References for the Rest of the Universe


Extrasolar Planets
Marcy and Butler's Extrasolar Planets
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia updated monthly. Links to data sets.
Interactive Extrasolar planets Catalogue

Neutron Stars, Pulsars, Blackholes
Black Holes and Neutron Stars for the ride of your life!
Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars

Binary Stars
Binary Star models for the MAC
Binary Stars Group at Univ of Florida
stellar evolution in binary stars by H. P. Gail
Evolution of Low-Mass Binary Stars A summary of this process.

Star Clusters
The Web Nebula from SEDS
Star Clusters from SEDS
Star Clusters has a bit of text, then all pics - a selection of 'young' clusters, 'old' clusters - not too much but the pictures are great
A. Kelly's CCD images of Star Clusters

Nebulae

HST Images of Planetary Nebulae with a discussion of their properties.
A Planetary Nebulae Sampler from NOAC
Nebulae One of the many pages on enchanted learning site


Galaxies

The Galaxy Catalog good site, plenty of pictures, info and links; based on someone's thesis at Princeton
The Milky Way Galaxy decent page, basic setup but plenty of information
Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology -Online lectures from Univerity of Tennessee ASTR162 course
Astronomy (not to be confused with the magazine; maintained by U. of Oregon) has a little bit of everything
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) very large, boasts 120,000+ images
Arp 's Catalog of Peculiar Galaxies lots of galaxy info, lists galaxies by constellation


The Night Sky TONIGHT!
Constellation Index with images and charts, including NGC and Messier objects
Munich Astro Archive Constellation Pages
3-D Starmaps
Planetarium (Sky Simulation) Software


Weather (Lets face it... if you want to go observing, you might as well find out if it will be raining!)
Intellicast Main Page a general weather resource
Long Range Weather Forecasts Mostly in German...
Weather Underground
Real-Time Weather Data


Images, Image Catalogs, Astronomy Resources
The Universe Today Astronomical and Space News.
Yahoo's Space resources page Everything you wanted to know about general astronomy but you already sold your textbook back...
NASA's SkyView A multiwavelength image database.
Latest photos from the Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Heritage Project neat Hubble pics that didn't make it in the news!
ICStars Astronomy Do you see stars?
University of Minnesota Automated Plate Scanner
News Release and Picture Archives NASA Ames Research Center
NASA's Explorer server Check out 'pub' directories
Astronomical Pictures and Animations
WIYN Observatory Images
NASA Astrophysics Data System abstract and article service
ProfJohn.Com Palm Beach Community College (they have some nice images from their expedition to the Feb '98 Solar Eclipse)


Clubs, Organizations, Societies
Midlands Astronomy Club, Inc. Columbia, SC Also has links to other regional groups.
NASA links to everything NASA
Space Telescope Science Institute links to everything Hubble
Space Telecope-European Coordinating Facility
Antique Telescope Society
American Institute of Physics
The Planetary Society
SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA)


Some University Astronomy Departments
University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy
Indiana University Astronomy Department
Astronomy at Northwestern University
University of Rochester


Robotic Observatories
Robotic Telescopes: An Interactive Exhibit in the World-Wide Web.
Bradford Robotic Telescope Site
UC Santa Barbara Astrophysics Home Page


Some Observatories
A list of Telescopes and observatories
National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO)
Lowell Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory
WIYN Observatory
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Winter Solar Observatory


Some SpaceObservatories
Center for EUV Astrophysics University of California, Berkeley
Space Telescope Science Institute links to everything Hubble


MiscMisc
STSCI resources (warning: extremely large; may not be desirable for lower end modems)
US Geologic Survey list of Astronomy servers
Database for Extragalactic Objects For research purposes. Contains links to original literature.
SEDS 'other WWW services' page
Astrophysics Data System Access to abstracts in astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, physics, and geophysics.
AstroWeb Pointers to research level astronomy-related information available on the WEB.
Stat Codes Pointers to sites providing free statistical computer programs that may be useful to physists and astronomers.
Munich Astro Archive


CCD Astronomy, equipment, theory, images, and processing
AAPT Astronomy Education Committee Report on Image Processing Groups
Zlender's CCD Images and Educational materials
Image Processing Fundamentals University of the Netherlands (Delft) Online Course
SBIG Online


Search for Extraterrestial Life (SETI)
The SETI Institute
The Planetary Society's Search
participate in the search with the SETI League
SETI@Home


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