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Seeing in the Dark -- An amazing companion web site on astronomy from PBS. Besides movie information check out some of these topics. http://www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/index.html
Your Sky Tonight
Your Sky Tonight, our digital star chart can be customized for your date and location; you can even set it to get the most suitable results depending on whether you're observing with the unaided eye, binoculars, or a small telescope.
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"How To..." Videos
The "How-To" videos provide brief introductions to using a star chart, binoculars, a telescope, taking astrophotos, and more.
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Internet Telescope
Our Internet Telescope can photograph millions of objects in northern skies, from nearby stars to quasars billions of light years away.
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Observation Guides
Some basic primers for beginners on observing the night sky, meteor showers, and eclipses of the Moon.
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Birthday Stars
Find a star whose light left on its way to us the year you were born.
NASA Exploring the Moon Educator's Guide available to download
The activities in this guide promote problem solving, communication skills and teamwork. Earth and space science subjects include lunar geology and regolith, distance to the moon, Apollo landing sites and life support systems.

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{{http://galaxyzoo.org/}} NASA Exploring the Moon Educator's Guide available to download
The activities in this guide promote problem solving, communication skills and teamwork. Earth and space science subjects include lunar geology and regolith, distance to the moon, Apollo landing sites and life support systems.
Exploring the Moon Educator Guide [7MB PDF file]
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An international science team is asking amateur astronomers to use the Internet to sort through images of one million galaxies with a goal of identifying and categorizing them. Since the "Galaxy Zoo" project was launched on Wednesday, more than 30,000 volunteers have identified more than 650,000 galaxies.
Wright Center for Science Education

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An international science team is asking amateur astronomers to use the Internet to sort through images of one million galaxies with a goal of identifying and categorizing them. Since the "Galaxy Zoo" project was launched on Wednesday, more than 30,000 volunteers have identified more than 650,000 galaxies.
Wright Center for Science Education
McDonald Observatory

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Here is some information I received from the Solar System Ambassador Program. I checked it out and it is cool!
I received the following information from a colleague and checked it out. It is legitimate...and highly addictive. Enjoy! --Kay
An international science team is asking amateur astronomers to use the Internet to sort through images of one million galaxies with a goal of identifying and categorizing them. Since the "Galaxy Zoo" project was launched on Wednesday, more than 30,000 volunteers have identified more than 650,000 galaxies. For details, see {{http://galaxyzoo.org/}}
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Opportunities are available year round. For more information, visit:
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