Astronomy Links

[Astronuc]

The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/ETEmain.html

for example, try "ambipolar diffusion"

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/ambipolar_diffusion.html

[Astronuc]

Observatories on Mauna Kea

http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko/

On this image, one can right click on any dome and transfer to the page for that observatory.

http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/astsite1.html

[Astronuc]

www.earthsky.org

Radio programs and articles on topics in astronomy.

[Astronuc]

Full Moon Atlas/Lunar Navigator

http://www.lunarrepublic.com/atlas/index.shtml

They claim: A complete series of interactive lunar maps, with more than 2,500 geographic formations (including craters, mountains, lakes, seas and valleys) identified simply by moving your mouse cursor over the feature. You must have Javascript turned on in order to access this function.

The western shore of Mare Fecunditatis dominates the right side of the photograph, with Mare Nectaris covering much of the lower-center portion. The southeastern section of Mare Tranquillitatis is visible in the upper left corner. The large twin craters Theophilus and Cyrillus, on the western flank of Nectaris, are visible at lower left.

[Astronuc]

Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal - published by Springer Verlag 1969-2000.

http://aa.springer.de/
http://aa.springer.de/tocs.htm - journal from Nov 1996 - Dec 2000, articles available on-line free of charge.

The issues from 1969-1996 are supposed to be available on-line through Springer, however I was unable to access them using available links.

Since 2000, the journal is published by EDP Sciences
http://www.edpsciences.org/journal/index.cfm?edpsname=aa
subscription required (207 Euros for individual on-line (electronic) subscription).

[Astronuc]

Australia Telescope Outreach and Education
http://outreach.atnf.csiro.au/

Astrophysics for Senior Physics
Astronomy is perhaps the oldest of sciences yet continues to be a thriving area of scientific investigation. Scarcely a week passes without some news item regarding a new astronomical discovery or event. The development of techniques such as spectroscopy and photography in the nineteenth century led to the application of Physics to the analysis of astronomical information - Astrophysics became a scientific discipline. The twentieth century saw a dramatic developments in technology that allowed astronomers to finally start investigating all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. Already the new century has seen exciting discoveries and new technologies come into more widespread use. The future of astrophysical research is bound to be just as enthralling and challenging as the past.


Themes and Other Key Pages
The Astrophysics option can be broken up into six themes, reflecting the bold points within the syllabus. These are:

1. Making Observations
2. Astrometry
3. Spectroscopy
4. Photometry
5. Binary and Variable Stars
6. The Life and Death of Stars

Basically online text book.

[Astronuc]

Moon tracker -

http://www.avalon.net/~bstuder/moontrack.html

Determing the earth's orbital velocity -

http://www.avalon.net/~bstuder/earth_lab.html

[karla15]

i have no idea what to write alli know is i want to learn about this kind of stuff like stars cause they really interest me...so if u know a little something can u please email me at htownprecious1@yahoo.com

[skeptigirl]

The best site for addressing myths and common misperceptions in astronomy is Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy site: http://www.badastronomy.com/
There's also a great forum there with a good bunch of folks to post/chat with. Anything astronomy, all the usual myths like Apollo hoax, and Planet Nibiru nonsense are regular topics but so are all the latest greatest astronomy topics and then some.


The following are all linked and related sites I check daily to see if I should stay up and watch for auroras. Spaceweather.com also will note near Earth objects coming our way and any passing comets that might be in the neighborhood. If they haven't updated the NEOs you can get to the source from a link on the site. The NEO is a fun site as well.

SOHO Website - http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

Solar Weather - http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/spaceweather/

http://www.spaceweather.com/

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/today.html

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

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Planetary Nebula Observer's Home Page

http://www.blackskies.com/index1.html


Neat Southern Planetaries

http://www.blackskies.com/pnweek00.htm#Starting

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The Astronomical Society of New South Wales Inc.

http://www.asnsw.com/index.html

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AstroNotes Online

The Newsletter of the Ottawa Centre
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

http://ottawa.rasc.ca/observers/antop.html

The Ottawa Centre publishes AstroNotes monthly except for June and August. AstroNotes is the premiere source of information about activities and meetings in the Centre, members' observations and projects, and "what's happening in the heavens". Copies are distributed at Observers' Group meetings and subsequently mailed to subscribers unable to attend.

[Astronuc]

Sun Position Plotter - Java applet

http://www.jgiesen.de/sunplotter/

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Instructor Pages from the Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park.

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SEDS Messier Database