{"id":37,"date":"2013-02-08T14:48:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T19:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2013-02-08T14:49:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T19:49:26","slug":"astronomy-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/astronomy-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Astronomy Resources<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astronomical Resources on the World-Wide Web<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For Use With Pasachoff&#8217;s Astronomy Texts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.williams.edu\/Astronomy\/jay\/new.html\">What&#8217;s New<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/Astronomy\/cosmos\/chapter_map.html\">Updates by Chapter<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/web.williams.edu\/Astronomy\/jay\/ordering.html\">Ordering<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/nq3cj8\">Cengage Publishers for Pasachoff&#8217;s Astronomy Texts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the help of <a href=\"http:\/\/williams.edu\/Astronomy\/jay\">Professor Pasachoff<\/a> and the faculty of the <a href=\"http:\/\/williams.edu\/Astronomy\">Williams College Department of Astronomy<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Resources<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/physics.open.ac.uk\/~bwjones\/IAU46\/\">Newsletter of the Working Group on Astronomy Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr\/astroweb\/dept.html\">AstroWeb: Astronomy Departments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vizier.u-strasbg.fr\/starpages.html\">Astronomical Directories, Acronyms, Astronomers&#8217; Web Pages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr\/~heck\/spages.htm\">The Starpages: Astronomy Yellow Pages on the WWW<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/\">Universe Today: Space Exploration and Astronomy News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Astronomical Organizations<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aas.org\/\">AAS Home Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/\">Astronomical Society of the Pacific<\/a>\u00a0<em>Note: See addtional corrections for this site at the bottom of this page<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/\">SETI Institute homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/physics.open.ac.uk\/IAU46\">Commission 46 on Astronomy Education and Development of the IAU<\/a>\u2028- <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomyeducation.org\/\">International Astronomical Union<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aps.org\/units\/fed\/\">Forum on Education of the American Physical Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alpo-astronomy.org\/\">Association of Lunar &amp; Planetary Observers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lunar-occultations.com\/iota\">IOTA Lunar Occultation Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Observatories and Space Agencies<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naoj.org\/\">Subaru Telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hubblesite.org\/\">Space Telescope Science Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usno.navy.mil\/\">U.S. Naval Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/\">European Space Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a> News<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msfc.nasa.gov\/\">Marshall Space Flight Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>flashes include a great deal of images and information<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aao.gov.au\/images.html\">Anglo-Australian Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aavso.org\/\">American Association of Variable Star Observers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naic.edu\/\">Arecibo Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/outreach\/press-rel\/pr-1998\/\">Very Large Telescope<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu\/\">Imaging Processing and Analysis Center<\/a> NASA\/IPAC Extragalactic Database<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipac.caltech.edu\/\">Imaging Processing and Analysis Center<\/a> Infrared especially (IPAC at Caltech)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Solar Physics Pages<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spaceweather.com\/\">Spaceweather.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmsal.com\/solarsites.html\">Lockheed master list of solar web sites<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nso.edu\/\">National Solar Observatory<\/a> (many images available)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bbso.njit.edu\/\">Big Bear Solar Observatory<\/a>, including daily images of the sun<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov\/\">SOHO<\/a>, the homepage for the solar and heliospheric observatory<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gong.nso.edu\/\">GONG<\/a>, the homepage for the global oscillations network group<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umbra.nascom.nasa.gov\/sdac.html\">NASA&#8217;s Solar Data Analysis Center<\/a>, which has links to solar missions and images in a variety of wavelengths<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seds.org\/\">Students for Exploration and Development of Space<\/a>, solar images and movies<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seds.org\/billa\/tnp\">Solar photographs<\/a>, part of Bill Arnett&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seds.org\/billa\/tnp\">The Nine Planets<\/a> homepage<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/Education\/\">NOAA Space Physics Education and Outreach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solar-center.stanford.edu\/SID\/\">Space Weather ionospheric monitors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sd-www.jhuapl.edu\/Aurora\/\">APL\/JHU&#8217;s page<\/a> that has some nice space-based auroral images<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solar-center.stanford.edu\/SID\/\">Solar On-Line Activity Resources (Stanford Solar Center)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarmonitor.org\/\">Solar Monitor (daily solar images)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\/\">Space Weather<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu\/spa\/resources.html#public\">Other Space Physics and Solar sites<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solar-center.stanford.edu\/cmos\/index.html\">Movie: Colors and Motions of the Sun<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/astronomy\/neareststar\">Golub and Pasachoff, Nearest Star<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams.edu\/astronomy\/sun\">Pasachoff, The Complete Idiot&#8217;s Guide to the Sun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[TOP]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Resources<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov\/stargaze\/Sintro.htm\">NASA &#8220;From Stargazers to Starships&#8221; (framework of a course on astronomical orbits, mechanics, and rocketry)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nthelp.com\/eer\">Elizabeth Roettger&#8217;s Homepage, including activities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov\/\">Imagine the Universe<\/a>, an educational site from the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center at NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight Center. It includes tutorials and lesson plans.