| Clubs | |
| Astronomical League | astroleague.org This site promotes astronomy education, observations, and communication between astronomy groups. The site has various Flash videos for viewing and many astronomy resources and links. |
| Omaha | omahaastro.com Omaha Astronomical Society home page. The site has events, club meeting info, forums, astronomical resources and links, etc. |
| Prarie (Lincoln) | prairieastronomyclub.org Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Saguaro | saguaroastro.org This club serves Arizona. The web site includes a very useful page on objects to observe. Click on Observing and then on Objects to Observe. |
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| Cosmology | |
| Galaxy Zoo | galaxyzoo.org You can help astronomers classify galaxies. This is the third version of this project. As of early 2010 it is just getting started using images from the Hubble telescope. The images are of distant galaxies and are not the bright, colorful, clear images you see in coffee table books about the Hubble telescope. The human eye/brain is better than computers at classifying the images. The volunteers who used the first two versions of this site made tens of millions of classifications of types of galaxies and characteristics of the galaxies. |
| Hawking's Universe | NOVA, Cosmology, Description of the Universe and its contents |
| Hubble Deep Field | hubblesite.org This very brief Flash video is narrated. |
| Map of Universe | atlasoftheuniverse.com This site has objects organized by distance from us. (12.5 LY to 14 Billion LY) |
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Ned Wright's Cosmology News and Tutorials | astro.ucla.edu/~wright This site has cosmology tutorials and recent news about cosmology related items. |
| New Scientist | www.newscientist.com/topic/cosmology This site has background material on cosmology and recent news items. |
| Runaway Universe | NOVA, accelerating expansion of the universe |
| Science Daily News | sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/cosmology This site has news related to cosmology. |
| Universe Adventure | universeadventure.org This site has short tutorials on cosmology. |
| Universe to 1 Billion LY | atlasoftheuniverse.com This page shows galaxy superclusters around the sky. You can zoom in to see clusters in the Virgo supercluster, and can zoom to see the Local Group of galaxies. |
| WMAP | map.gsfc.nasa.gov This site shows the Cosmic Background Radiation as mapped by WMAP. |
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| Data | |
| AAVSO | AAVSO Quick Look at Data |
| Galactic Globular Clusters | Globular Clusters; position, photometry, structure, bibliographies |
| Horizons | NASA online ephemeris calculations; planets, planetary satellites, asteroids, comets |
| NASA | Space Science Mission Data Center; planetary, stellar, galactic, and more, with links to other data resources |
| Sloan Survey | cas.sdss.org Sloan Digital Survey The site has images and spectra available. There is documentation on how to use the site and tools to help you use the site. |
| SuperCOSMOS | digitized data from scans of Schmidt sky survey, BRI wavebands |
| Virtual Observatory | US National Virtual Observatory ... data and information, not a robotic telescope |
| Europe Virtual Observatory | Europe Virtual Observatory ... data and information, not a robotic telescope |
| MAST | Multimission Archive; Space Telescope Institute; spacecraft data including Hubble; digitized data from other sources |
| US Naval Observatory | usno.navy.mil/USNO This site has astronomical data calculators (rise, set, moon phase, etc.) accurate time of day, The Sky This Week (text description of the sky; box on right), and more. |
| Wolfram Alpha Astronomy | wolframalpha.com This page has examples of inputs to the Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine. Alpha is more of a search of an extensive data base than a search of Internet sites. Results are in the form of text, numbers, graphs, etc. |
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| Eclipsing Binary Stars | |
| Bruton's Site | Dan Bruton's site .. Basic and Advanced Theory, Excel worksheets, animations, software |
| Group of Observers | Eclipsing Binary Observers...Links to papers and resources |
| O-C Diagrams | Atlas of O-C Diagrams |
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| Education | |
| Astronomy Center | astronomycenter.org; This site is a collection of digital resources for teachers and students. You can find resources by browsing by topic or by type of resource or by searching. |
| Astronomy Education Review | Astronomy Education Review online journal, two issues per year |
| Astronomy Notes | astronomynotes.com This site is an online Astronomy book. Read the copyright notice. Educators can use materials off of this site. |
| Astronomy Workshop | U. of Maryland; content for students, instructors, and the general public |
| Compadre for Astronomy | www.compadre.org This site has educational resources, news, etc. You can browse or search the site. |
| George Mason U. | astro.gmu.edu; This site has Astronomy course materials online. |
| NASA Education | nasa.gov/offices/education This site gives you access to various educational resources from NASA. |
