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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...
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
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
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/
A One Credit Hour Eclipse Course for 2024: Description and Offer to the Community 
  
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This github repository provides materials for a turn-key, general-education level, interdisciplinary eclipse course. It is designed to help prepare for the Apr 8, 2024 total…
https://github.com/gwilliger/Eclipsecourse_2024
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
Current Solar Images 
  
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This web site contains the most recent full-resolution images and magnetograms of the Sun from SOHO and other observatories at several wavelengths including visible, X-ray, and…
https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest.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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