The Astronomy Center has provided educational resources to introductory astronomy educators since 2003. Over the past 20 years, the rapid pace of discovery has rendered some of our linked resources obsolete. Thus, the Astronomy Center will be decommissioned on March 1, 2022. Our highest quality resources will be retained on ComPADRE.org.

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Spectra 
  
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J. Kaler
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A comprehensive glossary of stellar spectroscopy. Includes absorption lines, atoms and the chemical element, chemical classes of stars, classifying stars, distances from spectra,…
  
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E. Chaisson and S. McMillan; Publisher: Prentice Hall
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This website provides online resources for Astronomy Today, an introductory astronomy textbook.
  
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Legg Middle School Planetarium
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This website gives the mythological accounts of the stars and constellations. It provides the stories of the constellations from different parts of the world.
Stellar Aberration 2D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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T. Timberlake
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The Stellar Aberration 2D Model illustrates the phenomenon known as the aberration of starlight, first reported by James Bradley in 1729. Aberration occurs because light has a finite…
Stellar Aberration 3D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Stellar Aberration 3D Model illustrates the phenomenon known as the aberration of starlight, first reported by James Bradley in 1729. Aberration occurs because light has a…
  
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D. Stern
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This is a lesson plan for teaching Newton's formulation of gravity as a universal force that acts similarly on terrestrial and astronomical object. It is linked to textual reference…
Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker  [ Computer Program ]
  
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M. Belloni
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The Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion stars near Polaris (the North Celestial Pole) to determine…
Solar Photon Random Walk  [ Computer Program ]
  
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D. Onken
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The Solar Photon Random Walk Model simulates the path of photons in radiative transport as they escape from the Sun. Photons do not travel in a straight line, but rather collide with…
  
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This website provides computer simulations and curricular materials for teaching the history of planetary astronomy from Ancient Greece to Isaac Newton. The site includes worksheets…
  
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M. Masetti; Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center
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This website gives an impression of the size of our Universe, starting with the Earth and increasing scale until it reaches the scale of the visible universe. The user can view and…
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