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)