AstroWeb: Astronomy Education Resources

A Wormhole in the Cosmos

Have you ever wondered why Black Holes are black or how Supernovae helped develop life on Earth ? A Wormhole in the Cosmos provides answers to these questions, and others. Includes a Gallery of beautiful space images, and many educative astronomy resources.

http://www.intothecosmos.com/

ASTRONET

The astronomical information service ASTRONET provides information on astronomical phenomena and closely follows the news on astronomy, space research, space flight, meteorology and earth sciences. ASTRONET is frequently updated.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlkop/astroeng.html

ASTRONOMY on the Web

ASTRONOMY on the Web presents the contents of the current issue of ASTRONOMY magazine, previews the next issue, and highlights current and future sky events. Full text is available for featured articles, an introduction to the hobby, and guides to buying telescopes and accessories. It also provides links to many astronomical resources on the Web. Programs that appeared in ASTRONOMY are also available for downloading.

http://www.kalmbach.com/astro/astronomy.html

Academic Assistance Access (AAA)

Academic Assistance Access functions in a mailing list environment divided by subject matter (including Astronomy). By subscribing to a specific mailing list, you will get answers to your questions.

http://www.tutoraid.org

Access to Astronomy Class (Open Classroom-Astro)

Astronomy at the Dalton School is a college level, full year modern astronomy elective course. In a constructivist format, computers are extensively used in the course. From the home page you can see lists of software used, topics covered, image sources, web sites, etc. You can also see the course in progress. The task stream and folders containing ongoing, unaltered student work are published on WWW pages. See Internet Project.

http://www.dalton.org/groups/astro/

Amateur Astronomers Association (AAA)

The Amateur Astronomers Association is the regional society for astronomy in the New York cosmopolitan area. It operates a wide range of public and inhouse educational programs in astronomy. These include lectures, seminars, classes, and starviewing. Sessions are held at the Association's offices are at other venues, like parks, in and around New York. The Association is the City's advocate for astronomy before social and cultural matters, development hearings, community discussions, and science & nature projects of other organizations.Membership in the AAA, $20 per annum, includes monthly newsletter EYEPIECE. It enables receipt of a member's discount subscriptions to Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines. Snailmail address: 1010 Park Avenue, New York NY 10028. Voice: 212-LE5-2922.

http://www.aaa.org

Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (ATMoB)

ATMoB is one of the nation's oldest and largest astronomy clubs. Meetings are held monthly at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA and feature a wide range of guest speakers. A clubhouse and observing site is maintained in Westford, MA.

http://www.atmob.org/

Amateur Telescope Making Journal (ATM Journal)

ATM Journal is the only publication dedicated totally to amateur telescope making and optical engineering. Articles are submitted by both novice and profesional alike. Now being sent to readers in 54 countries.

http://www.atmjournal.com/

Amazing Space (Hubble Space Telescope Online)

Amazing Space is a set of web-based activities primarily designed for classroom use, but made available for all to enjoy.

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

American Meteor Society (AMS)

The American Meteor Society is a non-profit organization devoted to the observation of meteoric phenomena, the analysis and publication of results, and promoting professional-amateur cooperation in meteor science.

http://www.amsmeteors.org/

Ames Area Amateur Astronomers (AAAA)

The Ames Area Amateur Astronomers, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational and scientific organization. Our new 24-inch f/4 primary mirror will become part of a state-of-the-art robotically controlled observatory to be completed in 1996.

http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/aaaa.html

Ancient Astronomical Cosmology Resource Center (A Central Resource for Educators and Student)

Contains an interactive atlas of world astronomy, with detailed descriptions of the astronomy of cultures around the world. Also includes an interactive Dresden and Borgian codex for studying Mayan and Aztec astronomy. Several student essays and links to other relevant sites are included.

http://arcturus.pomona.edu/

Annotated Links to Introductory Astronomy Web Resources

Links organized by 30 subjects; each link gives a brief review.

http://www.saunderscollege.com/astro/fraknoi/links.html

Armagh Planetarium

An astronomical resource for educators and Planetarium workers which contains images obtained through our telescopes and a variety of other material.

http://www.armagh-planetarium.co.uk/

Association Sciences et Techniques Jeunesse - Secteur Astronomie (ANSTJ, France)

[in French]

http://anstj.mime.univ-paris8.fr/~astro/

Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers (ALPO)

An educational organization that instucts observers in proper technique, collects amateur observations and promulgates them to the professional community.

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/alpo

Astro Source (Explore the Universe of Astronomy)

This page contains links to major Astronomy sites and photo archives, plus a growing educational section containing original works and overviews by the author on space and space travel, stars and galaxies, and the mysteries of the universe.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/1372/

Astro-Kosmos

Informationen über Sonne, Mond, Finsternisse für beliebige Orte in Graphiken und Tabellen. Hilfetexte in deutsch. [in German].

http://ourworld.cs.com/BucherFRM/

AstroEd

A collection of pointers to resources related to teaching/learning Astronomy. Includes pointers to courses, multimedia documents, image catalogs, history, and others.

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/astro/astroed.html

Astronavigator

Astronavigator is a monthly seminar held by post-graduate students in Astronomical Institute, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, in order that all its participants be familiar with the latest news and current status of astronomical knowledge. The invited speakers are also asked to pay particular attention to the preparation of the seminar's public issues, popular articles, pictures and movies to share with amateur astronomers and other interested people.

http://www.astro.spbu.ru/staff/dikarev/navigator/gator.html

Astronomical Adventures

Guided geologic tours to northern Arizona by day and stargazing through large telescopes at night.

http://Astronomy-Mall.com/regular/products/astronomical-adventures/

Astronomical League

The goal of The Astronomical League is to encourage an interest in astronomy (and especially amateur astronomy) throughout America. This is done through educational and observational programs for the amateur astronomer.
The Astronomical League is composed of over two hundred local amateur astronomical societies from all across the United States. These organizations, along with our Members-at-Large, Patrons, and Supporting members form one of the largest amateur astronomical organizations in the world.

http://www.astroleague.org

Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)

The A.S.P. is one of the leading organizations in the world in astronomy education. The Society includes professional astronomers, amateur astronomers, educators, and interested laypeople. The site features information about its newsletter for teachers, its popular-level magazine, its workshops and meetings, its non-profit catalog of educational materials, its educational resource lists and publications, and Project ASTRO which joins astronomers and teachers as partners in the classroom.

http://www.aspsky.org/

Astronomical Society of the Pacific - astronomy education

http://www.aspsky.org/education.html

Astronomie

Das Team von www.astronomie.de besteht aus engagierten Amateurastronomen, die es sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben, eine sinnvolle Ergänzung des bislang vorhandenen Informationsangebotes im deutschsprachigen Internet zu schaffen. Wir möchten - Einsteigern durch unparteiische Beratung helfen - die kommerzielle Seite der Astronomie, d.h. den Teleskop- und Zubehörmarkt im Internet durchsichtig machen - eine gute Startseite für ausgedehnte Surftouren schaffen - für Einsteiger die englischen Astro-News des Internets übersetzen und erläutern - Amateurastronomen untereinander in Kontakt bringen, - Amateuren eine Möglichkeit bieten, eigene Beiträge zum Informationsangebot zu liefern. [in German]

http://www.astronomie.de/

Astronomy - What's UP This Month (Star Charts, Constellations, ...)

