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Explains the study of a star's oscillations to determine the interior chemical composition.
http://www.ap.stmarys.ca/~guenther/seismology/seismology.html
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Spectra and Spectra Analysis: Stars
Includes a section on spectral classification of stars.
http://astrofili.org/members/osservareilcielo/spetring.htm
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The Fifty Brightest Stars
The most visible stars that can be seen by the naked eye from earth. Lists names, positions,
distances, magnitudes and spectral classifications.
http://www.cosmobrain.com/cosmobrain/res/brightstar.html
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Like a Diamond in the Sky
Information and links on the theory that the moon's geology is suitable for the formation of this
precious stone.
http://www.johnshepler.com/articles/diamond.html
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Scientific American Explorations: A Parade of New Planets
A Parade of New Planets
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BAF7C-7457-1C76-9B81809EC588EF21
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ESO Photo Gallery - Astronomical Images
Pictures of all kinds of Stars provided by the European Southern Observatory.
http://www.eso.org/outreach/gallery/astro/
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SpaceWander Virtual Space Trip!
Multimedia experience of flying by spaceship through the solar system. Visit each planet. Real
space pictures from NASA. In English, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian. Recommended for kids.
http://www.spacewander.com
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Buy a Star, But It's Not Yours
Article discussing (non)validity of star naming companies.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49345,00.html
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Measuring the Stars
In-depth lecture notes that provide information on how to derive properties of stars, based on
observation.
http://www.wncc.net/courses/aveh/lecture/lecmeas.htm
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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.
http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/bsc
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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.
http://www.cosmobrain.com/
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White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, And Black Holes
All-text page on the various stages in the discovery and development of theories of white dwarfs,
neutron stars and black holes.
http://tonylance.mybravenet.com/dwarf.html
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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
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/index.shtml
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Star Journey @ nationalgeographic.com
Star Journey. Journey through the stars with National Geographic Online. View the nighttime sky
with popular National Geographic Star Chart...
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/index.html
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Star Maps
Three high resolution star maps in .tif format for download. Tycho, Hipparcos and Yale bright star
maps available.
http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/stars.html
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Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Deepsky Atlas
A listing of the Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deepsky Atlas by constellation.
http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/constellations.html
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Space Telescope Science Institute
A small Hubble telescope image gallery of Quasars.
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/quasars.html
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The Constellations since 1996
Binocular and naked eye guide to the constellations, a data table, and mythology.
http://www.dibonsmith.com/index.htm
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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.
http://ad.usno.navy.mil/
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University of Vaasa - Star photos
Nice index of some interesting star photographs. Note: All files are downloaded via an FTP program
which appears in a new window.
http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/gifstar.html
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The Formation of Binary Stars
Highly-detailed but brief paper concerning the Classical Fission Hypothesis.
http://www.phys.lsu.edu/astro/nap98/bf.final.html
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Star Data Pages
Provides detailed information about stars: positions, proper motion, radial velocity, magnitudes,
spectral class, color index, catalogue references, data about multiple star systems (i.e. orbital
elements), and data about variability (min./max. brightness, period, type of variability).
http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/SIT_en.htm
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A Mystery of Space: STARS
A great site for kids, teens and teachers. Site has received numerous awards and has excellent
appearance and navigation.
http://library.advanced.org/25763/
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Stars and Galaxies
Behavior of stars, generation of energy, their origin, and life cycle. Also includes a wide range
of interesting pictures of galaxies and related phenomena that can be observed in the universe
through telescopes.
http://www.telescope.org/btl/sg.html
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Laser Star Astrophysics
Plasma recombination lasers in rapidly cooled stellar atmospheres (plasma laser astrophysics)
including history of the laser and astronomical spectroscopy.
http://www.achilles.net/~jtalbot/index.html
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How Stuff Works: Stars
Illustrated tutorial about stars, their properties, formation, and death. Includes related links.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/star.htm
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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.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~mackie/royal_society/alpha/alpha.html
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Astronomy 162: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Entire Astrophysics course online. Very extensive introduction course to stars.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/
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The Classification of Stellar Spectra
NASA page explaining the colors and classifications (O, B, A, F, G, K, and M) of stars.
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/users/allen/spectral_classification.html
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