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Telescope Tutorials 
  
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Publisher:
The Wilderness Center
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subject:
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Telescopes
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This website provides brief tutorials on spectroscopy, cosmology, galaxies, light pollution, solar system scale, the sun, stellar properties, telescopes, the history of astronomy, and stars. This site also ...
http://www.twcac.org/Tutorials/tutorials_index.htm
Catching the Light: Astrophotography 
  
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Author:
Lodriguss, Jerry
Main Level:
Informal Education
Subject:
Astronomy / Instrumentation
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This website has a beautiful collection of some of the most famous astronomical objects. Users can choose to go through the image gallery or they can choose an image by selecting the category to which it ...
http://www.astropix.com/INDEX.HTM
UNL Astronomy ClassAction: Telescopes and Astronomical Instruments 
  
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Lee, Kevin
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Astronomy Education at the University of Nebraska
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Telescopes
Astronomy / Instrumentation
Light / Geometrical Optics
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This collection of questions and resources covers telescopes and astronomical instruments. The questions are designed to be used for in-class student engagement activities. Topics include refraction, reflection, ...
http://astro.unl.edu/classaction/telescopes.html
Astronomy Today 
  
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Delehanty, Marc
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High School
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Astronomy / Instrumentation / Telescopes
Astronomy / Space Exploration
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Astronomy Today conatins articles on all subjects relevant to astronomy. The site touches on topics like amateur astronomy, telescope advice, string theory and quantum gravity. This site offers information ...
http://www.astronomytoday.com/
Basics of Radio Astronomy 
  
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Author:
Fisher, Diane
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Mission Execution & Automation Section
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Radio Astronomy
Astronomy / Astronomy Education / Curricula
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Telescopes
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This website, sponsored by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a cost free multi-chapter online workbook on the fundamentals of radio astronomy. It was designed as the first phase of training for teachers ...
http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/radioastronomy/index.htm
CLEA: Dying Stars and the Birth of the Elements 
  
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Marschall, Laurence
Snyder, Glenn
Cooper, P. Richard
Hayden, Michael
Good, Rhonda
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Upper Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Stars / Stellar Nucleosynthesis
Astronomy / Instrumentation / X-ray Astronomy
Astronomy / Stars / Supernovae
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This lab introduces students to nucleosynthesis through the realistically simulated X-ray spectra of a supernova remnants and the abundances of elements. The exercise lets students control a space-based x-ray ...
http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/dyingstarslab.html
MAGPIS: The Multi-Array Galactic Plane Imaging Survey 
  
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White, Richard
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Space Telescope Science Institute, Formal Education Group
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
Subjects:
Astronomy / Milky Way
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Telescopes
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The Multi-Array Galactic Plane Imaging Survey collects bits and pieces of the Galactic sky that have been imaged at high resolutions. It contains images from VLA, XMM Newton, GLIMPSE Spitzer and MSX. The website ...
http://third.ucllnl.org/gps/
Gemini Observatory 
  
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Author:
Michaud, Peter
Main Level:
Informal Education
Subject:
Astronomy / Instrumentation / Observatories
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This site covers many aspects of the Gemini Observatory. It discusses where it is located, what it observes, what pictures it takes, and certain issues that pertain to it.
http://www.gemini.edu/
Introduction to Lenses and Telescopes 
  
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Lehman, Kara
Main Level:
Lower Undergraduate
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Astronomy / Instrumentation
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This lab teaches students: how to determine focal length using the thin lens equation, how the diameter of a lens affects brightness, and how to determine image magnification and f-numbers. Students then ...
http://www.physics.isu.edu/~hackmart/astlblt.pdf
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Color - Advanced 
  
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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Astronomy / Stars
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This website, containing information from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, provides projects and activities for astronomy students. This section teaches students about the colors of stars and galaxies. Topics ...
http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/proj/advanced/color/
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