Everything Under the Sun: Sun related resources

Everything under the Sun: Sun related resources


We've given you the briefest of introductions to the Sun; however, across the World Wide Web and in the libraries of your town, you can find much more information regarding the Sun. Below, you will find links to the WWW reference sites and the titles of great books to read. We've also collected a list of Boston area amateur astronomy groups to contact and astronomy activities to join. Finally, we have included some sun-related activities which are aimed at teaching students the science of observing and making conclusions.


Learning Sites around the Web...


Boston Area Astronomy Clubs and Events

  • Sky and Telescope magazine

    has a WWW site which lists upcoming events all over the country. Or try their astronomical directory of clubs and facilities.

  • The Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics' Monthly Observatory Nights

     Every third Thursday of the month, the CfA hosts its public night. There is a lecture by a resident astronomer followed by observations of either the sky (if it is clear) or of the facilities, like the Great Refractor, Harvard's largest and oldest on-campus telescope.


  • Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston

    Monthly Meetings every second Thursday of month in the Phillips Auditorium of the Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. Observing follows, weather permitting.

    The ATMoB also have their own astronomy clubhouse on the site of M.I.T.'s Haystack Observatory in Westford, Mass.

    For more information, contact: Mark Bruckner (617) 648-4426 or write to receive introductory pamphlet at:

    Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston
45 Mt. Vernon St.
Arlington, Mass
02174

  • STaHR: Student Astronomers at Harvard Radcliffe

    Open house at the Loomis-Michael Observatory atop the Harvard University Science Center in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass. every clear Saturday night at 9:30PM.

    Contact: Ken Kobayashi (617) 629-4714 for more information


  • There is also public observing every month for the

    Boston University Star Gazing

    .




    • Good Books

    The Magic Bus Lost in the Solar System 

    Joanna Cole
Scholastic Inc.
New York 1990

    Einstein Anderson Lights Up the Sky 

    Seymour Simon
Viking Press
New York 1982

    Eclipse 

    Bryan Brewer
Earth View, Inc.
Seattle 1991

    Exploring the Sun: Solar Science since Galileo 

    Karl Hufbauer

    Johns Hopkins University Press

    Baltimore, 1991



    Fun in the Sun: Sun Related Activities

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    Last updated Oct. 26, 1997.