Astronomy Links

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The Stars of the Milky Way

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American Association of Variable Star Observers

The AAVSO was founded in 1911 at Harvard College Observatory to coordinate variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers. In 1954, the AAVSO became an independent, private research organization. Today with members in more than 40 countries, over 10 million observations to date, and headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, it is the world’s largest association of variable star observers in existence.

Membership in the AAVSO is open to anyone interested in variable stars and in contributing to the support of valuable research. Since professional astronomers have neither the time nor the telescopes needed to gather data on the brightness changes of thousands of variables, amateurs have been making a real and useful contribution to science by observing variable stars and submitting their observations to the AAVSO International Database.

In addition to the valuable observations that members make, their annual dues support the work carried on at headquarters.

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STARS and STAR OF THE WEEK

http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/sowlist.html

Department of Astronomy
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu

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Minor Planets Center - International Astronomical Union

The Minor Planet Center (MPC) operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, under the auspices of Division III of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), with significant funding coming from subscriptions to the various services offered by the Center.

The MPC is responsible for the designation of minor bodies in the solar system: minor planets; comets (in conjunction with CBAT); and natural satellites (also in conjunction with CBAT). The MPC is also responsible for the efficient collection, (computation,) checking and dissemination of astrometric observations and orbits for minor planets and comets, via the Minor Planet Circulars (issued generally on a monthly basis), the Minor Planet Circulars Orbit Supplement (MPO) (issued three or four times per year), the Minor Planet Circulars Supplement (MPS) (issued three or four times a month) and the Minor Planet Electronic Circulars (issued as necessary, generally at least once per day).

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html

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A good review of Classic Papers in Astronomy and Cosmology

by SpaceTiger (Member of PhysicsForums)

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=86267

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On-line lecture notes in Astrophysics

http://www.astro.utu.fi/~cflynn/teaching.2.html

and

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

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The Nearest Stars to Earth
These are our closest neighbors!

http://cassfos02.ucsd.edu/public/nearest.html

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Fellow Astronomers...

An excellent compilation of astronomical links and sites gathered here...and I would like to include my own as well if I may.

www.chicagoastronomer.com      http://astronomer.proboards23.com

The Chicago Astronomer started out as a simple newsletter highlighting celestial events mainly for Chicago area residents.  But when the forum was created, individuals from around the world have joined in on the discussions and has become a comfortable place to post all things astronomical.

Nice site here and I hope to chime in on the topics from time to time.

Respectfully,

Joe Guzmán
Chicago Astronomer

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Hey CA, very cool!   

 

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Earth's seasonal dates, Perihelion, Aphelion, and Solstices and Equinoxes
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.html

Moon Phases (2000-2010, or 1700-2035)
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html

 

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Information on Cosmology and Astrophysics -

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/cosmo.html

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/astro/astcon.html#c1

The Hyperphysics site hosted by Dept. of Physics and Astronomy at Georgia State University, C. Rod Nave.

 

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Auckland Astronomical Society

http://www.astronomy.org.nz/aas/pub/home.asp

 

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Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
(Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics) or MPE - http://www.mpe.mpg.de/

Astronomy Resources from MPE - http://www.mpe.mpg.de/AstR/ 

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Tod Strohmayer's Webpage at NASA/GSFC
X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/~stroh/

Research:

• High Frequency X-ray Variability of Stellar Mass Black Holes
• Superbursts from Accreting Neutron Stars
• Millisecond X-ray Variability in Accreting Neutron Star Binaries
• Millisecond Oscillations During Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts
• Studies of Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs) and Magnetars
• "X-ray Spectral Characteristics of GINGA Gamma-Ray Bursts"
• X-ray Spectroscopy of Neutron Star Binaries and Bursters

The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Mission - http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/xte_1st.html
(1995-present)

The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) is a satellite that observes the fast-moving, high-energy worlds of black holes, neutron stars, X-ray pulsars and bursts of X-rays that light up the sky and then disappear forever.

RXTE discovery archives - http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center/discovery_archive.html

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Really cool link on Jupiter.

http://www.arcetri.astro.it/~baffa/Astro/solar/jupiter.htm