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 | Astronomy Net Source: Virginia Net Corporation, Springfield, VA, USA Astronomy resources, searchable forums and lists. |
| Astronomy On-Line Source: European Southern Observatory, Garching (near München),
Germany. An international pilot project aimed essentially at science students from around the world. It contains: provisions for the submission of 'professional' observing proposals using observatory telescopes around the world; an on-line newspaper to bring the latest news about this programme; a collection of links to national astronomy homepages; other links to pages of interest to professional and amateur astronomers. |
| FAQ for sci.astro
Source: T. Joseph W. Lazio,
Alexandria, VA, USA Newsgroup information. |
| SKY Online A service provided by Sky Publishing, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| International Astronomical Union (IAU) Paris, France |
UNITED STATES | American Astronomical Society Washington, DC |
| Astronomical Society of the Pacific San Francisco, CA |
| Planetaria on the Web Source:
International Planetarium Society (IPS) An incomplete listing of links to planetarium homepages, classified by continent. |
FRANCE | Bureau des longitudes - Institut de mécanique céleste et de calcul des éphémérides (Office of Longitudes - Institute of Celestial Mechanics and the Calculation of Ephemerides) Paris [In French] |
| Galactic Center Newsletter |
UNITED KINGDOM | Astronomy Now Tonbridge, Kent |
UNITED STATES | Astronomical Journal Published by the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC |
| Astronomy Published by Kalmbach Publishing Co., Waukesha, WI |
| Astrophysical Journal Published by the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC |
| Mercury Magazine Published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA |
| Sky & Telescope Published by Sky Publishing, Cambridge, MA |
| SkyWatch Published by Sky Publishing, Cambridge, MA An annual publication devoted to stargazing and space exploration. |
| Astronomie (Astronomy)
Source: Moselle-Est, France [In French] A beautifully illustrated introduction to the science of astronomy, divided into 5 chapters: the Universe, the constellations, the planets, observation, recent books on the subject. |
| A Brief History of Cosmology Source: David Wands, Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
| Cosmology and the Origin of Life
Source: University of Oregon Continuation Center,
Eugene, OR, USA Distance-education course. |
| Evoluzione dell' Universo
(Evolution of the Universe) Source: Roberto Bedogni, Bologna Astronomical Observatory, Bologna, Italy [In
Italian] An outline survey of cosmology. |
| Stephen Hawking's Universe
Source: wNet Station, New York, NY, USA A major site devoted to modern ideas about the origin of the universe, built around a series of TV programs on US educational television. |
| Creation of a Cosmology: Big Bang
Theory Author: Scott J. Siegel History of the theory. |
| The Expanding Universe
Author: Stephen Hawkins. Source: Joe Muharsky A lecture by the prominent British cosmologist. Second in the Cambridge Lectures. |
| An Interview with Fred Hoyle, July 5,
1996 Interviewer: Brig Klyce An interview with one of the founders of the theory. |
| NGC / IC Project An attempt at updating the New General Catalogue (NGC, 1888) of J.L.E. Dreyer and its supplements, the Index Catalogues (ICs), of all known nebulae and star clusters. |
| A.R.R.O.W. - Astronomy
Related Resources on the Web Source: Jean-Paul Wagner, Luxembourg Despite its title, a good history of astronomy, with links. |
| Iron's AstroPage: Universum
(The Universe) Source: Patrick Bucher,
Switzerland [In German] A brief history of astronomy. |
| La matematica nell'
astronomia (Mathematics in Astronomy) Source: Roberto Bedogni, Bologna Astronomical Observatory, Bologna, Italy [In
Italian] A history of the application of mathematics to astronomy. |
| Approximate Astronomical Positions |
| GalacticSky Charts Source: Mike
Harvey Features a planet finder and "astro motion", a view of the current night sky. |
| Skywatcher's Diary Source: Abrams Planetarium, East Lansing, MI, USA Night-by-night account of the major sights of the night sky during the current month, as seen in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere. |
| What's Up? (In the Sky)
Source: Sky Publishing Corp., Belmont, MA, USA Links to e-pages dealing with current sights in the night sky, meteors, comets, etc. |
| The Face of Venus (FOV) Authors:
The FOV Development
Team (Glen Newton, Nepean ON, Canada and Paul Budkewitsch, Earth and Planet Science
Dept., McGill University, Montréal, PQ, Canada). Web page devoted to what astronomers know about the surface of Venus. Access to databases containing information on craters and coronae (large circular structures surrounded by an elevated ring-like zone). |
| The Magellan Venus Explorer's Guide Description of the Magellan (launched in May 1989) radar-mapping mission to the planet Venus |
| Venusian Impact Craters and Venusian Volcanic Features Author: Calvin Hamilton, Maryland, USA |
| Earth Science Enterprise Source: NASA, Washington, DC, USA A good look at the Earth-Moon system from the outside. |
| Atlas of Mars
and Viking Orbiter Image-Finder Source: Data Understanding Group,
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA "The first (but not the latest and greatest, for most purposes) WWW-browsable, zoomable and scrollable atlas of Mars. It lets you choose a site by various means and will show the locations (as footprints) of thousands of high-resolution Viking Orbiter images." |
| Life on Mars? Source: Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA |
| Mars Missions, Year 2000 and Beyond Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA |
| Mars Pathfinder Source: Mars Team Online A site dedicated to Mars exploration. |
| Mars - The Red Planet Source: National Air & Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA Mars-related information from the largest space museum in the world, classified by: observation, exploration, the Viking mission, the surface of Mars, global view and Mars meteorites. |
| PDS Mars Explorer for the
Armchair Astronaut Source: NASA's
Planetary Photojournal, NASA, Washington, DC, USA (et al.) Collection of publicly released images of Mars. |
| Pluto: The
Discovery of Planet X Author: Brad Mager E-book with information on the planet Pluto and history of its discovery in 1930. |
See under the appropriate heading for the Moon and individual Planets.
