Elementary Astronomy Laboratory Activity
Planets, Stars, and Constellations
Files available
An overview of the planetarium session
Northern hemisphere night sky for August 2011
Northern hemisphere night sky for February 2011
Equatorial night sky for August 2011
Equatorial night sky for February 2011
Southern hemisphere night sky for August 2011
Southern hemisphere night sky for February 2011
Photographs and movies of the real sky
Other astronomy laboratory activities
Free Software
Stellarium: A beautiful free planetarium for your PC or Mac
Celestia space simulation
ImageJ for astronomy
Aladin sky atlas
SAOImage ds9 astronomical visualization tool
On-Line Resources
Google Sky
Sky-Map virtual telescope
This week's sky at a glance (Sky and Telescope Magazine)
Monthly sky maps
Coordinated Universal Time
Last update: August 29, 2011
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