Astronomy Links

[Astronuc]

This looks like a really cool idea!

http://www.saharasky.com/ 

http://www.saharasky.com/starsen/instrumentsen.htm

Comparison of N. Africa and Europe at night.

http://www.hotel-sahara.com/night.JPG

 

[Astronuc]

Ask an Astronomer - at Cornell

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/index.php

 

[Astronuc]

UCLA Galactic Center Group
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/

[Astronuc]

NGC Galaxies in the SDSS Data Release 2 (DR2)

http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/PrettyPictures/NGC/

Wow, there is a lot of cool stuff out there!

http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/PrettyPictures/NGC/NGC4513-mosaic.jpg

Three spiral galaxies in a row!

http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/PrettyPictures/NGC/NGC6977-mosaic.jpg

Galaxies - profile and broadside
http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/PrettyPictures/NGC/NGC5775-mosaic.jpg

http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/PrettyPictures/NGC/NGC493-mosaic.jpg

Boy do we need warp drive!

 

[Astronuc]

Star Parties and Viewing at the MacDonald Obsevatory.

WOW!  This is really cool! 

http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/visitors/programs/index.html#SpecialViewing

One can view with the 82" or 107" telescopes!

You can see some serious stuff with these dudes.

http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/visitors/tour/index.html#82

http://mcdonaldobservatory.org/visitors/tour/index.html#107

[Astronuc]

Another link related to the ones posted by Skeptigirl.

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

http://www.solarmonitor.org/index.php

 

[Astronuc]

The HARPS home page - http://obswww.unige.ch/Instruments/harps/Welcome.html

High Accuracy Radial velocity Planetary Search project
 

HARPS is a spectrometer dedicated to the search for extrasolar planets by means of the technique of precise radial velocity measurement. HARPS is developed by a consortium headed by the Geneva Observatory. It will be installed at the Coude room of the 3.6 meter telescope at La Silla, with an optical fiber link to the Cassegrain focus.

 

[Astronuc]

Jim Loy's Astronomy/Space Page
http://www.jimloy.com/astro/astro.htm
 
 

[Astronuc]

Very Large Telescope Interferometer
http://www.vlti.org/home.php

ONTHEFRINGE is a series of four schools designed to train young astronomers in optical interferometry. Optical interferometry is a new technology enabling observations with angular resolution an order of magnitude larger than the largest single telescopes available at visible and infrared wavelengths. Optical interferometry is the only technology allowing the systematic direct detection and characterization of Earthlike planets orbiting other stars. Therefore it plays a key role in ESAs long-range plan through the Darwin mission, and in NASA's Origins program via TPF-I. On the ground Europe has achieved leadership with the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI).
 
Interferometry from the ground will play a central role in:

- understanding the lifecycles of stars in the Milky Way,
- the discovery and characterization of planets orbiting stars in the solar neighborhood, and
- the understanding of the energy conversion mechanisms in Active Galactic Nuclei.

[alokmohan]

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