Astronomy Links/Resources by SARM(updates in the last year marked as )| Catalogs | Ephemeris | Solar System | Meteors | Near Earth Objects | | Eclipses, Occultations | Deep Sky Objects | News | Education | Telescopes | | Observations | Career | Images | Publications | Software | Radio Astronomy | Portals | Astronomy Catalogs, Databases: NASA Astronomical Data Center (Portal to access hundreds of Astronomy Catalogs) http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ VizieR Service (Portal to thousands astronomy catalogs, queries, etc) http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr CADC - Canadian Astronomical Data Centre (Portal to astronomy catalogs, database) http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/ GSC Star Catalog (v.1 - 19 milion obj, v.2 ~ 500 milion obj, queries) http://www-gsss.stsci.edu/support/data_access.htm USNO Star Catalogs (Query USNO-A2, 526 milion stars) http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/getusno2 2MASS - The Two Micron All Sky Survey (Stars & galaxies catalog/database and atlas/images in the near infrared) http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/ DSS - CADC Digitized Sky Survey Interface (Sky atlas/images and catalog online to query) http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/cadcbin/getdss DSS - The STScI Digitized Sky Survey (Sky atlas and catalog online, queries, images) http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dss_form Aladin (CDS - Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg) (Interactive Sky Atlas Online) http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr SIMBAD Astronomical Database (CDS, France) (Astr object query by identifier, coordinate, reference code) http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr The Internet STELLAR DATABASE (Roger M. Wilcox) (Stars within 75 light-years, search, ecuat & (x,y,z) positions, etc) http://www.stellar-database.com/ Ephemeris (Planets, Asteroids, Comets, Satellites): HORIZONS Ephemeris Generator (JPL, planets, asteroids, comets) http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eph ASTEPH Asteroid Ephemeris Generator (Asteroid Ephemeris by Lowell Observatory) http://asteroid.lowell.edu/cgi-bin/koehn/asteph Serveur d´éphémérides (BdL, Paris) (Serveur d'ephemerides, incl. some planetary theories) http://www.imcce.fr/ephemeride.html Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service (Ephemerides, queries, observability, etc) http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/MPEph/MPEph.html Small-Body Search (Object Identification from Observations, good to check for a possible discovery!) http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/sb_search MPChecker: Minor Planet Checker (Check for known asteroids in a given region) http://scully.harvard.edu/~cgi/CheckMP ICQ Comet Information Website: (Comet eph, visibility, data, history) http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html IAU Minor Planet Centre (SAO, IAU) (Asteroid eph, MPC Circulars, NEA confirmation page, etc, etc) http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/mpc.html USNO Astronomical Applications Department (Data Tables, Software, Algorithms, etc) http://aa.usno.navy.mil/ Solar System Data: JPL Solar System Dynamics (Solar System Data, JPL/NASA) http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ Planetary Satellite Mean Orbital Parameters (Planetary moons & mean orbital elements) http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sat_elem.html SOHO (ESA, NASA) (Sun images and info from SOHO satellite) http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/ ASTORB Database (The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database, Ted Bowell) ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html Views of the Solar System (Solar System images, comments, resources by Calvin J. Hamilton) http://www.solarviews.com/ Meteors: IMO (The International Meteor Organization) http://www.imo.net/ The American Meteor Society http://www.amsmeteors.org/ IMO Fireball Data Centre (Report bolid observations) http://www.imo.net/fireball/index.html MIAC (Meteorite and Impacts Advisory Committee, Canada) http://dsaing.uqac.uquebec.ca/~mhiggins/MIAC/MIAC.html SARM (The Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy, this is us!) http://sarm.astroclubul.org/1998-2004 Near Earth Objects: JPL Near-Earth Object Program (NEOs, close approaches, impact risks, etc) http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ NeoDys (Near Earth Objects