Sub-Topics Hubble Telescope Lists Astronomy Clubs and Organizations (Sky and Telescope) Provides information about "nearly 3,000 museums, planetariums, observatories, astronomy clubs, and societies." 1-01 Materials Dazzling Views of Galaxies and Stars (ABC News) Provides views from telescopes. 10-09 Stars and Galaxies - Newest Pictures (Galex) Provides pictures of stars and galaxies using a new ultraviolet light telescope, as well as from other sources. "The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), launched by a Pegasus rocket on April 28 2003, has been observing the sky using detectors sensitive to ultraviolet light. Click on the images below to see full size images, their interpretation and to download images in various formats." 12-03 Top 10 Astronomy Photos of 2003 (Space.com - Britt) "Seldom does astronomy enjoy a year with such avid and widespread amateur participation, from first-timers watching compelling sky events and photographing them, to a kid who stumped the experts with one remarkable picture that enthralled the media and the public around the world." 12-03 News -07-15-07 Great Canary Telescope Opens (MSNBC News) "One of the world's largest and most powerful telescopes opened its shutters, turned its 34-foot wide mirror toward the skies and captured its first light at a mountaintop on one of Spain's Canary Islands on Saturday." 07-07 Papers Best Ever Picture of Mars (NewScientist.com) "The image can resolve features on the surface of Mars measuring just 27 kilometres across. 'These are the best that have ever been, and will ever be, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope,' says Michael Wolff of the Space Science Institute in Colorado, US." 8-03 Messier - List of 100 Objects Visible in the Night Sky (NCats.net) "Charles Messier was a French astronomer who lived from 1730 to 1817. Charles compiled a list of over 100 deep-sky objects with the original purpose of providing a resource to identify objects that were often mistaken as comets. Today, the Messier catalog stands for a collection of almost all of the magnificent deep-sky nebula, galaxies, and star clusters that can be seen through a small amateur telescope." 7-02 Messier Catalog of Objects in the Night Sky (NCats.net) Provides a list and description (including small picture) of objects visible in the night sky with a small amateur telescope. 7-02 Observing the Sun Through Projection (Percy) Warning - "Never look directly at the Sun, especially when using binoculars or a telescope. Direct sunlight can cause permanent eye damage in seconds, without the victim being aware of it until it is too late." Percy shows how to develop a way of observing the sun without actually looking directly at it by using projection. The article is at the bottom of the Web page. 8-01 Observing the Sun and Solar Eclipses (Solar Center) Provides methods to safely "observe" the sun. Never look directly at the sun or view the sun through binoculars. Never look at the sun through a telescope without specially designed filters. Viewing the sun directly or through lenses can cause permanent damage to your eyes, even blindness. 3-02 Telescopes - A History and How They Work (Peter Piper Publishing) Provides a short history of telescopes and describes how they work. 6-02

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