| Nebraska Applets | Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project; astronomy simulations written in Flash |
| Swinburne | Swinburne Australia online astronomy degrees |
| Universe in the Classroom | astrosociety.org/education This site has astronomy resources for teachers. You can register for a free email newsletter "The Universe in the Classroom." You can read the archives of the newsletter at this site. The site is for teachers at all age levels. |
| UNL Workshops | astro.unl.edu; Astronomy Education Workshops at the University of Nebraska |
| Websites for Educators | astrosociety.org This site was assembled by Fraknoi in 2004. It has links useful for those who teach astronomy. Several links have expired and need updating. |
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| Equipment | |
| CCD Selection | Mogens Winther's comments on selecting a CCD camera and software; with useful links |
| SBIG | equipment and software for images |
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| Images...Be sure to read the conditions of use document for each site. | |
| Anglo-Australian Obs | aao.gov.au Image collection fo the Anglo-Australian Observatory. You can browse for images by type of object or select one of three telescopes. Prints of images are for sale at this site. These images have a copyright. |
| Astronaut Photography | eol.jsc.nasa.gov photos taken by astronauts; has a search feature |
| Aurora Cam | aurorawebcam.com Aurora Web Cam; near Fairbanks, Alaska; gallery online |
| Aurora, Michigan Tech | geo.mtu.edu photos, links to sites that map current aurora activity, space weather, live fisheye webcams of the Night Sky at several locations |
| Cosmotography | cosmotography.com This site has images taken by R Jay GaBany using 12inch and 20 inch telescopes. All images are copyrighted. I include this site to let you see what a dedicated individual can produce. You can purchase prints of some of the images but I have not done so. (I have no connection to this person.) I have made prints from Hubble images that have no restrictive copyright. The site also has links to other astrophotographers' web pages. |
| Earth at Night | apod.nasa.gov Click on the photo. Click again to magnify the photo. This is a composite photo of the nighttime view of earth. |
| Earth from Space | planetary.org This page has many photos of the earth taken from various spacecraft, 1966 to the present. |
| European Southern Obs | eso.org/gallery This site has images and video. |
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European Space Agency Podcasts Vodcasts | astronomy2009.esa.int This site has archives of video podcasts. |
| Chandra X-Ray Observatory | chandra.harvard.edu This is the home page for the orbitting Chandra X-ray telescope. The site has images and a wide variety of resources related to the telescope. |
| Chromoscope | chromoscope.net This site lets you select the wavelength to view the sky. (X-Ray, Visible, Hydrogen Alpha, Far Infrared, Microwave, Radio) The images are oriented with the plane of the Milky Way across the center of the screen. |
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Goddard Space Flight Center on Flicker | This site has images from GSFC. The limited number of images include the solar system, sun, Earth, and a few artists drawings. |
| Great Images in NASA | grin.hq.nasa.gov This site is a database of NASA images that are of more historical interest than scientific interest. The photos may not be used for commercial purposes. NASA should be given credit for the photo. Some photos may have a copyright holder; they are labeled. |
| Haworth | stargazing.net/david/index.html This site has copyrighted astrophotography. The site has tips for observing with just the eye, with binoculars, with a telescope. There are pages of descriptions of equipment and tips for taking photos. This is an extensive site. |
| Hubble site | hubblesite.org Hubble Space Telescope; news, photos, wallpaper, educational resources |
| Hubblesite | Hubblesite.org News release archive. |
| Hubble Heritage Project | heritage.stsci.edu Easy access to Hubble photographs and art |
| Hubble 20th Anniversary Site | spacetelescope.org This site has images, videos, news, educational resources, etc. related to the Hubble Telescope. |
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Hubble Ultra Deep Field Magnifier | www.aip.de The Hubble Ultra Deep Field image is a long time exposure image of distant galaxies. When the page loads click on the link to Load the UDF Skywalker. This will open a new window. You can now drag a green circle around the Deep Field image and see a magnified view of what is inside the green circle. The magnified view takes a few seconds to load. |
| Image Software | phy.duke.edu Kolena's list of image processing software |
| InfraRed Images | ipac.caltech.edu California Institute of Technology Infrared images |
| IRIS software | astrosurf.com Free image processing software for astronomy |
| Jim Burnell | jburnell.com Jim Burnell's CCD images, software |
| JPL Wallpaper Images | jpl.nasa.gov/wallpaper This site has striking color images and artwork available for free download with varying resolutions. |
