"Tours" are interactive paths through the night sky, designed to tell a story or teach a particular astronomy concept. They look like movies, but when viewed in WWT, you can pause the tour to explore regions of the sky that catch your interest, and you...
When choosing topics, try to steer students toward interesting stories, not just facts. (Examples: How does a star form? Where do planetary nebulae come from? What happens when two galaxies collide? What is the evidence for black holes? Why is Neptune...
To use Finder Scope to get information from Wikipedia, click on the “Research” button at the bottom of the Finder Scope screen. Click on “Information” and then select “Look up on Wikipedia.” Make sure to align the Finder Scope with the image that lists... |
To learn more about which telescope took a specific image, and what you can learn about the object at that wavelength, click on the hyperlink in the Finder Scope that points to the image source. | 
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