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education.html\">Educational Resources at the ASP<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Email exploder for astronomy educators: eduAstronomy@eta.pha.jhu.edu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>On-Line Resources<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seds.org\/nineplanets\/nineplanets\/\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Nine<\/span> Ten Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oposite.stsci.edu\/\">The Latest Hubble Pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Planetary Photojournal Picture Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/astrogeology.usgs.gov\/\">Space images at USGS Flagstaff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jastrow.net\/messier\/\">Messier Gallery<\/a>, a gallery of Messier objects<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov\/skyview.html\">SkyView<\/a> SkyView generates images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma-ray.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfa.harvard.edu\/iau\/cbat.html\">Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.psrd.hawaii.edu\/index.html\">Planetary Science Research Discoveries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/space.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Solar System Simulator from JPL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aao.gov.au\/images.html\">Anglo-Australian Observatory (David Malin images)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solarviews.com\/eng\/homepage.htm\">Views of the Solar System by Calvin J. Hamilton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Photojournal (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[TOP]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sky Bulletins<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AstroBulletin, with weekly planetary comments from the Hayden Planetarium\/American Museum of Natural History in New York. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amnh.org\/rose\/astro\">www.amnh.org\/rose\/astro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Skypub.com Bulletins from Sky and Telescope magazine. www.skypub.com for general comments <a href=\"http:\/\/skyandtelescope.com\/observing\/ataglance\/\">http:\/\/www.skypub.com\/sights\/skyevents\/skyevents.shtml<\/a> for sky events<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computer Planetarium<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brooks\/Cole has published &#8220;The RedShift Astronomy Workbook&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n<p><em>Voyager<\/em> (Carina Software, 12919 Alcosta Blvd., Suite 7, San Ramon, CA 94583, 800-493-8555, 510-355-1266, fax 510-355 1268, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carinasoft.com\/\">http:\/\/www.carinasoft.com<\/a>). For the Mac.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dance of the Planets<\/em> (A.R.C. Science Simulation, P.O. Box 1955, Loveland, CO 80539, 800 SKY 1642, 970 667 1168, arcmail@arcinc.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcscience.com\/dance.htm\">http:\/\/www.arcscience.com\/dance.htm <\/a>). For the IBM PC and compatibles.<\/p>\n<p><em>LodeStar Plus<\/em> (Zephyr Services, 1900 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217, 800 533 6666, 412 422 6600, fax 412 422 9930, mail@zephyrs.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zephyrs.com\/\">http:\/\/www.zephyrs.com\/<\/a>). For the IBM PC and compatibles.<\/p>\n<p><em>TheSky<\/em> (Software Bisque, 912 12th St., Golden, CO 80401, 800 843 7599, 303 278 4478, fax 303 278 0045, thomasb@bisque.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bisque.com\/\">http:\/\/www.bisque.com<\/a>). For the IBM PC and compatibles.<\/p>\n<p><em>Guide<\/em> (Project Pluto, Ridge Rd., Box 1607, Bowdoingham, ME 04008, 800 777 5886, 207 666 5750, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectpluto.com\/\">http:\/\/www.projectpluto.com<\/a>, pluto@projectpluto.com).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education Contacts<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aas.org\/~wgae\/wgae_index.html\">Newsletter of the Working Group on Astronomical Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/physics.open.ac.uk\/IAU46\">Commission 46 on the Astronomy Education and Development of the IAU<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[TOP]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of the frequently used ASP educational pages and their addresses:<\/p>\n<p>ASP Educational Programs Overview Page:\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project ASTRO (linking astronomers and teachers in 12 regional sites):\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/astro\/project_astro.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/astro\/project_astro.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Guide to K-12 Astronomy Activities on the Web:\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/activities\/astroacts.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/activities\/astroacts.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resources on Women in Astronomy (newly updated):\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/womenast_bib.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/womenast_bib.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resources for Debunking Astronomical Pseudo-science:\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/pseudobib.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/pseudobib.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Web Resources for Teaching Introductory Astronomy in College:\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/educsites.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/educsites.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mercury Magazine (the non-technical publication of the Society, with many articles on education and popular astronomy):\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/pubs\/mercury\/mercury.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/pubs\/mercury\/mercury.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Astronomy Education in the U.S.: An Overview\u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/useduc.html\">http:\/\/www.astrosociety.org\/education\/resources\/useduc.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomy Resources Astronomical Resources on the World-Wide Web For Use With Pasachoff&#8217;s Astronomy Texts \u00a0 What&#8217;s New Updates by Chapter Ordering Cengage Publishers for Pasachoff&#8217;s Astronomy Texts &nbsp; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":708,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/708"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/jmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}