| Legault (France) | astrophoto.fr This site has high quality astrophotography by Thierry Legault. You can find images of the International Space Station, Solar System objects, Nebulae, Star Clusters, Galaxies, etc. There is also a page that illustrates advantages of a Web Cam over a CCD camera. |
| Messier | seds.org/messier Messier Catalog; photos and information |
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National Optical Astronomy Observatories | noao.edu Images are organized by category. The images have a copyright but can be used for educational purposes with a credit statement (see the conditions of use page). The use of images from the WIYN telescope require an additional copyright statement. |
| NASA Images | nasaimages.org This site has a browsable and searchable interface for NASA images. You can download low-res or hi-res images. Images can be found from the late 1950's to the present. A credit line should be used in connection with the images and should read "NASA/courtesy of nasaimages.org." |
| NIX NASA | nix.nasa.gov NASA Image Exchange This site lets you search for multimedia at NASA sites. |
| Free to use images NIX NASA | nix.nasa.gov |
| NASA History | jsc.nasa.gov This site has history, transcripts of communications, and images from the Mercury program up through the International Space Station program. |
| NASA Image Gallery | nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery This site allows you to browse and search various image gallerys. It also has images from various missions. |
| NASA Multimedia | nasa.gov Video, Audio, Images, Podcasts, Interactive Features, NASA TV |
| NASA My Exploration | nasa.gov/externalflash/myexploration This is an interactive site that has video of current NASA activities. |
| NASA Spaceflight | spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery This site has images, video, and audio from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Space Shuttle, and Space Station programs. |
| Photo Archive | gimp-savvy.com Photos from (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This site wants users to help classify the photos. |
| Photo Gallery | nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov jpg photos of solar system, stars, nebulae, galaxies. |
| PhotoJournal | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov This site has very good images that are free to use. The credit line should be "Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech." Click on the Query Options link to restrict the number of images to browse through. There are good separate categories for solar system objects. |
| Picture of the day | antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov Astronomy Picture of the Day with explanation and links |
| Processing Images | planetary.org This site has tutorials on processing space images. |
| Planets | photogournal.jpl.nasa.gov NASA planetary photojournal; images and information |
| Scientific Visualization NASA | gsfc.nasa.gov This site has images and video for various objects, mostly of Earth but some of solar system objects. |
| Sky View | skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov This site lets you request an image from instruments grouped by wavelength catetory (gamma ray through radio). You must enter the object name, or the coordinates, and select the data source. After the image is displayed you may download it in the FITS format (or small jpg). |
| Sloan Digital Sky | sdss.org Sloan Digital Sky survey. This site has images and data for about one-fourth of the sky. Read the FAQ for information on how to retrieve images. |
| Space Telescope ESA | spacetelescope.org This is the European Space Agency site related to the Hubble telescope. |
| Spitzer Space Telescope | legacy.spitzer.caltech.edu This site has information, news, podcasts, and images from the Spitzer Infrared Telescope. |
| Windows on the Universe | windows.ucar.edu This link takes you to the image gallery of Windows on the Universe. Images have credits attached. You can browse by object name. There are images and animations available. |
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| Magazine Websites | |
| Astronomy Magazine | Astronomy Magazine web site |
| Sky and Telescope | Sky and Telescope magazine web site |
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| Miscellaneous | |
| 2012 Not the End | astrosociety.org/2012 This page has a pdf file written by David Morrison, NASA Astrobiology Institute Senior Scientist. This file gives a scientific rebuttal to doomsday claims for December 2012. |
| AAS | aas.org; American Astronomical Society |
| Abstracts | Physics, Astronomy and Instrumentation abstracts, searchable |
| Amazing Space | amazing-space.stsci.edu This site uses the Hubble telescope to advance our knowledge of space. You can search the site. There is a link for educators to find resources. |
| Apollo Program | PBS site, Virtual Reality photos from Apollo landing sites; interviews; more |
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific | www.astrosociety.org; General Astronomy information. There are educational resources at this site, and much more. |
