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Celestial Sphere with Analemma JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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T. Timberlake and W. Christian
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The Celestial Sphere and Analemma JavaScript Model simulates the Two Sphere Universe theory of the Ancient Greeks. This theory supposes the stars to be fixed on the surface of a…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14326&DocID...
Solar and Lunar Eclipse JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian, T. Timberlake, and M. Belloni
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The Solar and Lunar Eclipse JavaScript Model simulates the occurrences of solar and lunar eclipses. Moon's orbital inclination of 5.145 degrees with respect to the ecliptic (the…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14328&DocID...
Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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M. Belloni and K. Thompson
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The Star Motion on the Horizon JS Package displays how the appearance and motion of the stars near and around the northern, southern, eastern, and western horizon change over the…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15117&DocID...
Astronomy Workshop Tools 
  
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A collection of animations, simulations, and interactive tools for astronomy students from the University of Maryland. Topics include astronomical distances, orbital mechanics, and…
https://janus.astro.umd.edu/
General Education Astronomy Source 
  
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This website provides an extensive set of resources for both traditional and distance-learning undergraduate introductory astronomy courses. These materials cover topics from…
http://astronomy.nmsu.edu/geas/oview/geas.shtml
The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project: Online Labs for Introductory Level Astronomy 
  
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The Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project site provides high quality applets simulating important astrophysical phenomena such as eclipsing binaries, stellar evolution on the H-R…
http://astro.unl.edu/naap/
Java Applets for Teaching of AstroPhysics 
  
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This site provides a collection of Java applets written for teaching, creating exercises, allowing self-study and for use as small research tools. They aim to permit an interactive…
https://portia.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/~koeppen/apindex.html
Celestia 
  
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Celestia is a free real-time space simulation that lets you experience our universe in three dimensions. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface…
https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia
Orbits in Strongly Curved Spacetime 
  
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This applet explores from three different physical perspectives the orbit of a low-mass test particle around a non-rotating black hole. An instructional guide to the applet and a…
https://www.fourmilab.ch/gravitation/orbits/
ASPIRE: Star Life Cycle 
  
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This website provides a tutorial on the evolution of stars. It begins with proto-stars, then provides information about main-sequence stars, hydrostatic equilibrium, helium burning,…
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/Labs/StarLife/
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