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The following Web sites have been determined to be of some value to educators seeking additional information on astronomy and the space sciences. Some are publically managed and some are privately managed. This list is by no means inclusive and new sites are added routinely. Clark Planetarium neither sponsors nor financially supports any of these sites, and is not responsible for their content

Contents
General Astronomy   Space Science Resources   Science Resources
Utah Education Resources   Planetarium Resources   Local Entertainment Resources 


General Astronomy
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/planets/
Catalog of potential planets beyond our solar system

AstroWeb:
http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/www/astronomy.html
A collection of pointers to astronomy-related information available on the Internet. The database is maintained by the AstroWeb Consortium, a collaboration involving 9 individuals at 7 institutions. In addition to classified lists of resource records, the Consortium also provides a utility to search the AstroWeb database.

Astronomy Public Outreach:
http://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/public.html

Universe in the Classroom:
http://aspsky.org/subpages/tnl1.html

Pluto's home page at:
http://dosxx.colorado.edu/plutohome.html

Michael Boschat's Astronomy Page
http://www.atm.dal.ca/~boschat/
An amazing listing of Astronomy Resources.

Aladin Project:
http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/aladin.gml
ALADIN is a new project currently under development by the CDS, Strasbourg to create an Interactive Deep Sky Mapping Facility.

Solar System Live:
http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
The interactive Orrery of the Web. You can view the entire Solar System, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars).

The Nine Planets:
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/
Multimedia Tour of the Solar System.

Astronomical Images:
http://www.astropix.com/INDEX.HTM
This is a Web page of deep-sky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop.

INTERNATIONAL DARK-SKY ASSOCIATION IOTA (International Occultation Timing Association)

Space Science Resources
For Kids of all ages! Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/

Jet Propulsion Laboratories
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov

NASA Home Page
http://www.nasa.gov
The gateway for all the space stuff look specifically at the "what's new" section

Hubble Space Telescope:
http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/education/informal-science/
  • In-depth information about Hubble and its discoveries
  • Electronic image sources - including high resolution TIFF files
  • Where to obtain Hubble images in photograph and slide form
  • Sources of Hubble exhibits and planetarium programs
  • Educational resources
  • Plus more!
Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute
http://www.stsci.edu
Great source for the latest images from Hubble

PDS Mars Explorer for the Armchair Astronaut
http://www-pdsimage.wr.usgs.gov/PDS/public/mapmaker/mapmkr.htm

NASA's Observatorium
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov

Cassini: Voyage to Saturn:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cassini

Project Galileo:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo

Science Resources

National Science Teachers Association:
http://www.nsta.org/

Utah Education Resources

UtahLink:
http://www.k12.ut.us

USOE Science Core page
http://www.uen.org/core/
All science teachers had better know about this one!

Planetarium Resources

International Planetarium Society:
http://www.ips-planetarium.org/

Loch Ness Productions:
http://www.lochness.com/

Ott Planetarium at Weber State University:
http://physics.weber.edu/

Local Entertainment Resources

http://www.nowplayingutah.com
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