The best star chart on the web!
Want to know where, when, and how to find a planet? When's the next meteor shower? Where is the comet? These pages are updated monthly or as needed. Written for the beginner to intermediate.

http://www1.tmisnet.com/~abdale/Astronomy/Astronomy.html

Astronomy Cafe

http://www2.ari.net/home/odenwald/cafe.html

Astronomy Digest

Free Astronomy E-Zine. For the latest news, product review, and astronomy articles.

http://astronomydigest.com/

Astronomy Education Resources (AstroEd)

HPCC K-12 Outreach Project, University of Washington What's New Sites which have been added to these pages recently. AstroEd Curriculum materials and on-line courses Popular Astronomy Articles Articles for the general population written by members of the HPCC group. AstroNews Newsletters, magazines, hypertext articles, and bulletins. AstroImage Images, animations and simulations from many sources. AstroHistory Links to history resources related to astronomy and space science Ask-an-Astronomer You can send a question about astronomy and receive an answer from a professional astronomer whose expertise is in the area of your question. Additional Astronomy Resources Software, on-line telescopes, organizations, planetaria, museums, and indeces NASA A basic attempt to find materials in this huge labyrinth on the web

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/astro/astroindex.html

Astronomy Notes

These documents were created by Nick Strobel for the introductory astronomy courses he teaches. They are copyrighted by Nick Strobel. This web site is offered to the net as a resource in astronomy education.

http://www.bc.cc.ca.us/programs/sea/astronomy/book.htm

Astronomy Now

Britain's leading astronomy magazine.

http://www.astronomynow.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Each day we feature a new picture of our spectacular universe. Browse through our extensive annotated archive. Intended for all educational levels.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

Astronomy Resources in Nebraska (ARIN)

A comprehensive index to astronomy related organizations in Nebraska (observatories, planetariums, clubs, courses, merchants, etc.). Displays resource list categorized by user access, research, k-12, college and so on. Announces public events online. Also hosts several official and unofficial websites for observatories and other resources in the state.

http://www.blackstarpress.com/arin/

Astronomy and Islam

A galaxy of astronomical links many with an Islamic flavour.

http://www.ummah.net/astronomy/

Astronomy freeware

A description of useful astronomy freeware and software field tested in the classroom with download links

http://www.cvc.org/astronomy/freeware.htm

Astronomy site

This is an astronomy site that has something both for amateur and more advanced astronomers. We have, among other things, proposals on mailinglists that will, via e-mail, keep you up-to-date. We also have links to the most recent news releases.

http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-17968/

Astronomy! A Brief Edition

The site supplements the textbook "Astronomy! A Brief Edition," and gives links relevant to each chapter in the book as well as updates on new developments and discoveries in astronomy.

http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/AstroBrief/

Astroware 1 CD-ROM

Astroware 1: Astronomy Shareware & Freeware (ISBN 1-886376-03-4). This CD-ROM is the first to be released in a new series of space and astronomy related CD titles. Astroware 1 is devoted to shareware and freeware files on the topics of Astronomy, Amateur Telescope Making, CCD imaging and image processing. A wide range of text files and programs for DOS, OS/2, Macintosh, and Unix computers are included on this ISO-9660 disc.

http://www.ncc.com/cdroms/as1/index.html

Auckland Observatory and Stardome Planetarium

Situated in New Zealand's largest city. A public Observatory established in 1967. Now with a new (1997) 11 metre Zeiss planetarium.
Research interests include photometry of binary and variable stars.

http://www.stardome.org.nz

Austin Astronomical Society (AAS)

Austin Astronomical Society (AAS) is a non-profit organization for anyone interested in any aspect of astronomy or the space sciences. A major portion of AAS activities are public education outreach efforts.

http://www.main.org/aas/

Bad Astronomy

Discusses common misconceptions about astronomy in the media and other sources. Includes narrative, sometimes humorous descriptions of misconceptions in astronomy with an explanation of what the correct idea is.

http://www.badastronomy.com/

Binary Stars

Free software for Macintosh computers, complete with manuals, for use in an educational setting or for self-learning. Teaches binary star concepts.

http://www.uark.edu/misc/clacy/BinaryStars/

BinoSky - best bets for viewing the night sky through binoculars (BinoSky)

A guide to the best bets for viewing the night sky through binoculars. Images and maps on consistent scales, with consistent exposures.

http://www.lightandmatter.com/binosky/binosky.html

Brooks/Cole Astronomy Resource Center

Links which are useful to teachers and students of astronomy.Also, an Online Studyguide for the Wadsworth text: Foudations of Astronomy, Fourth edition, by Michael Seeds.

http://www.brookscole.com/astronomy/

Cardiff Astronomical Society

Cardiff Astronomical Society, UK, News and Homepage Information on astronomy, telescopes and exhibitions Links to other society pages and astronomy sites in the UK.

http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/cas/cas_home.html

Carnegie Institution of Washington

The Carnegie Institution of Washington is a private, nonprofit organization engaged in basic research and advanced education in astronomy, the earth sciences, and biology. It comprises five research campuses, including the Observatories, the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, and the Geophysical Laboratory. Its website includes descriptions of research under way at Carnegie, an Ask-The-Experts page, and information about the Institution's education outreach programs.

http://www.ciw.edu/

Carter Observatory

Carter Observatory is the National Observatory of New Zealand.

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~carter/carter.html

Centre de Prevision de l'activite solaire et geomagnetique (RWC MEUDON)

Forecast of solar activity: solar cm flux, solar flares.
Forecast of geomagnetic activity: geomagnetic indices, geomagnetic storms.
Forecast of the solar cycle.
Data base for cosmic rays from Kerguelen and Terre Adelie station. [in French]

http://previ.obspm.fr/previ/

Centre for Observational Astronomy in the Algarve (COAA)

Astronomy holiday centre in Algarve region of Portugal.

http://www.ip.pt/coaa/index.htm

Chandra X-Ray Observatory - Public Information & Education

This site provides current information on the "hot" field of X-ray astronomy and the Chandra mission, NASA's Great Observatory. Chandra is designed for detecting X-rays from cosmic sources such as black holes, and exploding stars and galaxies.

http://xrtpub.harvard.edu/pub.html

Circumplanetary Dust Dynamics: from Birth to Death (Astronomical InSt. Petersburg)

The modeled E ring of Saturn is presented. The page is related to Cassini project, and introduces the research of the faint circumplanetary dust complexes to everybody.

http://www.astro.spbu.ru/staff/dikarev/valery/ering.html

Coelum, Mensile di Astronomia Scienza e Telescopi

European astronomical monthly magazine [in Italian].

http://www.coelum.com/

Comets and Meteor Showers

This site gives the complete text to the 1988 book Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, as well as recent meteor shower observations. The site also posts a wealth of comet information from news of recent discoveries, finder charts, and ephemerides, to extensive historical information on individual comets.
There is a European mirror site.

http://comets.amsmeteors.org/

Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE, Argentina)

Information on the Centro Regional de Datos Satelitales (CREDAS) and on Argentina's National Space Plan

http://www.conae.gov.ar/caratula.html

Commonwealth Club (California)

The Commonwealth Club sponsors hundreds of speakers each year, many on scientific and technical topics. For a free copy of our bulletin, contact Katherine Merriman at (415) 597-6732 or at cwc@sirius.com.

http://www.commonwealthclub.org/

Constellations and Their Stars

Contains a page for each of the 88 constellations. On each page are links to the Messier objects and named stars which can be found in that constellation. There is also an ongoing project to add descriptions of each constellation, including images, history, mythology and descriptive notes.

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/

Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center

The Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center, brought to you by the people at ACE, is designed to increase your interest in cosmic and heliospheric science. (The heliosphere is the huge area in space affected by the Sun.)
The Learning Center is aimed at the general public (or about a high school level of science understanding).

http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Course Notes for Astronomy 45 at Harvard

Astronomy 45, "Introduction to Astrophysics" is taught at Harvard to science majors (not necessarily astronomy) who have taken 1 year of college physics. These course notes are used as the principal text.

http://cfata2.harvard.edu/whp/ay45top.html

CyberSky

CyberSky (TM) is a colorful, easy-to-use program that transforms your computer screen into a planetarium, allowing you to learn about astronomy by exploring the sky in the past, present, and future.
CyberSky displays the stars, constellations, deep sky objects, sun, moon, and planets as visible from any location on the earth at a given time. One of CyberSky's most powerful and educational features is its ability to animate the display, allowing you to see "movies" of the changing appearance of the sky over time.

http://cybersky.simplenet.com/

Dark Matter Tutorial

This is a tutorial about Dark Matter and cosmology, written by a researcher in the field, with optional Java experiments.

http://www.astro.queensu.ca/~dursi/dm-tutorial/dm0.html

David Dunlap Observatory, University of Toronto (DDO)

