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Iowa Automated Telescope Facility

This site provides information about the facilities available to the public for engaging in astronomical observations using the remotely controlled Iowa telescope. The telescope is a .5 m Ritchey-Chretien reflector with filters and CCD camera. A wealth of curriculum and laboratory activities are available.

Iowa Robotic Observatory
Remote Access Astronomy Project
Astronomy Web Sites for Children
WebStars:Astronomy Resources on the World Wide Web
The Solar System LIVE

Welcome to Solar System Live, the interactive Orrery of the Web. You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars). Controls allow you to set time and date, viewpoint, observing location, orbital elements to track an asteroid or comet, and a variety of other parameters. Click on the title of any control to display a help page explaining it, or go directly to the help table of contents. You can compose a request with custom settings and save the results in your browser's hotlist or bookmark table, allowing direct access to Solar System Live with all the controls preset to your own preferences. To use Solar System Live, you need a graphical Web browser with forms support and the ability to display GIF images.

An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe

This site contains an excellent collection of science fact and science fiction, making it a joy to explore. Teachers are encouraged to share ideas for using the Guide in the classroom.

Expanding Universe

notes that the big bang involves physical processes quite unlike those of everyday experience. For that reason, people often find it quite difficult to grasp what astronomers

Ask an Astronomer at Lick Observatory
Ask the Astronomers and Space Physicists
Space Day Education Resources
The Astro Source
Windows on the Universe Encyclopedia
Star*s Family Space and Astronomy Resources
Cosmos in a Computer
The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope
The Messier Catalog
Cosmic Mirror Astronomical News
On-Line Telescopes

A list and links to telescope facilities that are available for use by students, teachers, and amateurs for remote controlled observations. This is a rare opportunity to have students actually become active participants in astronomical research.

Hipparcos Education Page
Astronomical Image Library
Astronomy: What's Up this Month
Latitude and Longitude by City/Town
Abrams Sky Calendar
SkyView Sky maps in many wavelength bands
Amateur Astrophotography and CCD Images
Sky Map
The Astronomical Image Library- with Search Engine
The Constellations

Tom Campbell's introduction to the constellations. Tom provides an general overview of the constellations and mythologies and/or origins for each of the 88 constellations.

Stars and Constellations

Jim Kaler's Stars and Constellations is a great resource for teachers and students at all levels. This is a 'works in progress' that currently contains detailed information on 50 stars and their associated constellations. Very well written by this professor of Astronomy at The University of Illinois. Scientific, historical, and mythological information make this an interesting site for all.

Skylight

This site covers 'Astronomy News for the Week.' Keep apraised of the current celestial events. Skylights includes a report on the location of the planets, the moon, and notes interesting configurations. Did you know that when the Sun passes the winter solstice that the Moon passes summer solstice? Perhaps you would like Jim Kaler to explain this. You can. Just visit his site!

The Nature of Stars
Arizona Amateur Astronomy Society

Everything from Astronomy to UFOs. You can join the society for free.