Best of ... Images, Movies, Animations

• Astronomy simulations from NAAP.
• Constellations -- (Chris Dolan, Wisconsin).
• Interactive Sky Charts -- java applets behave like a mini desktop planetarium (Dolan, Wisconsin).
• The Milky Way, the Local Group and the Local Supercluster -- color pix and text.
• Lunar Phases -- animated view from above and view from earth (Dolan, Wisconsin, JAVA).
• Lunar Phases -- animated view from above and view from earth (Bothun, Oregon, MPEG).
• M31 = Andromeda Galaxy -- a movie showing the details (Bothun, Oregon).
• Meteors -- textbook-chapter+ discussion w/ pics plus links (Nineplanets).
• Asteroids -- textbook-chapter+ discussion w/ pics plus links (Nineplanets), also NEAR mission.
• Comets -- textbook-chapter+ discussion w/ pics plus links (Nineplanets), also Stardust mission.
• Alpha Centauri System -- the nearest stars, prospect for planets, links to interstellar life/travel.
• Extra-Solar Planets Encyclopedia -- beaucoup late-breaking info (Schneider, Meudon).
• Gorgeous Wide-Angle images of the Galaxy and sky (Mellinger, Germany)

2) The Sun

• P-P Chain fusion videos (Bothun, Oregon).
• Neutrinos, Super-Kamiokande and the Solar Neutrion Problem (Casper, UC Irvine).
• GONG and helioseismology (a bit too technical; NOAO).
• A standard solar model from Bahcall & Pinsonneault.
• Solar images from Sunspot NM -- Dunn Solar Tel, Evans Solar Facility, Hilltop Dome.
• SOHO satellite images: today's images & movies-- white light disk & corona, X-Ray/UV disk.
• Solar magnetic fields -- Astro Pic of the Day, NASA (excellent movies).
• Space Weather -- articles, current weather, auroras from the ground and space (also here).
• SolarCycle.com -- one stop shopping for all solar activity.

3) Solar System (general):

• Virtual orrery -- watch the planets move in scale (Java).
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N) Stars and Stellar Evolution

• Zoom in on stellar nursery in the Trifid Nebula (STScI movie).
• Animulation of star formation (HH-object through MS star) (STScI movie).
• HST pictures of dust disks around young stars (STScI).

N) Physical Concepts

• Inverse-square law of light, distance-luminosity formula, standard candles (STScI movie).
• Light and the electromagnetic spectrum (Battle, Berkeley).
• N-body simulations from the N-Body Shop (solar system, galaxy mergers, LSS).
• UColorado physics simulations.

N) Telescopes and Detectors

• CCD information (Louisiana). More techincal details in "CCD Univeristy" (Apogee Inc).
• Refractors versus reflectors -- how they work (RGO).
• Yerkes Observatory virtual tour.
• Observatories: Keck, Gemini, ESO, KPNO, CTIO, NSO, VLA, Arecibo.
• HST and NGST home pages.
• Why we use space telescopse: ground-based vs HST-based view of 30 Doracus (STScI).

N) Tangential Material

• Nuclear power generation.
• Solar power generation -- how PV cells work, PV cell research, concentrators.
• Alternative energy & conservation research.

completed thru HW06.