The David Dunlap Observatory is located in Richmond Hill, Canada. As part of the University of Toronto's Department of Astronomy it operates optical telescopes for research, the largest being a 1.88m telescope. DDO is also a centre for student training and public education.

http://ddo.astro.utoronto.ca/ddohome/

Degenhardt Amateur User Facility

The Degenhardt Amateur User Facility (DAUF) is located in Murfreesboro, TN. It is a joint effort from local amateurs to provide a location for any amateur (or professional) to observe either for research or for fun anytime. The page is constantly updated with images and results of its activities. It also provides links with other web sites of interest.

http://nashville.com/~dega/daufhome.html

Digital Archive of Historical Astronomy Pictures (DAHAP)

A collection of images from the history of astronomy, for use in research and teaching.

http://www.kunskapsbolaget.com/DAHAP

Earls' AstroPage

Astronomy site for beginners.

http://www.pdesign.net/astronomy/

Earth and Sky

This is a weekly on-line publication for the public to learn more about Earth science and astronomy. It consists of transcripts of radio programs aired daily on the Earth & Sky Radio Series, which is hosted by Deborah Byrd and Joel Block. The series broadcasts on more than 500 stations in the United States and on a variety of other stations across the globe.

http://www.earthsky.com/

Eastbay Astronomical Society

The Eastbay Astronomical Society, founded in 1924, is associated with the Chabot Observatory & Science Center in Oakland, California.

http://chabot.cosc.org/~eas

Eclipse magazine

French amateur's magazine [in French].

http://www.mailclub.net/eclipse

Educational Space Simulations Project (ESSP)

The Educational Space Simulations Project is a web site where teachers and students can retrieve information about coordinating and conducting their own space simulation. Activity guides, launch and landing scripts, software, and much more is available for free download.

http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Simulations

Eugene Astronomical Society (EAS on the WWW)

The Eugene Astronomical Society in Eugene, Oregon provides access to information about Astronomy, telescopes, meeting information, and members. Also available are links to Web formatted versions of it's newsletter, 'Io'

http://www.efn.org/~eugastso/

Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS)

The Euro-Asian Astronomical Society was created in April 1990.
The Society performs its activities mainly in New Independent States on the territory of the Former Soviet Union and surrounding countries. The main goals of the society are to maintain the development of astronomy and to reinforce scientific contacts between astronomers of the former Soviet Union and their colleagues all over the world.

http://www.issp.ac.ru/univer/astro/eaas/

European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE)

The purpose of the EAAE is to improve and promote scientific astronomical education all over Europe in schools of all levels and other institutions involved in the teaching of astronomy.

http://www.algonet.se/~sirius/eaae.htm

European Association for Astronomy Education--Hellas (EAAE-Hellas(Greece)

EAAE-Hellas is the Greek National Branch of the European Association for Astronomy Education.

http://www.ellinogermaniki.gr/eaae/

Event Inventor (Astronomy and math activities using cross staff & quadrant)

Have FUN learning about the basics of SCIENCE, MATH and TECHNOLOGY while doing INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES.

http://www.kyes-world.com/

ExoScience NEWS (exoScience Space News)

exoScience provides daily astronomy news in addition to more comprehensive features on major astronomy events.

http://www.exosci.com/

Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere

A collection of more than eighty linked files, forming a non-mathematical introduction to magnetism, plasmas, particles of space and their motion, and the study of the Earth's magnetic environment in space. Also covers the Sun and solar activity, magnetospheres of other planets, and amny other topics. the exposition follows a historical framework, and includes numerous historical side-excursions. Also includes a long review (more technical) "A Brief History of Magnetospheric Physics During the Space Age, an article "Birth of a Radiation Belt", a guide for teachers, a historical timeline, a question-and-answer collection and a template for a folded paper model of the magnetosphere.

http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Intro.html

Exploratorium

The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception with over 500 interactive "hands on" exhibits. Each year more than 600,000 visitors come to the Exploratorium, over 95,000 students and teachers come on field trips, and more than 2000 teachers attend professional development programs which focus on inquiry-based teaching and learning in the K-12 classroom

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Explore Space Control Center

Explore Space is an educational resource to astronomy and space.

http://www.explorespace.com/

Falling into a Black Hole

In which we fall into a black hole on a real free fall orbit. All distortions of images are real, both general relativistic from the gravitational bending of light, and special relativistic from the near light speed orbit. After you are done dying at the central singularity of the black hole, feel free to explore more about the Schwarzschild geometry, about wormholes, and about the collapse of a black hole.

http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/schw.html

Finnish amateur astronomy homepage

http://www.funet.fi/pub/astro/html/astro-uk.html

Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Observatory (OFXB)

The François-Xavier Bagnoud Observatory, located above the village of St-Luc in the Swiss Alps, stands at an altitude of 2200 metres. It is intended not only for the experienced amateur wishing to produce work of a quasi-professional quality, but also for the use of schools and for simple visitors. curious.
Equipped with numerous instruments (60 cm reflecting telescope with CCD camera, 20 cm refracting telescope, coelostat, 16 cm coronagraph) it may be used day or night.

http://www.icare.ch/OFXB/

From Stargazers to Starships (Stargazers)

A collection of about sixty linked files, forming a self-contained course at the high school level on (1) elementary astronomy (pre-telescope), (2) Newtonian mechanics (3) Spaceflight and spacecraft. The material is presented in a historical framework with many side excursions and incidental connections, with many outside links. Also contains a 9-section "Math refresher", a section for the guidance of teachers, a template of a sundial with explanations, glossary and timeline.
It is an attempt to create a high-school curriculum which makes as much use of space and spaceflight as possible.

http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sintro.htm

Galaxies, Quasars & Cosmology (PH308)

This course is a third year undergraduate option taught by the Astronomy Group at Southampton University. The course is intended to provide a broad introduction to extragalactic astronomy: it is divided into three main sections, which cover the properties of normal galaxies, the nature of active galaxies, and our current understanding of cosmology.
The purpose of these WorldWide Web site is to provide direct access to some of my notes, to a number of the on-line resources used in preparing the lectures, and to further material. They are not a substitute for the lectures (at least, not yet)!

http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/PH308/

GalaxyGuide - Constellation of the Month (CD-ROM for Windows)

We develop and sell GalaxyGuide, An Introduction to the Constellations. This Windows CD covers 38 constellations in depth. It includes a desktop astronomy dictionary and games. Photos and discussions of shape, location, mythology, deep space objects, individual stars and related astronomy subjects are provided. Free multimedia software demo of GalaxyGuide can be downloaded.

http://www.quiknet.com/~parallax/galaxyguide/gg1.html

Galileo Project

A web resource on the life and works of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).

http://www.rice.edu/Galileo/

Gov Aker Observatory at Discovery Park

Gov Aker Observatory-Offers a variety of educational programs, interactive astronomy exhibits, a working 20-inch optical reflecting telescope.

http://www.discoverypark.com/

Griffith Observatory

The Griffith Observatory is a non-profit educational institution whose purpose is to provide information on astronomy and related sciences to the public. It is not a research institution, although from time to time it carries out modest research projects.

http://www.GriffithObs.org/

Groupe Astronomie de Spa (GAS)

Euro Space Center - La tete dans les etoiles. [in French]

http://www.ping.be/eurospace/astro.htm

Grove Creek Observatory, Australia (GCO)

Grove Creek Observatory in NSW Australia, specializes in CCD imaging and research. Accomodation available for visiting amateur astronomers.

http://gco.apana.org.au/

Hallo northern sky (planetarium software program)

The program Hallo northern sky is a simple windows application which plots an electronic version of the night sky. It displays all stars to magnitude 8.0 (or 9.5) and 8415 deep sky objects. It also shows the planets, Moon, Sun, the Jovian moons, phases of the Moon and inner planets, solar and lunar eclipses, rings and moons of Saturn and some minor planets and comets.The intention of the program is to familiarise you with the night sky and prepare yourself with a map for a night with your telescope. To help you with this, all deepsky objects are displayed in the correct size and orientation if available.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/han_kleijn/software.htm

