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Lenses and Telescopes 
  
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In this laboratory activity, students investigate properties of lenses and simple telescope construction. Students will describe the nature of convex lenses, measure the focal length…
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11214&DocID...
The Star Splitters: The High Energy Astronomy Observatories 
  
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Wallace Tucker's The Star Splitters is an online book about the history of NASA's High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) Program, which provided the first x-ray focusing telescopes…
https://history.nasa.gov/SP-466/sp466.htm
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
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…
https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
Far-out Pathways to Space: Great Guns? 
  
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This is a set of six web pages describing four unconventional methods of accelerating spacecraft. These are using cannons, nuclear power, solar sails and ion rockets. Gravity-assist…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/SSHARP.htm
Cosmic Rays 
  
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This series of web pages gives an elementary discussion of cosmic rays, followed by sections on high energy particles in the universe and high-energy particles from the Sun. It…
http://www.phy6.org/Education/wcosray.html
Role-Playing and Problem-Based Exercises for Teaching Undergraduate Astronomy 
  
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This website provides role-playing and problem-based exercises for introductory and advanced astronomy students. Small groups and group interactions are used to stimulate discussion…
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~pfrancis/roleplay.html
HubbleSite: News Release Archive 
  
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This is a collection of all publicly released pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope. Accompanying each photograph is the official news release, an introduction to the object, fast…
https://hubblesite.org/news/news-releases
James Webb Space Telescope 
  
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The James Webb Space Telescope is set to be NASA’s infrared flagship observatory beginning in the summer of 2022. With expected resolution from 0.6 to 28.8 micron, it will enable…
https://webbtelescope.org/
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