| Astronomy Answers | www.astro.uu.nl This site "is a collection of information about astronomy." The resources include a dictionary, FAQ, planet positions, a description of Science, tables, figures, astronomy calculations, books used for the web site, etc. |
| Astronomy Camp | summer camp near Tucson, AZ, organized by the University of Arizona |
| Astronomy Cast | astronomycast.com; Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela L. Gay; Podcast and blog of astronomy news |
| Astronomy.net | astronomy.net This site has a wide variety of resources...Articles, News, Moon, Classifieds, etc. |
| Astrosphere | www.astrosphere.org This site seeks to continue the outreach to the public of The International Year of Astronomy. | Bad Astronomy | badastronomy.com; Phil Plait's site; This site corrects misinformation about astronomy |
| Calendar | clarkplanetarium.org This page is an interactive night sky calendar. You can select to list dates for 1)Equinox, Solstice, Cross Quarter; 2) Eclipses; 3) Meteor Showers; 4) Moon Phases; 5) Planet Viewing. You can set the date range for the report of events. While you are at this page you should use the links to visit other pages on the Clark Planetarium (Salt Lake City) site. |
| Communicating Astronomy | capjournal.org CAP is a free online journal focused on communicating astronomy to the public. |
| CBS Space News | cbsnews.com This site has the latest space news and links to space related stories. |
| Drake Equation | pbs.org The Drake equation is a means of estimating the number of civilizations in our galaxy that are communicating. This site has an interactive tool to let you adjust the parameters involved in the calculation. |
| Eclipse NASA | sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov; Solar and Lunar eclipse information for Past, Present, and Future eclipses. Also, the site has information on Mercury and Venus transits across the disk of the sun. |
| Goddard | Goddard Space Flight Center, cosmology, exoplanets, gravity, x-ray, particle Astronomy, research |
| Famous Astronomers | D. Mark Manley's page; brief info and links to more detailed information |
| Fermi Questions | David Weinberg's page of Astrophysical Fermi Questions |
| Heavens Above | satellite viewing predictions, Iridium flares, star charts |
| Meteor Showers | www.imo.net This site has information on meteor showers for 2008. |
| Moon Earthrise/set | www.universetoday.com April 14 2008 "Movies" of earth rise and earth set from the Kaguya satellite that is orbitting the moon. |
| Podcast for Educators | www.astrosociety.org Astronomy Behind the Headlines This site helps informal educators to explain current astronomy topics to their audience. |
| Podcast | www.astrosociety.org This site has non-technical podcasts on different astronomy topics. |
| PodCast 365 | 365daysofastronomy.org This site has astronomy podcasts that were created by users. The audio lasts 5 ot 10 minutes. |
| ReelOrbit | news articles related to astronomy, near earth objects, aerospace technology |
| Sea Sky | seasky.org/sitemap.html This site has a variety of astronomy topics available: Sky News, Tour of the Solar System, Constellations, Astronomers, Timeline of Space Exploration, links. |
| SETI | www/seti.org Home page for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence organization. The web site has some information about the search for extrasolar planets and other research related to life in the universe. |
| Sky Maps | free download of monthly sky map with notes on objects to view and events |
| SPACE.com | science, news, entertainment, technology, sky map, pronuciation guide, etc. |
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Space Port America | spaceportamerica.com This site explains the private development of a space port in New Mexico. The process of beginning construction is underway. |
| SpaceRef | news and links related to space |
| Universe Today | Astronomy news; you can subscribe to email newsletter |
| Visually Impaired Site | youcandoastronomy.com This site has resources the people with disabilities (e.g. visually impaired) learn astronomy. |
| Voyager Spacecraft | voyager.jpl.nasa.gov; Information about the Voyager spacecraft, now the most distant man made object from the sun. |
| Washington U. Links | www.astro.washington.edu; This site has useful links organized by category. |
| Week in Space | yearinspace.com This page has a list of past astronomy/space events that occured on the particular month/date. The site also allows you to sign up for free weekly e-mail with the listing of past events for each day of the week. |
| Willmann Bell | book publishers, wide variety of topics |
| Windows on the Universe | www.windows.ucar.edu This page has links for astronomy in history, constellations, the sky, extrasolar planets, stars, galaxies, cosmos, images, news, etc. |
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| NASA Links | |
| Apollo | www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo This site has information on the Apollo Moon Landings. |
| Audio (NASA) | nasa.gov This site has audiofiles from the current month, or, you can browse back to 2005. If you perform a search on this page you will recieve links for pages other than just audio content. |
