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ASTRONOMY 130: USEFUL WEB LINKS
OBSERVING THE SKY
Sky at a Glance (Sky & Tel Magazine weekly list of sky phenomena)
Astronomial Ephemeris Data (Espenak)
Sun and Moon Data for Any Date(USNO)
Your Sky (interactive planetarium)
Heavens Above (information on observing artificial satellites; also provides good sky & constellation charts)
Heavens Above Charts for Charlottesville
JPL Space Calendar (astronomical & space program events)
Comets & Meteor Showers
Espenak's Eclipse Home Page (everything you could possibly want to know about eclipses)
Night Sky Live (continuous fisheye camera views of night sky from several observatories)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Astronomy Without a Telescope (introduction to naked-eye astronomy by Nick Strobel)
The Constellations & Their Stars
Constellations, Stars, & Deep Sky Objects (Peoria Astronomical Society)
The Nine Planets (multimedia tour of the solar system)
BOOKS & MAGAZINES
Sky and Telescope Magazine
Astronomy Magazine
"Seeing in the Dark" (by Timothy Ferris);
[Also in UVa Library]
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
MARS ROVERS---Official NASA Site
CASSINI-HUYGENS Mission to Saturn
OTHER
Astronomy Picture of the Day (nice images, with explanations; updated daily)
Charlottesville Astronomical Society
Hubble Space Telescope Image Archive
Resources on Light Pollution
Astrophotography (J. Lodriguss)
Skyview Virtual Observatory (retrieve images of sky in all EM bands from radio to X-ray)
Mt. Wilson Virtual Observatory (nice pix by C. Gino)
Astronomy Guide (web index & guide for amateur astronomy)
Astronomy Links, Lists, & Newsgroups (Sky & Tel)
AstroWeb (web index & guide for professional astronomy)
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Last modified
August 2006
by
R. W. O'Connell