Study of the Constellations

• Constellations   - all kinds of information relating to the 88 mythical constellations and lots of data on many of the stars themselves.
• StarDate - guide on finding constellations and an exploration of constellation mythology.
• Stars - from Illinois edu help on finding stars and their mythology
• The Dome of the Sky - offers stories and details of the constellations
• Starlore - offers stories and details about the names and history of constellations
• Celestial Atlas (1826) - by Franz Niklaus König.
• Celestial Sphere, The - rendered maps of the heavens. Features the Tycho, Hipparcos, and Yale bright star maps.
• Constellations and their Stars, The - statistics, history, mythology for all 88 constellations and the named stars in them; also contains info on Messier objects; some star charts included.
• Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations, The - monthly color photographic presentations of constellations and deep sky objects.
• Direct Project - determining the distances to nearby galaxies.
• Structure and Evolution of the Universe - NASA's quest to understand the Universe: its evolution, structure and ultimate fate.
• Skymaps.com - offers free sky maps of the northern and southern hemispheres for stargazing purposes.
• Japanese Star Charts and Moon Stations

• Information on stars, planets, nebula, and many other interesting things that are contained in this cluster of stars that we call The Milky Way.
  • Milky Way Galaxy, The
  • Milky Way System
  • Milky Way, The
  • Multiwavelength Milky Way - images of the sky near the Galactic plane in spectral lines and continuum bands spanning a frequency range of more than 14 orders of magnitude.
  • Our Own Galaxy: The Milky Way
  • Shape of the Milky Way
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    • Globular Clusters - features photographs, lists, links, and general information.
    • Globular Star Clusters - provides images, links, and general information.

Astronomical Calendars

• Astronomical Applications
• Astronomical Calendar - make an astronomical calandar by tracing a pole's shadow on the summer and winter solstice, and the equinox.
• Astronomical Sky Calendar
• Astronomy - What's Up This Month - monthly updates on astronomical events, star charts for the month, photos, charts, and more.
• Celestial Times
• Compute Local Apparent Sidereal Time - an online form. Astronomers use local sidereal time because it corresponds to the coordinate right ascension of a celestial body that is presently on the local meridian.
• Cosmicdust - monthly celestial events.
• ESO Sky Calendar Tool - produces a nightime calendar of phenomena for a single site. 

 

 

 

Science Fair Projects

 

 

 

 

Technical Education Resources
Mr. McCaffrey

Information on Nearby Stars   
http://www.solstation.com/stars.htm   

Dr. Kaler (most excellent speaker!) Personal Website on Stars and Constellations
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~
kaler/sow/sowlist.html#constellations

Radio Show and Web information on the Stars
http://stardate.org/resources/constellations