My Favorite Astronomy Links

Amateur Astrophotography Sites

Astronomy Education and Research

About Foucault Pendulums

ASP Good Astronomy Activities on the WWW

Astro Toolbox - Web based Java application that you can also download to your computer

Astronomy 161 The Solar System - University of Tennessee Astronomy Lectures

Astronomy 162 Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology University of Tennessee Astronomy Lectures

Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Iceland _ Nice section on gravitational lenses.

Astronomy education Links - Stephen F. Austin State University Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

Astronomy Education Review

Astronomy Notes - An on-line astronomy textbook.

Astronomy Survival Website - General astronomy education

University of Michigan online astronomy labs.

Discovery Channel Telescope Home page - Lowell Observatory

Exploring Planets in the Classroom hands-on science activities

Falling into a Black Hole - The physics of black holes from the perspective of one falling into a black hole..

From Stargazers to Starships -NASA site that provides activities and lesson plans for the classroom

Gravitational Lensing Theory - Introduction to gravitational lenses.

Hands on Universe, Europe - astronomy education site.

HyperPhysics - Physics education web site hosted by Georgia state University

Images of Planetary Nebulae

Rob Scharein's Java Applets related to astronomy

Joint Astronomy Centre - James Clerk Maxwell Telescope and the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope

Jodrell Bank Internet Observatory (JBiO) - a robotic radio telescope for european educators.

Kepler Laws & Explorer 35 - Web version of an activity out of 'Contemporary Activities in Astronomy' by Darrel Hoff and Jeffrey Wilkerson

KU Physics and Astronomy Department

Mars Student Imaging Project - NASA related site for educators

Multimedia Physics Studios - Glenbrook South High School. Glenview Illinois

NASA - JPL Solar System Simulator

National Research Council Canada - Astronomy Education

Physcics Applets from the University of Oregon

Physics Java Applets from Prentice Hall Publishers

Planetary Science Research Discoveries PSRD - links for planetary and space sciences

Robert J. Nemiroff's Home Page - Relativity Animations

Science Instruction Resources - Carson City-Crystal High School, Carson City Michigan.

SolStation.com On-line star charts and downloadable PC charting application plus a few links to other sites.

Spectra - Web site run by Dr. James Kaler that provides an introduction to stellar spectra.

Spectroscopy Java Applet - Harvard University

Stars and Constellations - provides an overview of the constellations and brighter stars.

Texas A & M Observatory web site - student resources. Has a number of web based calculators and simulators.

The educational encyclopedia, space java applets, space animations - index of astronomy related animations and Java applets

University of Northern Iowa astronomy class Web site - has some Java applets and on-line quizes

Virtual Courseware Home - Flash animation and Java applets covering earth sciences and biology from Californis State university

Warp Special Relativity Simulator - Application that simulates what it is like to travel at relativistic speeds. Very Cool.

Wichita State University - Astronomy Testbank

Astronomy Links on the Web

Ash's Astronomy Page - Lots of great links!

Astronomy and Space A to Z - An Alphabetical List To All Astronomy and Space Site Topics

AstronomyList

ICSTARS Astronomy Star Links

Astro Shopping

Manufacturers & Retailers

Anacortes Telescope And Wild Bird

APM Telescopes - German Telescope Maker

Astronomy Equipment Vendors and Manufacturers

Astronomy-Mall.com Home

ASTROPTX For Celestron and Meade Telescopes, Binoculars and Spotting Scopes

AstroSky - Makers of custom piers, adapter plates and Dobsonian telescopes from 10 to 20 inches.

Computer Operated Telescopes - Site where amateurs can purchase telescope control hardware and software.

eBay Store - Meade Factory Outlet and Category 1

Hands on Optics - Retailer of Telescopes and Accessories

ITE Telescopes - Russian made telescopes.

Losmandy Astronomical Products

Luxorion - Astronomy Related Product Index

Melles Griot - Optical Components Manufacturer

Optec, Inc. - Telescope accessory maker. Makes a line of photometers.

