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Slush Below Europa's Surface! - The latest, most detailed pictures of the Jupiter moon Europa lend more support to the theory that slush or even liquid water lurks beneath the moon'ssurface. Those pictures were presented and discussed by scientists from Brown University and NASA during a press briefing today on the Brown campus.

Animations of the Mars Global Surveyor - This site contains large quick-time animations of the Mars Global Surveyor. Neat if you have a fast computer!

Full Data from Galileo Probe - Lots of recent images (and data if you are interested) from the Jupiter orbits and the travels of this spunky little probe!

• The Solar System

 
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter - Images and information about this July 1994 collision.
• The Daily Martian Weather Report - A daily weather report for the planet Mars, produced by the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team.
• Galileo Project - On December 7, 1995, the Galileo Probe became the first atmospheric probe to study a gas giant. Radio transmissions indicated that Galileo's Jupiter atmospheric probe mission had succeeded, when it was confirmed that the probe signal had been received by the orbiter as the probe began parachuting into Jupiter's clouds.
• The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System - The Nine Planets describes each of the 70 planets and moons in the solar system with text, pictures, sounds, an occasional movie and links to other related net resources.
• Shoemaker-Levy Teacher's Guide A guide from JPL on the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Collision with Jupiter for science teachers, including good introductory material on comets.
• Small Comets - Every few seconds a "snowball" the size of a small house breaks up as it approaches Earth, and deposits a large cloud of water vapor in Earth's upper atmosphere. This theory was first proposed in the early 1980's, but wasn't widely accepted then. New findings (May 1997) are confirming the theory.
• Small Planet Communications Astronomy Site - A student-oriented guide to exploring the universe and Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

 
• Space Flight

 
• Basics of Space Flight - A Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) online tour. This guide provides an overview of how spacecraft missions operate.
• The Wake Shield Facility Information Center - The Wake Shield Facility (WSF) is an important piece of equipment on the space shuttle. The WSF is a free-flying research and development facility that is designed to use the pure vacuum of space to conduct scientific research in the development of new materials.

 
• Of General Interest

 
• SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) .
• Astronomy Camp - Spend a week at the University of Arizona learning about astronomy from scientists during the day, and studying the sky at night. Beginning and advanced sessions are available for teens, adults, and educators.
• Aurora Borealis Information - This includes many images, as well as aurora forecasts and sightings reports for North America.
• Bradford Robotic Telescope - A remote-control telescope -- you control it over the Internet! It is located high on the moors in West Yorkshire, England. The telescope decides when the conditions are good enough to make observations of the sky by itself; an astronomer does not need to be present. Anyone on the Internet can register and ask the telescope to look at anything in the northern night sky. Very cool.
• Comet C/1996 B2 Hyakutake - Also known as The Great Comet of 1996, this comet passed very close to Earth during March, April, and May, 1996, and was visible with the naked eye.
• Hands-on Universe - A science research and education program that makes leading edge astrophysics research tools and technologies available to high school students and educators. >From Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
• Radar Images of Earth - Space radar scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory continue to process and analyze images yielded by the shuttle flights. These images are beautiful, and include explanatory text
• StarChild - A learning center for young astronomers, featuring Hubble Telescope photos; graphics and data about Earth, planets, and galaxies.
• The Web Nebulae - Information about nebulae, including spectacular images.
• Universe Today. Read about space exploration and astronomy news, which is updated every weekday.

 
• Astronomical Magazines/also see below

 
• Coelum Magazine The Italian astronomical magazine web site. Coelum "publishes the best images by the most known astrophotographers from all around the world".
• Amateur Astronomy
• American Meteor Society . We are an organization of amateur and professional meteor scientists and observers founded in 1911, with a common goal of studying meteors: - bright fireballs, the annual meteor showers, and the random sporadic meteors that appear every night.
• ALPO Homepage The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers home page.
• Arp Galaxy Gallery. View the Arp galaxies as taken by James McGaha and Tim Hunter at their personal observatory, The Grassland Observatory, in southern Arizona.
• International Occultation Timing Association . Learn about stars winking off and on behind the Moon and minor planets. This site includes the latest predictions and observing results.
• Nearby Star Observers (NBSO) is a new Special Interest organization that is dedicated to the sharing of data and information about the closest stars to our Sun. Our primary study range is 20 parsec and includes approx. 1300 stars/systems.
• Terry's Hunt of the Month is a monthly observing list webpage. It contains five monthly observing lists. They are derived from the Messier, Herschel, Herschel II, FWAS Favorites, and The Beyond Messier lists.

