The Cosmic Distance Scale

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written by Maggie Masetti
published by the Goddard Space Flight Center

This website gives an impression of the size of our Universe, starting with the Earth and increasing scale until it reaches the scale of the visible universe. The user can view and learn more about celestial objects that are used as examples. These objects include: the solar system, stars, the Milky Way galaxy, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, sheets, voids, and the farthest reaches of space.

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Cosmic Time and Distance = Distance Scales - Fundamentals	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation = Tutorial

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keyword:: distance scale
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created March 1, 2004 by Patricia Monahan
Record Updated:: March 13, 2008 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 1, 2008
Other Collections:: The Nucleus

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<a href="http://www.compadre.org/astronomy/items/detail.cfm?ID=1053">Masetti, Maggie. The Cosmic Distance Scale. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, March 1, 2008.</a>

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M. Masetti, The Cosmic Distance Scale (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2003), WWW Document, (http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/).

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M. Masetti, The Cosmic Distance Scale (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2003), <http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/>.

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Masetti, M. (2008, March 1). The Cosmic Distance Scale. Retrieved May 25, 2013, from Goddard Space Flight Center: http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/

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Masetti, Maggie. The Cosmic Distance Scale. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, March 1, 2008. http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/ (accessed 25 May 2013).

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Masetti, Maggie. The Cosmic Distance Scale. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, 2003. 1 Mar. 2008. 25 May 2013 <http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cosmic/>.

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