Astronomical Applications
Department, U.S. Naval Observatory
Computes the position, brightness, and other
observable characteristics of celestial bodies, as well as the
circumstances of astronomical phenomena. Includes information on
calendars and related topics.
The
Naming of Stars
Leaflet from Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Australia
Astro Site
Extensive resources for astronomy.
Eric
Weisstein's World of Astronomy
A web encyclopedia. Over 500 entries, ranging from
definitions to full articles.
AstroWeb
Astronomical Internet resources by the Space
Telescope Science Institute.
Astronomy
Education and Outreach
General astronomy tutorial, education links, web
courses, documents at the UCSD Center for Astrophysics and Space
Sciences.
Infrared
Astronomy
All about infrared astronomy from NASA's infrared
astronomy center: Discovery of infrared, what is infrared and
infrared astronomy, history, the infrared universe, gallery,
activities, discoveries, missions and a lot of links to IR astronomy
sites.
Space.com
- The Greatest Myths, Hoaxes & Mysteries in Astronomy and Space
Science
Article briefly discussing 21 topics.
Absolute
Astronomy
Facts and statistical information about planets,
moons, constellations, stars, galaxies, and Messier objects.
An
Atlas of the Universe
Contains 3D maps of the universe zooming out from
the nearest stars to the scale of the galaxy and out to the
surrounding superclusters and finally to the scale of the known
universe.