The Astronomy Center has provided educational resources to introductory astronomy educators since 2003. Over the past 20 years, the rapid pace of discovery has rendered some of our linked resources obsolete. Thus, the Astronomy Center will be decommissioned on March 1, 2022. Our highest quality resources will be retained on ComPADRE.org.

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This site discusses the history of the discovery of Pluto. It talks about the basic facts that are known about Pluto and an conatins an extensive monologue on how Pluto was…
  
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This site offers information about presolar grains. It discusses what they are, how to identify them, the different kinds, and what can be learned from presolar grains. If you need…
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A comprehensive glossary of stellar spectroscopy. Includes absorption lines, atoms and the chemical element, chemical classes of stars, classifying stars, distances from spectra,…
  
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L. Bombelli
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This web page contains lecture notes about the early universe. It describes the conditions that allowed particles to evolve into large stars and galaxies. The information provided is…
  
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J. Tenn
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Biographies and references of winners of The Astronomy Society of the Pacific's Catherine Wolfe Bruce gold medal for lifetime contributions to astronomy. Important biographical…
  
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T. Slater
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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…
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…
  
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E. Prather, J. Adams, D. Loranz, G. Brissenden, and T. Slater
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This resource provides instructors with tips on using Lecture Tutorials for moon phases, light, telescopes, the solar system, our sun, stellar astronomy, characteristics of the Milky…
  
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Legg Middle School Planetarium
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This website gives the mythological accounts of the stars and constellations. It provides the stories of the constellations from different parts of the world.
  
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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…
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