An Astronomy website for absolute beginners?

Question

My son is 8 and wants to learn about astronomy (i know zero about it either!), but the websites i have seen seem to be written by people who have forgotten what it was like to know absolutely nothing about astronomy.We need something that starts with the absolute basics-everything! Anyone know of such a site? Thanks

Answer 1

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/beginners/tools.html

i found this one pretty gd when i knew nothing and did my astro GCSE. gd on your son, and hoep this site helps you.

Answer 2

A good site is:

www.hubblesite.org/newscenter

Click on Explore Astronomy. It helps you to learn while playing games, and has a lot of up to date information and pictures of space.
It also tells you what stars are out every month and where to find them, and when there are any meteor showers.

Answer 3

Good idea! Encourage him! You might find it of interest yourself! Most people have no clue as to how vast the universe is! There are an estimated 200 million suns in our milky way galaxy alone! Now to take a bigger perspective, as Carl Sagan stated, there are as many galaxies as there are grains of sand on the face of the Earth! If people only new!
Hers a is a site for your child and one for you also!
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ps&id=6

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/

Answer 4

I think these are the best , and yes it can be frustrating. I will look into it further and get back to you.
These sites come and go like the wind but you can get lucky.

I would start here

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

this site for 14 + but can be a good follow up on the previous.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Answer 5

Dreamweaver is the whole! you may swap between code and layout(seen) view, or have both in a chop up view. it really is a sturdy thanks to study all the HTML valuable houses as well as CSS! An automobile-finished function makes it acceptable for novices and experts searching for quick progression.

Answer 6

Start with geo science slowly you start question your self
about stars, planets, sun etc.etc. but geo science deep knowledge
is must.

Answer 7

Try

http://www.astrocentral.co.uk/beginners.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy

http://www.astronomyforbeginners.com/astronomy/

Answer 8

none yet written

Answer 9

www.astronomy.com

www.nasakids.com

Answer 10

www.cv.nrao.edu/fits/www/yp_education

www.saao.ac.za/~wpk/astron.

www.delscope.demon.co.uk/website/links

cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/astroweb/education

lawrencehallofscience.org/SII/URLs/URLs-Astronomy

weblearn.sheffcol.ac.uk/links/Science/Astronomy/

members.aol.com/tchphysics/books