Websites and resources about Astronomy - Stars
Binary Stars
Dwarf Stars
Names
Neutron Stars
Novae and Supernovae
Stellar Evolution
Variable Stars
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
Astronomy 162: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology
Entire Astrophysics course online. Very extensive introduction course to stars.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/
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
How Stuff Works: Stars
Illustrated tutorial about stars, their properties, formation, and death. Includes related links.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/star.htm
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
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
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
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
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/
The Constellations since 1996
Binocular and naked eye guide to the constellations, a data table, and mythology.
http://www.dibonsmith.com/index.htm
Space Telescope Science Institute
A small Hubble telescope image gallery of Quasars.
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/quasars.html
Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Deepsky Atlas
A listing of the Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deepsky Atlas by constellation.
http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/constellations.html
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
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
BBC Space - Stars
from just looking at them
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/index.shtml
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/
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
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
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
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
ESO Photo Gallery - Astronomical Images
Pictures of all kinds of Stars provided by the European Southern Observatory.
http://www.eso.org/outreach/gallery/astro/
Scientific American Explorations: A Parade of New Planets
A Parade of New Planets
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BAF7C-7457-1C76-9B81809EC588EF21
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
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
Spectra and Spectra Analysis: Stars
Includes a section on spectral classification of stars.
http://astrofili.org/members/osservareilcielo/spetring.htm
Solar and Stellar Seismology
Explains the study of a star's oscillations to determine the interior chemical composition.
http://www.ap.stmarys.ca/~guenther/seismology/seismology.html
Magnetohydrodynamics of Stellar Interiors
Discussion will focus on the nonlinear interactions between turbulent convection, rotation and magnetic fields in the interiors of stars. From 6 September - 17 December, 2004 at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK. Includes list of workshops and list of participants.
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programmes/MSI/
Scientific American: A Sharper View of the Stars
About a new generation of optical interferometers, which uses two almost identical signals to give more information about these celestial bodies.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0000FFB8-76A3-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21
Summer Sky Tour
A guide to give a tour of the summer night sky.
http://my.execpc.com/60/B3/culp/astronomy/
Laser Star Astrophysics
Plasma recombination lasers in rapidly cooled stellar atmospheres.
http://members.rogers.com/laserstars/
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