Astronomy On the Web

Sites of General Interest

• Reflections on a Mote of Dust -- By Carl Sagan, Every human should read this!
• The Universe Today -- Space Exploration News from around the Internet
• Astronomy -- Hompage for Astronomy Magazine
• The SKY Online -- The Homepage for Sky & Telescope Magazine
• Scientific American -- Homepage for the magazine.
• Earth and Sky -- Homepage for the daily radio show.
• StarMap -- will generate a custom star map!
• What's up this month? -- Star Charts, Constellations, etc. ...
• Views of the Solar System -- presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more.
• The Nine Planets -- overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.
• Stars and Constellations -- Information about the constellations. Including myths and photos.
• Moon Phases -- Has a great animation that demonstrates what causes the phases of the Moon.
• Multiwavelength Milky Way
• Bad Astronomy -- Examples of bad astronomy in the Media

Image Galleries

• NASA's Planetary Photojournal
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• The Galaxy Catalog -- a collection of digital images of 113 nearby galaxies.
• SEDS Messier Database
• Photographs from the Anglo-Australian Observatory
• David Malin's Colour Photographs of Deep Sky Objects
• NSSDC Photo Gallery: Other Image Sites
• STScI/HST pictures

Resources on Specific Topics

• Discovery of Extrasolar Planets
• The Crab Nebula Movie
• Relativity Animations

Astronomical Observatories and Institutes

• NASA
• Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
• The SETI Institute
• National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO)
• National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
• Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observarory (CTIO)
• Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO)
• Mauna Kea Observatories
• Keck Observatory

Astronomical Clubs and Societies

• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
• The Astronomical Association of Northern California (AANC)
• The Eastbay Astronomical Society at Chabot Observatory in Oakland, CA
• The National Space Society
• The Planetary Society
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

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