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Stellar Parallax and Aberration Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Stellar Parallax and Aberration Launcher package is a self-contained file for teaching the concepts of parallax and aberration of light as they apply to astronomy. The file…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12029&DocID...
The Astronomy Corner 
  
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This site is a collection of astronomy articles and notes written by Brian Tung currently at ISI, U. SOuthern California. The Astronomy Corner includes astronomical games, reference…
http://www.astronomycorner.net/
Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11614&DocID...
Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion of sunspots to determine the solar rotation rate.…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11617&DocID...
Introductory Astronomy 
  
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The material on this website is to be used as supplemental materials for a student taking an introductory astronomy course. There is information on topics such as stellar evolution,…
http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/
The Physics Teacher
Kinesthetic Astronomy: The Sky Time Lesson 
  
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C. Morrow, Phys. Teach., 38 (4), 252-253 (2000).
Everyday association with time in our modern age involves watches, clocks, and calendars rather than the astronomical motions that were the original bases for timekeeping. However,…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880520
Peer Reviewed Item Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy 
  
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L. Marschall, G. Snyder, P. Cooper, M. Hayden, and R. Good
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Project CLEA develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern astronomical techniques using a virtual observatory, digital data and color images. Each CLEA laboratory exercise…
http://public.gettysburg.edu/~marschal/clea/CLEAhome.html
Stellar Blackbody Radiation Curves  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Stellar Blackbody Radiation Curves model simulates the blackbody radiation curve of stars and how this leads to the observed color and luminosity of the star. If a star can be…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10502&DocID...
Hertzsprung–Russell (H-R) Diagrams  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Hertzsprung–Russell (H-R) Diagrams model simulates Hertzsprung–Russell (HR or H-R) diagram for groups of stars. The diagram is a scatter plot of steller luminosity vs. stellar…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10503&DocID...
High Energy Astrophysics Picture of the Week 
  
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Each week this site provides a new image from X-ray and Gamma ray astronomy. Information is provided about the object and the telescope that took the picture. Previous images are…
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow/heapow.html
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