1B23 – Astronomy Links

News stories of general astronomical interest can be found at SpaceWeather.com, Sky & Telescope, and Universe Today; in Spaceflight Now's 'Breaking News'; in the BBC's Science pages; from ESA and from ESO; and at 'Today@NASA'.

Information for professional astronomers is available in the form of recent IAU Circulars

Maps of the night sky (as seen from northern temperate latitudes), and other information, are provided by the Society for Popular Astronomy, the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and Jodrell Bank. More general facilities for sky maps are available from SkyMaps.com, YourSky, and Heavens Above (who also provide information on artificial satellites).

The easiest way to see the International Space Station is by using NASA's 'by city' listings.

More detailed listings by topic:

Archives and Databases

Data archives, membership listings, astronomical meetings

Educational resources

Of interest to teachers, and to those wishing to learn more for themselves about astronomy

Images

A range of resources for astronomical images

Journals and Periodicals

Magazines and scientific journals, including e-journals

Ground-Based Observatories

Optical, IR, mm, and radio

Organizations and Societies

Major national and international astronomical organizations

Projects

Sites for major endeavours in astrophysics research

Satellites and Planetary Missions

Home pages for space missions in astronomy and planetary sciences

• Astroweb - Astronomy resources on the Internet.
• Astrolinks - Astronomy- and space-related links from around the world
• Star*s – The Star*s family of Astronomy resources (Strasbourg)
  • StarWorlds - Organizations, institutions, associations, companies, etc.
  • StarBits - Abbreviations, acronyms, contractions, symbols, etc.
  • StarHeads - Personal WWW pages of individual astronomers.

Listings of astronomical software (mostly) for home use include:

• Planetarium Software (for home computers), and other software, compiled by Bill Arnett
• Astro Software listed and provided by Sky & Telescope magazine
• Astronomy Software (freeware, shareware, and commercial software), compiled by Dan Bruton
• Astronomical Software on the Web listed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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