The Online Planetarium Show is an educational site, teaching fun and interesting lessons in astronomy and in related subjects. To get started, we recommend that you take the Guided Tour of our main feature -- an interactive planetarium program called "Hubble: From Here to Eternity." In the show, you will view spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope, uncover its incredible findings and read about other interesting topics.
No matter what your background in astronomy or in technology, we hope that this is an exciting and refreshing way of beginning to appreciate the wonders of space.
The "Guided Tour" goes page-by-page through The Online Planetarium Show's "Hubble: From Here To Eternity," taking you into the outer space world of the Hubble Space Telescope as we follow its many, mind-boggling discoveries. Along the way, we hope that you will find topics that strike your fancy and will enjoy the many, marvelous photographs.
You can leave off at any point and come back to this page to explore our other attractions or view the show in full.
Even after viewing all of "Hubble: From Here to Eternity," The Online Planetarium Show can still be a useful reference and interactive educational tool. The Table of Contents includes a complete catalog of every page in the show, plus the supplementary pages -- links to which are sprinkled throughout the show. Feel free to browse around or to take the Guided Tour of the show.
Our Astronomy Gallery is aimed at letting you communicate with other visitors to our site and at giving you an opportunity to share your interest in astronomy. View pictures taken by amateur astronomers, contribute some of your own and look at the comments we received about various issues, like light pollution. If you are a fascinated star-gazer with astrophotography to share or if you would like to explore the work of others, we encourage you to stop by our Gallery.
NEW ON JANUARY 5, 2000: Read more new comments on light pollution in the gallery.
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From databases of Hubble Space Telescope photographs to in-depth coverage of each flight of the Space Shuttle, there are many interesting sites on the Internet dealing with astronomy. The Online Planetarium Show teaches but a small part of what can be learned about astronomy on the Internet. We will guide you to what we feel are the best fun and educational sites that the Internet has to offer. This is an excellent way to continue your explorations in astronomy. In addition to this list of Internet sources, we have a bibliography of interesting literature you can explore.
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The Online Planetarium Show is an on-going project, always in need of ideas and suggestions. First, take some time to browse around the planetarium show and around the other pages. Then, give us your feedback on The Online Planetarium Show -- both on its featured presentation and on the other attractions. We would appreciate receiving your feedback so that we can make The Online Planetarium Show an interesting and enjoyable experience for everyone who visits our site.
After taking the Guided Tour of "Hubble: From Here to Eternity," you can test you knowledge of the Hubble Space Telescope in this fun, short crossword puzzle. If you forgot what you learned in the show, you may want to refresh your memory with the Table of Contents....
NOTE: To play "Hubba, Hubba, Hubble...", you must be using Netscape Navigator 2.0 or higher or a comparable browser with Java capability.
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This site was written and created by the team of Riki Haley, Stephanie Lim and Andrew Holbrook, coached by Duncan Teague, Geoff Holt and Lisa DuFur. This page was last updated November 10, 1996.