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Astrobites 
  
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Astrobites is a daily astrophysical literature journal written by graduate students in astronomy. The goal of this site is to present one interesting paper per day in a brief format…
https://astrobites.org/
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
USGS Astrogeology Science Center 
  
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The USGS Astrogeology Science Center processes and analyzes data from numerous missions to planetary bodies in our solar system, assisting in finding potential landing sites for…
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/astrogeology-science-center
Introductory Astronomy: Earth - Moon - Sun System 
  
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This website is a tutorial on the phases of the moon, earthshine, and eclipses. There are a number of diagrams in this website that aid in teaching these topics. This site ends with…
http://www.astro.umd.edu/resources/introastro/moon.html
Astronomy Education Review
Seven Concepts for Effective Teaching 
  
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A. Fraknoi, Astron. Educ. Rev., 10 (1), 3 (2011).
This is a brief essay about concepts for improving the way teachers teach. It is geared toward the field of Astronomy, but the concepts can be applied universally. The author…
https://doi.org/10.3847/AER2011008
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
IRSA - Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) 
  
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The Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC website provides an image gallery of solar system objects, Jupiter's moons, H II regions, star formation regions, and reflection nebulae, open…
https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/2MASS/docs/
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
Hubblesite: Gallery of Planetary Nebula Images 
  
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This large gallery has photographs of planetary nebulas taken from the Hubble Space telescope. Some of the objects within this website are: the Egg Nebula, the Hourglass Nebula, NGC…
https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/images?keyword=Planetary%20Nebul...
Our Solar System Lithograph Set 
  
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This color Solar System Lithograph Set contains lithographs of: Our Solar System, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, Asteroids, Jupiter, Moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,…
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Solar_System_Lithograph_S...
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