Optic-Craft Machining - Telescope Mounts and Clock Drives

Optical Filters and Optical Coatings by Andover Corporation

Parallax Instruments - Makers of Telescopes and German Equatorial Mounts

Philips ToUcam Accessories parts spares telescopes Scopetronix classifieds used secondhand eyepieces equipment

Siebert Optics - Eyepieces and Binoviewers

Sirius Optics

Sky Router - Telescope Supplies on the web

Sky Scientific New, Used and Surplus Optics and Books

Stellar Technologies International - Makers of knife-edge Focusers, Ronchi Astrofocusers, and Wide-field adapters

Sturdy Telescope Mountings by Optic-Craft Machining

Taurus Tech - Maker of the Taurus Tracker Off Axis Guider

University Optics Telescope Accessories, Telescope Accessories, Telescope Eye Pieces, University Optics

William Optics - Maker of fine telescopes and mounts

Woodland Hills Telescope. Retailer of telescopes and accessories

www.alpineastro.com- Idaho based supplier of telescopes and accessories. US retailer for Baader Planetarium.

www.astro-physics.com - Makers of high end german equatorial mounts.

Used and Surplus Equipment

A. Jaegers Optical - Surplus Optics

ASTROMART Classifieds

Surplus Shed - Used telescopes and accessories

Astronomy History

Percival Lowell

Wikipedia article about Percival Lowell

Astronomical Databases and Catalogs

Extra-solar Planets Catalog

Martindale's Astronomy, Astrophysics & Space Center Universe, Stars, Telescopes

SAO Telescope Data Center

Simbad Astronomical Database

SkyView Virtual Observatory

Sloan Digital Sky Survey - SkyServer

The United States Naval Observatory - Home to the USNO star catalog

NGC Objects Logged So Far on IAAC

Revised Shapley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies

The Whole NGC

Pages from historical atlas

Books

Linda Hall Library - Exhibitions

Welcome to Willmann-Bell, Inc.

CCD Cameras and Web Cams

Astronomical CCD & Night Vision Devices. Information on CCD chips and cameras

Audine - astronomical CCD imaging. Web site of the Audine CCD camera kit.

CADET homepage, calibration and deconvolution of astronomical images, image processing, CCD, Freeware, astronomy

Capteur1 - French language site that describes the TC 255P and TC237 CCD chips

CCD chip producers - list of CCD and their manufacturers.

CCD-237 camera - describes the TC237 CCD chip.

Cookbook Camera Home Page - Companion web site to the book titled 'The CCD Camera Cookbook' by, Richard Berry, et. al.

Digital Camera Astronomical Imaging FAQ - Covers astrophotography using the modern digital SLR

Digital Camera Astrophotography Tips and Techniques -More on the use of digital SLRs in astrophotography.

Equipment for CCD-astrophotography - A telescope and CCD camera maker.

Flat Field Lightbox Notes - Shows how to build a lightbox for taking flat field frames with a CCD camera.

Genesis CCD cookbook astronomy camera

Light Box - More tips on building a light box for CCD imaging.

Ron Wodaski's Magic CCD Camera Calculator

Super-Resolution Planetary Images - A must for any planetary imager.

The New CCD Astronomy Home Page

Welcome to TheRIM - Genesis CCD SN 000041. A Web site by a user of the Genesis CCD camera.

Web Cameras

'Easy' RAW mod for Philips and Logitech Webcams

Astronomia - Astro photos by Sergio Saltamonti. Nice planetary images.

info on modifying a vesta pro web camera for long exposures.

CCD vs. CMOS - Compares the CCD and CMOS web cameras.

Image Processing Part 1 - Tan Thiam Guan's image processing tutorial.

IR_FAQ - Explains the advantages of using an IR blocking filter with a Web camera.

Greg Beeke's Webcam Mods - Detailed info on modifying web cams for long exposures.

Logitech Quickcam Pro 3000 Long Exposure Modification - Keith Wiley explains how to make a long exposure modification to a QC 3000

Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000 Modification - preface

M. Burri's Web Cam Modifications and Astrophotos

M. Meijer - all about astronomy, my equipment and pictures. Has tips on modifying Vesta Pro camera.

Quickcam Data - Lots of links to other Web site concerning web cams.

Quickcam VC long exposure modification.

Sarawak Skies - Webcam and Digital SLR Astrophotography from Singapore

THE FIRMAMENT - astronomy webcam images and tutorials Moon, Planets, Messier, and Deep Sky objects

Themoelectric Cooler Selection Procedure - explains the technical details on how to select the appropriate Peltier cooler.

ToUCam - IR-Filter. German site showing how to extract the IR filter from a ToUcam lens.

