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1. The Cosmic Distance Scale

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Byline:: 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…

https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/features/cosmic/

2. A Question of Scale: Quarks to Quasars

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Byline:: B. Bryson

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A cosmic journey in 42 steps of powers of ten starting with quarks (10^-14 meters) and ending with 'near the limit of our knowledge' (10^25 meters).

http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm

3. Herschel's Star Gages [ Computer Program ]

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Byline:: T. Timberlake

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This section of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's website provides an excellent explanation of how Astronomers are able to use red-shift to explain the expansion of the universe. An…

http://cas.sdss.org/dr5/en/proj/advanced/hubble/

5. Determining the Extragalactic Distance Scale

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Byline:: D. Dutkevitch

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In this activity students find a number of Cepheid variables in the galaxy M100. They then use their periods, average apparent magnitudes, and the Period-Luminosity relationships to…

http://astro.wku.edu/labs/m100/