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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 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
The Noble Dane: Images of Tycho Brahe 
  
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This website provides an account of the life and accomplishments of Tycho Brahe. It also provides an image catalog of paintings and images of him.
http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/tycho/index.htm
Galileo's Moon Mountain  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Galileo's Moon Mountain Model illustrates the method used by Galileo to measure the height of a mountain on the Moon. Using his improved telescope design, Galileo was able to see…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11196&DocID...
Galileo Sunspots  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The EJS Galileo Sunspots Model illustrates the motion and changes in appearance of sunspots as they move across the disk of the Sun. Galileo's observation of the changing appearance…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11197&DocID...
Spheres of Eudoxus  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This Spheres of Eudoxus model simulates the system devised by the Ancient Greek astronomer Eudoxus to model the motion of the planets. The model consists of four nested concentric…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11198&DocID...
Ptolemy/Copernicus/Tycho Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Ptolemy/Copernicus/Tycho EJS Model illustrates the relationships between the systems of planetary astronomy developed by Claudius Ptolemy, Nicholas Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe.…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11200&DocID...
Astronomical Parallax 2D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Astronomical Parallax 2D Model illustrates the phenomenon of parallax in astronomy. Parallax is the apparent displacement of an object relative to the background that is caused…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11201&DocID...
Astronomical Parallax 3D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This Astronomical Parallax 3D Model illustrates the phenomenon of annual stellar parallax in astronomy. Parallax is the apparent displacement of an object relative to the background…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11202&DocID...
Stellar Aberration 2D  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/astronomy/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11205&DocID...
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