Astronomy

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Links last checked: June 19, 2010

Astronomy
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1.1 Air and Space Magazine - the magazine from the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum

1.2 Amherst, University of Massachusetts. Astronomy department Web page

1.3 Astronautica - Catalog of Extrasolar planets.

1.4 Arecibo - The world's largest radio telescope in Puerto Rico.

1.5 Astronomy Magazine

1.6 Astronomy Today - Everything you need to know about astronomy and space exploration.

1.7 Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley - Extrasolar planet search

1.8 Dean Dauger's Solar System Simulator for the Macintosh

1.9 European Space Agency

1.10, 1.11 Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia - in French and English, with mirror site.


1.12 Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, formerly known as NASDA

1.13HubbleSite - news, and pictures from Hubble Space Telescope

1.14 Kawaeh Concepts - developer of the freeware astronomy program for the Mac, Night Sky.

1.15, 1.16 Keck Observatory and their news page

1.17 Kitt Peak Observatory

1.18 Lowell Observatory

1.19 Macastronautica - an English, French, and Spanish astronomy software for the Macintosh

1.20-1.32 U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Admin. (NASA)
Other NASA sites of interest include:
- Astronomy Picture of the Day from Goddard Space Flight Center
- Extragalactic Database
- Index of missions, current, past, and future
- Galileo Jupiter mission
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory - manufacturer of unmanned solar system probes.
- Lunar/Planet Institute -A research center for studying changes in the solar system
- Mars Missions
- Mars Polar Lander
- Origins Program - In search for the Origin of the Universe!
- NSSDC Photo Gallery - a comprehensive catalog of sites on the Net displaying photographs taken by NASA
- Skyview A web based catalog of the stars.
- NSSDC (formerly called the SSDS) - Space Science Data System


1.33, 1.34 University of New Mexico's Earth and Planetary Science department and their Links page

1.35 Russian Academy of Sciences Space Research Institute

1.36 SETI@Home - A distributive computing effort to analyze radio telescope readings of the cosmos for intelligent life. Come help the search by downloading their software! Download Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows version of SETI. The "Classic" version was turned off in 2005.

1.37 SEDS Messier Database

1.38 Southern Stars - software developer of Mac OS X, Windows, and Mac OS 9 native astronomical software.

1.39 Sky and Telescope's magazine

1.40 Solarviews - movies, pictures, and descriptions of all the celestial objects in our solar system

1.41 Space.com - news, links, and resources for people interested in astronomy and space exploration! spaceport.com owned by space.com

1.42 Spacescience.com - news on astronomical events and meetings

1.43, 1.44 Space Telescope Science Institute and their catalog of Hubble Space Telescope images (high speed connection recommended)

1.45Space Weather page. Auroras, sun storms, and data about the changing conditions caused by outer space phenomena

1.46 The Very Large Array - Great multi-radio telescope in Arizona.

1.47 Yahoo. Astronomy resources on the internet.
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