| Asteroids
Source: Bill Arnett,
Emerald Hills, CA, USA A very informative homepage devoted to asteroids. |
| How Are Minor Planets Named? Source: IAU: Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| Near-Earth Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Source: Paul Wiegert and Dr. K. Innanen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Hypothetical Planets
Author: Paul Schlyter,
Stockholm, Sweden Fascinating survey of "unknown" planets (Vulcan, Planet X), moons (Mercury's moon, Neith - the moon of Venus, the Earth's second moon, ephemerally reported moons of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus) and Nemesis, the Sun's supposed companion star. |
| A Naprendszer (The Solar
System) Source: Zehime (??),
Budapest, Hungary [In Hungarian] A survey of the Solar System. |
| NASA's Planetary Photojournal Source: NASA, Washington, DC, USA Links "to the publicly released images from various Solar System exploration programs", classified by planet (also the Sun). |
| The Nine Planets:
A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System Source: William A. Arnett, San Jose, CA,
USA "...an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information." Includes a multilingual glossary of the names of the major bodies in the Solar System. |
| Planetary
Data Source: David Williams, NSSDC/Hughes STX, Greenbelt, MD, US Detailed astronomical information about the planets, moons, and selected asteroids and comets of the Solar System. |
| Planetary Data System (PDS) Source: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA "The NASA Planetary Data System is an active archive that provides high quality, usable planetary science data products to the science community." |
| Properties of Our Solar System
Source: University of Oregon Continuation Center,
Eugene, OR, USA Distance-education course on the solar system. |
| The Solar System Source: H.E. Charles Middle School, El Paso, TX, USA Beautifully illustrated survey of the Solar System. |
| The Solar System Source: University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA Multimedia presentation on the Sun, the planets and NASA missions, aimed at high-school students. |
| Sonnensystem (The Solar System) Source: Patrick Bucher, Switzerland [In German] |
| Welcome to the Planets Source: Planetary Data System, NASA, Washington, DC, USA "Collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program" |
| World Data Center-C1 for Sunspot Index Source: Royal Observatory of Belgium, Bruxelles, Belgium |
| Alien Planet Designer Source:
John Bray, Wokingham, England Survey of the scientific principles and mathematical formulae that must be considered when "designing" planets in fiction, or imagining them in scientific speculation. |
| Darwin Space Infrared Interferometer Project
Source: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, England Aims of the project: characterising planetary systems orbiting nearby stars; searching for signs of life on any Earth-like planets found, and performing general astrophysics. |
| Discovery of Extrasolar Planets Source: SFSU Planet Search Team, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA |
| Encyclopédie des Planètes Extrasolaires / Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia Source: Jean Schneider, Observatoire de Paris, Paris / Meudon / Nançay, France [In French and English] |
| Extrasolar Planets
Source: Darren M. Williams, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA, USA Diagrammatic overview of current knowledge about extrasolar planets, with emphasis on the "habitable zone". |
| Extrasolar Visions Source: JTW Incorporated Very informative overview and collection of links related to extrasolar planets (confirmed or suspected). |
| Planetary Systems and their Changing Theories Author: Pawel Artymowicz, Stockholms Observatorium, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden |
| The University of California Planet Search Project Source: University of California-Berkeley Astronomy Department, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| The Nearest Stars to Earth
Source: Bill Baity, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), UCSD, LaJolla,
CA, USA Name, distance from the Earth, and apparent and absolute magnitude of the 32 stars closest to the Earth (all less than 13 light years away), plus for 2 others a little further away. |
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