ASTRONOMY 1230: USEFUL WEB LINKS

OBSERVING THE SKY

• Observing highlights this week (Sky & Telescope)
• Sun, Moon, Planet Data for Any Date (USNO)
• JPL Space Calendar (astronomical & space program events)
• SpaceWeather.com (information on current sky & magnetospheric phenomena)
• Tonight's Sky (monthly video podcast from STScI)

• Heavens Above (info on artificial satellites; good sky & constellation charts)
  • Heavens Above Charts 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)
• 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)
• The Caldwell Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (Wikipedia)
• SAO Star Catalog

• Celestron CPC Telescopes Instruction Manual (PDF)

• ASTR 1230 Weather Page

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Astronomy Without a Telescope (introduction to naked-eye astronomy by Nick Strobel)
• Observational Astronomy for Amateur Astronomers (David Haworth)

• The Constellations & Their Stars
• Stars & Constellations (James Kaler)
• The Webb Deep Sky Society

• The Nine Planets (multimedia tour of the solar system, many images & links)
• Views of the Solar system (ditto)
• Planetary Fact Sheets (data for each planet, Goddard SFC)

ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE SITES

• Astronomy Picture of the Day

• Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin
• Hubble Space Telescope Image Archive
• JPL Photojournal Image Site (solar system images from spacecraft)
• Photo Archive at Views of the Solar System
• 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

MAGAZINES, BOOKS, & NEWS

• Sky and Telescope Magazine
• Astronomy Magazine
• "Seeing in the Dark" (by Timothy Ferris) [Also in UVa Library]

• Spaceflight Now Website
• Space Ref Website
• Universe Today

SOFTWARE

• Starry Night (best of the planetarium simulators)
• Master List of Astronomy Software
• Sky View Cafe: Free Java Applet for Sky Info/Charts

CURRENT NASA MISSIONS

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

• Mars Exploration Rover Mission
• The Phoenix Mars Mission
• Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn
• Mercury Messenger Mission
• New Horizons Mission to Pluto

OTHER

• Charlottesville Astronomical Society
• How to Fight Light Pollution
• Universe Within (Powers of Ten) (interactive Java tutorial, FSU)
• Bad Astronomy (devoted to debunking misconceptions, fraud, and pseudoscience in the media, run by UVa Astronomy grad Phil Plait)
• Physics & Engineering Applets (Paul Falstad)
• Night Sky Observer (compendium of useful links, including NASA TV)
• Astronomy Guide (web index & guide for amateur astronomy)
• Astronomy Links, Lists, & Newsgroups(Sky & Tel)
• AstroWeb (web index & guide for professional astronomy)
• Inner Astronaut Guide (for junior astronomers)
• International Year of Astronomy (2009) Home Site
• Bennett, Donahue, and Voit The Cosmic Perspective (ASTR 1210-1220 text publisher's web site)

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Compiled and last modified August 2011 by R. W. O'Connell