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USNO Clock

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Visit UW Astro
Campus Observatory
(Public viewing, March - November,
1st and 3rd Wednesday nights)
Planetarium Visits
(UW and K-12 students only)
Astro Colloquia
(technical research talks)

Astro Education in Action
+Space Science Network Northwest
+A.S.P. Education Resources
+Project AstroBio
+Astronomical Videos
+Teach Space Science
+Astro Dept. Education Clearinghouse
+Movie of Ptolmeic orbits (use scale= -2)
+ Ancient and Modern "Cosmologies"

Space News & Views
+Best Hubble Pics (Educators' site)
+Rovers on Mars (Educators' site)
+Cassini Mission (Educators' site)
+NASA News
+Space.com
+SpaceRef.com
+Science Daily
+Stardate

What's up?
+Sun/Moon Rise/Set
+Constellation/Planet Charts
+ The Sky Tonight
+The Sky This Week
+The Sky This Month
+Space Calendar
+Skywatch

For the Observant
+Lunar Phases    Explaining Phases
+Aurorae    Space Station from WA
+Fireballs     Meteors     Meteor Showers
+Asteroids & Impacts   Impact Cartoons
+Eclipses:
     -Solar      -Lunar
     -About     -Find by Year

Image Galleries:
+Astronomical Videos
+NASA Picture of the Day
+Hubble
+NOAO
+ESO
+Chandra (X-rays)
+Spitzer (Infrared)
+NRAO (radio)

Something to Learn:
+Familiar Constellations
+Hubble Fun
+Ask an Astronomer
- (also for kids)
+Space Fun & Games
+The Lunar Rock and Roll!
+Saturn Flaps Its Rings
+Astronomy of Many Cultures

Get Involved:
+Space Home Page
+Sky Links
+Debunking Astrology
UFOs, "Lunar Lunacy" etc.
+Western WA Astronomy Clubs
+Buying Telescopes
+Preparing for Astronomy as a Career
+Family Activities, Games, & Kits

Movies By Our Stars
Warning: some files are large!
+Scrolling the Sky (SDSS observations)
+Formation of Solar System
+Near Collision of Galaxies
+Grand Structure of the Universe
+Motions within a Cluster of Galaxies
+Formation of Galaxies 1
+Formation of Galaxies 2