Hamburg Observatory

http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/home_e.html

Hamilton Amateur Astronomers

The Hamilton Amateur Astronomers is a group dedicated to the enjoyment of astronomy and public education.

http://www.science.mcmaster.ca/HAA/

Hands On Universe (HOU)

Hands-On Universe is an educational program that enables students to investigate the Universe while applying tools and concepts from science, math, and technology. Hands-On Universe (HOU) has developed and piloted an educational program that enables high school students to request their own observations from professional observatories. HOU students download CCD images to their classroom computers and use HOU's powerful image processing software to visualize and analyze their data. HOU also provides comprehensive curriculum that integrates many of the topics and skills outlined in the national goals for science and math education into open- ended astronomical investigations. Over the next several years HOU will develop activities and tools for middle school students and informal education centers as well as implementing HOU in regional high school networks across the world, including Department of Defense Dependent Schools.

http://hou.lbl.gov/

Hubble Heritage Project Index

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a research tool dedicated to scientific studies of nature. By emphasizing compelling HST images distilled from scientific data, we hope to pique curiosity about our astrophysical understanding of the universe we all inhabit.

http://heritage.stsci.edu/public/commonpages/subjectindex.html

IMSA Astrophysics Home Page (A high school course in Astrophysics)

This is a one-semester course that embeds technology and the use of the internet into the daily experience of the students. Course materials, assessment tools and philosophy, and curriculum documents are all provided through this site.

http://www.imsa.edu/edu/astro/

INFRARED ASTRONOMY - IPAC's Educational Outreach

All about infrared astronomy: Discover of infrared, What is infrared, history, the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries, missions, catalogs from NASA's infrared astronomy center (IPAC).

http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/Outreach/Edu/

Image Processing CD-ROM

The IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS CD-ROM contains a huge selection of files related to the topics of image processing, file formats and documentation, format conversions, specialized image processing applications, and source code for algorithms, converters, and complete image processing systems. The disk also includes a large amount of FITS information, CCD imaging software, and specialized astronomical image processing software.

http://www.ncc.com/cdroms/ipt/index.html

Image Processing Resources for Astronomy Teachers

Links to and summaries of astronomical image processing resources for high school or introductory college astronomy courses.

http://www.phy.duke.edu/~kolena/imagepro.html

Imagine the Universe

This site is dedicated to a discussion about our Universe... what we know about it, how it is evolving, and the kinds of objects and phenomena it contains. Just as importantly, we also discuss how scientists know what they know, what mysteries remain, and how they might one day find the answers to these questions. This site is intended primarily for ages 14 and up. If you are interested in a lower level, more basic discussion about astronomy and space exploration, try our StarChild site. It may have just what you are looking for!

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Infrared Space Observatory Science Gallery (ISOSG)

This gallery is devoted to scientific results from ISO. Each main class of ISO Astronomy target (Solar System Object, Normal galaxies etc.) has it's own sub-gallery complete with links to full size versions of the thumbnail and background material on the observed object.

http://www.iso.vilspa.esa.es/science/

International Association for Astronomical Studies (IAAS)

The International Association for Astronomical Studies (IAAS) is a group of junior high & high school students from the Denver, Colorado Metro area. These students share a common interest in astronomy and want to share that interest with others.

http://www.iaas.org/

International Space Physics Educational Consortium (ISPEC)

ISPEC is an online educational resource for any space related topics. The Virtual Learning Center easily hosts over one hundred links to online material. ISPEC mainly focuses on space physics, although there are a variety of space related (and some non space) sub-pages,

http://ispec.scibernet.com/

International Space University (ISU)

The International Space University is an interdisciplinary, intercultural and international institution preparing individuals to respond to the current needs and the increasing and evolving demands of the space sector, through multidisciplinary education and research programs.

http://www.isunet.edu/

Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog / Archive (IAAC, netastrocatalog)

A mailing list and Web archive dedicated to saving the deep-sky observations of amateur astronomers, with the widest possible range of experience, instrumentation, and conditions. Protocol for submitting observations is for one object or object group at a time, with observing instrument and object name both mentiond in the Subject:. To subscribe, send an email message with the text "subscribe netastrocatalog" in the body to the address: "majordomo@latrade.com". To access the Web archive: http://www.tiac.net/users/lewkaren/netastrocatalog/maillist.html

mailto:netastrocatalog@latrade.com

Iowa Robotic Observatory

A Consortium consisting of faculty from the Regents Universities of the State of Iowa (University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa) have begun construction of a fully robotic Observatory for undergraduate teaching and research in astronomy and related fields. The Iowa Robotic Observatory (IRO) will consist of a fully computerized telescope and enclosure, a large format imaging CCD camera and photometric filters.
The Winer Mobile Observatory is providing a site in southeastern Arizona to maintain and operate the telescopes.

http://inferno.physics.uiowa.edu/IRO/iro_index.shtml

Izzy's Skylog

http://darkstar.swsc.k12.ar.us/~izzy/

Joint Scientific and Educational Center (JSEC)

Goals of the Center: Joint Astrophysical Research by universities and Academy of Sciences at BTA (6m telescope) and RATAN-600- the largest Russian astrophysical instruments. / Promotion of high quality education in Astrophysics and Radioastronomy / Development of database for astronomy research and improvement of educational standards in universities specializing in astronomy. / Application of new methods and technologies to the largest telescopes of Academy of Sciences and development of instrumental base for modern astrophysical research and high quality education.

http://brown.nord.nw.ru/

Journal of the British Astronomical Association (Journal of the UK's premier amateur astronomy organisation)

http://www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~hwm/

Kepler's Laws with Animation (Kepler, Brahe, Kepler's Laws)

Kepler's Laws are presented with animation. Included is a brief history of Kepler and Brahe.

http://www.cvc.org/science/kepler.htm

Leeward Community College Observatories

Leeward Community College Observatories in Hawaii are available for public use, for K-12 astronomy education programs, and for undergraduate research projects.

http://www.lcc.hawaii.edu/msdiv/astro/

Loch Ness Productions: Planetarium resources

Includes a list of planetarium and planetarium- related Web sites, together with Loch Ness Productions resources for planetaria: shows, original artwork slides, space music CDs and tapes, the LNP Planetarium Compendium (directory of the world's planetaria), and more.

http://www.lochness.com/

Los Angeles Astronomical Society (LAAS)

The oldest astronomical society in southern California, founded in 1926. Over 350 members, and an active schedule of public and private observing and telescope making. Resources include a semi-portable 30-inch telescope, our own 2.5 acre dark sky observing site, and optical & machine shop facilities for telescope making.

http://www.laas.org/

Lunar Phases Web Tool

An interactive Java tool for teaching the relationship between the phase of the Moon, the time of day, and the direction in which the Moon is observed.

http://www.calvin.edu/~lmolnar/moon/

MAP Introduction to Cosmology Page

This page aims to introduce a general audience to the basic concepts of cosmology. It also describes the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) and its scientific goals.

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/web_site.html

Manchester Astronomical Society (MAS)

Founded in 1903 the MAS is one of the oldest astronomical societies in the UK. The Godlee observatory houses a Grubb 8" refractor and a 12" reflector, sited on the roof of UMIST.

http://www.u-net.com/ph/mas/

Martz Observatory & Martz Astronomical Assn., Inc.

The Web Site for the Martz Observatory & Astronomical Association. The Martz Observatory has served western New York state since 1965. The Martz Astronomical Association, Inc. (501c3) conducts public education programming at the observatory and other locations that give over 15,000 people access to the stars every year.

http://members.aol.com/bemusabord

Medina County Astronomical Society

New amateur club forming in the Medina, Ohio area.

http://junior.apk.net/~matto/mcas.htm

Mediterranean Association of Environmental and Space Sciences (AMSEE)

The "Association Mediterranenne des Sciences de l'Environnement et de l'Espace" or Mediterranean Association of Environmental and Space Sciences is a non profit organisation established late 1990. Since then the Association has installed two telescopes, one designed for the observation of planets and double stars under the Mosser Dome and another for deep sky observing under the Messier Dome. CCDs observing for amateur size telescope has been the major interest of the members since the beginning.

http://cic.cstb.fr/amsee/

Mercury Magazine

Magazine of the members of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

http://www.aspsky.org/subpages/merc.html

Michigan State's Telescope Initative

Outreach efforts to merge astronomy research and non-science education.

http://www.pa.msu.edu/soarmsu/soar.html

Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP)

NASA has selected MAP has one of the next MIDEX missions. It will map the microwave background fluctuations over the whole sky and provide insights into the formation of galaxies and the basic parameters of cosmology.

