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K. Miller and S. Miller
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This website provides a tutorial for students about the bulge, disk, and halo components of the Milky Way. It also contains information about the size and the formation of our…
Shapley's Globular Clusters  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Shapley's Globular Clusters Model shows the distribution of globular clusters around the plane of the Milky Way as determined by Harlow Shapley in 1918. The Space View frame…
Differential Galactic Rotation  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Differential Galactic Rotation Model illustrates the model of galactic rotation proposed by Jan Oort in 1927. In Oort's model most of the mass of the galaxy is concentrated…
Herschel's Star Gages  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Herschel's Star Gages Model illustrates William Herschel's methods of "star gages" by which he attempted to map out the shape of our galaxy in 1785. Herschel's star gages…
  
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This site offers information about the interstellar medium. It discusses what the interstellar medium is, how it has developed, how astronomers know what they know, and interactions…
  
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Publisher: University of Washington Astronomy Department
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In this exercise, students use the locations of globular clusters in the galactic halo to estimate the distance of the Sun from the center of the Milky Way.
  
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M. Davidson
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A series of "Powers of Ten" is sequentially displayed, beginning with a square covering 10 23 m on a side and progressing through 10 -16 m on a side. The scale and description of…
  
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This website is dedicated to the amateur astronomer interested in Deep Sky Object Observation. It begins by explaining how these objects are divided into different types, mainly…
  
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Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center
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This Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) shows the view toward the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, as seen from a dark location in Chile. The site includes describes the interstellar…
  
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This article from Sky & Telescope describes how to observe the zodiacal light, which is caused by light scattering from solar system dust. The optimum locations, times of the day,…
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