A Mystery of Space: Stars
Learn about the fascinating universe, especially stars at this ThinkQuest site. There are two versions of the site to choose from, one for younger kids (under 12), and one for older kids (13 and over).
library.thinkquest.org
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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.
ad.usno.navy.mil
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Astronomy 162: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Entire Astrophysics course online. Very extensive introduction course to stars.
csep10.phys.utk.edu
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BBC Space - Stars
Five concise articles covering the birth and death of stars, star types, and all the things we 'know' from just looking at them
www.bbc.co.uk
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Bright Star Catalogue
Find data (cross references, positions, proper motions, spectral classes, magnitudes ...) on all stars visible to the naked eye from the BSC, SKY2000, SAO, WDS and GCVS. Stars can be searched by their proper names, Bayer designations, Flamsteed, HR, HD, SAO or FK5 numbers.
www.alcyone.de
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Buy a Star, But It's Not Yours
Article discussing (non)validity of star naming companies.
www.wired.com
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Cosmobrain
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.
www.cosmobrain.com
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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.
astronomy.swin.edu.au
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ESO Photo Gallery - Astronomical Images
Pictures of all kinds of Stars provided by the European Southern Observatory.
www.eso.org
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Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Deepsky Atlas
A listing of the Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deepsky Atlas by constellation.
www.hawastsoc.org
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