General Resources

• Abrams Sky Calendar What's Happening in Tonight's Sky?
• Andy Steer's Astronomy Page Impressive images.
• The Antique Telescope Society. Collectors of Old Telescopes.
• Astronomiae Historia The History of Astronomy.
• The Astronomy Café Talk with a Professional.
• Comet Hale-Bopp The Great Comet of '97!
• Comet Hyakutake The Great Comet of '96!
• Countdown to the Millenium How long till your computer dies?
• The Criterion Dynascope Group.  Great Telescopes!
• Dale Ireland's Astronomy Page Planet Dale.
• Frank Roussel's Home Page
• The Henrietta Leavitt Flat Screen Space Theater Carolyn Collins Petersen.
• Index Librorum Liberorum John Walker's Extensive Resources.
• Information Center for images/new Star Gazers Help for Beginners.
• Jim Fly's images/newtonian Telescopes. All the calculations.
• Jim Pennington's Astrophotography Page.
• Limiting Magnitude Estimation Evaluate Your Skies.
• Local Weather The Weather for Any Location.
• Maria Mitchel America's First Woman Astronomer.
• Mel Bartel's Homepage Computerize Your Dob!
• Mike Stebbins' Page Find Out About Big Dobs. 
• Online Star Map Mt. Wilson Observatory.
• A Planetary Nebulae Sampler An Interesting Tour.
• Pluto, the Ninth Planet.
• Robert Provin's Web Page Excellent Astrophotography.
• Satellite Observers' Home Page Everything About Observing Satellites.
• Scott Hudson on Asteroid Shapes. From Radar and Optical Data.
• Searching for Extrasolar Planets San Francisco State University.
• The SETI Institute's Home Page The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence.
• SkyMap A Popular Planetarium Program.
• Sky Photography by Tom Polakis Impressive Photography.
• Solar Coronal Holes Data Current Information on the Solar Corona.
• Solar Eclipse Paths (1995 - 2000).
• Starbase UK Amateur Astronomy by Nick Stevens.
• The Stellafane Home Page The Home of Amateur Telescope Making.
• Thierry Legault's Home Page  Optics and Imaging.
• Telescopes on the WWW. Every Known Telescope Page!
• The Weather Net Worldwide Local Weather.

Astronomy Clubs and Organizations

• Ames Area Amateur Astronomy Club Ames, Iowa.
• The Antique Telescope Society The History of Astronomical Instruments.
• The Astronomical League A Federation of Astronomy Clubs.
• The Astronomical Society of images/new South Wales Australia.
• The Astronomical Society of Victoria Australia.
• Astronomy in Japan
• The Atlanta Astronomy Club Atlanta, Georgia.
• The Birmingham Astronomical Society Birmingham, Alabama.
• The British Astronomical Association (BAA) The Model for all Astronomy Clubs!
• The Calumet Astronomical Society One of Ohio's finest.
• The Central Florida Astronomical Society
• The Central Missouri Astronomical Association
• Finnish Amateur Astronomy Home Page
• The Lake County Astronomical Society Illinois.
• Leicester University Astronomy Society Great Britain.
• Liverpool Astronomical Society
• The Manchester Astronomical Society
• The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Hamilton Centre.
• South Carelian Amateur Astronomical Association Finland.
• United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey.

Images

• Astronomical Pictures and Animations. Compiled by Frank Roussel.
• David Hanon's Home Page Excellent CCD images.
• images of the Messier Catalog An Impressive and Easy to Use Collection. By Bill Arnett.
• images of Nebulae and Clusters More images Collected by Bill Arnett.
• John Blackwell's images An Extensive Collection.
• Views of the Solar System Compiled by Calvin J. Hamilton.

Organizations for Observers

• The Association of American Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
• The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (ALPO).
• The International Dark Sky Association (IDA).
• The International Occultation Timing Association (IOTA).
• IOTA's Asteroidal Occultation Page.

Observatories, Professional Facilities and Organizations

• The Astrophysical Data System ADS.
• The American Astronomical Society AAS.
• The Anglo-Australian Observatory AAO.
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific ASP.
• The Bologna Astronomical Observatory Italy.
• Bureau des Longitudes France (French).
• The European Southern Observatory Chile.
• Georgia State University Astronomy Hard Labor Creek Observatory.
• The Great Melbourne Telescope This Telescope Has Been in Service Longer Than Any Other (Australia).
• Indiana University Astronomy Department
• Lick Observatory. Home of the 36" Refractor.
• The Mauna Kea Observatories
• Mt. Wilson Observatory America's Observatory.
• Palomar The Big One!
• The Paris Observatory The World's Oldest Observatory in Continuing Use.
• Sacramento Peak Observatory Solar Observatory.
• The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SAO.
• University of Hawaii Astronomy Page
• The WIYN Observatory Rivalling Hubble from the Ground.
• Yerkes Observatory Home of the Great Refractor.

Lists of Astronomy Sites

• AstroWeb Astronomy and Astrophysics References.
• Astronomical World Wide Web Resources Space Telescope Science Institute.
• Mike Boschat's Astronomy Page An Extensive List of Astronomical Resources.  
• Solar Site Index

Space Sites
("Launch of STS-66," courtesy NASA)

Targets in Space

• Amalthea Fact Sheet The Low-Down on Jupiter's Strangest Satellite.
• Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards Target Earth!
• Asteroids Everything About Minor Planets.
• Astronomy Picture of the Day NASA's Choice!
• Atlas of Mars A Clickable Map of Mars!
• The Center for Mars Exploration Everything About the Red Planet.
• Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page NASA's Collection of Hale-Bopp Data.
• Comet Shoemaker-Levy Home Page
• Hubble Maps Pluto! A First! Our Solar System's Last Frontier.
• HST and the Saturn Ring Plane Crossing
• JPL Image Archives An Encyclopedic Collection of images.
• JPL Information Archives JPL's Text File Library.
• The Latest HST Image From the Space Telescope Science Institute.
• A Mars Introduction Everything About Mars.
• Near Earth Asteroid Tracking A Joint NASA/JPL/USAF Project.
• The Nine Planets A Tour of the solar System.
• NSSDC Photo Gallery Many images.
• Planetary GIF images images from NASA's Ames Research Center.
• The Planetary Image Finder An Illustrated Index.
• Satellite Passes Predictions for US Cities.
• Views of the Solar System images of Everything!

Lists of Resources

• Space Calendar

Facilities and Equipment

• The Delta Clipper The Next Generation of Manned Vehicles.
• The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Home Page for Unmanned Missions.
• The Johnson Space Center Mission Control!
• The Kennedy Space Center America's Spaceport.
• NASA's Home Page Entrance to NASA's WWW Network.
• NASA Press Releases Archive of Press Releases for 1998.
• NASA Press Releases Archive of Press Releases for 1999.
• The SEDS Home Page Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

Missions

• Clementine Home Page
• COBE The Cosmic Microwave Background Explorer.
• The Galileo Atmospheric Probe Home Page
• Galileo's Countdown!
• Galileo images. All images from Galileo taken during the first orbit of Jupiter
• German Space Operations Center
• The Project Galileo Home Page
• Hipparcos Astrometry and Variable Stars via Satellite
• Magellan Mission to Venus Maps of Venus.
• Mars Global Surveyor The Next Mission to Mars! (11/96)
• Mars Pathfinder The Mission After That! (12/96)
• Online From Jupiter The Galileo Mission.
• The Pluto Express Our Mission to Pluto.
• The Shuttle Network
• The Stardust Mission We Visit and Sample a Comet!
• The Viking Mission to Mars
• The Voyager Missions to the Outer Planets Missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

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