| Calendar | www2.jpl.nasa.gov This site has space related activities and anniversaries. You can select the month starting with the previous month and ending into the next year. The listed events are links that take you to a web page that has more information about the event. You can also explore an archive of previous year's events. |
| Clay Anderson | www.netnebraska.org NETV produced a special program on astronaut from Nebraska, Clay Anderson. This page has extra Internet resources for Clay Anderson. |
| Connect and Collaborate | nasa.gov/connect This site has links for NASA presence on social networking sites. There are links to NASA projects that solicit your input. Also, there are links to help you access NASA items on your computer. |
| DLN | dln.nasa.gov Free interactive web casts and video conferencing. You can search for events by grade level and category. Video of past web cast events can be downloaded. |
| DVD Catalog | corecatalog.nasa.gov This site lists DVD's that can be ordered. They are not free but they are low cost. The materials listed in the Online Catalog are distributed by the Central Operation of Resources for Educators. |
| Education | nasa.gov/offices/education This page lists education areas and has announcements related to education. |
| Education Hubble | nasa.gov For Educators This site has educational resources organized by grade level, elementary through college, and informal education. |
| Educators Site | nasa.gov This is NASA's site for educators. Materials are classified by grade level (and public). The stie has NASA news, educational video clips, podcasts, teaching materials, NASA TV, etc. |
| HubbleSite | hubblesite.org This page has news, galleries, discoveries, etc. related to the Hubble Space Telescope. There is also information on the next generation space telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope. |
| Hubble 20th Anniversary | nasa.gov This page has images and descriptions related to the 20th anniversary (April 2010) of the Hubble Space Telescope. |
| Hubble 20th | amazing-space.stsci.edu This page has more resources to celebrate Hubble's 20th anniversary. |
| Interactive Simulation | nasa.gov/multimedia This page gives a brief description of the simulation. You must download a program for Windows or Mac to run the simulation. In the simulation you will discover how NASA communicates with various spacecraft and retrieves data. I have not run the simulation on my own computer. |
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International Space Station | nasa.gov This site has information and resources for the International Space Station. |
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International Year of Astronomy 2009 | astronomy2009.nasa.gov NASA's IYA site. |
| Jet Propulsion Lab | jpl.nasa.gov This is the home page for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The site has news, information about missions, listings of events, multimedia, etc. |
| Kids Club NASA | nasa.gov This site has games, art, stories, activities, and more. The content is somewhat selectable by skill levels, 1 to 5. |
| Materials | This site lets you search for NASA materials and filter the results by age level, type of material (text, web site, video, etc.), and subject area. |
| NASA Social Networking | www.nasa.gov/collaborate The site has links to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, etc. Images and Videos are available at Flickr and YouTube. |
| NASA Teaching Materials | search.nasa.gov/search/edFilterSearch This sites lets you search for NASA Teaching materials. You can filter the search by grade level, type of item, and Career area. |
| Human Space Flight | Shuttle, Space Station, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, photos, news items, realtime satellite tracking |
| NASA Home Page | NASA Home Page; wide variety of topics |
| NASA News | science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa This site has news items organized by year. |
| NASA Science | Space Science, Living in Space, Earth Science, Physics, Biology, more |
| NASA TV Normal Schedule | nasa.gov This site has the normal daily schedule for NASA TV. |
| NASA TV Special Events | nasa.gov This page tells you of special events on NASA TV. |
| NASA TV | watch NASA TV online if you have a broadband connection to the Internet |
| NASA TV on YouTube | www.youtube.com/NASATelevision |
| Publications | www.nasa.gov This site "... includes the titles of the official NASA education print publications." You can browse the list alphabetically. The publications can be downloaded as pdf files. |
| Space Place | spaceplace.nasa.gov This NASA site is designed to be used by elementary school aged children. |
| Space Shuttle | nasa.gov Information and resources for the Space Shuttle. |
| Space Telescope Institute | www.stsci.edu/resources; Links to publications, meetings, projects, Hubble Telescope news, software, pictures, etc. |
| Teens (NASA) | missionscience.nasa.gov This site seeks to promote interest in science among teens. This site has information on science careers, games, multimedia, etc. |
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| Nebraska Sites | |
