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Provides photographs, diagrams, and the history of the astrolabe, an instrument used by early astronomers for solving problems relating to time and the position of the stars. http://www.astrolabes.org/ |
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The primary purpose of this website is to distribute information related to the positions and motions of the stars and planets, mainly to the Defense community. http://ad.usno.navy.mil/ |
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critical review of the Cepheid distance scale, from its inception to the Hipparcos mission and beyond. http://www.institute-of-brilliant-failures.com/ |
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Lists the 50 brightest stars visible from Earth, and the 50 closest stars to Earth. Proper names, distances, magnitudes, spectral classification and other data are provided for each star. http://www.cosmobrain.com/ |
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Pictures, stories, past and present events, and solar activity reports. http://www.icstars.com/ |
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high redshift supernova search. http://www-supernova.lbl.gov/ |
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offers free sky maps of the northern and southern hemispheres for stargazing purposes. http://www.skymaps.com/ |
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Multimedia experience of flying by spaceship through the solar system. Visit each planet. Real space pictures from NASA. In English, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian. Recommended for kids. http://www.spacewander.com |
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ultra-wide angle photometric survey of bright stars designed to detect planetary transits and track Near-Earth Objects and optical transients. http://www.superwasp.org/ |
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all kinds of information relating to the 88 mythical constellations and lots of data on many of the stars themselves. http://www.dibonsmith.com/ |
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Binocular and naked eye guide to the constellations, a data table, and mythology. http://www.dibonsmith.com/index.htm |
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nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research and public outreach on topics relevant to white dwarf stars. http://www.whitedwarf.org/ |
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