These are some links to astronomical stuff, courtesy of Jason.
Slide Show
- Hubble Space Telescope images
- Galaxies
- Star Birth
- Star Death
- Planets
- Jupiter's largest moons. Caption.
- our planetary neighbor, Mars. Caption.
- Portrait of Jupiter. Note that the Great Red Spot is looking decidedly yellow these days!
Helpful Movies
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Comet Hyakutake Animation, showing the comet drifting past the
background stars, as the planets do.
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Comet Hyakutake Another animation. In this one, the camera
does not track the comet. Thus, its motion relative to the stars
is not easy to see. Note the passing clouds to get an idea of how
fast the animation is. Quick quiz: Assuming the animation is not
running backward, which direction was the camera facing when the
movie was taken?
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Solar EclipseAnimation of a total solar eclipse
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Solar EclipseAnimation of an annular solar eclipse
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Solar Eclipse A view of the Moon's shadow on the Earth as seen
by a geosynchronous satellite (GOES 7)
Cool links
Comments and suggestions to patrik@ucolick.org