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Mid-Atlantic Star Party (MASP)

http://www.bsa.net/masp/

Mira Public Observatory, Grimbergen, Belgium (Volkssterrenwacht Mira, Grimbergen, Belgium)

The Mira Public Observatory is located north of Brussels, Belgium. Its main goal is to introduce people to the wonders and beauty of the night sky. The homepage also includes a virtual tour of the observatory.

http://www.ping.be/~ping0933

Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy (MIRA)

The Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy is a non-profit astronomical observatory, founded in 1972 and dedicated to research and education in astronomy.

http://www.mira.org/

Mountain Skies Astronomical Society (MSAS)

A non-profit educational science center, with a lender library of resources. Several membership catagories including special classroom memberships.

http://www.astro-msas.holowww.com/

Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies

A Multiwavelength Atlas of Galaxies is presented as an educational tool for high school students. Optical, X-ray, Far-Infrared and Radio images are shown for a variety of nearby galaxies. Text describing the physical mechanisms of the different types of radiation, and their astronomical sources is supplied.

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~mackie/atlas/atlas_edu.html

Multiwavelength Milky Way

Images of the Milky Way galaxy in the light of several spectral lines and continuum bands, spanning the electromagnetic spectrum from radio to high-energy gamma-ray, are presented. The display is interactive, allowing zooming and panning of the images, each of which covers the entire sky within ten degrees of the Galactic plane. Explanatory text and links to the data sources and references are included. The Multiwavelength Milky Way site is an educational service of the Astrophysics Data Facility at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/mw/milkyway.html

NASA Spacelink

NASA Spacelink offers a wide range of materials (computer text files, software, and graphics) related to the space program. Its target audience is teachers, faculty and students, and the system is intended to help them reach the national education goals as outlined by the President and the NASA Strategic Plan for Education. Documents on the system include science, math, engineering and technology education lesson plans, historical information related to the space program, current status reports on NASA projects, news releases, information on NASA educational programs, NASA educational publications, and other materials chosen for their educational value and relevance to the space program. The system may be accessed by computer through direct-dial modem or the Internet. Materials on the system are organized and kept current by professional educators with experience in computer software applications and communications.

http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/

NASA's Origins program

NASA's Origins Program will search for clues to help us find our cosmic roots including answer to questions such as:

• How did the first galaxies form?
• How do stars and planetary systems form?
• Are there any planets outside our solar system that are capable of sustaining life?
• How did life originate on Earth?
• Is there life (however primitive or evolved) outside our solar system?

http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/

NASA's Planetary Photojournal

The Planetary Photojournal is designed to provide easy access to the press released images from various Solar System exploration programs. These are highly processed images, suitable for general viewing or publishing. Each image is shown with its original caption published at the time the image was first released. Images may be downloaded at full resolution in a variety of formats. Links to hard copy vendors are also provided.

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/

NASA's Quest Project

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

NASA/MSU Center for Educational Resources (CERES)

An extensive library of interactive K-12 materials for teaching astronomy including classroom-ready lesson plans, NASA data search engines and distance learning courses for in-service K-12 teachers.

http://btc.montana.edu/ceres/

NEMO Stellar Dynamics Toolbox (NEMO)

NEMO is a Stellar Dynamics Toolbox with many programs to create, integrate, analyze and visualize N-body (and related) systems. In addition there are various tools to operate images, tables and orbits, including FITS files to import/export data to/from other data reduction packages.

http://bima.astro.umd.edu/nemo/

National Astronomy Week 1996 (NAW'96)

National Astronomy Week 1996 (21-28 September)
This is a celebration of astronomy, organised by a committee of amateur and professional astronomers. It does not take place regularly, but is timed to mark astronomically significant events. The theme for NAW '96 was the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the planet Neptune. The web site contains a lot of information about NAW, including beginers guides to telescopes. Plus a most comprehensive list of astronomical societies in the UK.

http://www.u-net.com/ph/naw96/

National Undergraduate Research Observatory (NURO)

The National Undergraduate Research Observatory (NURO) at Lowell Observatory and Northern Arizona University is a 0.8m telescope located on Anderson Mesa south of Flagstaff, Arizona. NURO is a consortium of Universities and small colleges to provide a research grade telescope for undergraduate research and education.

http://www.nuro.nau.edu/

Ned Wright's Cosmology Tutorial

Cosmology is the study of the origin, current state, and future of our Universe. This field has been revolutionized by many discoveries made during the past century. This cosmology tutorial is an attempt to summarize these discoveries. It will be "under construction" for the foreseeable future as new discoveries are made. These pages are kept up-to-date as a resource for the cosmology courses at UCLA.

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmolog.htm

Nine Planets (a tour of the solar system)

A descriptive page about each major object in the solar system.

http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/

North American Skies (Sky Happenings for the layman)

North American Skies is the online web version of a monthly astronomy newsletter started in the late 1980s for television weather reporters in Denver. It provides information on easy-to-observe objects and events visible throughout North America (and most of the world). Each month's issue contains a star chart, calendar, inforamtion on the planets, plus an article of topical or temporal interest. Material on North American Skies is available for reprint if proper credit, including URL, is given.

http://www.webcom.com/safezone/NAS/index.htm

Northern Lights Planetarium (Norway)

The Northern Lights Planetarium opened on May 20th 1989, and it is Norway's first public planetarium, and now Norways first virtual planetarium

http://www.uit.no/npt/homepage-npt.en.html

INACTIVE LINK ? - 12 --- Norwich Astronomical Society (NAS)

The Norwich Astronomical Society is based at the Seething Astronomical Observatory, Norwich, Norfolk, UK. The observatory houses a 30-inch Newtonian reflector which is the second largest amateur-built telescope in the UK.

http://nas.theso.co.uk/nas/nashome.htm

Notebook of a Comet Hunter (Tim Harincar)

Logs and notes of an amateur astronomer's search for undiscovered comets.

http://www.skyrover.net/notebook/

Observatorio ARVAL (Venezuela)

ARVAL's site is dedicated to propagating astronomical information.
All of it is bilingual (Spanish - English), except for the 'Astronomía Caraqueña' section, which contains local astronomical information centered around Caracas, Venezuela.
The emphasis is on the wonder and beauty of astronomy.

http://www.arval.org.ve/

Optical Long Baseline Interferometry Newsletter (OLBIN)

A forum for scientists, engineers, and students who share an interest in long baseline stellar interferometry. Here you will find links to projects devoted to stellar interferometry, new items, and resources for further research.

http://huey.jpl.nasa.gov/olbin/

Orbit! 3D On-Line Planetarium (Orbit!)

