Other lists of astronomy resources

A List Supernova Pages on the WWW: Links to a growing list of WWW pages concerning all aspects of research on supernova and supernova remnants. Observations and theory; all types of supernovae; research groups and individual researchers.
Access to Astronomy Class ( Open Classroom-Astro ): Astronomy at the Dalton School is a college level, full year modern astronomy elective course. In a constructivist format, computers are extensively used in the course. From the home page you can see lists of software used, topics covered, image sources, web sites, etc. You can also see the course in progress. The task stream and folders containing ongoing, unaltered student work are published on WWW pages. See Internet Project.
An Astronomer's Guide to On-line Bibliographic Databases and Information Services: This is Starlink User Note 174.1 (29 November 1993).
See also " A Guide to Astronomical Catalogues, Databases and Archives available through Starlink" , Starlink User Note 162.1 (18. March 1993), also by A.C. Davenhall, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Leicester.
Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers ( ALPO ): An educational organization that instucts observers in proper technique, collects amateur observations and promulgates them to the professional community.
Astrobiology Web
AstroEd: A collection of pointers to resources related to teaching/learning Astronomy. Includes pointers to courses, multimedia documents, image catalogs, history, and others.
Astronet Home Page - Navigation in Astronet ( Padova ): This is a still growing page trough which one can navigate between the www servers of the astronomical observatories in Italy. General information and software is (and will be) also available.
Astronomical Image Library: We're undertaking the task of indexing the wealth of astronomical images available on the Internet. To use the service, you just have to go to the URL mentioned and type the name of the object you are looking for. If our database knows where an image of this object is located, you just have to click on the resulting link(s) to obtain a picture of it. We're currently indexing approximately 15,000 images and more are being added regularly.
Astronomical information on the Internet (at ESIS)
Astronomical Internet Resources (CFHT)
Astronomical Internet Resources ( at STScI )
Astronomical literature publicly accessible on-line: a short ( status report, ): by Fionn Murtagh and Hans-Martin Adorf, ST-ECF, ESO Messenger No. 72, June 1993, pp. 45-47
Astronomie / Astronomy ( at IfAG Potsdam )
Astronomie im Internet ( a resource list in German )
Astronomy - What's UP This Month ( Star Charts, Constellations, ... ): The best star chart on the web!
Want to know where, when, and how to find a planet? When's the next meteor shower? Where is the comet? These pages are updated monthly or as needed. Written for the beginner to intermediate.
Astronomy and Astrophysics (NCSU)
Astronomy and Astrophysics (Rice)
Astronomy Listing at UCSC ( gopher )
ASTRONOMY on the Web: ASTRONOMY on the Web presents the contents of the current issue of ASTRONOMY magazine, previews the next issue, and highlights current and future sky events. Full text is available for featured articles, an introduction to the hobby, and guides to buying telescopes and accessories. It also provides links to many astronomical resources on the Web. Programs that appeared in ASTRONOMY are also available for downloading.
Astronomy Resources on the Internet (at GNN): alternate
Astronomy resources on the Internet ( NRAO )
Astronomy Resources on WWW ( from CUI )
Astronomy Resources ( A Chilean resource list in Spanish. ): Select Gopher item 7 " Servicios Miscelaneos" ,
then select item 4 " Informacion sobre Astronomia/Astronautica y Espacio" .
Astronomy servers at U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ): U.S. Geological Survey list of astronomy servers (this has a graphical icon for each resource, so takes a while to load).
Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet ( at MSSSO )
Astronomy_and_Astrophysics ( USC )
Astroware 1 CD-ROM: Astroware 1: Astronomy Shareware & Freeware (ISBN 1-886376-03-4). This CD-ROM is the first to be released in a new series of space and astronomy related CD titles. Astroware 1 is devoted to shareware and freeware files on the topics of Astronomy, Amateur Telescope Making, CCD imaging and image processing. A wide range of text files and programs for DOS, OS/2, Macintosh, and Unix computers are included on this ISO-9660 disc.
CAPPI, Alberto ( Bologna Astronomical Observatory ): This is my personal home-page, where interested people can get abstracts and references to my papers, CV, etc. I have also links to various astronomical resources, and maintain a page devoted to the cosmological ideas of Edgar A. Poe.
