Astronomy 101

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Eclipses 2005

How to Select Your First Telescope

http://www.theskyplus.com/telescopes.html

http://www.backyardastronomer.com/pages/scopes.html

How to Build Your First Telescope http://www.funsci.com/fun3_en/tele/tele.htm

Choosing the Best Binoculars and/or Telescope http://www.telescopesa.za.org/TGHBuyersGuide.htm#Choosing%20Binoculars 

Astronomy

Introduction to Astronomy http://www.naasbeginners.freeuk.com/index.htm 

Tips/Guides/How-To's http://www.telescopesa.za.org/TGHMenu.htm

•         How to Use a Telescope http://www.telescopesa.za.org/TGHHowTo1.htm 

Ask the Astronomer http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/qanda.html

•        The Astronomer's Cafe http://www.astronomycafe.net/ 

Sky & Telescope Magazine http://skyandtelescope.com/

•             Select "How To" link to learn about the basics, vocabulary, names of stars, etc.

•             SkyMaps Publications  http://www.skymaps.com/

Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/aboutus.php

Map of Milky Way http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101mw.html

Capture the Cosmos: Online Adventure http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/capture/

Astronomy Basics http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/astronomy-basics.php

Teaching Tools http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/tools/

Galaxies http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/tools/topic/galaxies.php.p=Teaching+tools%40%2Ceds%2Ctools%2C  

Curious About Astronomy  http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=46

Earth and Moon Viewer http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Lunar and Planetary Institute http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/

Space Telescope Science Institute http://oposite.stsci.edu/

Popular Astronomy Links (from University of California – Berkley ) http://astron.berkeley.edu/popular_links.html

Educational Links http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 

Library Resource in Dewey 520

4/2005 AAS