Astronomical Animations

These eleven java animations from Hugh Jones at Liverpool John Moores University show a variety of astronomically-relevant effects.

• Download java.zip containing all the material for mounting on your local server
• The Milky Way described
• The sun's interior
• Comet orbit
• Phases of the moon
• Coupling of spin and orbit periods of Mercury
• Proper motion - the view we have of star patterns changes as they move in time
• Retrograde motion - the effects of our changing perspective on the stars
• Motion and phases of Venus
• Electromagnetic spectrum - as used for astronomy
• Telescope types
• Meteor impact

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