http://www.sharinglinks.com/bookmarks/surfnetkids/astronomy Recent Astronomy bookmarks posted to SharingLinks.com by user Surfnetkids. SharingLinks.com is an online bookmark manager and a community of parents and teachers. 60 http://www.surfnetkids.com/constellations.htm A group of stars that forms a picture is commonly called a constellation. Astronomers, however, call these star pictures asterisms, and have a slightly different definition of a constellation. surfnetkids Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:12:26 +0000 astronomy kids stargazing surfnetkids teachers http://www.astroviewer.com/interactive-night-sky-map.php This interactive night sky map is so easy to use, it barely needs any explanation. surfnetkids Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:08:40 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://www.dibonsmith.com/constel.htm Richard Dibon-Smith, an astronomy fan since childhood, built The Constellations based on his popular self-published constellation guides. surfnetkids Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:06:53 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/planet/constell/constell.htm The students and teachers of Fairfax, Virginia public schools worked together to create a really nice planetarium site for elementary students. surfnetkids Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:04:28 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://www.google.com/sky/ Google Sky is an interactive, searchable map of the night time sky. surfnetkids Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:02:49 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/constellations.html This section of the Deepsky Atlas from the Hawaiian Astronomical Society lists the eighty-eight constellations alphabetically. surfnetkids Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:01:19 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://www.surfnetkids.com/meteor_showers.htm Meteor showers are cyclical, predictable events because they are formed from the icy rock debris shed by comets as they pass the Sun. surfnetkids Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:34:17 +0000 astronomy kids stargazing surfnetkids teachers http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=2109 From the print magazine Astronomy, comes this excellent one-page introduction to meteors and meteor showers. surfnetkids Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:29:16 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://meteorshowersonline.com/ In recognition of his extensive comet research, Gary Kronk has been honored by the International Astronomical Union with a minor planet named after him. surfnetkids Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:26:03 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://www.space.com/meteors/ With an image gallery, a video library, an article archive, and a meteor shower pronunciation guide with audio clips, Space.com is chock full of yummy meteor goodness. surfnetkids Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:23:13 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://stardate.org/nightsky/meteors/ The most popular meteor question online is, "When is the next meteor shower?" StarDate Online answers this question with a calendar of seven annual meteor showers... surfnetkids Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:18:51 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/meteors/showers.html These illustrated class notes from the introductory astronomy class University of Texas at Knoxville are a great resource. surfnetkids Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:15:32 +0000 astronomy stargazing http://www.surfnetkids.com/transitvenus.htm On Tuesday, June 8, 2004, many of us will get to see an astronomical performance not seen in 122 years. Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun, visible as a small black dot moving across the face of the Sun. Called a "transit" by astronomers, this surfnetkids Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 astronomy kids surfnetkids teachers transit venus http://www.exploratorium.edu/venus/ "Only six Venus transits have occurred since the invention of the telescope in the 1600s. surfnetkids Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 astronomy transit venus http://www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/Chasing-Venus/ "Chasing Venus tells the story of astronomers' pursuit of this phenomenon, through rare books and articles written on the subject over the last four centuries. surfnetkids Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 astronomy transit venus