Project ASTRO™ Lending Library
All
active Project ASTRO Participants are eligible to check out materials
from the Bay Area Lending Library. The Library exists to supplement
materials that that may not be available in classrooms including
books, slide materials, lab equipment, activity supplies, and much
more.
What
is the Lending Library?
The
Project ASTRO Lending Library is a resource and materials library
designed to increase partners access to supplies and supplemental
classroom tools.
How
do I borrow an item?
It
is easy. Just follow the steps below.
- Contact
the Bay Area Program Coordinator at bayareaastro {at} astrosociety.org
or 415-715-1426.
- Request
the item and determine if it is available.
- Wait
for directions from the Coordinator regarding delivery of object.
(Some items, like the telescopes, must be picked up at the ASP.
Other items may be mailed or shipped.)
- Watch
for direction to access the Lending Library online soon!
What
is in the Library?
The
contents of the Library are always changing as we solicit donations
and purchase equipment. If you are looking for a material or tool
related to Project ASTRO that you do not have at your school, astronomy
club, or workplace, please ask if we may have it - even if you don't
see it on this list. Click on a category below to see what is available
or just browse.
Click
here for a pdf version of the list of books available
from the lending library.
Observing
& Classroom Materials
Videos
Software/CD-ROMs
Slide Sets
Astronomical
Society of the Pacific Library Materials
Bay
Area Project ASTRO is proud to include the Astronomical Society
of the Pacific's library as a part of our lending library. The ASP's
library includes hundreds of additional books on various astronomy
related topics for both adults and children. Browse subjects alphabetically:
A-F
G-L M-R S-Z
| Project
ASTRO Lending Library |
Observing
& Classroom Materials |
A1. |
|
Telescope,
Meade LX-200 GPS, 14" |
|
A2. |
|
Telescope,
Meade ETX-90EC |
|
A3. |
|
Telescope,
home made 12" Dobsonian |
|
A4. |
|
Telescope,
Bushnell, 2.5" Refractor |
|
A5. |
|
Telescope,
Meade, 6" Newtonian |
|
A6. |
|
Telescope,
Meade ETX-125EC |
|
A7. |
|
Telescope,
Meade ETX-60AT |
|
A8. |
|
Telescope,
home made Dobsonian 13.1" |
|
B1. |
|
Sun
Spotter |
3
available |
B2. |
|
Diffraction
grating glasses (classroom set) |
|
B3. |
|
Diffraction
peepholes (classroom set) |
|
B4. |
|
20
oz cleaned plastic bottles (to make Planet Bottles) |
|
B5. |
|
NASA
Lithographs (large variety) |
|
B6. |
|
NASA
and SETI posters (large variety) |
|
B7. |
|
Celestial
Sphere, 30" |
|
B8. |
|
Overhead
Projector |
|
B9. |
|
Star
Gazer (Mini Portable star projector) |
|
B10. |
|
Solar
Science Lab |
|
Videos |
C1. |
|
A
Private Universe |
|
C2. |
|
All
About Telescopes and Binoculars |
|
C3. |
|
Asteroids:
Deadly Impact |
|
C4. |
|
Best
Mind Since Einstein |
|
C5. |
|
Big
Bang |
|
C6. |
|
Carl
Sagan-A Cosmic Celebrity |
|
C7. |
|
Changing
Universe |
|
C8. |
|
Colors
Of The Sun |
|
C9. |
|
Comet
Odyssey |
|
C10. |
|
Contact |
|
C11. |
|
Cosmic
Travelers |
|
C12. |
|
Countdown
To The Invisible Universe |
|
C13. |
|
Death
Star |
|
C14. |
|
Doppler
Effect |
|
C15. |
|
Earth
Revealed (5 video series) |
|
C16. |
|
Evolution |
|
C17. |
|
Expanding
Universe |
|
C18. |
|
Eyewitness
Planets |
|
C19. |
|
Galaxy
Guide |
|
C20. |
|
Lenses
and mirrors |
|
C21. |
|
Life
in Universe Series-SETI |
|
C22. |
|
Life
on Mars |
|
C23. |
|
Mars:
Past, Present and Future |
|
C24. |
|
Blue
Planet |
|
C25. |
|
Meteorites |
|
C26. |
|
Milky
Way's Invisible Light |
|
C27. |
|
NASA
Astrophysics Presents: Supernova The Birth, Death Of A Star,
and Supernova |
