Stars
Stars Links
- Star Journey @ nationalgeographic.com Star Journey. Journey through the stars with National Geographic Online. View the nighttime sky with popular National Geographic Star Chart...
- The Constellations since 1996 Binocular and naked eye guide to the constellations, a data table, mythology and more.
- Laser Star Astrophysics Plasma recombination lasers in rapidly cooled stellar atmospheres (plasma laser astrophysics) including history of the laser and astronomical spectroscopy.
- White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, And Black Holes All-text page on the various stages in the discovery and development of theories of white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes.
- Space Telescope Science Institute A small Hubble telescope image gallery of Quasars.
- The Nearest Stars from Ken Croswell's book "The Alchemy of the Heavens".
- Dark Stars, Black Holes, Bright Galaxies One huge page packed with illustrations, diagrams and photographs portraying some interesting aspects of stars, black holes and galaxies.
- What is the north star? Learn about why the North Star got its name, why the North Star changes over time, and the current North Star Polaris.
- The Formation of Binary Stars Highly-detailed but brief paper concerning the Classical Fission Hypothesis.
- Scientific American Explorations: A Parade of New Planets A Parade of New Planets
- Stars and Galaxies Behavior of stars, generation of energy, their origin, and life cycle. Also includes a wide range of interesting pictures of galaxies and related phenomena that can be observed in the universe through telescopes.
- Star Data Pages Provides detailed information about stars: positions, proper motion, radial velocity, magnitudes, spectral class, color index, catalogue references, data about multiple star systems (i.e. orbital elements), data about variability (min./max. brightness, period, type of variability) and more.
- A Positive Light - Like a Diamond in the Sky Information and links on the theory that the moon's geology is suitable for the formation of diamonds.
- Star Maps Three high resolution star maps in .tif format for download. Tycho, Hipparcos and Yale bright star maps available.
- How Stuff Works: Stars Illustrated tutorial about stars, their properties, formation, and death. Includes related links.
- Celestial Bodies Basic overview of stars and the sun in particular - with informational video clips included.
- Astronomy 162: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Entire Astrophysics course online. Very extensive introduction course to stars.
- Table of Contents - Introduction to Astronomy Several pages regarding many aspects of astronomy, but particularly double stars and variable stars. Also includes beginner observation techniques and the Messier List.
- Astrometry Department, U.S Naval Observatory 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.
- Measuring the Stars In-depth lecture notes that provide information on how to derive properties of stars, based on observation.
- Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Deepsky Atlas A listing of the Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deepsky Atlas by constellation.
- A Mystery of Space: STARS A great site for kids, teens and teachers. Site has received numerous awards and has excellent appearance and navigation.
- The Classification of Stellar Spectra NASA page explaining the colors and classifications (O, B, A, F, G, K, and M) of stars.
- University of Vaasa - Star photos Nice index of some interesting star photographs. Note: All files are downloaded via an FTP program which appears in a new window.
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