Cardiff Astronomical Society: Cardiff Astronomical Society, UK, News and Homepage Information on astronomy, telescopes and exhibitions Links to other society pages and astronomy sites in the UK.
CFH List of Astronomical Observatories
Danish telescopes around the world
Dave's World ( Satellite development, testing & Operations ): Dave's world is split into three catagories, Space Work (My current work developing the Gravity Probe B's ground station), Physics (Relativity mostly), Astrophysics (including my previous work with the EUVE), Rocket Science (lots of links, including the X prize), and Space operations (every satellite web page I know of) Dave's Playground Weather, News, Earthquakes & hurricanes, road conditions, California info, Federal info, images, html, perl & vi resources www sources, music, & misc Jobs on-line job resourses
Degenhardt Amateur User Facility: The Degenhardt Amateur User Facility (DAUF) is located in Murfreesboro, TN. It is a joint effort from local amateurs to provide a location for any amateur (or professional) to observe either for research or for fun anytime. The page is constantly updated with images and results of its activities. It also provides links with other web sites of interest.
Dpto. Astrofisica. I. Fisica de Cantabria: This is the Home Page of the Astrophysics Department of the Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria at Santander, Spain. This is a center supported by the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Cantabria. People here works in Extragalactic Astrophysics. These pages contain their work and interests as well as some miscellaneous information.
Echelle Reduction Manual for IRAF Users ( Lick Obs. Tech. Report #74 ): The manual describes the general IRAF packages, tasks, and parameters necessary to calibrating, extracting, and viewing data taken with echelle spectrographs. It is intended as a beginner's guide to IRAF echelle data reduction. Many task and task parameters are explained in detail and an example reduction from start to finish is presented. Specific concerns and settings for the Hamilton Echelle Spectrograph are addressed, but these apply to echelle spectrographs in general. Optimal extractions and scattered light removal techniques are addressed.
EINET Astronomy Listing ( EINET )
French WWW Servers ( France )
General Relativity around the world
German Astronomical Directory: WWW-Pages of Amateur astronomers from Austria,Switzerland and Germany
Ground-based Solar and Astrophysical Observatory Guide ( by Gordon Johnston )
High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment ( HEXTE ): The High Energy X-ray Timing Experiment is one of 3 common-user instruments on board the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) which was launched on 1995 December 30. The HEXTE is sensitive to X-rays from 15 to 250 keV and is able to time-tag photons in this energy range to 8 microseconds.
Image Processing CD-ROM: The IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS CD-ROM contains a huge selection of files related to the topics of image processing, file formats and documentation, format conversions, specialized image processing applications, and source code for algorithms, converters, and complete image processing systems. The disk also includes a large amount of FITS information, CCD imaging software, and specialized astronomical image processing software.
Information and On-line Data in Astronomy: This is the on-line complement of the book "Information & On-line Data in Astronomy", Daniel Egret & Miguel A. Albrecht (Editors), published by Kluwer Acad. Publ. (Sept. 1995). It includes summary descriptions of the databases, archives, and information systems presented in the printed version, together with the complete access pointers (kept up-to-date) and, when available, ready-to-use hyperlinks to the original data systems.
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars ( IBVS ): The Information Bulletin on Variable Stars is a bulletin of the Commissions 27 and 42 of the International Astronomical Union, published by Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary.
Iowa Robotic Observatory: A Consortium consisting of faculty from the Regents Universities of the State of Iowa (University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and University of Northern Iowa) have begun construction of a fully robotic Observatory for undergraduate teaching and research in astronomy and related fields. The Iowa Robotic Observatory (IRO) will consist of a fully computerized telescope and enclosure, a large format imaging CCD camera and photometric filters.
The Winer Mobile Observatory is providing a site in southeastern Arizona to maintain and operate the telescopes.
Lentz Astronomy Listing ( NWU )
Magellan Mission to Venus - Online Resources ( PDS Imaging Node. JPL. NASA ): A list of high-quality web-based resources related to the Magellan mission to Venus. Includes direct links to the PDS-archived data stored in CD-ROM jukeboxes, and a browser to view the data.