|
C28. |
|
Newton's
Laws |
|
C29. |
|
Planets
- Published by Eyewitness (2 series set) |
|
C30. |
|
Planets
(5 series set) |
|
C31. |
|
Powers
of 10 (3 copies) |
|
C32. |
|
Project
ASTRO |
|
C33. |
|
Sir
Isaac Newton |
|
C34. |
|
Solar
System |
|
C35. |
|
The
ASP-Wimps vs. Machos: What's the Matter? |
|
C36. |
|
The
Aurora Explained |
|
C37. |
|
Things
That Go Bang In The Night |
|
C38. |
|
To
The Moon |
|
C39. |
|
Understanding
the Universe |
|
C40. |
|
What
makes the Big Bang Big |
|
C41. |
|
IMAX
"Cosmic Voyage" with Morgan Freeman (DVD) |
|
Software/CD-ROMs |
E1. |
|
Earth
and Sky, Radio Series |
|
E2. |
|
Echoes
of the Night Native American Legends of the Night Sky |
|
E3. |
|
Explore
the Planets |
|
E4. |
|
Falling
from the Sky meteor Resource CD |
|
E5. |
|
Galaxy
Guide - A Journey through the Constellations |
|
E6. |
|
Gemini
Observatory Virtual Tour |
|
E7. |
|
NASA's
Everyday Classroom Tools |
|
E8. |
|
Project
ASTRO Saturn Workshop |
|
E9. |
|
Real
Sky- Digitized Southern Sky on 11 CD-Roms |
|
E10. |
|
Real
Sky - the Palomar Observatory, Sky Survey on 9 CD-Roms |
|
E11. |
|
SDSS
Sample Volume 1 |
|
E12. |
|
Sky
Tools |
|
E13. |
|
Star
Gazer |
|
E14. |
|
The
Chromatics Astro Cappella 2.0 |
|
E15. |
|
The
Dynamic Sun |
|
E16. |
|
TRACE
- Transitional Region and Coronal Explorer |
|
E17. |
|
Tune
in the Universe! A Radio Amateur's Guide to search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence |
|
E18. |
|
Chandra-X-ray
Observatory |
|
E19. |
|
Hubble
Telescope Picture CD -Hubble Universe |
|
Slide
Sets |
F1. |
|
Stellar Evolution |
|
F2. |
|
Glorious
Eclipse |
|
F3. |
|
Comet
Impact |
|
F4. |
|
The
Planetary System |
|
F5. |
|
Women
in Astronomy |
|
F6. |
|
Galaxies |
|
F7. |
|
Andromeda
Galaxy M31 |
|
F8. |
|
The
Hubble Space Telescope |
|
F9. |
|
Planet
Picking, Part I |
|
F10. |
|
Planet
Picking, Part II |
|
F11. |
|
Universe
at Your Fingertips |
|
F12. |
|
Mars
Pathfinder |
|
F13. |
|
Splendors
of the Universe, Set 1 |
|
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Astronomical
Society of the Pacific Library Subjects |
1. |
Amateur
Astronomy |
2. |
Ancient
History |
3. |
Asteroids |
4. |
Astronomy
and Physics text books |
5. |
Astrophotography |
6. |
Astrophysics |
7. |
Atlases |
8. |
Basic
Observing Handbooks |
9. |
Before
Galileo |
10. |
Binary
Stars |
11. |
Biographies |
12. |
Black
Holes |
13. |
Celestial
Mechanics |
14. |
Comets |
15. |
Comprehensive
history |
16. |
Computing
Astronomy |
17. |
Dark
Matter |
18. |
Dictionaries
and References |
19. |
Earth |
20. |
Education |
21. |
Einstein |
22. |
Extraterrestrial
Life / SETI |
23. |
Galaxies |
24. |
Galileo |
25. |
Gamma
Rays |
26. |
General
Astronomy |
27. |
General
Cosmology |
28. |
General
Physics |
29. |
General
Science |
30. |
General
Solar System |
31. |
Herschel |
32. |
High
Energy |
33. |
History |
34. |
Hubble |
35. |
Jupiter |
36. |
Kepler |
37. |
Mars |
38. |
Mercury |
39. |
Meteors |
40. |
Milky
Way |
41. |
Moon |
42. |
Neptune |
43. |
Neutron
Stars |
44. |
New
titles (not reviewed yet.) |
45. |
Newton |
46. |
Observational
Techniques |
47. |
Optical |
48. |
Origin
of the Universe |
49. |
Oversized
Books |
50. |
Particle
Physics |
51. |
Philosophy
of science |
52. |
Pluto |
53. |
Pseudoscience |
54. |
Quasars |
55. |
Radio
Astronomy |
56. |
Rare
books |
57. |
Relativity |
58. |
Saturn |
59. |
Social
science |
60. |
Space |
61. |
Stellar
Evolution |
62. |
Sun |
63. |
Supernova |
64. |
Telescope
Making |
65. |
Telescopes |
66. |
UFO's |
67. |
Uranus |
68. |
Variable
Stars |
69. |
Venus |
70. |
Women
in astronomy |
71. |
X-ray
Astronomy |
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