 
• Astronomy and Space

 
• American Astronomical Society. The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is the major professional organization in North America for astronomers and other scientists and individuals interested in astronomy.  They provide information on careers in astronomy and other topics.
• Carl Koppeschaar's ASTRONET!   ASTRONET offers information on astronomical phenomena and closely follows the news on astronomy, space research, space flight, meteorology and earth sciences. ASTRONET is frequently updated.
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific . An organization of professional and amateur astronomers dedicated to the promotion of astronomy, especially to the young. The also hold professional meetings and publish a professional Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. For the general reader, there also publish Mercury magazine.
• David Ransom's Home Page. Satellite tracking heaven.  Mr. Ransom runs the famous RPV BBS and this site is the RPV reflection onto the Web.  There are links to tracking software, orbital elements and many other tracking neccessities.  If you are interested in the Shuttle or sattelite tracking, you should visit here!
• Galileo Lives!   The Starry Messenger is a dramatic fun filled adaptation of Galileo's short treatise Siderius Nuncius. Galileo (dressed in 17th century costume) arrives at your organization to present a public lecture on his most recent discoveries made using his newly devised spyglass. As he describes those discoveries, Galileo's new method of observation and measurement of nature become apparent.
• International Astronomical Union Working Group on Solar Eclipses . Home page for information on Solar Eclipses, including scheduled observations and reports on solar eclipses already gone by. Run by Jay Pasachoff.
• The International Dark Sky Association. Devoted to preserving the sky for all of us, IDA will help you learn to fight light pollution at all levels. Visit this site often, and consider joining the battle through membership and advocacy.
• Instituto de Astrofsica de Canarias Home Page of an observatory in the Canary Islands.
• LASCO Comet Hyakutake Page Images of Comet Hyakutake take at perihelion with a heliostat.
• NASA Eclipse Home Page.   The authoritative site for Eclipse Information, both lunar and solar.  Includes maps for recent and upcoming solar eclipses.
• NASA/Kennedy Space Center Home Page Go to the doorway into space.
• NASA Shuttle Page
• images pic du midi Images and information from Pic du Midi Observatory. It is a premier site for planetary observing and astrophotography.
• Project Galileo (JPL) Home Page of the Jupiter Orbiter with the latest images from the Giant Planet.
• The Salopian Web INTERESTED in ASTRONOMY, SPACE, COMPUTING, AMATEUR RADIO & SATELLITES? Then this is the site for you! Filled with lots of useful data and huge links; Monthly sky notes for Astronomers; places to download software. Need a software driver or orbital elements for satellites? - then look no further.
• The Star*s Family of Astronomy and Related Resources Another list of astronomy and related sites.
• The STScI Digitized Sky Survey Provides images from the Palomar Sky Survey. The displayed image is a result of user-controlled search. This is great for verifying images you have taken that show unusual or suspect objects.
• The Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing is hosted by the School of Biophysical Sciences and Electrical Engineering at the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. The group's main research focus is in computationally-demanding problems in pulsar astrophysics, but it is also involved in education through its exciting online education programme. They are offering online courses in astronomy to an audience of mainly amateur astronomers, which already includes a number of US participants. The group is a major user of the Parkes 64-m radio telescope operated by the Australia Telescope National Facility and has been involved in the discovery and timing of many of the Southern millisecond pulsars.

 
• Commercial Astronomy-Related Sites

 
• Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird . "When great service and reasonable prices are what you want, please contact us."
• The Astronomy Mall . Click to some of your favorite astronomy related products and services. Many well known dealers of astronomical goods have sites here.
• DGM Optics Off-Axis Newtonian Telescopes feature a Unique, 2-Mirror, Unobstructed Reflector, Offering Exceptional Contrast and Resolution at a Fraction of the Cost of Equal Aperture Refractors.
• Eastman Kodak Company Information on film and electronic imaging products.
• ISI Systems : Complete Solutions in Digital Imaging
• The Space Media Store offers secure online shopping for leading astronomy software and many other space and astronomy related products.
• Spectrum Coatings ' mission is to become a leader in front surface mirror and decorative thin film production for Amateur Astronomers, Precision Optical companies, and the Art Glass and Awards industries. Check out their site for more information on their coating process.
• Stargazer Steve. Read about a unique offer from amateur astronomer and telescope builder Steve Dodson.
• Starmaster Portable Telescopes . Information on what they make and sell. 7-inch through 22-inch Dobsonians and accessories.

