- Absolute Astronomy - Facts and statistical information
about planets, moons, constellations, stars, galaxies, and Messier objects.
- Astronomical
Applications Department, U.S. Naval Observatory - Computes the position, brightness,
and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies, as well as the circumstances
of astronomical phenomena. Site has extensive information on astronomical phenomena,
calendars, and related topics.
- Astronomical Optical Interferometry - The use
of multiple telescopes to produce high resolution images - commonly used at most
modern observatories. A literature review article.
- Astronomical Pseudo-Science: A Skeptic's Resource
List - List of resources for those who want to examine with a skeptical eye
some of the claims at the fringes of science that seem connected to astronomy.
- Astronomy
Archive - Largest astronomy-related mailing list database with full-text searchable
archive.
- Astronomy Campfire Chat - Forum and chat for discussing
astronomy.
- Astronomy Education and Outreach - General astronomy
tutorial, education links, web courses, documents at the UCSD Center for Astrophysics
and Space Sciences.
- Astronomy Facts and Trivia - Fun facts and trivia
relating to astronomy, space, science fiction movies. Most trivia items are submitted
by users.
- Astronomy for All - Extensive index full of graphics
and illustrations about stars, the Solar System, cosmology and Galileo.
- Astronomy
Net - Resources, searchable forums and searchable lists of organizations providing
astronomy services.
- Astronomy Today - Articles on astronomy, cosmology
and space exploration, with a regularly updated sky guide and the latest space
news.
- AstroWeb - Astronomical Internet resources by
the Space Telescope Science Institute.
- An
Atlas of the Universe - Contains 3D maps of the universe zooming out from
the nearest stars to the scale of the galaxy and out to the surrounding superclusters
and finally to the scale of the known universe.
- Australia Astro Site - Extensive resources for
astronomy.
- Beyond Earth - Everything Not on Earth - Provides
information about the beginning of universe and solar system. About the planets,
quasars, the Milky Way, black holes. Life of a star. Travel in space and extra
terrestrial beings.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy - A web encyclopedia.
Over 500 entries, ranging from definitions to full articles.
- Infrared Astronomy - All about infrared astronomy
from NASA's infrared astronomy center: Discovery of infrared, what is infrared
and infrared astronomy, history, the infrared universe, gallery, activities, discoveries,
missions and a lot of links to IR astronomy sites.
- An
Introduction to Astronomy - Learn about astronomy; goes into lots of details,
and also has lots of astro-clip art.
- Logarithmic Maps of the Universe - Show universe
in terms of distance from Earth center. Includes such things as satellites, planets,
stars, nebulae, and galaxies, out to cosmic microwave background radiation from
the Big Bang.
- The Naming of Stars - Leaflet from Royal Greenwich
Observatory.
- Space.com - The Greatest Myths, Hoaxes & Mysteries
in Astronomy and Space Science - Article briefly discussing 21 topics.
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