Orbit the earth in a realistic VRML environment with moon, sun, planets, galaxy, constellations, thousands of stars, satellite imagery, space flight, and solar eclipses.

http://www.meganova.com/orbit/

Orbital Mechanics Educational Network (OMEN)

The Orbital Mechanics are a network group specialising in space and astronomy education for all age profiles. Operating from the UK the group runs a travelling Space Roadshow and other projects suitable for pre-teens and teenagers. Additionally, there is a "popular" programme of lectures suitable for the public of all ages.

http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~omen/

Out of This World star atlas exhibition

An exhibition of rare star maps and atlases from the History of Science Collection of the Linda Hall Library

http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/pubserv/hos/stars/welcome.htm

Outer Orbit

an educational site addressing space explorations through classroom activities and links to other space-related sites on the World Wide Web.

http://www.outerorbit.com/

Outer Space Online

This web site was created for Thinkquest 99, which is an international student website competition. The website provides primarily information about our solar system.

http://library.advanced.org/26132/

Pacific Space Centre

http://pacific-space-centre.bc.ca/

Palermiti Observatory (Florida)

The Palermiti Observatory is a non-profit organization established in 1979 for conducting astronomical research and teaching astronomy to the general public and local colleges and schools.

http://www.gopbi.com/community/groups/skyview/

Penn State Astronomy Camps and Workshops

The Penn State Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics is offering workshops for science teachers, and one-week astronomy camps for students entering grades eight through ten.

http://www.outreach.psu.edu/PSIWA/

Peoria Astronomical Society

Peoria astronomical Society is an Amateur Astronomy Society Dedicated: To promote the science of astronomy By fostering astronomical education; by providing incentives for astronomical observation and research; by assisting communication among amateur astronomers.

http://www.astronomical.org/

PhysicsEd

Collection of pointers to courses, multimedia documents, lesson plans, software, organizations, and other resources useful in the teaching/learning of Physics.

http://www-hpcc.astro.washington.edu/scied/physics.html

PhysicsWeb (The web site for physicists)

PhysicsWeb provides weekly news, patent news, webwatch, book reviews, jobs, events calendar, Physics World magazine and an extensive collection of physics related resources.

http://physicsweb.org/

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI)

The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to providing research, study, and educational access to optical and radio astronomy for a broad cross section of users. Pre-college through post-graduate students will have the opportunity to work and learn with full time and visiting astronomers and astrophysicists while performing real research using a variety of advanced astronomical techniques. Additional access will be provided on a remote basis through the Internet to grades K-12 and the public.
Located in the Appalachian Mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway just west of Asheville, North Carolina, PARI will provide both the sky views appropriate to the science of astronomy, as well as a pleasant place to work and learn.

http://www.pari.edu

Planetary Data System Imaging Node (PDSIMG)

The Imaging Node of the Planetary Data System is the curator of NASA's primary digital image collections from past, present, and future planetary missions. The node provides to the NASA planetary science community the digital image archives, necessary ancillary datasets, software tools, and technical expertise necessary to fully utilize the vast collection of digital planetary imagery.

http://www-pdsimage.jpl.nasa.gov/PDS/

Planetary Studies Foundation (PSF)

The Planetary Studies Foundation web site provides current articles and tutorials on observational astronomy, Mars, meteorites and space exploration. Our site also features an online Mars database and an extensive list of astronomical links.

http://www.planets.org

Planetary Surfaces (PlaNet)

An online lab used in the lab section of the Astronomy 101 course at the University of British Columbia

http://www.astro.ubc.ca/test/planets.html

Practical Guide to Astronomy

http://www.aardvark.on.ca/space/index2.html

Prairie Astronomy Club of Lincoln, Nebraska (PAC)

The Prairie Astronomy Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to education of the public about the science of astronomy, as well a furthering the science through the activities of the club members.

http://www.4w.com/pac/

Princeton University Astrophysics Graduate Program

http://astro.princeton.edu/~dns/grad/index.html

Puckett Observatory

http://www.cometwatch.com/

Queen Mary and Westfield College Astronomy Unit (QMW, University of London)

The QMW Astronomy Unit is one of the UK's premier centres for research and postgraduate education, attracting students, postdoctoral research fellows and distinguished visitors from around the world.

http://www.maths.qmw.ac.uk/Astronomy/

RNOA - Astronomia On-Line (Portugal)

All about Popular Astronomy in Portugal [em Portugues].

http://www.anoa.pt/porta.html

Reaching for the Red Planet (Curriculum)

A multi-purpose curriculum focusing on planning a Mars colony. The students will use drawings, creative writing, research skills, team work, math, and the scientific method to explore their own environment, and design an artificial one for Mars. Several assignments, a teacher's tour guide to the planets, and a guide to current and planned Mars missions are included, and experiments for the students to perform in class are explained in detail. Links to many other educational resources are also included.

http://lyra.colorado.edu/sbo/mary/redplanet.html

Remote Access Astronomy Project (RAAP)

The Remote Access Astronomy Project. The RAAP is an educational outreach program that promotes interest in science through providing astronomy educational resources. These include a series of digital image processing exercises to teach a variety of physical concepts as well as access to our computer controlled telescope allowing motivated students design and carry out their own experiments.

http://www.deepspace.ucsb.edu/rot.htm

River Valley Stargazer Online (A web based Astronomy magazine)

The River Valley Stargazer Online is devoted to the education of Astronomy and weather.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/2148/

Robinson Lunar Observatory

Information, pictures, observations of amateur observatory plus pages relating to the International Occultation & Timing Association (IOTA).

http://www.lunar-occultations.com/

Ron Muir's Deep Sky Guide

Over 1100 observable Deep Sky Objects make up the Monthly Updated Observing Guides of celestial objects that are suitable for both novice and experienced astronomers.

http://www.star-telegram.com/homes/rmuir

SETI

Features an extensive investigation of the factors involved in the development of complex life. Written in a thoughtful and accessible style.

http://www.nua-tech.com/paddy/SETI.shtml

SETI Australia Centre (UWS)

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Australia Center supports SETI-related high school and university science education, SETI research and public outreach programs from the University of Western Sydney Macarthur. Its research project, Southern SERENDIP, is an eight million channel spectrum analyzer piggy-backing onto conventional radio astronomy observations for the next five years at the Parkes 64 metre radio telescope in NSW,Australia.

http://seti.uws.edu.au/

SETI Institute Home Page (SETI)

The SETI Institute (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) serves as an institutional home for scientific and educational projects relevant to the nature, distribution, and prevalence of life in the universe. The largest research effort is Project Phoenix, the privately-funded continuation of the Targeted Search portion of NASA's High Resolution Microwave Survey. Two other projects of interest are the Life in the Universe (LITU) Curriculum Project and the Flight Opportunities for Science Teacher EnRichment (FOSTER) Project. LITU develops supplementary science curriculum material for grades 3 through 9. FOSTER allows science teachers to experience the excitement of research on NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO).

http://www.seti-inst.edu/

SL9: IMPACT '94 CD-ROM

The SL9: IMPACT '94 CD-ROM contains a huge selection of images and other files related to the impact of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter. The SL9 CD-ROM contains hundreds of images, motion video sequences, and technical information related to the July 1994 collision of the Periodic Comet Shoemaker-levy 9 (1993e) and the planet Jupiter. ISO-9660 disc.

http://www.ncc.com/cdroms/sl9/index.html

STaRS - Space science Teaching and Resource Site (STaRS)

STaRS is a pilot programme that 1) presents astronomy investigations for 8-12 year olds, and 2) promotes topical astronomy and space science studies. STaRS is designed by astronomers and educators at Carter Observatory, Wellington, New Zealand and funded by the Science and Technology Promotion Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~carter/STaRS.html

Salford Astronomy Society (Manchester, UK)

An amateur group which holds weekly lectures/meetings and is developing this resource with the primary aim of improving communications between amateur and professional astronomers.

http://axp2.ast.man.ac.uk:8000/~salfordac/sashome.htm

Salopian Web (Astronomy Pages)

This is a site for those interested in Astronomy, Amateur Radio, Computing and Space. Of particular interest to astronomers are the sky charts, monthly notes, satellite ephemerides, software, and related links.
Salop is the ancient Roman name for the county of Shropshire, in England, where this site is based.

http://www.r-clarke.org.uk/

San Antonio Astronomical Association (SAAA)

Since its founding in 1974, the San Antonio Astronomical Association of San Antonio, Texas, has become one of the largest non-profit amateur astronomical organizations in the United States. Our 250+ members come from every walk of life, from elementary school students, to retirees, to teachers, to professional astronomers. For nearly a quarter century the SAAA has provided free educational programs for its members and the public.

http://www.stic.net/users/merlin/saaa.htm

Shaukat on Moon Sighting (Earliest Crescent Moon Sighting)

Earliest visibility of moon across the globe, calculated by the latest criterion developed by Shaukat

http://moonsighting.com/

Sidewalk Astronomers

A non-profit organization dedicated to public service in Astronomy. In order to help make it possible for the people who live on this planet to see and understand the Universe in which we live, we set up our telescopes in the shopping malls or on the sidewalks of the cities so that people may see the planets and moons of our own solar system.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6389/

