John Stewart's Miscellaneous Astronomy Sites and Sights

Astronomy is looking up.

Astronomical News

• Astronomical Headlines from the IAU.
• The Cosmic Mirror of news events across the universe.

Comets and Meteors

• The Comet's Tale. Background information on comets.
• Gary W. Kronk's Comets and Meteor Showers.
• How do comets get names like LINEAR and NEAT? Here are the IAU Comet-naming Guidelines.
• Leonid Meteor Outburst Page.
• Mars Meteorites.

The Solar System

• The Earth and Moon Viewer, various views.
• The Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon .
• The Nine Planets, a multimedia tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett.
• The Planetary Data System, sponsored by NASA.
• The USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
• Solar System Live, the interactive Orrery of the web.
• Solar System Simulator, NASA's interactive Orrery.
• 3-D Tour of the Solar System.
• Views of the Solar System, Hawaiian Astronomical Society.
• Views of the Solar System, by Calvin J. Hamilton.
• Welcome to the Planets, Jet Propulsion Lab of the California Institute of Technology.
• The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.
• Extrasolar Visions, planets circling nearby stars.

Space Missions

• The National Aeronautics & Space Administration.
• The Basics of Space Flight.
• Cassini, Voyage to Saturn.
• Project Galileo, the latest from NASA on the mission to Jupiter.
• The Hipparcos Space Astronomy Mission, precise measurement of positions, parallaxes and proper motions.
• Mars Missions, Pathfinder, Global Surveyor, Surveyor 98 and Surveyor 2001.
• Mission to Mars, interactive educational site lets you design your own mission.
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The JPL Space Calendar.

History and Lore

• The Galileo Project at Rice University.
• History of Astronomy and Space Science.
• Astronomia Historia History of Astronomy. oder Geschichte der Astronomie.
• Eric Weissten's World of Scientific Biography.
• Mayan Astronomy. Scientific Biography.
• Native American Astronomy.
• The Mythology of the Constellations.
• Star Myths and Constellation Lore.

Radio Shows

• Deborah Bird and Joel Block discuss popular science topics Earth & Sky.
• Seattle Astronomical Society and Everett Astronomical Society's weekly show, It's Over Your Head.
• David and Wendee Levy's Let's Talk Stars.
• SkyTalk and SkyTour on WHYY in Philadelphia/Wilmington.
• Patrick Moore's The Sky at Night.
• StarDate Online, from the McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas at Austin.
• Stuart Gary's weekly Star Stuff.
• Anglo-Australian Telescope astronomer Fred Watson. Fred Watson chats with Anglea Catterns.

Telescopes and Equipment

• Choosing Telescopes and Binoculars: A Beginner's Guide.
• The Perkins Observatory Telescope FAQ, by Dennis Bishop.
• The Heretic's Guide to Purchasing a Telescope, by Michael J. Edelman.
• NOVAC's Equipment Reviews, by the members.
• The Telescope Review Web Site with Advice for Beginners by Ed Ting.
• Mike Weasner's Mighty ETX site.

Cleaning Optics

• The use of Collodion U.S.P. in cleaning optics, by Robert Ariail (Antique Telescope Society). Chuck Shaw's update and alternative.
• Company Seven's guide on cleaning optics.
• Galaxy Optics' advice on cleaning optics.
• Opticlean, from Dantronix Research and Technologies, LLC.

Other Schools

• George Mason University Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.

Other Links

• The Amateur Sky Survey, Trying to find 1000 new variable stars.
• Astra's Star Gate. Includes Aperture Fever!
• The Astronomy Cafe, Dr. Sten Odenwald's site for the astronomically disadvantaged.
• The Astronomy Picture of the Day, from NASA.
• Mike Boschat's Astronomy Page. If you want links, look here.
• Calendar Zone (formerly CalenderLand). Everything you wanted to know about calendars.
• Careers in Astronomy.
• The Constellations, by Richard Dibon-Smith.
• Chris Dolan's The Constellations and their Stars.
• Cosmos in a Computer, witness the birth of the cosmos, watch the universe unfold, all from your desktop.
• Eclipse Home Page, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
• U. S. Geological Survey Flagstaf Field Center, Astrogeology Branch, emphasizing planetary cartography. You can explore mars by creating your own maps.
• The best of the Hubble Space Telescope.
• The Hubble Deep Field.
• Vic Winter's ICSTARS page.
• Informal Science Education Resource.
• Life in the Universe.
• Live from Mars, live programs for schools from NASA.
• NASA Space Link, an aeronautics and space resource for educators.
• The Messier Catalog, from SEDS.
• National Geographic's Star Journey.
• National Space Science Data Center.
• NASA's Origins Program. How did the galaxies, stars, and planets form? how did life originate on Earth? The search for extrasolar planets.
• Palomar Digitized Sky Survey.
• Steve Robinson's Gamma Ray Burst Astronomy Site.
• ¿Qué tal? in the Current Skies.
• Sky Wise, by Jay Ryan, published in Sky & Telescope magazine.
• StarDate Online, from the McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas at Austin.
• The SETI Institute, the Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence.
• The Search for Extraterrestial Intelligence at Home.
• Space Day, educational resources.
• Space Educators' Handbook from NASA.
• Stanford Solar Center, fun educational activities based on Solar Oscillations Investigation and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory data.
• Starchart Map Server.
• Star Gazer, Jack Horkheimer, formerly known as the Star Hustler.
• Starman, by Jay Ryan.
• The Star*s Family of Astronomy and Related Resources.
• Windows to the Universe (graphics-intensive).
• Yahoo's astronomy links.