions of 10 volumes of star parallax data and calculations produced by the Allegheny Observatory between 1910 and 1969. Reports are searchable and browsable, and contain tables of data, information on methodology of astronomical observations, presentations of new modes of calculation of star positions, and descriptions of observational instrumentation.
Author: Allegheny Observatory and University of Pittsburgh Digital Library
Subjects: astronomy research, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: reference data
SIMBAD: Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data: The SIMBAD astronomical database brings together basic data, cross-identifications, observational measurements, and bibliography, for celestial objects outside the solar system: stars, galaxies, and nonstellar objects within our galaxy, or in external galaxies.
Author: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center
Subjects: astronomy research, cosmology, physical data, stars
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: reference data
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
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
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