Stars
Categories
- Binary Stars (13)
- Dwarf Stars (12)
- Names (4)
- Neutron Stars (22)
- Novae and Supernovae (13)
- Stellar Evolution (10)
- Variable Stars (12)
Links
Measuring the Stars
http://www.wncc.net/courses/aveh/lecture/lecmeas.htm
In-depth lecture notes that provide information on how to derive properties of stars, based on observation.
Buy a Star, But It's Not Yours
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,49345,00.html
Article discussing (non)validity of star naming companies.
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.
ESO Photo Gallery - Astronomical Images
http://www.eso.org/outreach/gallery/astro/
Pictures of all kinds of Stars provided by the European Southern Observatory.
Scientific American Explorations: A Parade of New Planets
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BAF7C-7457-1C76-9B81809EC588EF21
A Parade of New Planets
The Fifty Brightest Stars
http://www.cosmobrain.com/cosmobrain/res/brightstar.html
The most visible stars that can be seen by the naked eye from earth. Lists names, positions, distances, magnitudes and spectral classifications.
Spectra and Spectra Analysis: Stars
http://astrofili.org/members/osservareilcielo/spetring.htm
Includes a section on spectral classification of stars.
Magnetohydrodynamics of Stellar Interiors
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programmes/MSI/
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.
Scientific American: A Sharper View of the Stars
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0000FFB8-76A3-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21
About a new generation of optical interferometers, which uses two almost identical signals to give more information about these celestial bodies.
Summer Sky Tour
http://my.execpc.com/60/B3/culp/astronomy/
A guide to give a tour of the summer night sky.
mbc stars
articles and resources about mbcstars


