ASTRONOMY 1210 [O'CONNELL]
USEFUL WEB LINKS

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Astronomy Without a Telescope (introduction to naked-eye astronomy by Nick Strobel)
• The Constellations & Their Stars
• The Nine Planets (multimedia tour of the solar system, many images & links)
• Views of the Solar system (ditto)
• Intermediate-Level Course on Planetary Science (Toby Smith, UWash)
• Astronomy Guide (web index & guide for amateur astronomy)
• Astronomy Links, Lists, & Newsgroups (Sky & Tel)
• Planetary Fact Sheets (data for each planet, Goddard SFC)
• Astro-Geology Resources (US Geological Survey)

COURSE TEXTS

• Bennett et al., The Cosmic Perspective, 5/E (publisher's web site)
• Mastering Astronomy (supplementary resources for Bennett text)
• H. G. Wells, War of the Worlds, UVA Electronic Text Center. (You can read 7 other Wells novels there as well.)

NASA MISSIONS

• The Hubble Space Telescope
• Spitzer Space Telescope (orbiting infrared telescope)
• Galaxy Evolution Explorer (orbiting ultraviolet telescope)
• Kepler Exoplanet Mission

• Mercury Messenger Mission
• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
• Current & Planned Missions to Mars
• Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn
• New Horizons Mission to Pluto

ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE SITES

• Astronomy Picture of the Day

• Hubble Space Telescope Image Archive
• David Malin Images
• JPL Photojournal Image Site (solar system images from spacecraft)
• Photo Archive at Views of the Solar System
• Lunar Photo of the Day
• The World At Night (photo and video archive)

• America the Beautiful at Night (night sky scenes from Wally Pacholka)
• The Universe in Color (small telescope images by Robert Gendler)
• Mt. Wilson Virtual Observatory (observatory & sky pix by C. Gino)
• Astrophoto.com (small telescope images by Tony & Daphne Hallas)
• Science and Art (small telescope images by Bill & Sally Fletcher)
• Views of the Solar System (images by Damian Peach)
• Lunar and Planetary Observation with CCD Imaging (images by Antonio Cidadao)
• El Cielo de Canarias (images & time-lapse astro-videos by Daniel Lopez)

  Astrophotography

  • Digital Photography Tutorial (Cambridge in Color)
  • Astrophotography (J. Lodriguss)
  • Digital SLR Astrophotography (M. Covington)
  • Canon Rebel Xsi Astrophotography Tutorial (ASTR 1230)

  Sky Data Viewers

  • Google Sky
  • The WorldWide Telescope
  • Skyview Virtual Observatory
  • Aladin Sky Atlas
  • WikiSky.org

OBSERVING THE SKY

• Observing highlights this week (Sky & Telescope)
• Heavens Above (information on observing artificial satellites; sky charts)
  • Heavens Above Sky Chart for Charlottesville
  • Daily Planet Position Summary
• Constellation charts and information (International Astronomical Union)
• Monthly sky calendars and maps (Skymaps.com)
• The Night Sky Atlas (color maps and info for each constellation)
• Sun and Moon Data for Any Date(USNO)
• Your Sky (interactive planetarium)

• American Meteor Society
• Observing Comets (Gary Kronk)
• Planet, Minor Planet, and Comet Ephemeris Service
• Espenak's Eclipse Home Page (everything you could possibly want to know about eclipses)
• The Messier Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (SEDS)

• JPL Space Calendar (astronomical & space program events)
• SpaceWeather.com (information on current sky & magnetospheric phenomena)

• ASTR 1210 Weather Page

MAGAZINES, NEWS, & BLOGS

• Sky and Telescope Magazine
• Astronomy Magazine
• Spaceflight Now Website
• Space Ref Website
• Universe Today

• Bad Astronomy (a blog by UVa Astronomy grad Phil Plait, with news, images, & video. Specializes in debunking misconceptions, fraud, and pseudoscience in astronomy and the media)
• Tom's Astronomy Blog
• NASA Watch (best space-rumor and space-politics site)
• Cosmic Variance (semi-pro blog, oriented toward cosmology)

SOFTWARE

• Starry Night (best of the planetarium simulators)
• List of Astronomy Software
• Another List of Astronomy Software

OTHER

• Online University Courses (UVa & others)
• Charlottesville Astronomical Society
• How to Fight Light Pollution
• Universe Within (Powers of Ten) (interactive Java tutorial, FSU)
• Physics & Engineering Applets (Paul Falstad)
• Night Sky Observer (compendium of useful links, including NASA TV)
• Astronomy Guide (web index & guide for amateur astronomy)
• Animations and Videos related to course. (W. H. Freeman, from the textbook Discovering the Universe)
• Galaxy Zoo (interactive galaxy classification project)

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Last modified April 2013 by R. W. O'Connell