The ESA/ESO astronomy exercise series
Contributors: European Southern Obseratory
Publisher: ESA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Astrophysics; Study and teaching (Secondary); Problems, exercises; Measurement; Planetary nebulae; Spiral galaxies; Stars; Globular clusters
Description: Provides four interactive versions of exercises in PDF format for use in high school focusing on measurements of distances in the Universe including determining the distance of astronomical objects such as the supernove SN1987A, the spiral galaxy Messier 100, the Cat's Eye Planetary Nebula and the globular cluster Messier 12.
Notes: Title from title screen.

"Student exercises in astronomy using observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the ESO telescopes."

"The ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercise Series went public on Friday 14 December 2001 with press releases from The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO)"--Press releases.

System requirements: Internet Explorer 4.0+; new versions of Netscape and Mozilla; computer with CD-ROM drive; Adobe Acrobat Reader.