 
• Other Links

 
• American Astronomical Society Home Page
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• The Astrophysical Journal
• Papers Submitted to North American Astronomical Publications
• ADS Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstract Service
• National Science Foundation WWW Server
• NASA Office of Space Sciences Research
• Space Telescope Electronic Information Service
• SkyView

 
• Astronomical Newsletters, Astronomers, & Research Groups
  
  
• Starheads Home Page (search for Astronomer's Home Pages)
• Variable Star Network
• American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)

 
• Astronomy Pages
• Sky &Telescope Home Page
• ASTRONOMY Magazine
• SEDS Web Site
• The Web Nebulae Collection
• The Planetary Society Home Page

 
• Women in Astronomy
  

• CSWA Women in Astronomy- Quick Search
• Association for Women in Science
• Committee on the Status of Women in Physics
• 4000 Years of Women in Science
  
  
 
• Space Pages

 
• The NASA Homepage
• NASA/Kennedy Space Center Home Page
• Shuttle Mission Page
• Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
• Astronomy Digest  is a Free Monthly E-Zine with Current Astronomy News, Product Review, and more.
• CNN - Science and Technology
• Astronomy Site of the Day
• AstroWeb
• ExciteNet Reviews: Astronomy & Space
• Loch Ness Productions Planetarium Compendium
• Star*s Family of Astronomy Resources
• Yahoo! Science:Astronomy

 
• Professional Research

 
• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• American Meteor Society
• Astrophysical Institute of the Canary Islands
• Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
• Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT)
• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)
• High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC)
• Information Bulletin on Variable Stars
• Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
• NASA/Marshall Space Sciences
• Naval Research Laboratory(NRL)
• Near-Earth Object Program (JPL)
• SEDS Messier Database
• Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
• University of Alabama
• University of Texas at Austin
• Uppsala Astronomical Observatory
• U.S. Naval Observatory

 
• Amateur Research

 
• The Amateur Sky Survey (TASS)
• American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
• Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers
• Astronomy and Astromicroscopy
• International Meteor Organization
• IOTA Asteroid Occultation Section
• International Supernovae Network
• Nordic Mars Observers
• Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA)
• Visual Satellite Observers
• VSNET -- Variable Stars, Novae, and Supernovae

 
• Equipment & Telescope Making

 
• Antique Telescope Society
• Astro-Mart
• Astronomy Info
• Astronomy and Telescope Reviews by Ed Ting
• ATM Page
• Berthold Hamburger's ATM Page
• Buying Your First Telescope in Australia
• Cookbook Camera Home Page
• Lin Robertson's Build Your Own Dobsonian Telescope
• Mike Weasner's Meade ETX Page

 
• Events, Conventions, and Star Parties


• Stellafane

 
• Observing & More

 
• Amateur Astronomy Observers Log
• Aurora Page
• Astronomy and Astromicroscopy
• Bert's Visual Deep-Sky Astronomy Site
• Comets and Meteor Showers
• Larry's Deep-Sky Sketches
• Moon Calendar by Paul Carlisle
• Izzy's Skylog
• NASA Solar Data Analysis Center
• Planetary Nebulae Observer's Home Page
• Planetary Observer's Forum
• Rawhide Space Page
• Stig's Sky Calendar
• Visible Satellite Predictions
• Visual Satellite Observer's Home Page

 
• Public Domain, Freeware & Shareware Astronomy Programs

 
• Monzur Ahmed's MoonCalc
• Elwood Downey's Xephem for Unix
• Brian Simpson's Night Vision
• Space Telescope Science Institute's Electronic PictureBooks
• Coeli Software's Visual Planets, New Windows Dictionary of Astronomy , and others
• John Walker's Home Planet

 
• Online Star Charts

 
• AstroImage
• Hawaiian Astronomical Society's Storybook and Deepsky Atlas
• Mount Wilson Observatory's StarMap Service
• National Geographic's Star Chart
• Starchart Map Server

 
• Museums & Planetariums

 
• Loch Ness Productions Planetarium Compendium
• Abrams Planetarium (East Lansing, Michigan)
• Alworth Planetarium (Duluth, Minnesota)
• Bradford Robotic Telescope
  
• Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory (Cocoa, Florida)
• Carnegie Science Center/Buhl Planetarium (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Discovery Park (Safford, Arizona)
• Doran Planetarium (Ontario, Canada)
• Exploratorium (San Francisco, California)
• Förderkreis Planetarium Göttingen (Göttingen, Germany)
• Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles, California)
• Lawrence Hall of Science (Berkeley, California)
• Morrison Planetarium (San Francisco, California)
• Museum of Science/Hayden Planetarium (Boston, Massachusetts)
• University of Guam Planetarium
• Rauch Memorial Planetarium (Louisville, Kentucky)
• St. Louis Science Center (Missouri)
• Science North (Sudbury, Ontario)
• Western Washington University Planetarium (Bellingham, Washington)

 
• Amateur, Public & Private Observatories

 
• Gov Aker Observatory (Safford, Arizona)
• Northern Cross Observatory
• Perkins Observatory (Ohio)
• Thunderchild Observatory (Queensland, Australia)

 
• Ground-Based Telescopes

 
• The World's Largest Optical Telescopes
• Anglo-Australian Observatory (Epping, Australia)
• Apache Point Observatory (New Mexico)
• Big Bear Solar Observatory (Big Bear City, California)
• Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO; Chile)
• Clinemhaga Observatory (British Columbia, Canada)
• Concordia College Observatory (Moorhead, Minnesota)
• David Dunlap Observatory (Ontario, Canada)
• Gemini 8-meter Telescopes (Hawaii & Chile)
• Hard Labor Creek Observatory (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Haystack Observatory (Massachusetts)
• Hobby-Eberly Telescope (Texas)
• Lick Observatory (California)
• Lowell Observatory (Arizona)
• Mauna Kea Observatories (Hawaii)
• Mount Wilson Observatory (California)
• National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO; Arizona)
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO; AZ, NM, VA, WV)
• National Solar Observatory (NSO; Arizona, New Mexico)
• Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (NEAT; Hawaii)
• Palomar Observatory (California)
• Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
• Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO; England)
• Steward Observatory (Arizona)
• Teide Observatory (Tenerife, Canary Islands)
• Telescopio Infrarosso del Gornergrat (TIGRO; Italy)
• University of Toronto Southern Observatory (Chile)
• Yerkes Observatory (Williams Bay, Wisconsin)

 
•  Airborne Astronomy

 
• Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

 
• Space Agencies & Space Centers

 
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• NASA Home Page
• NASA Headquarters (Washington, DC)
• NASA Ames Research Center (California)
• NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (California)
• NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (New York)
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California)
• NASA Johnson Space Center (Texas)
• NASA Kennedy Space Center (Florida)
• NASA Langley Research Center (Virginia)
• NASA Glenn Research Center (Ohio)
• NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (Alabama)
• NASA Stennis Space Center (Mississipi)
• National Space Development Agency of Japan

 
• Space Astronomy Missions

 
• CHANDRA Advanced X-ray Center
• Array of Low Energy X-Ray Imaging Sensors (ALEXIS)
• International Solar Terrestrial Physics
• Space Sciences Laboratory
• Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)
• Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST)
• High Energy Transient Explorer (HETE)
• Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
• Hubble Space Telescope Science Instruments
• Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
• Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP)
• James Webb Space Telescope
• Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas B (SAC B)
• Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
• Spectrum Roentgen Gamma
• Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS)
• Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE)
• VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP)
• X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM)
• X-ray Timing Explorer (XTE)

 
• Planetary Science Missions

 
• Cassini
• Clementine
• Galileo
• Lunar A
• Lunar Prospector
• Mars Global Surveyor
• Mars Pathfinder
• Mars 96
• Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR)
• Pioneers 10 and 11
• Voyager

 
• Piloted Space Flight

 
• Artemis Project
• Challenger: 10 Years Later (from LIFE magazine)
• Florida Today's Space Online
• Space Shuttle

 
• Online Data & Catalogs

 
• Astronomical Data Center (ADC)
• Canada Astronomical Data Center (CADC)
• Digitized Sky Survey
• JPL's Solar System Dynamics Group
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
• National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
• Planetary Data System (PDS)
• SkyView
• Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center
• U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications Dept.

 
•  Online Astronomy Newsletters

 
• Cosmic Mirror
  
• Regulus!
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

 
• Magazines & Journals

 
• ICSTARS Astronomy
• The Astrograph
• Astronomy Now
• Astrophysical Journal
• Coelum (Italian language)
• Icarus
• Meteorite!
• Nature
• The Planetarian
• Science
• Scientific American
• Space News
• The Astronomer