Milky Way

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• The Milky Way system. Images of the Milky Way, with text, and links to specific features.
  http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/ginfo1.html
• Good image of the Milky Way's flattened disc acquired by the COBE spacecraft, with introductory text.
  http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/milky_way.html
• Origins of the Milky Way. Lecture given by Barbara Ryden on the theories of formation of our galaxy.
  http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/astro162_2/notes26.html
• Constellations. Photographs of the Milky Way, the constellations, and the brightest and nearest stars, with supplementary information.
  http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html
• The birth of stars. Informative page on starbirth, illustrated with colour photographs and detailed descriptions of the images. Includes photographs of the Pillars of Creation and the Orion Nebula.
  http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence.birth.html
• The death of stars. Detailed descriptions of novae and supernovae, with illustrations. Explains the difference between the two phenomena, and what the results of each can be, with accompanying diagrams. Links to images of supernova remnants including the Crab Nebula and Cygnus Loop, and a special link to an image of the unstable star Eta Carinae.
  http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/supernovae.html