Mike Boschat's Astronomy Page
Moore's Universal Astronomy Index: This is a fairly complete index of astronomy topics organized like an astronomy textbook. Links are obtained from searching the WWW for the highest scoring pages based on the index topics listed.
NASA Network Application and Information Center ( NAIC ): The Network Applications And Information Center (NAIC), located at Ames Research Center, was established in March 1993 to coordinate network information center (NIC) services for NASA. The NAIC mission is: (1) To facilitate a distributed system of NASA Center NICs. (2) To distribute and assist NASA users with advanced applications programs developed or supported by the ANA group. (3) To act as liaison between NASA and other government network information activities. (4) To foster the use of information protocols, standards, and procedures among NASA NICs that are conducive to quick and easy network access to online information resources. (5) To serve as a NIC of first and last resort for users at Centers without NICs and for scientists and educators coming from other networks. (6) To act as a high-level referral center for NASA information resources.
NASA's Planetary Photojournal: The Planetary Photojournal is designed to provide easy access to the press released images from various Solar System exploration programs. These are highly processed images, suitable for general viewing or publishing. Each image is shown with its original caption published at the time the image was first released. Images may be downloaded at full resolution in a variety of formats. Links to hard copy vendors are also provided.
Network Resources for Astronomers: A report prepared by Bob Hanisch (STScI) for the AAS in October 1992.
NovaWeb: The Nova Server: The Nova Server is a resource for professional and amateur astronomers interested in the fields of novae, supernovae, other cataclysmic variables, stellar evolution, gaseous nebulae, and/or Astrophysics in general. It includes a mailing list archive, related software, data and preprints. Please drop by!
OAT Astronomical Services ( Trieste )
Observatories and Astronomical Institutions on WWW ( Southampton )
On-line Data and Information in Astronomy ( a paper by Heinz Andernach (IAC, 2/8/93 ): CONTENTS: Introduction, Astronomical Catalogues and On-line Data Bases, Astronomical Catalogues remotely, Catalogues at IAC, On-line Data Bases, Observatory Archives of Raw/Calibrated Data, Optical Sky Surveys and Plate Scans, Bibliographical Services, Thesauri, Desktop & Electronic Publishing, Addresses, Directories and Meetings, Astronomical Software On-line, Discussion Groups via Networks.
Other Astronomy Home Pages ( Cambridge )
PDS Imaging Node's Planetary Image Atlas ( PDSIMG Atlas ): The Atlas is designed to be a single interface through which you can search for, display, and download full resolution data for all planetary missions. It will eventually replace individual existing browsers. Until that time, links to the individual browsers are provided from this central location. Current missions included in the Atlas are: Magellan, Clementine, Viking, Mars Pathfinder, and Galileo.
Planetary Data System Imaging Node ( PDSIMG ): The Imaging Node of the Planetary Data System is the curator of NASA's primary digital image collections from past, present, and future planetary missions. The node provides to the NASA planetary science community the digital image archives, necessary ancillary datasets, software tools, and technical expertise necessary to fully utilize the vast collection of digital planetary imagery.
Radio Ice Cherenkov Experiment ( RICE ): A prototype ultra-high energy neutrino detector/obervatory located at the South Pole. RICE consists of an array of radio antennas buried deep in the ice which detect coherent Cherenkov emission from electromagnetic cascades produced as a by product of ultra-high energy neutrino interactions.
RNOA - Astronomia On-Line ( Portugal ): Um Projecto da Associação Nacional de Observação Astronómica
ROBERTSON, Jeff W. ( Indiana University )
Robinson Lunar & Planetary Observatory: Information, pictures, observations of amateur observatory plus pages relating to the International Occultation & Timing Association.
SciAstro -- General Astronomy Chat: SciAstro is an Undernet IRC Chat Channel that is devoted to discussion of astronomy. Open 24 hours, visit our web page for information about forums and other special events, information about getting on irc, and our online newsletter.
SciTech Astronomical Research ( STAR Research Telescopes ): Design and manufacture specialized and general purpose telescopes and instrumentation for research and education.
