
IYA U.S.
What are McDonald
Astronomers Doing this week?
http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/research/
Next generation of
giant telescopes:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/telescopes/mcnally-photography
10 telescopes that
changed our view of the universe slide show
http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=ten-telescopes-galileo
The World at Night
Videos:
http://www.twanight.org/newtwan/photos.asp?ID=3001881&Sort=Region
http://www.twanight.org/newtwan/photos.asp?ID=3001822&Sort=Region
http://www.twanight.org/newtwan/photos.asp?ID=3002078&Sort=Region
Natl.
Geographic interactive timelind a
history of telescopes:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/07/telescopes/telescopes-interactive
Early Telescopes
visible in Brueghel paintings
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=17th-century-brueghel-paintings-tra-2009-10-05
IYA – 400 years of
telescopes being used for outreach
http://www.astronomy2009.org/news/updates/435/
Galileo’s
Telescope 400th anniversary, Google Doodle,
Aug. 25, 2009
Results of the Great World Wide
Star Count on October 9 - 23, 2009.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/starcount/
Go Observe!
http://astronomy2009.nasa.gov/observe.htm
Galilean Nights
http://www.astronomy2009.org/globalprojects/cornerstones/galilean
Dark Skies
Awareness
http://www.darkskiesawareness.org/