NOTE: The Staerkel Planetarium will remain in a digital format through December, 2020, we will continue to brighten your day through online resources, virtual presentations, and suggestions for engaging your children in the wonders of science.

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Teleconferencing backgrounds:
Planetarium dome with normal stars
Planetarium dome with bright stars
Planetarium donors wall
Planetarium logo with stars
Planetarium dark logo with stars
Planetarium big logo with stars
Abstract background 1
Abstract background 2
At-Home Science Activities:
Make a Constellation from Your Name
Start Your Own Rock Collection
Wind Watching
Your Weight on Other Worlds
Tracking the Sun
Making Changes of Matter
Buying a Telescope (the planetarium does not endorse products):
Orion Telescope and Binoculars
Astronomy Mall
Buying a Telescope: Some Numbers

Magazines:
Astronomy
Mercury Magazine, from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Abram's Planetarium "Sky Calendar"
The "Skeptical Inquirer" at CSICOP
Skywatching:
Aurora Forecasts
How to Locate Iridium Flares and the Space Station
Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society
University of Illinois Astronomical Society
Upcoming Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Messier Catalog
Skywatching Tips
Space & Astronomy News
Space.com
Universe Today
Space News from MSNBC
Asteroid Watch
Space Missions:
Observing the Sun with SOHO
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Spirit and Opportunity Missions
Cassini Mission at Saturn
Galileo Mission to Jupiter
Hubble Space Telescope
Magellan Radar-mapping Mission to Venus
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
Space Shuttle & Space Station Information
Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope
Chandra X-ray Space Telescope
New Horizons Mission to Pluto
Astronomy Education:
Jim Kaler's Homepage
Web-based Astronomy Activities
PLanetary photojournal!
Spinoffs, or How Have We Benefited from the Space Program
NASA's Space Science Education Resources Directory
Stars and Constellations
Stellar Spectra from Jim Kaler
Think we didn't land on the Moon?
Hubble Space Telescope's "Amazing Space!"
Great Lakes Planetarium Association's Goals for K-12 Education
GLPA's Statement on the Value of the Planetarium
Why is Astronomy Important?
Science Blogs:
Parkland's Science Education Online Blog
Joanne Manaster's Blog and Book Reviews
Phil Plait's "Bad Astronomy" Blog
Andrew Pritchard's Chambana Weather
Organizations:
Champaign County Museums Network
American Astronomical Society
Champaign County Convention & Visitor's Bureau
International Dark Sky Association
Illinois Coalition for Responsible Outdoor Lighting
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Great Lakes Planetarium Association
The Planetary Society
University of Illinois Astronomy Department
Astronomical League: A Consortium of Astronomy Clubs Nationwide

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