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How the Sun Shines 
  
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100
Publisher:
Nobel e-Museum
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Stars / Stellar Nucleosynthesis
Astronomy / The Sun
Astronomy / Stars
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Nobel e-Museum article by John Bahcall on the history of, "Why the Sun Shines", with appendices on the proton-proton chain and the CNO cycle.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/fusion/index.html
The Once and Future Sun 
  
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100
Author:
Pogge, Richard W.
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Stars
Astronomy / The Sun
Astronomy / Stars / Stellar Evolution
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This site outlines the different stages of stellar evolution for the sun.
http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Lectures/vistas97.html
Videos on Compact Objects 
  
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Publisher:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subject:
Astronomy / Stars
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This site has three videos on X-ray binary systems, black hole M87, and neutron stars using either AVI or quicktime format. The videos are less than a minute long, but effectively portray these compact objects ...
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/videos/general.html
'Magnetars', soft gamma repeaters and very strong magnetic fields 
  
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100
Author:
Duncan, Robert C.
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subject:
Astronomy / Stars
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This site describes soft gamma repeaters. Here the author explains how these strange, physically-extreme stars form, and why they emit steadily pulsating X-rays with sporadic, bright outbursts. The author ...
http://solomon.as.utexas.edu/~duncan/magnetar.html#Strong_Magnetic_Field...
Space Physics and Terrestrial Effects 
  
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Publisher:
Space Environment Center
Main Level:
High School
Subjects:
Astronomy / Stars
Astronomy / The Sun
Astronomy / Solar System
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This curriculum guide is intended for high school teachers who are teaching solar physics, especially the effects of solar activity on terrestrial planets. The chapters discuss stellar evolution, the structure ...
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Curric_7-12/
Determining Red-Shift in a Receding Star 
  
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100
Publisher:
Mitchell, Pat
Main Level:
High School
Subjects:
Astronomy / Cosmology
Astronomy / Stars
Optics / General
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This activity introduces students to the concepts of the redshift of a receding star. Students will learn about the properties of light, the Doppler effect, and also about Hubble's discovery of the expansion ...
http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/classroom/activity2.html
Gamma-ray Bursts - A Major League Puzzle 
  
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Author:
Horack, John
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subject:
Astronomy / Stars / Gamma-ray Bursts
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This site offers extensive information about gamma-ray bursts. The website begins with an introduction of basic astronomy concepts and then moves onto gamma-ray properties, how they are detected, the fundamentals ...
http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/help/tutorials/batse/foreword.htm
A Beginner's Guide to Cataclysmic Variables 
  
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Author:
Harrop-Allin, Kate
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subject:
Astronomy / Stars / Binary Stars
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This site offers information concerned with a particular group of binary stars: a cataclysmic variable star system. This site describes what they are, how they interact, and interesting phenomenon related ...
http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/www_astro/gal/cv_beginners.html
Eclipsing Binary Stars 
  
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100
Publisher:
Bruton, Dan
Main Level:
Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Stars / Binary Stars
Astronomy / Stars
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This website provides both basic and advanced information on: simple models for computing light curves, a power point presentation on binary stars, student exercises, modeling close binary stars, and the shape ...
http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/binstar.html
Anglo-Australian Observatory: Astronomical Images 
  
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Author:
Malin, David
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Stars
Astronomy / Stars / Supernovae
Astronomy / Stars / Star Clusters
Astronomy / Galaxies
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Anglo-Australian Observatory's collection of images organized by object type, telescope, and detector type. Objets include: galaxies, emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, dark nebulae, planetary nebulae, ...
http://www.aao.gov.au/images.html/
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