Useful Information
Observatories
Institutes
Interesting Web Pages
Publications
Companies
Our Robotic Explorers

Useful Information

Your Sky Good web-sight displaying sky maps at your location.

Earth, Moon and Sky Viewer Take a look at what the moon sees at this moment; the sun, satellites, etc.

Space.com Current news and the latest information regarding Space, Astronomy and Space exploration.

Exo Science Another great news resource.

Encyclopedia Astronomica Everything you could possible want to know about astronomics!

Astronomy Thesaurus There had to be one.

Star Pages or AstroWeb The Yellow Pages of Astronomy


Observatories

Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico

European Southern Observatory

La Palma Observatory in the Canary Islands operated by the Isaac Newton Group

Keck Observatory in Hawaii

Las Camapanas Observatory in Chile; operated by the Carnegie Institution of Washington

Lick Observatory operated by the University of California

Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory near La Serena, Chile

Palomar Observatory

Calar Alto Observatory in southern Spain

Wendelstein Observatory operated by the University of Munich (Germany)

Click here for a more extensive list of observatories!!


Institutes

AAS American Astronomical Society

ASP Astronomical Society of the Pacific

EARA European Association for Research in Astronomy (IoA page)

MPE Max Planck Institute (English)

PPARC Particle Physics and Astronomy Research

RAS Royal Astronomical Society

Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge

Harvard University Department of Astronomy

Caltech Astronomy Home Page


Interesting Web Pages

Campaign for Dark Skies The cure to sky glow! Check it out.

Astronomy-Mall Self explanatory.

The Mars Society If we're ever going to set foot on Mars, its going to be these guys who made it happen.

SETI @ Home Project Remember Contact? Why don't you help Jody Foster out and use your own computer to search for intelligent life.

Satellite Locator See the Space Shuttle, MIR, ISS, Hubble, and many other orbiting objects from the ground- pin points them exactly, time and location.


Publications

Sky and Telescope Magazine A more technical resource intended for the serious enthusiasts.

Astronomy Magazine A less technical resource but still a great magazine!

Scientific American For the Renaissance type who loves science. A fantastic read!


Companies

Novagraphics Space art gallery; everything from astronaut autographs to astronomy Christmas Cards.

Astronomics Oklahoma's number one dealer in telescopes, binoculars, you name it.

Celestron Very nice telescopes manufacturer; check out their new NexStar 5. It's a looker!

Meade Remember the ETX, well they're the ones that made it_big name in the telescope industry.

Tele-Vue Another good telescope company. Refractors get a lot of good reviews.

Questar You want a quality telescope that's also portable, and money's not an issue. Talk to these guys.


Our Robotic Explorers

Hubble Space Telescope The latest pictures from our orbiting observatory plus much more.

Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center Check out Chandra's first images!

Project Galileo Opening our eyes to Jupiter and it's moons.

StarDust There's nothing like chasing down a comet!

Voyager Our first pioneer of the outer planets.

Cassini Mission to the "Ringed" Planet (Saturn)

Mars Global Surveyor Charting our Red neighbor