handy reference for astro-newbies

[Jabba (Keenan)]

Hi all,

I found this website which is meant for kids, but if you're completely new to astronomy like myself ... then it's a good reference to have.
I did know most of it like the names of planets, sequence they go in and what asteroids and comets are, but there is information like the distances and sizes of planets, elements of which they are made up of and such detail which I never knew and found quite interesting!

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Im aware most of you probably know most of this already so dont flame me

[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by Jabba

Hi all,

I found this website which is meant for kids, but if you're completely new to astronomy like myself ... then it's a good reference to have.
I did know most of it like the names of planets, sequence they go in and what asteroids and comets are, but there is information like the distances and sizes of planets, elements of which they are made up of and such detail which I never knew and found quite interesting!

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Im aware most of you probably know most of this already so dont flame me

I found a great set of children's books - intro to astronomy and the Solar System. Gave them to the astro club, but not before I had read them all from cover to cover!

[Jabba (Keenan)]

haha it's good to be thorough

[StarGazing (Alex)]

Nice one Jabba ...... Get my little ones to look at these.

Cheers Alex.