| Behlen Observatory UNL | astro.unl.edu/observatory/index.html The Behlen observatory is a few miles south east of Mead Nebraska. Two or three free open houses are given each Spring and Fall. |
| Fontenelle Forest Omaha | fontenelleforest.org/astronomy.html Millard Observatory, Neale Woods Nature Center 14323 Edith Marie Avenue, Omaha. This location is on the north side of Omaha. There is a charge for admission. Programs are given during warmer months. |
| Omaha | omahaastro.com Omaha Astronomical Society home page. The site has events, club meeting info, forums, astronomical resources and links, etc. |
| Prarie (Lincoln) | prairieastronomyclub.org Lincoln, Nebraska |
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| News | |
| Astrocast | astrocast.tv This site has astronomy news in video format. The site seeks to present astronomy in an interesting way to the public. The site is current. When I checked the site I found astronomy news items from the previous day. |
| Astronomy Magazine News | astronomy.com This site has some news articles of recent discoveries. |
| Fox News | www.foxnews.com/scitech/index.html This site has news for science and technology items including astronomy. |
| JPL News | www.jpl.nasa.gov/news This site has recent astronomy news related to solar system exploration. |
| Nightsky Online | nightskyonlie.info This site has astronomy and space news. There is small amount of material specific to observers in Australia. |
| Planetary Society Blog | planetary.org/blog This site is 'a guide to interesting stuff going on in space science, space exploration, and space advocacy.' |
| Portal to the Universe | portaltotheuniverse.org This site has astronomy news items and links. |
| Science Daily | sciencedaily.com This site has astronomy news in text, images, and video formats. The news items are organized by topic. |
| Spaceflight Now | spaceflightnow.com This site has news items and video related to man's exploration of space. |
| Visual Astronomy | visualastronomy.com This site is a blog and has monthly sky events, tips, and Astronomy news. |
| Universe Today | www.universetoday.com Fraser Cain creates the content for this web site. You can enter your email address if you want to receive (free) daily or weekly news items in your email. |
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| Objects to Observe | |
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Double Stars Richard Bell | richardbell.net This page shows double stars as they might be seen at a telescope. The page lists the diameter of telescope, f-number, and magnification. |
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Double Stars and more Saguaro | saguaroastro.org This club serves Arizona. The web site includes a very useful page on objects to observe. Click on Observing and then on Objects to Observe. |
| Planetary Phenomena | www.astro.uu.nl This site has a graphical representation of the locations of the planets for viewing in the night sky. You can get this information for the years 1885 to 2105. A detailed table of the events is below the graphs. The descriptions of how to read the graphs is found on the year 2000 page. |
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SEASKY Calendar | seasky.org This web page lists interesting astronomical events for the current and nearby years. |
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| Observatory Newsletters | |
| Anglo Australian | aao.gov.au Anglo Australian Observatory |
| ESO | www.eso.org European Southern Observatory in Chile |
| Gemini Observatory | www.gemini.edu Gemini Observatory Old newsletter issues are available. The Gemini telescopes are located in Hawaii and Chile. |
| Keck Observatory | keckobservatory.org/news Keck Observatory, on Mauna Kea, Hawaii This site has press releases. |
| NOAO | noao.edu/noao/noaonews.html National Optical Astronomy Observatory / National Solar Observatory , Arizona and Chile |
| NRAO | nrao.edu National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| Subaru | subarutelescope.org Subaru Telescope Optical and Near Infrared on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. This site has press releases for the telescope. |
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| Portals Sites with Links | |
| Allentown School District | astronomy.org/astronomy This page has astronomy links in several categories: general links, history of astronomy, solar system, stars, galaxies, telescopes, astrophotography, professional research, clubs, planetariums, software, etc. The site also provides information on the school planetarium. |
| Cosmos Portal | cosmosportal.org This site has free materials posted by users: written, photos, video, etc., related to the universe. The material is supposed to be reviewed by experts. It seems to be up-to-date, if not heavily populated with material. |
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| Robotic Observatories | |
| Bradford, England | Bradford Robotic Telescope ... educational material, web cams |
| Bradford Description | A Paper on the Bradford Robotic Telescope |
| Faulkes | Telescope in Hawaii, Primarily for UK users, others associated with a school can contact for permission to use the telescope |
| Greece | Eudoxos project; telescope is in Greece, non-European observers are allowed |
