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Thursday, December 22, 2011

7 Must-see Astronomy Sites

by Carlo Ray Selabao

We love internet surfing as much as we love astronomy. Out of many online astronomy websites, I handpicked seven of my favorite sites. My selection is based on the site’s visual appeal, user friendliness, presentation of information, and, of course, my taste.

This site offers new beautiful astronomy related images each day, along with its explanation written by professional astronomers. Take a visit and make it a part of your daily routine.

This blog-like site features astronomy and space-related news. It presents astronomy updates in a way that everyone can easily appreciate. One must check the ‘Guide to Space’ Section which offers easy-to-understand concepts about anything in space. The ‘Carnival of Space’ section is where bloggers, chosen weekly, to host the carnival, showcase articles related to space. Bloggers out there, you might want to check this.

It features different articles about water, energy, health, food, biodiversity, earth, human world, and space. It has very interesting articles about astronomy essentials that will help you easily understand the night sky. It is also supported by thousands of scientists and scientific institutions. Along with its tag name, “A Clear Voice for Science” it is viewed million of times a day online and through broadcast.



This is a new site that serves as a guide for meteor showers. What’s great about this site is the easy navigation. It also shows a lot of details about the meteor shower including viewing conditions, locations and times. They have separated the locations to continents and narrowed it into countries.

It is an online interactive and virtual sky map. It shows what you can see in the sky at a specific time and place. Easy to use, the planetarium is among the website’s fun flash-based games.

It gives one a chance to explore the universe with telescopes that you can control over the internet. One can take an image of the moon, planets, galaxy, and other celestial bodies by pointing and focusing the telescopes, adjusting the exposure times, filters, and other settings. It helps the user to become familiarized with the telescopes.

It offers a lot of interactive, simulator-based online laboratories for introductory astronomy. The animations and simulations will help students and educators to easily understand hard-to-visualize concepts in astronomy. There are also astronomy questions and images. This site would be a great reference to teach astronomy to beginners.


2 comments:

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