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Astronomy News Sources
and Special Events
Astronomy Reference Sites
- Links: Astronomy Notes site;
U of Wisconsin links;
go.com; CBS
list; Astronomy for beginners;
SpaceConnection site;
Astromart site; PSIgate
Astronomy Gateway;
Open Directory Project (dmoz) astronomy links;
keoz6.com astronomy vertical portal.
- Lecture Notes: Harvard University notes by O Gingerich and D Latham.
- General Information: NASA's Basics of Space Flight
site;
Virtual Journey into the Universe site.
Textbook Sites
Astronomical Societies (For amateur astronomy see the sky resources)
- AAAA
(American Association of Amateur Astronomers).
- ASP (Astronomical
Society of the Pacific): A non-profit scientific and educational
society.
- IAU (International
Astronomical Union): An organization devoted to promoting and
safeguarding the science of astronomy in all its aspects through
international cooperation. The only one internationally recognised
authority for assigning designations to celestial bodies and
surface features on such bodies.
- RASNZ
(Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand).
- SAS (Southern
Astronomical Society): An amateur society in Queensland, Australia.
Astronomy Software (See also Bill Arnett's software
list)
- Starry Night:
Backyard, Pro, and Beginner versions from Space.com software,
as well as Deep Space Explorer.
- EasySoft:
makers of Astronomica, software for generating sky maps.
Online Astronomy Activities
and Courses
- The Space Telescope Science Institute's Amazing Space website.
- Gary's Astronomy Homework
Help.
- Dr Jamie Love's online astronomy lessons.
- Activities: Astronomy with a Stick page.
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