Dynamics Site, Italy) (NEA elements, database, impact risks, etc) http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo LINEAR (Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research) (US Air Force and NASA) http://www.ll.mit.edu/LINEAR/ The Spacewatch Project (Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Univ of Arizona) http://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/ LONEOS (Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search) http://www.lowell.edu/users/elgb/loneos_disc.html NEAT (Near Earth Asterod Tracking, JPL) http://neat.jpl.nasa.gov/ EARN (European Asteroid Research Node) (NEA and PHAs database, distributions, physical properties) http://earn.dlr.de/ The Spaceguard Foundation http://spaceguard.ias.rm.cnr.it/ Eclipses, Occultations: Fred Espenak Eclipse Home Page (Solar & Lunar eclipses, maps of visibility, timings) http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html IOTA (International Occultation Timing Association, US) http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm Asteroid Occultations Europe, North Africa and Middle East (By Ludek Vasta & Jan Manek) http://sorry.vse.cz/~ludek/mp/ IOTA Asteroidal Predictions (for Western hemisphere and areas not covered by other sites) http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/asteroids/astrndx.htm Deap Sky Objects NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (Server of nonstellar objects, references, papers, etc) http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/ Introduction to Galaxies (Personal, Wiedenhoff) http://www.wiedenhoff.nu/galaxy/ Astronomy News: Science @ NASA (Astronomy news, subscription, etc) http://science.nasa.gov/ Space Telescope Science Institute (Press release archives) http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr.html Space Today Online (Space & astronomy news & info) http://www.spacetoday.org/ ESA Science (European Space Agency news & info) http://sci.esa.int/index.cfm Sky & Telescope (Popular astronomy magazine, news, etc) http://skyandtelescope.com/news/ Astronomy Education: Teachers' Newsletter The Universe in the Classroom (ASP's astronomy education topics, exercises, etc) http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/tnl.html Light and Matter: educational materials for physics and astronomy (A few introductory .pdf textbooks for high school or college level) http://www.lightandmatter.com/ ADS Digital Library (A few astronomy books online) http://ads.harvard.edu/books/ Core List of Astronomy Books (List of major astronomy books) http://ads.harvard.edu/books/clab/ GSU Astronomy Labs (Introductory Astronomy Labs, Georgia Univ) http://joy.chara.gsu.edu/~lab/ CLEA Project (Practical astronomy labs to download, Gettysburg College, US) http://www.gettysburg.edu/academics/physics/clea/CLEAhome.html Star Quiz (11 basic astronomy tests with answers) http://www.starclass.com.au/quiz/quiz.html Evolution of the Solar System (NASA) (Solar System texbook online) http://history.nasa.gov/SP-345/contents.htm Astronomy Notes (Online astronomy course for beginers) http://www.astronomynotes.com/ How to compute planetary positions (by Paul Schlyter) (Practical guide, two body problem incl some perturbations) http://hotel04.ausys.se/pausch/comp/ppcomp.html Astronomical calculations (by Keith Burnett) (Algorithms, Excel programs, transf coords, rise/set, charts) http://www.xylem.f2s.com/kepler/ Let's Talk Stars, hosted by David Levy (astronomy talk radio shows having different guests) http://www.letstalkstars.com/cgi-bin/archive.pl Biblioteca de Astronomie Online (astronomy books in pdf, mostly in Romanian) http://sarm.astroclubul.org/carti/ All Science Fair Projects - Category: Celestial Mechanics (classic celestial mechanics articles, incl formulas, demonstrations, etc) http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Category:Celestial_mechanics Astronomy Courses at UVic (astronomy courses level 120 & 200 at Univ of Victoria, Canada) http://www.astro.uvic.ca/astrocourses/ Telescopes: How To Build A Telescope - by Olle Eriksson (A step-by-step guide to build your own 8-inch Dobsonian telescope) http://www.olle-eriksson.com/Default.aspx?page=Article&id=115 The Telescope Review Web Site (Commercial telescope reviews, beginner advices, articles) http://www.scopereviews.com/ Small Dob Web Site - by Mark Pippin (devoted to Dobsonian reflectors diam < 25 cm) http://www.geocities.com/smalldob/ Astromart (Telescopes & binoculars classifieds (mostly in US), forums, reviews, etc) http://www.astromart.com/ Observations, Observing Tools: The Constellations and their Stars (A brief constellation guide by Chris Dolan) http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html BinoSky (Practical guide about stargazing with binoculars) http://www.lightandmatter.com/binosky/binosky.html Hunting Asteroids From Your Backyard (Dennis di Cicco, S&T) http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/observing/objects/asteroids/article_381.asp Basics of Meteor Observing (Sky & Telescope, Alan M. MacRobert) http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/observing/objects/meteors/article_101.asp Advanced Meteor Observing (Sky & Telescope, Alan M. MacRobert) http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/observing/objects/meteors/article_105.asp View from Satellite (View the Earth as seen from a satellite in Earth orbit) http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/satellite.html Heavens Above (Chris Peat) (Observing times for Space Station, Iridium Satellites) http://www.heavens-above.com/ Signal-to-noise calculator for CCD photometry (Calculates S/N for a star obs with a telescope & CCD) http://stupendous.rit.edu/richmond/signal.shtml Bad Astronomy (Phil Plait) (Misconceptions, questions, answers) http://www.badastronomy.com/ TASS, The Amateur Sky Survey http://www.tass-survey.org/tass/tass.shtml Interested in a Career in Astronomy? AAS Astronomy Job Register (Jobs in Astronomy, mostly in the US) http://www.aas.org/JobRegister/ 103 FAQs about A Career in Astronomy (The Astronomy Cafe) (Things to know about a career in astronomy - Sten Odenwald) http://www.itss.raytheon.com/cafe/qadir/acareer.html Un ghid practic pt aspirantul la doctorat in US (Mihai Budiu, abvice about admission to PhD in the US, in Romanian) http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mihaib/articles/ghid-doc/index.html Astrophotography, Images: Catching the light - astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss (Deep sky photo/images, techniques, etc) http://www.astropix.com/ Astronomy Picture of the Day (NASA) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html AAO Astronomical Images (mostly by David Malin) (Astronomical images, info & refs about astrophotography, etc) http://www.aao.gov.au/images/index.html Astronomy Publications: The NASA Astrophysics Data System (Major professional journals online) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/ ArXiv e-Print archive (Recent professional preprints in (Astro)physics, Math, Computers) http://www.arxiv.org/ Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge University Press - Dictionar online by Martin V. Zombeck, SAO) http://ads.harvard.edu/books/hsaa/idx.html Astronomy Software Portals: Planetarium Software (Astronomy software list for Windows, Mac, X/Linux, web) http://www.seds.org/billa/astrosoftware.html Astronomy Software (Freeware, shareware and commercial Software list) http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/software.html SourceForge Astronomy Software (Astr software for Linux, Windows, other OSs) http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=134&page=1 Astronomy Software on the Internet (Quasar Publishing, Rob McIntyre, Win/DOS/Mac web list) http://www.quasarastronomy.com.au/software.htm ASTROTIPS - Astronomy Software (Hugo Valentim) (Reviews! Downloads, Guides, Resources, Forums, Chat, etc) http://www.quasarastronomy.com.au/software.htm Radio Astronomy: Sky Scan (A project of RASC Edmonton to observe meteors by radio in Alberta, Canada) http://www.skyscan.ca/ MeteorScatter (Observe meteors, aurora, solar activity on VHF) http://www.meteorscatter.net/ OH5IY's Home page (I. Yrjölä amateur radio astronomy site, incl meteors) http://www.kolumbus.fi/oh5iy/ EME, SETI, Radio Astronomy, DSP and Radio Amateurs (Amateur Radio Astronomy, Educational, etc) http://www.nitehawk.com/rasmit/ Other Astronomy Portals: List of astronomy resources (HEASARC - High Energy Astrophysics NASA) http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/www_info/webstars.html Essentiel ressources d´astronomie sur le reseau internet (Institut de Mecanique Celeste, BdL, Paris) http://www.imcce.fr/webastro.html Astronomy Links (Scott Berfield - copy from Sky & Telescope?) http://www.berfield.com/astrolinks.html Astronomy Links http://astronomylinks.com/ For any other specific enquery, ask Google: http://www.google.com (For example enter: "Astronomy Links" in the search line) | BACK to SARM 1998-2004 site (this site), http://sarm.astroclubul.org/1998-2004 | |