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International Astronomical Union Observatory Code #294

Engineering Science & Physics Department

Astronomy/Astrophysics Web Links

Organized From general topics to professional levels

Please check the date a collection had been updated for reliability of links

Astronomy

General (updated 6/9/11)

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Bad Astronomy - Astronomer Phil Plait's Web Site. Check out for wild claims!

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

Physical Constants and Astronomical Data

BLACK HOLES by Ted Bunn

NASA Homepage

NASA WebStars: Astrophysics in Cyberspace (Goddard Space flight Center broad resource)
Stephen Hawking's Universe
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) (resources public to scientists)
European Space Agency (ESA)
SPACEWATCH (study of asteroids and comet to investigate the dynamical evolution of the solar system)
Spaceweather.com (Sun-Earth environment news and info)
Space.com ( NASA Information & News,Outer Space Flights, Astronomy)
Lists of Space agencies worldwide

Image Galleries & Archives (updated 6/10/11)

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Hubble Space Telescope Images
Hubble Animations
Space Image Libraries
Views of the Solar System
Web Nebulae( images of famous nebulae)
Digitized Sky Survey
Project Galileo
Other Worlds, Distant Suns(catalog of extrasolar systems)
Pretty Pictures - (large set of links to image sites at NRAO)
First Light with a 67-Million-Pixel WFI Camera (ESO Press Release 02/99)
HST Images by Subject
Image data base system of ALPO (Association of Lunar/Planetary observers)

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Centers & Institutes updated 6/10/11

Department of Engineering Science and Physics at the College of Staten Island
SETI Institute
Space Telescope Science Institute Home Page
Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers ALPO
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
IAU Minor Planet Center
Center of Advanced Space Studies

Clubs and Organizations updated 11/02/11

Rockland Astronomy Club Home Page
United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey, Inc.
The New Jersey Astronomical Association
Amateur Astronomers Association
The Planetary Society
Astronomy Resources (additional clubs, magazines, equipment, general information links .courtesy : Hailey Long- Library Teacher

Data Bases & Indexes updated 6/10/11

A Space Library(NASA/JPL/Caltech spyglass on the cosmos).

Data Online - Data Services of USNO

AstroWeb: Astronomy/ Astrophysics Database of links on the Internet

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Magazines & Journals updated 6/10/11

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Some News & Info. updated 6/10/11

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Impacts with Asteroids and Comets (related to research at this observatory) updated 6/13/11

NASA Planetary Aseroid Page

NASA Planetary Comet Page

NASA Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazard home

Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards by Dr David Morrison.

The IAU Minor Planet Center at Harvard (Main place for asteroid hunters) - MPC.

Spaceguard Foundation

The Spaceguard Foundation home page

NEODyS-NEO ASTEROID INFORMATION

Alt Impact Hazard: 1997 XF11

Lowell Observatory - Asteroid Observing Services

European Asteroid Research Node A group of independant European organizations involved in Asteroid Research

PDSSBN: Small Solar System Bodies.

Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking Home Page (NEAT).

Spacewatch Dr Tom Gehrels.

International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry

NASA Leonid Meteor Storms

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission

Home of the NEAR Mission

Deep Space 1 Mission - JPL.

ESA Rosetta Mission

Stardust Mission

THE ALVAREZ ASTEROID IMPACT THEORY Goodbye Dinosaurs!

Clark Chapman's Papers on the Impact Hazard from Near-Earth Asteroids.
Comets, Culture, & Currency - direct social and physical impact of comet debris during the holocene.

Movie Deep Impact

Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page.
Barringer Meteor Crater - meteors and impacts.
Comets (Gary W. Kronk).
1908 Siberia Explosion - reconstructing the 1908 Tunguska explosion from eyewitness accounts.
Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) - program which recovers meteorite specimens from the Antarctic icesheet.
Impact Site - meteorite photographs google search.
Meteorite Central
International Meteor Organization (IMO).
Small Comet impacts - A series of spectacular images produced by cameras on NASA's Polar spacecraft suggest that Earth is being pelted by thousands of small comets each day.

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Modern Astronomy History updated 6/11/11

Astronomy: A Brief History

Development of Modern Astrophysics

Fall of the Leaning Tower (see galileo)
History of Astronomy & Astrophysics
History of Astronomy: Museums, Memorials, Historical Places, & Exhibits
History of Space Science and Astronomy
History of the Discovery of Deep Sky Objects
History of the Messier Catalog
History of the Hubble Space Telescope

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Ancient Astronomy History updated 6/11/11

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Archaeoastronomy Resources updated 6/11/11

Archaeoastronomy
Archaeoastronomy at Mounds State Park

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Constellations & Mythology updated 6/11/11

Constellations and their Stars, The - statistics, history, mythology for all 88 constellations and the named stars in them; also contains info on Messier objects; some star charts included.
Constellations & Mythology - Hawaiian Astro. Soc.
Myths about the sky