Astronomy resources
Astronomy Resources
Astronomical Resources on the World-Wide Web
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With the help of Professor Pasachoff and the faculty of the Williams College Department of Astronomy, we have created a list of some of the best astronomy-related pages on the World Wide Web. However, before you go, add our site to your hotlist so you can find us again.
General Resources
- Newsletter of the Working Group on Astronomy Education
- AstroWeb: Astronomy Departments
- Astronomical Directories, Acronyms, Astronomers’ Web Pages
- The Starpages: Astronomy Yellow Pages on the WWW
- Universe Today: Space Exploration and Astronomy News
Astronomical Organizations
- AAS Home Page
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific Note: See addtional corrections for this site at the bottom of this page
- SETI Institute homepage
- Commission 46 on Astronomy Education and Development of the IAU - International Astronomical Union
- Forum on Education of the American Physical Society
- Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers
- IOTA Lunar Occultation Homepage
Observatories and Space Agencies
- Subaru Telescope
- NASA
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- U.S. Naval Observatory
- European Space Agency
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory News
- Marshall Space Flight Center
- flashes include a great deal of images and information
- Anglo-Australian Observatory
- American Association of Variable Star Observers
- Arecibo Observatory
- Very Large Telescope
- Imaging Processing and Analysis Center NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
- Imaging Processing and Analysis Center Infrared especially (IPAC at Caltech)
Solar Physics Pages
- Spaceweather.com
- Lockheed master list of solar web sites
- National Solar Observatory (many images available)
- Big Bear Solar Observatory, including daily images of the sun
- SOHO, the homepage for the solar and heliospheric observatory
- GONG, the homepage for the global oscillations network group
- NASA’s Solar Data Analysis Center, which has links to solar missions and images in a variety of wavelengths
- Students for Exploration and Development of Space, solar images and movies
- Solar photographs, part of Bill Arnett’s The Nine Planets homepage
- NOAA Space Physics Education and Outreach
- Space Weather ionospheric monitors
- APL/JHU’s page that has some nice space-based auroral images
- Solar On-Line Activity Resources (Stanford Solar Center)
- Solar Monitor (daily solar images)
- Space Weather
- Other Space Physics and Solar sites
- Movie: Colors and Motions of the Sun
- Golub and Pasachoff, Nearest Star
- Pasachoff, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Sun
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Educational Resources
- NASA “From Stargazers to Starships” (framework of a course on astronomical orbits, mechanics, and rocketry)
- Elizabeth Roettger’s Homepage, including activities
- Imagine the Universe, an educational site from the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. It includes tutorials and lesson plans.
- Educational Resources at the ASP
- Email exploder for astronomy educators: [email protected]
On-Line Resources
Miscellaneous
- The Latest Hubble Pictures
- Planetary Photojournal Picture Gallery
- Space images at USGS Flagstaff
- Messier Gallery, a gallery of Messier objects
- SkyView SkyView generates images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma-ray.
- Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
- Planetary Science Research Discoveries
- Solar System Simulator from JPL
- Anglo-Australian Observatory (David Malin images)
- Views of the Solar System by Calvin J. Hamilton
- Photojournal (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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Sky Bulletins
AstroBulletin, with weekly planetary comments from the Hayden Planetarium/American Museum of Natural History in New York. www.amnh.org/rose/astro
Skypub.com Bulletins from Sky and Telescope magazine. www.skypub.com for general comments http://www.skypub.com/sights/skyevents/skyevents.shtml for sky events
Computer Planetarium
Brooks/Cole has published “The RedShift Astronomy Workbook” by Bill D. Walker, ISBN 003-024-573-7. It is available for class adoptions and complimentary review copies are available for potential adopters. It contains instructions on how to use RedShift and exercises for students.
Voyager (Carina Software, 12919 Alcosta Blvd., Suite 7, San Ramon, CA 94583, 800-493-8555, 510-355-1266, fax 510-355 1268, http://www.carinasoft.com). For the Mac.
Dance of the Planets (A.R.C. Science Simulation, P.O. Box 1955, Loveland, CO 80539, 800 SKY 1642, 970 667 1168, [email protected], http://www.arcscience.com/dance.htm ). For the IBM PC and compatibles.
LodeStar Plus (Zephyr Services, 1900 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217, 800 533 6666, 412 422 6600, fax 412 422 9930, [email protected], http://www.zephyrs.com/). For the IBM PC and compatibles.
TheSky (Software Bisque, 912 12th St., Golden, CO 80401, 800 843 7599, 303 278 4478, fax 303 278 0045, [email protected], http://www.bisque.com). For the IBM PC and compatibles.
Guide (Project Pluto, Ridge Rd., Box 1607, Bowdoingham, ME 04008, 800 777 5886, 207 666 5750, http://www.projectpluto.com, [email protected]).
Education Contacts
- Newsletter of the Working Group on Astronomical Education
- Commission 46 on the Astronomy Education and Development of the IAU
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
Here are a few of the frequently used ASP educational pages and their addresses:
ASP Educational Programs Overview Page: http://www.astrosociety.org/education.html
Project ASTRO (linking astronomers and teachers in 12 regional sites): http://www.astrosociety.org/education/astro/project_astro.html
Guide to K-12 Astronomy Activities on the Web: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/activities/astroacts.html
Resources on Women in Astronomy (newly updated): http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/womenast_bib.html
Resources for Debunking Astronomical Pseudo-science: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/pseudobib.html
Web Resources for Teaching Introductory Astronomy in College: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/educsites.html
Mercury Magazine (the non-technical publication of the Society, with many articles on education and popular astronomy): http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/mercury.html
Astronomy Education in the U.S.: An Overview http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/useduc.html