Skies Over the Western Pacific (University of Guam's Planetarium Home Page)

Skies Over the Western Pacific is the home page for the University of Guam's Planetarium. Star Gazers in Guam have the distinct advantage of being the only planetarium in a part of the world that has few parts to it, as well as a close proximity to the equator. Visit Skies Over the Western Pacific for a completely different perspective on the evening skies...

http://www.guam.net/planet

Sky & Telescope

Sky Online, a service of Sky & Telescope magazine, is designed for astronomy enthusiasts at all levels of interest. It features excerpts from Sky & Telescope and CCD Astronomy magazines, tips for backyard skygazers, reviews of telescopes and accessories, a weekly astronomical news bulletin, calendar of upcoming star parties and amateur conventions, downloadable BASIC programs, links to other sites, and more.

http://www.skypub.com/

Skylights

The site, updated each Friday, tells what to expect in the sky for the coming week. It also features a "star of the week."

http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/skylights.html

Skylink (gilis@club-internet.fr)

A site of French amateur astronomers.

http://www.skylink-astro.net

Societe Royale Belge d'Astronomie, de Meteorologie et de Physique du Globe (SRBA)

The "Société Royale Belge d'Astronomie, de Météorologie et de Physique du Globe" was founded in Brussels in 1894. It is a non-profit organization for french speaking people interested in astronomy, meteorology, geophysics and space sciences. The Society publishes the bimonthly journal "Ciel et Terre", organizes conferences, seminars, course of lectures and visits to professional astronomical sites. One of its most famous president was the cosmologist Georges Lemaître.

http://www.oma.be/BIRA-IASB/SRBA/

Software Engineering Institute (SEI)

The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a major force causing the widespread adoption of significant improvements in the practice of software engineering. The institute is committed to the evolution of software engineering from an ad-hoc, labor-intensive activity to a managed, technology-supported engineering discipline.

http://www.sei.cmu.edu/

Solar Flare Theory (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center)

The site provides an introduction to solar flares, solar flare research, and the Sun-Earth connection. A crossword puzzle, links to related sites, and answers to readers' questions are included.

http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/sftheory/

Solar System, Lecture notes and class materials (Indiana University Northwest)

Lecture notes, homeworks, exams, and plenty of relevant links for introductory Astronomy course for non-science majors at Indiana University Northwest: The Solar System. Class taught in September 1996.

http://astro.uchicago.edu/home/web/lucia/a100/

Southern Cross Astronomical Society (SCAS)

The Southern Cross Astronomical Observatory, founded in 1922 in Miami, Florida, is one of the oldest amateur astronomical societies in the Western hemisphere. The renowned astronomer, Dr. Harlow Shapley, visited the first observatory at the Royal Palm Hotel & Park near the Miami River. He marveled at our view of the constellation Crux, "The Southern Cross," and suggested this name for the newly formed Observatory.

http://www.scas.org/

Southwest Missouri State University - Department of Physics, Astronomy and Materials science (SMSU)

Southwest Missouri State University has an extensive Astronomy program, including studies using their Baker Observatory which is conveniently located outside of the city's lights. Studies started here can lead to a Ph.D. in Astronomy.

http://astronomy.smsu.edu/

Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)

The Space InfraRed Telescope Facility (SIRTF), the fourth and final element in NASA's family of "Great Observatories", has entered development. SIRTF consists of a 0.85-meter telescope and three cryogenically-cooled science instruments capable of performing imaging and spectroscopy in the 3 - 180 micron wavelength range. Incorporating the latest in large-format infrared detector arrays, SIRTF offers orders-of-magnitude improvements in capability over existing programs. While SIRTF's mission lifetime requirement remains 2.5 years, recent programmatic and engineering developments have brought a 5-year cryogenic mission within reach. A fast-track development schedule will lead to a launch in December 2001. SIRTF represents an important scientific and technical bridge to NASA's new Origins program.

http://ssc.ipac.caltech.edu/sirtf/

Space Science Interactive (SSI)

Learn about space research as you explore and extend this multimedia adventure.

http://library.advanced.org/13781/

Stanford SOLAR Center

Providing Solar On-Line Activity Resources for the joy of solar science exploration.
This site presents a collection of fun educational activities based on Solar Oscillations Investigation (SOI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) data.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/

StarChild

A learning center for young astronomers (at NASA HEASARC).

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Stardial:an autonomous astronomical camera on the World Wide Web (Stardial)

Stardial delivers images of the night sky nearly in real-time to the world wide web. It is used primarily for educational purposes. Its archive consists of images taken at 15 minute (sidereal) intervals since July 1996. The survey covers from 0 to -8 degrees declination to 12th magnitude. Highlights and possible classroom assignments are described.

http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/stardial/

Stars (Portraits of Stars and their Constellations)

"Stars" introduces a new star each week, describing it at a beginning level. The site gives constellation pictures showing the star and also features a general introduction to stars and their evolution.

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

Stars Universe (The WDVL)

A Cosmic Web in Cyberspace, weaving threads in astronomy and the Internet for all creatures with curiosity.

http://stars.com/Astro/

Sternwarte Solingen

Veranstaltungsprogramm der Sternwarte Solingen. [in German]

http://www.stud.uni-wuppertal.de/~xa0015

Sternwarte Sursee

The Sursee Observatory (Switzerland) [in german].

http://www.ens.ch/ens/sternwarte/index.html

Strickler Planetarium

Strickler Planetarium, located on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Illinois, is dedicated to educating the public in the Kankakee area about the astronomical wonders of space.

http://www.olivet.edu/Departments/Planetarium/

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space was founded in 1980 at MIT and Princeton and consists of an international group of high school, undergraduate, and graduate students from a diverse range of educational backgrounds who are working to promote space as a whole. SEDS is a chapter based organization with chapters throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Latin America, and the Middle East. The permanent National Headquarters for SEDS-USA resides at MIT. Each chapter is fairly independent and coordinates activities and projects in its own area.
There is also a Gopher server which contains a Rennes archive mirror plus software.

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/

Sun, Moon & Earth Applet

This interactive Java applet displays the positions of sun and moon for any date, time and location on the horizon, and on a world map with day and night regions. The times of rise and setting, the declination, the Greenwich Hour Angle of sun and moon, the equation of time and more data are computed.

http://www.sweethome.de/giesen/SME/

Swinburne Astronomy Online

Starting in 1999, Swinburne Astronomy Online, an online Graduate Certificate in Astronomy will contain both general-interest and more specialist units. The course content will be rich in multimedia animations and simulations and incorporate newsgroup communications nd discussion of up-to-date astronomy and space news.

http://www.swin.edu.au/astronomy/

Synthetic Spectra of B Main-Sequence Stars from 3000 - 10000

This Web page provides a simple interactive tool for line identification in B stars along the main sequence. The calculation makes use of the atomic line list of Kurucz & Bell (1995). For one of six possible effective temperatures between 10000 and 35000 K and an arbitrary wavelength range between 3000 and 10000 Å a normalized synthetic spectrum is displayed on-line. The output consists of a gif image (~10 kB) or a gzipped postscript file (~30 kB).

http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/cgummers/websynspec.cgi

Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas (T.A.S.)

