At this Web site, the Hawaiian Astronomical Society provides users with educational information for over seventy constellations. First, visitors can read the amusing myths associated with each constellation. Following, students will find interactive, wide view and binocular width maps depicting the locations of the constellations, stars and deep sky objects. Everyone can enjoy the many remarkable...

Written by a computer programmer/ environmental consultant with a technical background in science and engineering, this Web tool calculates sun angles. SunAngle calculates solar data for a single day and time, using latitude, longitude, elevation, and date/ time inputs.

Written by a computer programmer/ environmental consultant with a technical background in science and engineering, this Web tool calculates sun positions. SunPosition calculates values for different days and times throughout the year, providing date, time, altitude, and azimuth outputs. Several brief paragraphs describe the basis for each calculation, enabling the use of this site as a potential...

Professor Douglas P. Hamilton and his students at the University of Maryland created this website to provide individuals with astronomy tools and tutorials. At the Astronomy Classroom, students can create scaled models, find out how long it takes to get to interesting places in the Universe, and explore the history of the cosmos. The website offers solar system calculators, animations of solar...