Web Cam Adapter - The Mogg Adapter. Site where many different types of telescope adapters for Web cams can be ordered.

WEB-CAMERAS - Tecnical info on the CCD chips in all of the popular web cams.

WebCam - Agood introduction to Web cams.

WebCam astro images - Information on using modified web cams.

Constellations

Constellation Photos - Constellations - Digital Images of the Sky

General Information for the Beginner

Amateur Astronomer's Notebook - Good site for the novice.

Astronomy Education - How to use a telescope.

General Interest

Astronomy Awards -

Astronomy Magazine, Star Charts, Space News-Astronomy.com

Astronomy Picture of the Day

HubbleSite - NewsCenter

Live images of the Moon and planets

NightSkyLive.net The Night Sky Live- See the night sky from several observatories around the world.

SkyNews - Canadian Amateur Astronomy Magazine

StarDate Online - Your Guide to the Universe

Observing Techniques

Astro-nut home page - Paul Hyndman's Web site. Explains the use of the Hartmann mask for focusing.

Making an Improvised Infrared Transmitting Filter

Observational Astronomy Contents-Site Map. Links to lots of different topics with an emphasis on observing methods..

Organizations

AAL Homepage - Luxembourg Amateur Astronomers

ASKC Main Index Page - The asronomical Society of Kansas City

Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers

Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Professional organization

Manchester Astronomical Society Home Page

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

The Astronomy Associates of Lawrence

Charlottesville Astronomical Society

The Planetary Society

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - For amateur and professional astronomers.

Photography

Antilhue-Chile (Home)

Astronomy Imaging Training Tapes

Astrophotography Articles

Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss

Astrophotography by John Punnett

CCD Amateur Astronomy

Celestial Wonders, Astrophotography by Frank Barrett

Chris Hendren's Astrophotography

Focusing Tips

Guide to Astrophotography

Imaging Equipment

Robert Reeves Schmidt Camera Astrophotography

Shane's Astrophotos

THE FIRMAMENT

Video Astrophotography Equipment - Software - Hardware

Photometry

AAVSO CCD Observing Manual

Optec, Inc. - Photometers

Software and Computer programming that is related to astronomy

Aberrator.astronomy.net - Aberrator is freeware that generates star-testing images

ai-software.com

AIPS (Classic, not aips++)

Alcyone Astronomical Software - ephemeris software

Aquest, Inc. Home of PCFocus and FocusAide

ASCOM Initiative

AstroAlign - an alignment tool by Carsten Arnholm

Astronomy software servers

Astrophysics Source Code Library Archive

AstroTips.com - Astronomy Software and Amateur Observation Resources Astronomy Freeware, Shareware and Commercial.

AstroVideo -software for capturing and stacking video frames.

CADET introduction, calibration and deconvolution of astronomical images, image processing, CCD, Freeware, astronomy

CLEA SOFTWARE

Computer Science-related resources

CyTeG. IRIS. Download Page

Deepsky Astronomy Software - Observation planning and telescope control software.

Diffraction Limited - Home of MaxIm DL image processing software.

Download Partiview NVO @ Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History

Dutch Occultation Association

Encyclopedia Galactica web site - freeware planetarium program

Free Astrophotography Software

Front Page -- www.arachnoid.com - Astronomy and other science related links

FV - The Interactive FITS File Editor

GuideDog - Autoguiding software for web cameras.

Image Analyzer

ImageJ

ImageTool

iMerge - Image-stacking and Mosaic-making program

Iris software

K3's Astronomy Home Page - Home of K3CCDTools. An image acquisition and processing package for Web cameras.

Linux Astronomy HOWTO

Lunar Eclipse Computer

MLUnsold Digital Imaging - Home of Image Plus software. Has some good information on restorative techniques.

Moon Calculator (MoonCalc)

Moontool for Windows - A program that displays the current phase information on the Moon by John Walker

Neat Image - best noise reduction for digital cameras and scanners

Night Vision for Java Home Page

NIH ImageJ Download

OSLO - optical design software. An educational edition is available.

polygonworlds - 3D Mars animations

Prep - Interactive Image Preprocessor. Commercial application for correcting image defects.

Quantum Image

Realtime Spectroscopy Software - allows one to capture spectra with a video camera. Diffraction gratings are available through this web site.