SEDS - Astronomical Anonymous FTP Sites ( SEDS: Astro-FTP list ): This is a concise description of anonymous-ftp file servers containing astronomy and space research related material. It includes only those servers where there are special subdirectories for astro stuff or much material included into a general directories. For sites with multiple directories of interest, the list points towards a common top-level directory. (NOTE: until August 1994, this list of servers was maintained in Finland.)
SEDS - Internet Space Archive ( LPL/Arizona ): A large internet resource of Space related images, information and software.
Sky Online: Sky Online, a service of Sky & Telescope magazine, is designed for astronomy enthusiasts at all levels of interest. It features excerpts from Sky & Telescope and CCD Astronomy magazines, tips for backyard skygazers, reviews of telescopes and accessories, a weekly astronomical news bulletin, calendar of upcoming star parties and amateur conventions, downloadable BASIC programs, links to other sites, and more.
Some astronomical resources ( Glasgow )
Space Mission Acronym List and Hyperlink Guide ( Mission Acronyms and Links )
Supernova Remnants and the Interstellar Medium ( SNR & ISM ): Each week at Goddard Space Flight Center, we discuss an interesting issue regarding supernova remnants and the interstellar medium. A brief background to the topic is given, followed by general discussion.
After each session we write a report on the discussion, which can be accessed from this web-site. We hope that this WWW area becomes a resource for the whole SNR & ISM (including cosmic rays) community.
The astronomy site: This is an astronomy site that has something both for amateur and more advanced astronomers. We have, among other things, proposals on mailinglists that will, via e-mail, keep you up-to-date. We also have links to the most recent news release.
THE Star ( ISPCS ): The Italian Solar Physics Community Server is an experimental WWW server intended to collect all the relevant information on Solar Physics Activities and Resources in Italy as well as on international scientific collaborations in ground-based projects, such as THEMIS and LEST, and in space missions, such as SOHO.
The World Guide to Observatories
U.K. Amateur Astronomy: A collection of pages describing all major amateur astronomy organisations in the UK including the British Astronomical Association, the Federation of Astronomical Societies and the Society for Popular Astronomy, plus all UK astronomy bulletin boards and magazines. The information was provided by the organisations concerned. There are also pointers to astronomy index systems and WWW pages of interest to the amateur.
University of Bonn - 1. Institute for Optical Astronomy ( Sternwarte Bonn ): Observations mainly in the optical spectral range are used for galactic and extragalactic research. The Sternwarte operates the Observatorium Hoher List about 100 km from Bonn.
University of California, Riverside - High Energy Astrophysics ( UCR ): Information on current research in High Energy Astrophysics being conducted at the University of California, Riverside.
University of Melbourne - School of Physics: Astrophysics Group
UUNA Astronomy Listings: The Usenet University - New Network Academy Meta-Library listing of on-line astronomy resources.
Video On Line - Astronomy Page: This page contains four important mirrors located at Video On Line and a list of magazines, amateur associations and astronomy observatories.
Viking Mission to Mars - Online Resources ( PDS Imaging Node. JPL. NASA ): A list of high quality, web-based resources related to the Viking mission to Mars. Includes direct links to the PDS-archived data stored on CD-ROM, as well as to browsers to view and search the data.
WebStars ( Astrophysics on the Web ): WebStars, at NASA's High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center, is about astronomy & astrophysics; the Space Science Web Group; software & icons downloading; WWW technical pages & style guides; on-line articles about astronomy on the Web; HEASARC/StarTrax Browse and other online services; and virtual reality. If you have a document or resource you wish to be included, send me the text (preferably HTML) or a URL. WebStars is referenced by many other sites on the Web. It has been expanded and reorganised extensively since its first announcement in February, so visit again! The What's New page lists file change dates, to help you discover updates. Also, there are New Additions areas.
Welcome New Navigators! ( at GNN (Global Network Navigator ): has an astronomy catalog
World Wide Astronomy Servers ( Leiden )
WWW-Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics ( from CERN )
YAHOO: List of Astronomy Resources
YAHOO: List of Observatories

Updated on 97/10/19 6:37 GMT by Sergio Paoli spaoli@fcaglp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar