Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Telescopes, Binoculars and Equipment


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Cloudynights.com
Equipment reviews, forums, and classified ads.


Sky and Telescope.com

Telescopes Search Results

Telescopes, Binoculars and Accessories
Great list of links and helpful explanations
Click here to view the video: "How to Buy a Telescope : Telescope Buying Guide: What to Avoid" and links to more related videos.

Stars


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Astronomy Picture of the Day's Star index (1st listing on page)
Binary Stars * Black Holes * Globular Clusters * Individual Stars * Neutron Stars * Nurseries * Open Clusters * Sun * White Dwarfs


List of named Stars

List of stars in Bright Star Catalog order

NASA's Imagine the Universe
Provides extensive information about stars and how they are held together.


Space.com
All About Stars: Featured Stars Stories, Images, Links, etc.

Star Descriptions and Classifications

Stars
STARS presents a comprehensive suite of pages that tell the stories of stars and their constellations.

The Constellations and their Stars

Types of Stars
Spectral Classification
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Star Charts, Best Viewing Times & Information


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Astromomical Twilight times for a year
Be sure not to miss the links to other Timetables for a year at the bottom of the page!


Detailed Interactive Sky Map
Really Cool!


Graphical moon phase calendar

Interactive Sky Chart From Sky and Telescope
Be sure to also utilize the helpful links on the left-hand sideboard under the heading "Observing".

Interactive Sky Charts
From Andromeda to Vulpecula


Skymaps.com
"At Skymaps.com, we create quality, digital sky maps (star charts) for publication, education and other commercial applications. Choose from existing designs or request custom-made maps to meet your specific requirements."

Space Calander
"The Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. Included are over 1,800 links to related home pages."


Star Map

Wunderground
Enter your zip code and see your personal star map. Then on the interactive chart, click on a star, planet, sun or moon for more information. (Description, position, coordinates, distance from viewer, etc.)






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Sounds From Space


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ESA - Space Science - Sounds from space
Featuring the Sounds of Enceladus; Song of the Sun; Dawn in space; Atmospheric squeaking; Cassini-Huygens passing through Saturn's rings; Auroral 'Star Wars'; Marsquake; and the Wailing of the Leonids

NASA - Spooky Space 'Sounds'
Hear intriguing radio waves that NASA's Cassini spacecraft collected near Jupiter, hear ghostly planetary plasma waves collected by NASA's Voyager 2, listen to the strange whistle of ultra-cold liquid helium-3 that changes volume relative to the North Pole and Earth's rotation and hear the weird radio emissions Galileo gathered from Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede.

Selected Sounds of Space
This is a sampling of some of Professor Don Gurnett's favorite sounds of space.


Sounds from space
Sound files and spectral or amplitude images of various satellite signals are provided here.


Space Audio
The sounds of space derived from spacecraft measurements obtained by Professor Donald Gurnett and the University of Iowa radio and plasma wave group.


Spacesounds Navigator
"Explore our Solar System and beyond as you search for actual spacesounds! Learn about spacesounds and navigate your way through their origins."
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Sun (Solar Information)


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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Sun archives

Nineplanets

Solar Observatories (Numerous sites related to)

Solar Science
Everything you ever wanted to know about the sun from the Marshall Space Flight Center's Space Sciences Laboratory.

Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO)


Solarviews

Space Weather Prediction Center
The Space Environment Center (SEC) provides real-time monitoring and forecasting of solar and geophysical events, including current space weather, solar images, and auroral activity.

SpaceWeather.com
Updates on solar and auroral activity. Details atmoshperic phenomena and lists currently observable near-Earth asteroids.

The Very Latest SOHO Images

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SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence)


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All About SETI
Space.com explains seti, seti project, what is seti, online seti articles and seti articles and information.

JBO - SETI index
"These pages will give you information about the history of SETI and the observations being carried out at present. The "SETI questions" page gives answers to some of the questions most commonly asked of SETI scientists. These pages have been awarded the SuperStar website award by the SETI League."

List of SETI Web Links

More SETI Web Links

NASA History Office
SETI: The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence


SERENDIP
The SERENDIP SETI program is a search for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations; it is currently conducting a sky survey at the world's largest radio telescope.

SETI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

SETI Institute
The Mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe.

SETI League, Inc.
"The SETI League is a grassroots, international alliance of amateur and professional radioastronomers, radio amateurs, microwave experimenters and digital signal processing enthusiasts, who have banded together in a systematic, scientific search of the heavens to detect credible evidence of intelligent, extra-terrestrial life."


SETI Top Stories and Headlines
From SPACE.com

SETI@home
SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.

The science of SETI@home

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Satellites (Natural)


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Jupiter: Moons
Offers overview, images and data on 63 of Jupiter's Moons. NASA Site Network


Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers
This page shows information about planetary bodies named by the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN), and about bodies named by the IAU Committee on Small Body Nomenclature that have surface features named by the WGPSN.

Planetary Satellite Discovery Circumstances
The tables below show the discovery circumstances of planetary satellites officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). A total of 167 planetary satellites (not including Earth's moon) are represented below. References are listed where known. These data were last updated 2007-Dec-28.

Saturn: Moons
From the cloud-shrouded surface of Titan to crater-riddled Phoebe, each of Saturn's moons tells another piece of the story surrounding the Saturn system. NASA Site Network.


Table of Moons in our Solar System
As of June 2007, there are 169 known natural moons orbiting planets in our Solar System. 165 moons orbit the "full-size" planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), while 4 moons orbit the smaller "dwarf planets" (Pluto, Eris, and Ceres).
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Satellites (Artificial)


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***LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING***
"Real time satellite tracking web application. Over 8000 satellites real time tracked. Other thousands of objects in our database."

Current news on satellites

Artificial Satellites
Information about satellites at Space.com


Earth Seen from a Spacecraft
Features a simulated display of what Earth currently would look like seen from a particlar realtime satellite.


How Stuff Works
Answers to all of your satellite questions.

NASA Satellite Realtime Tracking
"We hope you enjoy J-Track 3-D. It should appear in its own window and begin loading a database of over 900 satellites.

NOAA Satellites
"Provides extensive resources on weather, oceanography and related satellite services by the government in USA."


Satellite Images

Satellite and ISS Predictions
"If you're interested in satellites or astronomy, you've come to the right place! Our aim is to provide you with all the information you need to observe satellites such as the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle, spectacular events such as the dazzlingly bright flares from Iridium satellites as well as a wealth of other spaceflight and astronomical information."
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Quasars


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A Quasar Portrait Gallery

APOD Index - Quasars

Ask an Astrophysicist: Quasars & Active Galaxies
NASA'a Astrophysicist Answers Quasar FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions About Quasars
From Virginia Tech Physics


Quasar Hyperphysics

Quasars

Quasars.Org
"This page provides links to the QORG optical catalogue of radio/X-ray objects plus a few informal treatises on what we know, or can know, about our Universe."


Quasars: Research Links for Students
This page contains links to a series of web pages that support on-line study of quasars.


University of California, San Diego Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences Astronomy Tutorial: Quasars & Active Galaxies.
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Pulsars


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APOD: 2001 June 2 - The Pulsar Powered Crab
Great Photo! The core of the star collapsed to form a rotating neutron star or pulsar, one of the most exotic objects known to modern astronomers.


An Introduction to Pulsars
Don't miss the great links at the bottom of the page!

NASA's HEASARC Education and Public Information
Images, Spectra, Light Curves and Further Pulsar Resources and References


NASA's Imagine the Universe
Pulsar info


Pulsar Tutorial
Pulsars (PULSating stARS): A tutorial in stellar astronomy


Pulsars
Info, Links, Descriptions, etc.

Supernovae, Neutron Stars & Pulsars
Here is a NASA supernova animation of a supernova explosion and formation of a pulsar.

The ATNF pulsar catalogue
Provides information on all the known radio pulsars.


The Sounds of Pulsars
These sounds are from the brightest pulsars in the sky, recorded using some of the largest radiotelescopes in the world. To hear the sound of a pulsar, click on its arrow icon.
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Planets (of our Solar System)



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Solar System Bodies in a Single Photo
A photo and information about all (known) Bodies in the Solar System Larger than 200 Miles in Diameter!

Solar System Exploration: Planets

Space.com
All About Planets

The Nine Planets Solar System Tour
Information about each planet and moon in our solar system with many pictures, discussion of the history of its discovery, exploration, and physical characteristics.


Views of the Solar System
"Views of the Solar System presents a vivid multimedia adventure unfolding the splendor of the Sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and more. Discover the latest scientific information, or study the history of space exploration, rocketry, early astronauts, space missions, spacecraft through a vast archive of photographs, scientific facts, text, graphics and videos."
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Observatories


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Amateur Observatories
Examples of small observatories that individual amateur astronomers have built for personal use.


Caltech Astronomy : Overview of Observatories

Find Observatories using MapMuse's Interactive Map and Directory
"Find Observatories close to you or across the United States or Canada. MapMuse's Observatories map and directory is the ultimate resource."

HEASARC: Observatories
These Web pages describe all the high energy astronomy observatories, or "missions," ever launched. The links to the left are dedicated to the most notable missions.


Lowell Observatory

Mauna Kea Observatories
The 4200 meter high summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii houses the world's largest observatory for optical, infrared, and submillimeter astronomy.


National Optical Astronomy Observatory
Information, news, resources, outreach programs, gallery, observing information, software, and newsletter and reports.


National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) designs, builds, and runs the world's most sophisticated radio telescopes for scientists.


Numerous sites related to Astronomy Research > Observatories.

Palomar Observatory

Solar Observatories (Numerous sites related to)

The Carnegie Observatories
This is the Site for the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution.


The World's Largest Optical Telescopes

University of California Observatories
The University of California Observatories (UCO) is a Multi-Campus Research Unit of the University of California.
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Nebulae


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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Nebulae Archive

HubbleSite - NewsCenter
Nebula News Release Archive


Nebulae
Descriptions, Images and Facts


Space.com
All About Nebulas
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Meteoroids, Meteorites and Meteors


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Astronomy.com
Summary of the year's best meteor showers. Don't miss the great links at bottom of the informative article.


Dates, Times and Constellations to Look Towards for Meteor Showers
Major Meteor Showers visible during the night where the expected Zenith Hourly Rate (ZHR) will be 10 or more, or where the rate may be variable.

International Meteor Organization
"The International Meteor Organization (IMO) was founded in 1988. IMO was created in response to an ever growing need for international cooperation of meteor amateur work. The collection of meteor observations by several methods from all around the world ensures the comprehensive study of meteor showers and their relation to comets and interplanetary dust."

Leonid MAC
Background facts on meteors and meteor showers.


Meteors and Meteor Showers
Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study.

Meteors, Meteorites and Impacts
Pictures, References, Detailed Information and Links.


Meteroroids and Meteorites (also check out the left-hand sideboard):
Pictures, References, and Detailed Information.


Space.com
All About Meteors
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Messier Objects


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Listing of Messier Objects

Messier Marathon

Messier Object Index

Messier Objects By Type
The Messier objects list arranged by object type: nebulae, clusters, galaxies, and other kinds of objects not under any major category.

Messier Objects with Data

The Galaxy Gallery: Messier Objects
CCD Images of Messier Objects


The Messier Catalog
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Mars Exploration (Rovers, Satellites, etc.)


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NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Rover Home; Missions; Reconnaissance Orbiter; Present Missions; Orbiting Camera Details...

Center for Mars Exploration
Various resources on Mars Exploration with an educational emphasis.

Latest Mars Orbiter Update

Mars Exploration Rover Mission
NASA's latest news from Spirit and Opportunity.

Mars Exploration Timeline
Overviews of every mission to Mars since 1960, including planned future missions.

Mars Exploration: Missions
All Missions...Past, Present and Future.

Planet Mars
Mars Exploration Rovers, informations, images and links from SEDS.

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