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Lenses and Telescopes
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In this laboratory activity, students learn about lenses and telescope construction. Students will describe the nature of convex lenses, measure the focal length of several lenses,…
http://web.archive.org/web/20130622043239/http://fileserver.net-texts.co...
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Herschel's Star Gages
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11214&DocID=22...
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First Supernova Discovered with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
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This press release from the Gemini Observatory covers the discovery of a supernova using laser adaptive optics. Laser guide adaptive optics help eliminate atmospheric noise from…
http://www.gemini.edu/node/11226
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3C 273 - Quasar in Virgo
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This NightSkyInfo.com article briefly describes the discovery of quasars, what they are, and how to find the famous quasar 3C 273 in the night sky with a good backyard telescope. The…
http://www.nightskyinfo.com/archive/3c273_quasar/
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SOHO: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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The SOHO website provides an overview of the SOHO mission, the instruments involved, the operations of the mission, and the latest articles about the mission. There is also an image…
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NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Dawn
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This is the home page for NASA's Dawn project, whose goal was to shed light on the early evolution of our Solar System by investigating two large protoplanets, Ceres and Vesta, that…
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/dawn/overview/
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Cosmic Ray Statistics using LabVIEW
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Counting statistics of cosmic rays is explored using a LabVIEW based computer program on a computer connected to a National Instruments data acquisition unit. The program collects…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12915&DocID=34...
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Pinhole Camera Model
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The Pinhole Camera Model demonstrates the operation of a pinhole camera. Light rays leaving the top and bottom on an object of height h pass through a pinhole and strike a flat…
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The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories
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This online textbook teaches the user about how a science project is conceived, funded, and managed. They do this by telling a story about how NASA's High Energy Astronomy…
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-466/sp466.htm
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Ten Myths - Bones of contention held near and dear by experienced amateurs
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This article informs amateur astronomers about ten common mistakes people make when buying and using a telescope. It is part of Brian Tung's The Astronomy Corner.
http://www.astronomycorner.net/games/myths.html
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