RegiStax - image stacking freeware

SETI@Home Speedup Tips

Simulations and Animations

SkyChart / Cartes du Ciel

Sky Charts, Free Astronomy software , Celestial atlas

SPECTRUM - a stellar spectral synthesis program

Starlink Software

StarStrider - The 3D-planetarium from FMJ-Software

Stellar Evolution on PC

Stellar Magic - Freeware image processing program for astronomical images captured in FITS format.

the ESO SkyCat Tool

The TeleAuto Program

Visual Spec - home page

WCSTools Image World Coordinate System Utilities

Welcome to the Astrometrica Homepage

Welcome to the New Astronomical Image Library!

Solar System

General Planetary Astronomy and Images

Arizona State University Planetary Exploration Laboratory

Planetary Data System Home

The Nine Planets

MGS MOC Captioned Image Releases

Planetary Data System - NASA site

Planetary Image Atlas

Planetary Photojournal NASA's Image Access Home Page

The Sun

Big Bear Solar Observatory

Photospheric Features

SOHO-LASCO-EIT Real Time Movies

NASA Solar Eclipse Page

Moon

Apollo Image Atlas

Clementine Lunar Image Browser 1.5

Lunar Domes

Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon

Inconstant Moon - Lunar resources and online atlas

Meteors

IMO Video Observers Page

meteorobs - Meteor Observing Mailing List

Peekskill Meteorite Car

Robert A Haag Private Meteorite Collection - Stony-Iron Meteorites

The Peekskill Fireball

Asteroids

IAU Minor Planet Center

Orbit Diagrams

Science & Technology New study reveals twice as many asteroids as previously believed

IAU Minor Planet Animations Page

Earth

Alan L. Jones- Link to a researche's web site where you can download seismology related software

Developing the theory of continental drift [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]

Millennium of Geomagnetism

This Dynamic Earth--Contents [USGS]

WEB BASED CLASS GRAPHICS

WHEN NORTH GOES SOUTH Three-Dimensional Simulation of Geomagnetic Field Reversal

Mars

Center for Mars Exploration

CMEX Mars Online Movies

Mars Exploration Multimedia

Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-299 Release

MSSS Mars Image Directory

Willkommen zu Mars 03 - Welcome to Mars03

Jupiter

Jupiter by Christopher Go

PDS Jupiter Viewer 2.4

Space Agencies Nasa & ESA

ESA Science & Technology Images and Videos

Spectroscopy

A Digital Spectral Classification Atlas - R. O. Gray

Appalachian State University Nstars Spectra Project

Forum for Amateur AstroSpectroscopy - Library Resources

Laser Stars - History of Astronomical Spectroscopy

MK Standard Stars Online

NIST Atomic Spectros. - Compendium of Basic Ideas, Etc.

Paton Hawksley Education Ltd, Nuffield physics transmission gratings

Planetary Nebulae Spectra

Spectrashift.com - amateur extrasolar planet search project

Spectrograph

Spectrograph design- A&S Rondi

Spectroscopy, CCD and Astronomy

Telescopes and Amateur Observatories

ASKC Powell Observatory Page

Astro Note - Polar Alignment.

Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews

COAA Homepage - Amateur observatory - resort designed to give amateurs the chance to use larger telescopes. Located in Portugal.

Computer Operated Telescopes

Mapug-Astronomy Homepage for Meade Advanced Products Users Group of Amateur Astronomers Using Meade LX200 and other Meade Teles

The LXD55 Portal

Wastelands Observatory - Equipment

Weasner's Meade Autostar Feedback

www.nubbin.darkhorizons.org- A small observatory in Arkansas

Yahoo! Groups LXD55telescopes

Telescope Making

Dave Gault's Homepage - Telescope making site.

GEM Drives

STAR Astronomy - Telescope Making Links

The ATM Site Resources and Techniques for Amateur Telescope Makers

The ATM's Workshop - Home Page

Optics

Optics - Brief discussions of many areas of optics.

Thierry Legault - The collimation - Shows how collimation of a telescope's optics affect the sharpness of planetary images.

Space Telescopes

Hubble Telescope

Hubble ESA Information Centre - VIDEOS

Hubble Space Telescope Picture Gallery

Spitzer Infrared Telescope

Spitzer Space Telescope

Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Chandra Multimedia Page

Weather Related

Clear Sky Clock Homepage

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