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Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS)

http://ulua.mhpcc.edu/amos.html

Provides information about the Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS), located in Hawaii, and operated by the Phillips Laboratory. Describes telescopes and sensors at AMOS, as well as how visiting experimenters can request use of the facilities.

American Astronomical Society

http://www.aas.org/

Provides general astronomy information of interest to professionals and amateur enthusiasts. Maintains links to other astronomy resources on the Net.

Art of Renaissance Science Galileo and Perspective

http://bang.lanl.gov/video/stv/arshtml/lanlarstitle.html

Features the life of Galileo, including many images from the period; based on a videotape entitled "The Art of Renaissance Science: Galileo and Perspective."

Astro!Info

http://ezinfo.ethz.ch/ezinfo/astro/astro.html

Aims to provide general information about a variety of astronomical events (large portion written in German, but some parts written in English).

Astronomical Data Center

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/adc.html

Element of the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) / A World Data Center for Rockets and Satellites (WDC-A-R&S). Part of an international federation of astronomical data centers. Acquires, verifies, formats, documents, and distributes files that contain astronomical data in computer-readable form. Also develops and maintains software tools to access these data.

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Astronomical Museum in Bologna

http://boas3.bo.astro.it/dip/Museum/MuseumHome.html

Provides background on the history of astronomy and the instruments at this museum.

Astronomy HyperText Book

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/text.html

A hypertextual astronomy textbook written at the college level. Contains interactive information about astronomy. Also offers links to sites that offer astronomy assistance.

Astronomy-Related Web Sites

http://www.skypub.com/links/astroweb.html

Offers listing of astronomy-related Web sites and includes brief descriptions.

AstroWeb Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet

http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~anton/astroweb/

Provides a searchable index of information about astronomy and astrophysics that you can find on the Internet. Contains a keyword or string search option.

Caltech Space Society

http://www.seds.org/seds/chapters/css/CSS.html

Provides information about space-related projects, such as conferences and educational programs, that are open to the public.

CCD Images of Galaxies

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/galaxy.html

Presents a collection of images that specializes in photographs of galaxies. Also offers educational resources.

Center for Advanced Space Studies (CASS) Home Page

http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/CASS_home.html

Provides information about this national research center, as well as general information about space science.

Compton Observatory Science Support Center

http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cossc/cossc.html

Contains links to various instrument home pages, bulletin board access, announcements, and public data archives.

CyberSky

http://www.astro.ucla.edu/staff/stephen/cybersky.html

CyberSky is an educational shareware program that allows you to turn your computer into an animated traditional planetarium.

HEASARC Video Archive

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/videos/videos.html

Contains a directory of video clips that highlight high-energy astrophysics missions (in various formats).

Henrietta Leavitt Flat Screen Space Theater

http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~peterscc/Home.html

Explores astronomy topics in a planetarium-show style, designed to present astronomy to a wide variety of readers.

High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/HEASARC_HOME_PAGE.html

Contains general information on supernovae, x-ray binaries, and black holes.

Institute for Space Astrophysics C.N.R

http://titan.ias.fra.cnr.it/ias-home/ias-home.html

Offer some links in Italian but the majority in English. Includes the "Electronic Atlas of Dynamical Evolutions of Short-Period Comets."

International Astronomical Union

http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/iau.html

Contains access to current and past bulletins, as well as reports posted by association members.

International Occultation Timing Association (I.O.T.A.) Home Page

http://www.sky.net/~robinson/iota.htm

Specializes in organizing reliable ways to view occultations and eclipses. Provides information on how nonmembers can become involved. Offers a list of members' addresses to help you locate a member near you who would be willing to help you properly view occultations and eclipses.

The Long Duration Exposure Facility

http://setas-www.larc.nasa.gov/setas/ldef.html

Describes the LDEF satellite, which contained 57 experiments and spent 69 months in space. Provides the baseline on space environments and their effects.