| Iowa | U. of Iowa Robotic Telescopes; telescopes are located in Arizona |
| MicroObservatory | Harvard U.; check the image archive -- it looks like they are still getting the bugs worked out of the system; priority is given for educational use; software; |
| Rent-a-scope | telescopes are located in New Mexico, testimonials are on the web site |
| RoboSky | ROBOSky charges for observing sessions, You can view archived images. |
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| Satellites | |
| Heavens Above | satellite viewing predictions, Iridium flares, star charts |
| Sightings (NASA) | spaceflight1.nasa.gov This site has an applet that you can use to display when a satellite can be seen from the location you specify. |
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| Simulations | |
| Astrophyiscs Spectator | astrophysicsspectator.com This site has simulations on orbital motions and fusions. There are also numerous articles about a wide variety of astronomy topics. Some topics are beyond the introductory college level. |
| Nebraska Applets | Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project; astronomy simulations written in Flash |
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| Size and Scale | |
| Atlas of Universe | atlasoftheuniverse.com The atlasoftheuniverse site has charts and drawings related to the scale of distance between objects from stars to galaxies. The site has free materials for use by schools. (See the next entry for mroe links on this topic.) |
| Atlas of Universe Links | atlasoftheuniverse.com/links This web page has links related to this topic. |
| Planets to Giant Stars | giantstars.de This site has an interactive Flash animation that shows relative sizes of planets and stars. You can download a Quicktime movie (mp4) of the size comparisons. |
| Size Planets and Stars | youtube.com This is a silent video that shows the relative sizes of planets in our Solar System, the Sun, and larger stars. |
| Wiki Star | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star This page has information about stars and a jpg image of size comparisons for planets and stars. |
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| Sky Maps | |
| Astronomical Calendar | universalworkshop.com/AC.htm I have never ordered one of these calendars but it looks informative. |
| Astro Viewer | astroviewer.com This site has an online interactive night sky map. If a search term you enter is matched a red flashing symbol will show the item on the sky map. You can select your location from a list of major world wide cities. After you have located a nearby city you can edit the longitude and latitude to match your location. The interactive viewer has tabs to show the current configuration of planets in their orbits, and their visibility. |
| Constellation Starlore | stargazers.iinet.net.au This site has artwork and background information for each constellation. |
| Constellations | universetoday.com This site has information on each constellation. The constellations are listed alphabetically. The page for each constellation has a star map, neighboring constellations, background, notable stars. |
| Constellations Dolan | astro.wisc.edu Chris Dolan's web page with constellation information and other astronomy information. |
| Sea Sky | seasky.org This site displays key constellations after you select the month of the year. You can also click on a particular constellation name from a list of constellations. For each constellation you can listen to audio to learn the correct pronunciation. The major stars are listed with their magnitude values. |
| Sky Atlas | nightskyatlas.com This site displays star maps of sections of the sky you select by constellation name. It also has a wealth of tables and data on stars and objects in each constellation. Some of the sections of information are: star names, names of deep space objects, planets, asterisms, Messier catalog, SDSS catalog, principal stars, binaries and multiples, NCC, IC, Abell Catalogs, Monthly constellation list, Milky Way sky photos, Zodiac, Meteor Showers, external links, planetary calendar, etc. |
| Sky Maps | skymaps.com This site has .pdf all sky maps available for the current and previous month. The maps are free for personal and educational use. |
| Sky-Map | sky-map.org This is an interactive sky map. You can view images of objects you select. It appears that users are allowed to upload their astronomy photos. Read the Getting Started material before you try to use this web page. The Sloan Digital Sky survey is implemented on this site. |
| Sky At A Glance | skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance This web site gives night by night items of interest for the month along with simple sky maps for locations of objects. |
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| Software | |
| FITS Software | NRAO; image viewing software for images stored in the FITS format; links for sources of FITS images |
| FITS (FV) Software | NASA; image viewing software for amateurs and the general public |
| Freeware | Astronomy freeware programs |
| Light Curves | Software for Computing Light Curves |
| Spectra | astro.uiuc.edu; James B. Kaler's site; This site has many sections that explain and illustrate spectra in connection with Astronomy. |