With over 300 members, the Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas is a group of individuals sharing and promoting their common interest in astronomy. T.A.S. is a member of the Astronomical League and is home to the nationally known " Constellation of the Month" series.

http://web2.airmail.net/tasclub

ThinkSpace

Site developed by three high school students for the 1999 ThinkQuest Competition. ThinkQuest is an international web page design competition for students ages 12-19.
ThinkSpace is designed to teach people about space. Using the internet style of learning we created a web site that would be both informative and fun for the internet user. There are five main sections to the site: Stars, Galaxies, Solar System, Universe, and Astronomers.
Users can submit contributions and images. The web site is supplemented by a comprehensive pop-up glossary, search engine, message board, guestbook, and interactive games.

http://library.advanced.org/26220/

Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA)

The Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association is a group of people that want to share their interest in the sky. General meetings are held monthly, and frequent observing sessions are scheduled at dark sites. Members vary in expertise from beginner to professional.

http://www.tucsonastronomy.org/

Tufts University Astronomy Program

The Astronomy Program at Tufts University includes resources for both education and research in the fields of astronomy, astrophysics, and physics. Links include information on our undergraduate program in Astrophysics as well as Solar Physics research into coronal magetic fields and their relation to noise storms on the sun.

http://www.tufts.edu/as/astronomy/

Tunguska Home Page at the University of Bologna (Italy) (Bologna)

The University of Bologna's official Tunguska Home page. It contains a collection of abstracts presented at the International Workshop Tunguska96 (Bologna, July 15-17, 1996), information about the group of the University of Bologna, data on "Tunguska-related" asteroids, links to Tunguska home pages in the world and related links.

http://www-th.bo.infn.it/tunguska/

Tutorials for Astronomy and Astrophysics

http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/astro/

Tycho Brahe Observatory (TBO)

Tycho Brahe observatory is an amateur facility located outside Malmö, southern Sweden. It is a cooperation between two astronomical societies in the region; Malmö Astronomi- & RymdfartsSällskap (MARS) and Astronomiska Sällskapet Tycho Brahe (ASTB). The observatory is open to the public and offers shows for many different types of groups, in particular for schools.
Remote observations in real time with the robotic telescope/CCD system are also proposed.

http://www.tbobs.lu.se/

UK Schmidt Telescope (UKST)

The initial task of the UKST was to construct a photographic survey of the entire southern sky. The telescope still takes some 700 plates a year - about half for current surveys and the remainder taken at the request of research astronomers around the world. To date the UKST has taken over 17,000 plates, the plates are stored in the Plate Library at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh (ROE) and represent a huge source of data for the astronomical community. Some 300 active research programmes make use of UKST plate material. Many plates are copied in the ROE Photolabs and sold as Sky Atlases or Teaching Packages. In addition to its photographic role the UKST also has a multi-object fibre spectroscopy system known as FLAIR. e-mail ukstu@roe.ac.uk

http://www.roe.ac.uk/ukstu/ukst.html

UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS)

UKSEDS is the UK's national student space society. Take a look at our web pages for more information on our activities and how to join. The web site also contains information resources related to space in the UK and around the world.

http://www.uk.seds.org/

University of Arizona Alumni Association Astronomy Camp

Astronomy Camp is a unique involvement in science and engineering offered through the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory and the Arizona Alumni Association. Available to teenagers and adults, these camps emphasize `hands-on' experiences. No prior background in astronomy is necessary. In addition, Astronomy Camp hopes to begin a Family Camp designed for elementary students and a parent/guardian. The first of these camps is scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend 1995 on Mt. Lemmon.

http://ethel.as.arizona.edu/astro_camp/

University of California, Riverside - High Energy Astrophysics (UCR)

Information on current research in High Energy Astrophysics being conducted at the University of California, Riverside.

http://tigre.ucr.edu/astro.html

University of Florida Astronomy Dept.

http://www.astro.ufl.edu/

University of Louisville - Moore Observatory

Moore Observatory is located in the Horner Wildlife Sanctuary near Louisville, KY. A computer-controlled 0.5 meter telescope, fiber optically coupled spectrograph, and wide field spectral imaging camera are used there to investigate physical processes in comets and low surface brightness emission nebulae. This resource describes the observatory and its environs, and provides a link to astrophysics research at the University of Louisville.

http://www.astro.louisville.edu/

University of Washington - Department of Astronomy

The Department participates in these major projects: Apache Point Observatory, Sloan Digital Sky Survey and NASA High Performance Computing and Communications. The HPCC Project offers the results of simulations including gas dynamics or just dark matter. Their software exchange contains N-body codes, tools for particle based codes, the Theoretical Image Processing System, TIPSY.

http://www.astro.washington.edu/

Vaulx-en-Velin Planetarium

[in French]

http://www.planetariumvv.com/

Views Of The Solar System

Views Of The Solar System has been created as an educational tour of the solar system. It contains images and information about the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets and meteoroids found within the solar system. The image processing for many of the images was done by Calvin J. Hamilton.

http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/homepage.htm

Virtual trips to black holes and neutron stars

This page contains MPEG movies and GIFs highlighting the visual distortion effects an observer would see in the high gravity environment of a neutron star or black hole (Schwarzschild metric). It is based on a refereed paper by Robert J. Nemiroff that appeared in the American Journal of Physics and is intended for educational use. The hypertext reviews several relevant aspects of gravitational lensing.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html

Voyages Through the Universe Site

This site accompanies the introductory college textbook by Fraknoi, Morrison, and Wolff (1997, Harcourt Brace) and includes annotated links, resource lists for beginning astronomy instructors, teaching hints, and more.

http://www.saunderscollege.com/astro/fraknoi/

Warren Rupp Observatory (wro)

Astronomical Research, Digital Imaging, Comet Search, Planetary observation, Deep sky photography, Education. 31" F7 Telescope with computer drive in 35ft dome. Lots of nice facilities. CCD stuff, Chemical photography. Free access to qualified student, university, profesionals and amateurs.

http://www.wro.org/

Web Nebulae

The emphasis here is on aesthetics, not science. While there is a little information to help you appreciate the images this is not a tutorial on the astronomy of nebulae. If these images inspire you to study stellar evolution that's great, but my intent is primarily to showcase a part of Nature's beauty that is accessable to us only via the telescope.

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/twn/

WebStars (Astrophysics in Cyberspace)

WebStars, now at NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center.

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/www_info/webstars.html

Welcome to the Planets

This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Western Kentucky University - Physics and Astronomy Department

Home page for the astronomy group at Western Kentucky University and the Hardin Planetarium, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The department is a collaborator in CASS: NASA University Research Center for Automated Space Science, along with Tennessee State University and South Carolina State University. Further links are provided for the Kentucky NASA EPSCoR program and the Kentucky Space Grant Consortium.

http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/Ogden/Phyast/p0_.htm

Wilderness Center Astronomy Club (WCAC)

Astronomy club in Canton, Ohio area. New observatory with refurbished 16" Ealing Cassegrain telescope. Planetarium and Educational programs.

http://www.kramer.com/~wcac/

Windows to the Universe

Windows to the Universe is a user-friendly learning system on the Earth and Space sciences for the use of the general public. The objective of this project, funded by NASA, is to develop an innovative and engaging Web-site that spans the Earth and Space sciences. Our goal is to build a site that includes a rich array of documents, including images, movies, animations, and data sets, that explore the Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties between science, exploration, and the human experience.
There is a NASA mirror site.

http://www.windows.umich.edu/

Wykeham Primary School - Astronomy

Solar system work at Wykeham Primary School, Hornchurch, Essex UK. Our class display is supplemented by two downloadable video simulations of the August 1999 total solar eclipse.

http://www.wykeham.havering.sch.uk/seclipse.htm

Yerkes Observatory (University of Chicago)

Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin hosts the 40" refractor, a 41" reflector, a 24" Boller & Chivens reflector, a 10" educational telescope, and support facilities. The 41" telescope is used for research including adaptive optics studies.

http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/

Yohkoh Public Outreach Project (YPOP)

The Yohkoh Movie Theater (YPOP) is designed to bring you images and movies depicting our nearest star, the Sun, as seen by an X-ray telescope on board the Yohkoh satellite. The YPOP site includes a range of activities for youngsters, parents, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the Sun.

http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/homepage.html

Zvezdotchet Astronomy magazine (Russia)

Zvezdotchet ("Stargazer") is Russian magazine for amateur astronomers.

http://www.netclub.ru/~stargazer/

astro!nfo (Information Service)

astro!nfo is a Information Service made by amateur astronomers. There will published many informations about the amateur scene. Most of the text is written in German language.

http://www.astroinfo.ch/

sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

sci.astro is a newsgroup devoted to the discussion of the science of astronomy. As such its content ranges from the Earth to the farthest reaches of the Universe. However, certain questions tend to appear fairly regularly. This document attempts to summarize answers to these questions.

http://sciastro.astronomy.net/