to 250 Astronomical Internet Sites
Updated:
5 October 2011
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Bureau
of Meteorology Weather Watch Radar
Google Earth version 4.2 - zoom in on any place on Earth (even your house) as seen from satellites (requires Broadband)
NOTE: This version of GOOGLE
EARTH also contains images from some of the world's greatest telescopes of
stars, constellations, clusters, nebulae, galaxies, the Moon and planets, plus a
'Backyard astronomy' section that shows night skyscapes visible with the unaided
eye or small telescope. Detailed information is also available for each object.
The sky can be moved, zoomed and otherwise manipulated in the same way as Google
Earth images. Simply click on 'VIEW' to summon a drop-down menu, then click on
'SWITCH TO SKY'.
StarDate (Northern Hemisphere based)
NASA's website for primary school kids
NASA's website for older students - LIFT OFF
Star Class Astronomy Education
StarChild – a Learning Centre for young astronomers, produced by NASA
Think Quest - other kids' websites
TRANSIENT
PHENOMENA (COMETS, ECLIPSES, ETC.)
List of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet Shoemaker-Levy collision with Jupiter (has links)
International Astronomical Union - Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Comet Bennett, visible in 1970
Farside images of the Sun from SWAN
Farside images of the Sun from MDI
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - real-time and archival images of the Sun from SOHO
The Latest SOHO Coronagraph Images
The Sun from Earth (from Big Bear Solar Observatory)
What is the Interplanetary Magnetic Field?
Anatomy of Earth's Magnetosphere
More Real-time Solar Wind Data
Aurora Forecast (Northern Hemisphere)
Daily Solar Flare and Sunspot Data Lists of Coronal Mass Ejections from 1998 to 2001
Real-time monitoring and forecasting of outbursts on the Sun and their effect on us
Rainbows, sundogs, pillars, the 'green flash' and related phenomena
Ancient Observatories as seen from space
Astronomy Picture of the Day - includes a library of astronomical pictures
Atomic Time Inc. (clocks connected to atomic clocks by radio)
New General
Catalogue (NGC) - images of all objects
Solar System Live (interactive orrery)
Space Infrared Telescope
Facility (SIRTF) mission
Stratospheric Observatory for
Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
The Universe Collection (meteorites
etc. for sale)
Your Sky (interactive planetarium)
Astronomical Links Worth Visiting
SATELLITE
OBSERVING AND IDENTIFICATION
How and when to observe artificial satellites and space craft
NASA's predictions for Shuttle and Space Station overpasses at your site
Current position of the International Space Station shown on a 3D globe
Chandra, Starshine 3 etc.) shown on a flat map of the world
Cooperative Satellite Learning Project
The Akura Fujii Collection of Constellation Pictures
AUSTRALIAN TELESCOPE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHS
From the Anglo-Australian Telescope
Celestia real-time 3D space simulator
PCSky (realistic sky simulations)
Starry Night Astronomical Software
Calsky - tells where planets and moons are, and what they look like on any date
Celestia real-time 3D space simulator
Google Earth - find your own home on satellite images of the Earth
Moon Google - views of the sites of the manned lunar landings
HALLO Northern Sky Planetarium
Moon map, with names of features
ASTRONOMICAL SITES BY NASA
Goddard Space Flight Centre Cassini Mission to Saturn
Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere
Exploring the Sun - SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)
Hubble Space Telescope News Centre
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Kennedy Space Centre Space Station Launch Site Home Page
Mars Exploration Rover Mission (including the roving vehicles Spirit and Opportunity)
NASA Human Spaceflight (International Space Station and Space Shuttle)
NASA International Space Station
NSSDC Photo Gallery (planets etc.)
Planetary Photojournal (high resolution images of the planets)
Welcome to the Planets
Woomera Rocket Range, Australia
Astrophotography by Brad Moore, Victoria, Australia (RCOS + Paramount ME + SBIG + WO apo)
Grove Creek Observatory (65 km south of Bathurst NSW, has Anssen mount)
Magellan Observatory and farm stays
Maidenwell Astronomical Observatory (west of Yarraman, Qld.)
"Southern Sky" Observatory astronomical photographs
Twinstar Guesthouse and Observatory (at Ballandean, near Stanthorpe, Qld.)
The Parkes Radio Telescope, New South Wales
AUSTRALIAN
OBSERVATORIES –
PUBLIC
Anglo-Australian Observatory (Anglo-Australian Telescope and U.K. Schmidt)
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, Tidbinbilla, ACT
Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (Australian National University)
Mount Stromlo Observatory Home Page
Nepean Observatory - University of Western Sydney
Parkes Observatory and Parkes Radio Telescope Home Page
Parkes Radio Telescope's Support for the Apollo 11 mission
Parkes Observatory Visitors' Centre, NSW
The 3.9 metre Anglo-Australian Telescope near Coonabarabran, NSW
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Hawaii
Mount Wilson Observatory, California USA
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
United States Naval Observatory
Powerhouse Museum's Robotic Telescope, Sydney, NSW
Robotics Education Project (NASA)
Telescopes in Education (TIE - use of robotic telescopes by school students)
Wollongong Science Centre and Planetarium (NSW's largest planetarium)
Swinburne Astrophysics and Supercomputing Centre, Melbourne, VIC.
University of Western Sydney - short courses over the internet)
Buying your first telescope in Australia
Buyer’s Guide for Beginners (from "Astronomy" magazine)
Anssen Technologies, Sydney (makers of large precision telescope mounts)
DFM Engineering (professional observatory telescopes)
Jim's Mobile Inc. (large Newtonian reflectors)
Obsession Telescopes (large Dobsonians)
Optical Guidance Systems (Ritchey-Chrétien telescopes)
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
Questar Corporation (small, high quality Maksutovs)
étien Optical SytemsTaurus Technologies (astrocamera accessories and tracking aids)
Astrodomes (fibre-glass domed observatories made in Yandina, Qld)
Sirius Observatories (fibre-glass domes and observatories made in Redcliffe, Qld)
Adirondack
Video Astronomy
Advanced
Telescope Supplies, Engadine, NSW
Astronomy & Electronics
Centre (Takahashi agents), Cleve, S.A.
Astro Optical Supplies Pty Ltd,
Sydney, NSW
Binocular and Telescope Service Centre
Damp
Solutions Australia (dehumidifiers, damp chasers, UltraZorb dry packs, humidity meters, weather
instruments, for keeping your telescope, eyepieces, binoculars, colour slides
etc. free from mildew)
Telescopes
and Astronomy (Adelaide, S.A.)
The Binocular and Telescope Shop, Sydney,
NSW
York Optical Products,
Sydney, NSW
MMI Corporation (educational materials)
Star Class Astronomy Education
StarChild – a Learning Centre for young astronomers, produced by NASA
Telescopes in Education Project
The Earth Science Educator (by NASA)
“Astronomy” Magazine (American)
“New Scientist” News Page (British)
"Night Sky" (American, for beginning stargazers)
"Sky and Telescope" Magazine (American)
"Australian Sky and Telescope" Magazine
"Southern Sky" magazine (Australian)
Astronomical Society of New South Wales
Astronomical Society of Victoria
National Space Society of Australia
Newcastle Astronomical Society
South-east Queensland Astronomical Society
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
