A star is a huge ball of mostly hydrogen and helium gas. Stars are found in galaxies, and come in many sizes. The closest star to the Earth is The Sun.

The most advanced pages are marked with [A], and graphically intensive pages with [G] .

• Links to Stars pages

  • Starchild Level 1 Stars Page
  • Starchild Level 2 Stars Page
  • The Electronic Universe Stellar Evolution - page still under construction
  • National Geographic's Star Journey[G]
  • Stellar Evolution - a slow but worthwhile site, with HST images as illustrations [A] (Topics other than stars covered as well)
  • Eclipsing Binary Stars[A]

• The Sun

  • The Sun
  • The Sun - A Pictorial Introduction

Pictures of Stars

• HST Star Pictures
• A listof star names

Supernovae

Mr Galaxy's Supernova[A]

Constellations

• The Constellations Web Page
• The Constellations and their stars

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