Astronomy

• The Space Weather Bureau
• Astronomy Picture of the Day

Earth Observations

• NASA's `Earth Observatory'

Info on a Specific Earth Satellite

To see an Earth orbit diagram, go to:

• Heavens-Above DLR Satellite Page for Lenox, MA

  Select satellite from database, e.g., ISS:

• Heavens-Above DLR Select satellite page, eg: ISS as satelite name

  See information about chosen satellite:

• Information about ISS

  Select `Orbit' button on upper right:

• Three Orbital diagrams for ISS, plus two-line orbital elements

Earth Satellites

• Mir Visibility for next 10 days, from Heavens Above, DLR for Lenox, MA
• International Space Station, ISS, Visibility for Lenox, MA

• Listing of tonight's satellites, from DLR for Lenox, MA
• Iridium Flares from DLR for Lenox, MA
• `Starshine' satellite from DLR for Lenox, MA
• New DLR Satellite Page for Bennington, VT
• Info on when satellites pass overhead
• Mir visibility over North America (50k bytes, from Sky & Telescope)
• Space Station Mir Visibility Data - U.S. Cities: P for Pittsfield
  but now is 800kbytes.... !
• JPass: NASA site for satellite visiblity
  

Mir

• Maximov's `Mir Report'
• MK MirNews index, kept up to date (good site)

International Space Station

• General NASA Spaceflight site
• International Space Station Graphical Overview
• ISS Exploded view
• ISS assembly sequence

Solar

• The Space Weather Bureau
• SOHO Home Page

Comets

• Recent News and Observations (for Comets)
• Info on Comets at JPL
• Elements & Ephemerides: Observable Comets
• Xephem format Comet Ephemerides
• NASA Near Live Comet Watching System
• Viewing page for NASA Near Live Comet Watching System

Messier and Interesting Non-Messier Objects

• Messier Catalog
• Messier Objects By Type
• Interesting Non-Messier objects: nebulae, clusters, and galaxies

Mars

• Volunteer to classify craters on Mars
• Mars Polar Lander Home Page
• Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor (MVACS) web site
• Astronomy Now news site
• Deep Space 2 (Mars penetrators) home page
• Mars Global Surveyor
• Mars Global Surveyor: images
• Mars Global Surveyor project home page (second address)
• JPL's Mars news site
• NASA's Planetary Photojournal site
• JPL Mars News site, covering various projects, links to images
• Brent Hugh's: 3D Views of Mars Landing Site
  Takes a long time to download. Side by side images.

Asteroids

• NEAR Home Page (orbiting 433 Eros)
• Current location of bright asteroids (GIF output)
• Meteorite compositions and asteroid compositional classes
• Asteroids and Space Resources
• NEAT (Near Earth Asteroid Tracking)

Jupiter

• 1997 Jupiter Observation/Drawing By Todd Gross
• Advanced Jupiter Observing Page by Zac Pujic
• Great Red Spot Timing & More by John Sabia

Solar Observing

• Mt. Wilson Observatory 150-Foot Solar Tower

Lunar Observing

• Hesiodus Sunrise Ray
• Stereo Lunar atlas site: jsc.nasa.gov/research/stereo_atlas

Earth Observation System

• EOS home page
• Terra (AM-1) EOS satellite home page

Space Probes

• JPL Space Missions
• Status reports: Mars Global Surveyor, Climate Orbiter, and Polar lander
• Mars Surveyor Update page
• Deep Space 1 Update page
• Project Galileo Home page (JPL)
• Cassini
• SOHO
• Voyager 1 and 2
• Pioneer 10

Planetary Information

• Planetary Sciences at the National Space Science Data Cente (NSSDC)
• Images of planets
• Nine Planets site
• Alien Planet Design site

NASA Updates

• NASA Headlines page
• NASA Watch
• NASA news releases
• Space shuttle status for the latest on pre-launch processing at Kennedy Space Center.

• Chandra X-Ray Observatory Home page

Other Astronomy Related Resources

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Al Kelly's CCD Astrophotography Page
• www.hubbleconstant.com
• Latest Hubble Space Telescope images
• Palomar Observatory
• SETI Home page
• 3D star maps, nearest stars
• ASTRONET: news and astronomical phenomena
• Limiting magnitude determination - faintest star visible by naked eye
• Magnitude Limits for the Amateur Astronomer
• Nightfall: binary star orbits

Sky & Telescope

• Sky & Telescope: This Week's "Sky at a Glance"
• Sky & Telescope: Weekly News Bulletin

`SpaceViews', Planetary Society and Astronomy Magazine

• `SpaceViews' with fairly up to date info
• Astronomy magazine
• Planetary Society
• Mars Society (Zubrin's organization)

Miscellaneous

• Space Access Society Home Page
• Goddard Science Vistualization Studio
• Sonoma State University: Favorite Astronomy Links
• European Space Agency Home Page
• European Southern Observatory Home Page
• International Dark Skies Association.
• Hipparcos Stereo Images of the Sky
• Pittsfield Astronomy Club
• Springfield STARS Home Page
• Stellafane: Amateur Telescope Maker's Resource List
• FTP site for Amateur Telescope Maker's Resource List
• Phil Harrington's Star Ware Home Page
• Willmann-Bell, Inc., astronomical publishers and booksellers
• List of various firms selling astronomical products
• The Telescope Warehouse Inc.
• AstroMart Home Page

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