A.J.'s Cosmic Thing

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written by Andrew Milne

This java applet is an online planetarium, showing the motion of the constellations, planets, and the brightest stars and galaxies. The latitude and longitude for the viewer can be set along with the date, time, and time steps for the motion. Clicking on objects in the sky view will bring up data and pictures, where available, of the objects. The application can be downloaded for offline viewing.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.1 of Java.

http://accidentalweblog.org/octant/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Fundamentals = Constellations	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Informal Education	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation - Reference Material - Audio/Visual = Image/Image Set

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- Learners	- application/java	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1997 Andrew Milne
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created August 9, 2004 by Patricia Monahan
Record Updated:: February 15, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 1, 1999
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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A. Milne, A.J.'s Cosmic Thing (1997), WWW Document, (http://accidentalweblog.org/octant/).

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Milne, A. (1999, August 1). A.J.'s Cosmic Thing. Retrieved June 19, 2013, from http://accidentalweblog.org/octant/

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Milne, Andrew. A.J.'s Cosmic Thing. August 1, 1999. http://accidentalweblog.org/octant/ (accessed 19 June 2013).

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Milne, Andrew. A.J.'s Cosmic Thing. 1997. 1 Aug. 1999. 19 June 2013 <http://accidentalweblog.org/octant/>.

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