WWW Astronomical Links

• Abram's Planetarium Sky Diary (what is happening day by day each month)
• Amateur Astronomy on the WWW (Astron. Soc. of Pacific list)
• Asteroid and Comet Impacts with the Earth
• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• Ask the Astronomer (posted questions and answers from any area of astronomy)
• Astronomer Online (an electronic periodical from the UK with articles on all areas of astronomy as well as current news)
• AstroEd (astronomy in education resources)
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Astronomy & Astrophysics Virtual Library
• Astronomy Cafe
• Astronomy Magazine
• Astronomy Now magazine
• AstroWeb(very extensive list of astronomy resources, some specialized, on the WWW, divided by category)
• Bibliography of Astronomical Articles
• Black Holes, FAQs (frequently asked questions, by Matt McIrvin)
• Boschat Links (the ultimate exhaustive list of WWW Astronomical sites, maintained by Mike Boschat of Halifax, NS)
• Canadian Astronomical Data Centre
• Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA)
• Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Space Science Program
• Careers in Astronomy (American Astronomical Society)
• CLEA - Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy
• Clementine Moon Map Comet Hale-Bopp Homepage (by Russell Sipe)
• Comet Hyakutake (JPL)
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9)
• Comets and Meteor Showers (an excellent site with a good part of the content of Gary Kronk's books on these topics - maintained by Gary Kronk)
• Constellations (superb site by Chris Dolan with diagrams and explanation of constellations and brighter stars)
• Cosmology and the Origin of Life (Internet introductory course)
• Dark Matter (Physics FAQ by Scott I. Chase)
• Explorations in Education (ST ScI Educational Resources)
• Fundamental Astronomy (Mount Allison CD-ROM introductory astronomy course)
• HEASARC General Astronomy Resources
• History of Astronomy
• Hubble Space Telescope recent images
• HyperText Books in Astronomy (link to various learning materials)
• Index of Astronomy and Astrophysics Resources on the Internet
• International Astronomical Union (IAU) the international organization for professional astronomers
• IAU Astronomical Nomenclature
• International Dark Sky Association
• Internet Astronomy and Astrophysics Resources
• Jet Propulsion Lab (NASA)
• Light Pollution, New England Advisory Group
• Lunar and Planetary Society (educational materials, recent research results, meetings, etc.)
• Magnitude, Estimating Limiting
• Mars Atlas Mars, Life On (McGill University - good set of links to other Mars Life pages on the WWW also).
• Mars, Live from(about 1996-97 NASA missions to Mars)
• Mars, SNC Meteorites from (Ron Baalke JPL page)
• Messier Object catalog with information and images
• Messier Deep Sky Objects
• Meteors, International Meteor Organization home page includes links to articles on observing techniques, address lists, article database, and annual meteor shower calendars
• Meteor Showers (cross listing - see above)
• Meteor Society, Dutch contains a wealth of information and observations and extensive gallery of meteor photographs
• Meteorites and Impact Craters (Canadian resource)
• Meteorites (SNC from Mars) (Ron Baalke JPL page)
• Micrometeoroids (The Cosmic Football)
• Moon (Clementine Image Browser)
• NASA home page is a must - with embedded links (for example to detailed image and video libraries, space science missions, etc.)
• NASA Planetary Photojournal
• Nature of the Universe (an on-line introductory course by Terry Herter, Cornell)
• NEOs (an introduction to Near Earth Objects - asteroids, meteoroids and comets)
• New Brunswick Astronomy
• Newsgroups (astronomy related)
• NGC Images on the Net
• Night Sky (from Astronomy Now magazine; monthly summary of astronomical events, planets, etc.)
• Nine Planets - excellent and readable information on all solar system objects
• NSSDC (U.S. National Space Science Centre Data Centre) Photo Gallery
• Picture of the Day (NASA project gives the astronomical picture of the day and a brief hypertext account written by a professional astronomer)
• Olber's Paradox (Scott Chase, Physics FAQ)
• Planetary Society, The
• Planets, Welcome to the (JPL) Planets (McGill University) Up to date data on each planet, along with a selection of images.
• Planets, Searching for Extrasolar (from San Francisco State University, detailed treatment)
• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC)
• Science News (rapid reporting of important events in science)
• SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space)
• SETI Institute (search for extraterrestrial intelligence)
• SETIQuest (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
• SkyView (rather specialized, but powerful; generates sky maps using data from various wavelength regimes - x-ray, infrared, radio, etc.)
• Sky & Telescope magazine
• Solar System Liveallows you to, among other things, watch animations of planetary motions
• Solar System Quiz (also allows comparison of images of different satellites and planets)
• Solar System Visualizations (large collection of solar system simulations)
• Space Calendar
• Stardust (mission to sample comet material)
• Star Facts (an electronic journal)
• StarTimes (from Marquette Astronomy Society)
• StarWorlds astronomical database
• Sun (Virtual Trip)
• Views of the Solar System (information and some images on solar system objects)
• Telescopes, World's Largest
• Universe in the Classroom (an excellent set of introductory articles on almost all areas of astronomy)
• Venus (Magellan mission)
• Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars( Robert Nemiroff)
• Voyager Space Missions
• Web Nebula, The (Bill Arnett's excellent selection of deep sky objects) What's Up This Month by Bruce Dale
• YAHOO Astronomy