Mount Wilson Observatory

http://www.mtwilson.edu/

Overviews several ongoing astronomy projects using innovative techniques and modern detectors. Provides information for professionals, amateurs, tourists, and educators.

NASA Astrophysics Data System Home Page Classic System

http://adswww.colorado.edu/adswww/adshomepg.html

Offers free software, developed and operated on behalf of NASA, aimed at the astrophysics community. Provides access to a variety of astronomical data for the scientific user community. Presents a tutorial that allows users to get a taste of the software.

NASA World Wide Web Information Services

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html

Contains news and resources of value to a variety of people. Provides scientific information for professionals as well as educational information for teachers and students.

NASA-JSC Digital Image Collection

http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/html/home.htm

Feature more than 9,000 images since the Mercury space program.

Purdue SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space)

http://roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~seds/

Provides information about the Purdue SEDS group and serves as a place to discuss space exploration and development.

SEDS Internet Space Warehouse

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/

Contains many links to space resources on the Internet, a few multimedia documents, and information about the organization.

Sensors and Instrument Technology Planetary Tour Guide

http://ranier.oact.hq.nasa.gov/Sensors_page/Planets.html

Contains links to Web sites that have tours of the planets.

Sky Online Home Page

http://www.skypub.com/

Contains astronomy-related information and a large number of resources. Also contains a regularly updated listing of astronomical events.

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Solar System Live

http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html

Allows you to view a model of the solar system. Offers adjustable settings so you can see how the solar system would be at any given time or on any given date.

Southern Cross Astronomical Society

http://www.mangonet.com/scas/

Lets you check out the Southern Cross Astronomical Society.

Space Explorer's Guide

http://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~wanigar/spacelink/space_explorer.html

Contains links to space resources all over the globe by country. Provides information on space news and jobs.

Space Settlement

http://www.nas.nasa.gov/NAS/SpaceSettlement/

Provides information on developing orbital space settlements, including who, what, where, when, and how much.

StarBitsAcronyms, Abbreviations, and More

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/~heck/sfbits.htm

Furnishes a searchable dictionary/glossary of astronomy acronyms, abbreviations, and terms.

StarWorlds Astronomy and Related Organizations

http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/~heck/sfworlds.htm

Furnishes a searchable listing of the addresses of organizations, institutions, associations, companies, and other groups involved in astronomy and related space sciences.

STELAR Project Demos

http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/stelar/stelar_demos.html

Study of Electronic Literature for Astronomical Research. Explores the use of electronic means for improving access to scientific literature, and using astronomical publications to evaluate distribution, search, and retrieval techniques for full text and graphics display. Contains a listing of hypertext journal articles on astronomy.

Usenet FAQs Space

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/space/top.html

Presents FAQ list of general questions about planetary probes or information about solar system bodies.

Views of the Solar System

http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/

Offers an educational view of the solar system. Contains images and information about the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.

Web Nebulae

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/twn/top.html

Contains a collection of images of various objects in our galaxy. Includes images and explains how to classify nebulae.

WebStars Astrophysics in Cyberspace

http://www.stars.com/WebStars/

Provides information about astronomy. Contains online journals as well as searchable indexes and listings of other sites.

Welcome to Loch Ness Productions

http://www.lochness.com/

Specializes in producing planetarium program materials. Includes access to samples of planetarium music and art, as well as a listing of planetariums around the world.

Welcome to Project CLEA

http://www.gettysburg.edu/project/physics/clea/CLEAhome.html

Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy. Contains educational resources that can be used to incorporate astronomy into science curriculum.

Welcome to SkyView

http://skview.gsfc.nasa.gov/skyview.html

Serves as a virtual observatory on the Net that enables visitors to view a generated image of any part of the sky in a variety of wavelengths.

Welcome to the Planets

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

Presents collection of photos from NASA, organized by planet and the space craft that took the picture. Also includes textual explanations of the photos.

Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC)

http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/CADC-homepage.html

Contains general information on astronomy. Enables users to access programs and full-text copies of articles from several CD-ROMs.