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Astronomy Links

100 Hours of Astronomy
AIPS (Astronomical Image Processing System)
American Astronomical Society
AAS/DPS (Division for Planetary Sciences)
AstroGrav (requires license beyond 2-week demo)
Astronomy Dictionary
Astronomy Magazine
Astronomy Notes
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
Astrophysical Journal

Astrophysics Data System

Bibliographic Abbreviations

Abstracts: Forms, Main Page, What's New


Articles, Digital Library


Astrophysics Preprints (aka astro-ph)
Automated Plate Scanner Project (Minnesota)
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Catania Astrophysical Observatory - Italy
CD-ROMs from NASA - NSSDC
Clementine Project Information
Comet Home Page (CIW/DTM)
Earth and Moon Viewer
Earth Introduction
Eclipse Photography and Resources
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia
Extrasolar Visions
Face of Venus (and other planets)
FITS Archive at NRAO
Galileo Project (JPL)
Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

Harvard's Minor Planet Center (current location of inner solar system)
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Hubble Space Telescope (HST)

1990-1995 Gallery (Greatest Hits)


1990-1998 Greatest Hits


1990 - 2003 NewsCenter Archive


Archive (MAST)


Galaxy Collisions (PR97-34)


Heritage Gallery of Images


Object Catalog


Public Pictures


STScI/HST Public Release Images


Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2)


Hypercat from Lyon
Icarus, International Journal of Solar System Exploration
IPAC (IR Processing & Analysis Center/Caltech & JPL)
IPAC Online Services (including NED)
IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility)
IUEDR-IUE Satellite Data Reduction Package

Kitt Peak (KPNO) Observing Information
LEVEL5: A Knowledgebase for Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
Lick Observatory (University of California)
Lunar and Planetary Institute LPI Home Page
Lunar Eclipse Computer

MAC OSX Professional Astronomy Software
Magellan: Mission to Venus
Malin Space Science Systems
Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter (MOLA)
Mars Exploration (JPL)
Messier Catalog (SEDS, University of Arizona)
Meteor Shower Calendar
Mount Wilson Observatory

NASA (USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Cassini Equinox Mission (Saturn)


Goddard Space Flight Center Home Page


GSFC/HEASARC Home Page


Infrared Telescope Facility Home Page


Jet Propulsion Laboratory Home Page and News
National Space Science Data Center (NASA/NSSDC)
NSSDC Planetary Sciences


Space Shuttle Launch Archive

NED: NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (see also IPAC above)
NGC: Interactive Online Catalog
New York Times Articles on Extrasolar Planets
The Nine Planets
NRAO: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Observatory Codes
Out of This World Exhibition (Celestial Atlas)
PDS Geosciences Node
Planetary Data System (PDS) Home Page (NASA/JPL)
Photojournal of Planets (NASA/JPL)
PROS XRAY Data Analysis Software
Regional Planetary Facility (Smithsonian)

SAOImage (ds9)
Satellite Space Missions
SIMBAD Astronomical Data Base
SkyView Image Retrieval Facility
Sloan Digital Sky Survey
SOHO: The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Soviet Spacecraft Photos
Space Art and NovaSpace Galleries
Space Telescope (STScI)
Space Telescope's Digitized Sky Survey
Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System (STSDAS)
Star*s Family of Astronomy Resources
Starlink RAL (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)
Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center (CDS)

University of Washington N-Body Shop Home Page
The Very Large Telescope
Virtual Sky
Visual Limiting Magnitude Calculator - Java Script
VLBI (JPL Space Very Long Baseline Interferometry)
Welcome to the Planets
Windows to the Universe
Women at the Naval Observatory: The Early Years
Yahoo's Guide to Astronomy Links
Yahoo's Guide to Space Links