| Spectroscopy Links | outreach.atnf.csiro.au; This site has annotated links related to spectroscopy. |
| Star Charts | French site with English pages; free planetarium software with telescope control capability |
| Variable Star Software | Karl Dubost; list of software for studying variable stars |
| XEphem | Advanced Star Chart and Ephemeris software; free for personal or educational use |
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| South of the Equator | |
| Astronomical Society Australia | www.astronomy.org.au The Astronomical Society of Australia has links for professional astronomers, amateur astronomers, education, and general interest. |
| Melbourne Planetarium | museumvictoria.com.au This site has Sky Notes, Sky Maps, Rise and Set Times, and information sheets under the Sky Watching link. |
| Sydney Observatory | www.sydneyobservatory.com This site has monthly sky maps and descriptions of what to view for those on the southern hemisphere of the Earth. |
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| Spectra | |
| HR Diagram..Kaler | astro.illinois.edu/~jkaler This site has a thorough discussion of the HR diagram. Specific stars are listed on the diagram. |
| Spectra..Kaler | astro.illinois.edu/~jkaler This site has explanations of how astronomers use spectra. There are also many one-paragraph explanations of topics. |
| Variable Stars HR Diag | astro.illinois.edu/~jkaler Variable stars are plotted on the HR diagram. |
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| Telescopes | |
| 80 Telescopes | eso.org This page has links to web casts presented by telescope sites, both ground based and space based. The web casts were done during the 100 Hours of Astronomy project in April 2009. I don't think all 80 telescope sites have recorded videos. This site has other links for the European Southern Observatory resources. |
| 400 Years of the Telescope | www.400years.org This is the companion site to the Public Broadcast production. 2009 celebrates the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of the telescope to make astronomical observations. This site has historical and modern information. |
| Celestron | celestron.com This company makes telescopes and related equipment. |
| Galileoscope | galileoscope.org This is one of the key projects for the International Year of Astronomy 2009. You can order the telescope from this site. The scope is a 2inch refractor with two possible magnifications. There is some assembly required. The cost is reasonable, $15 plus shipping for quantities under 100. The scope does not come with a mount but can be placed on a standard camera tripod. |
| Meade | meade.com This company makes telescopes and related equipment. |
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NSF Eyes On The Sky | nsf.gov/news/special_reports/astronomy or www.nsf.gov/eyesonthesky This site descirbes the ground-based telescopes used for research. The site also describes the research questions that the telescopes were built to answer. You can follow links to the telescope sites where more detailed information and image galleries are available. |
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| Videos | |
| Astrocast | astrocast.tv This site has astronomy news in video format. The site seeks to present astronomy in an interesting way to the public. The site is current. When I checked the site I found astronomy news items from the previous day. |
| Astronomical League | astroleague.org This site promotes astronomy education, observations, and communication between astronomy groups. The site has various Flash videos for viewing and many astronomy resources and links. |
| E Clips | nasa.gov This site has educational video clips. The clips are sorted by grade level (and general public). |
| Educators Site | nasa.gov This is NASA's site for educators. Materials are classified by grade level (and public). The stie has NASA news, educational video clips, podcasts, teaching materials, NASA TV, etc. |
| European Southern Obs | eso.org/gallery This site has images and video. |
| Hubble 20th Anniversary Site | spacetelescope.org This site has images, videos, news, educational resources, etc. related to the Hubble Telescope. |
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International Space Station Tour | youtube.com There are four videos for the complete tour. I think the videos were made in late 2008 or early 2009. If this link does not work try searching YouTube for "International Space Station Tour." |
| NASA Multimedia | nasa.gov Video, Audio, Images, Podcasts, Interactive Features, NASA TV |
| NASA Videos | nasa.ibiblio.org This site has NASA videos organzied by subject, age level, and NASA program. |
| ReelNASA | youtube.com This YouTube site has NASA related videos. |
| Scientific Visualization NASA | gsfc.nasa.gov This site has images and video for various objects, mostly of Earth but some of solar system objects. |
| What's Up | solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/whatsup.cfm This web site has video Podcasts with a new topic each month. The archives go back to April 2007. |
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