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Tomchin Planetarium
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jhopkins@mail.wvu.edu

Featured Sites – 2009



Week of Site 
December 7, 2009 The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
November 30, 2009 Windows to the Universe; a fine learning site
November 23, 2009 Catching the Light; learn astrophotography
November 16, 2009 The Telescope Review Web Site; equipment reviews by amateurs
November 9, 2009 Inconstant Moon; a great lunar observing guide
November 2, 2009 CalSKY; create custom observing calendars
October 26, 2009 HUBBLE SITE
October 19, 2009 OPEN DIRECTORYASTRONOMY LINKS (at least 34 different languages)
October 12, 2009 Youngest person to discover a supernova
October 5, 2009 The 12 Moonwalkers: Where Are They Now?
September 28, 2009 Space elevator chase yields Earthly rewards
September 21, 2009 Repaired Hubble Images NGC 6302, the Bug Nebula
September 14, 2009 Mars Introduction
September 7, 2009 VIEWS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
August 31, 2009 Send your name to Mars
August 24, 2009 NASA’s “aeronautics and space resource for education since 1988”
August 17, 2009 Astronomy For Beginners
August 10, 2009 Explore Mars Now
August 3, 2009 NASA’s First 50 Years: An Interactive Journey
July 27, 2009 Inconstant Moon
July 20, 2009 Twelve Months Tour of the Messier Catalog
July 13, 2009 Sky & Telescope Astrophotography & CCD Imaging
July 6, 2009 An Atlas of the Universe
June 29, 2009 THE CALDWELL CATALOG: 109 Deep-Sky Delights for Backyard Observers
June 22, 2009 Basics of Space Flight
June 15, 2009 Saturn Cassini-Huygens Mission
June 8, 2009 Google Moon map (has search feature)
June 1, 2009 Google Mars map (has search feature)
May 25, 2009 Hubble Site
May 18, 2009 Jack Horkheimer : Star Gazer (video download page)
May 11, 2009 What time is it? current time in about 600 cities around the world
May 4, 2009 Foxnews Space Center
April 27, 2009 Google Earth
April 20, 2009 MARTINDALE’S THE REFERENCE DESK – encyclopedic
April 13, 2009 Wikisky.org – worth looking at
April 6, 2009 Astronaut Requirement (from NASA)
March 30, 2009 Mars Today
March 23, 2009 Sun in Motion movies
March 16, 2009 Scirus – speciality search engine for scientific literature
March 16, 2009 The Constellations
March 16, 2009 Ask an Astronomer for Kids
March 9, 2009 Astronomical Observing with Binoculars
March 2, 2009 Cassini-Huygens Missions to Saturn
February 23, 2009 NightSkyInfo.com
February 16, 2009 MarsMania!

January 19, 2009 Archaeoastronomy

January 12, 2009 Official Time – homepage
January 5, 2009 The Astronomy Cafe