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Telescope Basics

Introduction to various types of telescopes: Galilean , Newtonian etc.

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http://telescopemaking.org/basics.html

The Telescope Review Web Site

Contains many detailed reviews and related articles on telescopes and their use in astronomy.

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http://www.scopereviews.com/

NASA gets two military spy telescopes for astronomy

Two spy satellites were donated to NASA that are as good as the Hubble

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Amazing Space

Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities relating to Hubble - primarily design for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy.

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http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

Hubble's Law

Wikipedia page explaining Hubble's Law and its implications with links on to related topics.

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Hubble's Law

Hubble's law is a statement of a direct correlation between the distance to a galaxy and its recessional velocity as determined by the red shift.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/hubble.html#c1

How Telescopes Work

This excellent site gives a good, brief description of how Telescopes work, including refractors and reflectors. Part of HowStuffWorks.com., it contains good, clear diagrams.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/telescope.htm

South Pole Telescope

The South Pole telescope (or SPT) is designed to study the Cosmic Microwave background. This telescope provides astronomers with a powerful new tool to explore dark energy, the mysterious phenomena ...

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http://pole.uchicago.edu/public/

Streetline

Streetline collects live data from street-based sensors to tell users where empty parking spaces can be found via a smartphone app. An example of the internet of things

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http://www.worldsensing.com/products-cities.html

Edwin Hubble

1989 essay on Edwin Hubble from The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/d_1996/sandage_hubble.html
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