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Tom's Astronomy Web: An Astronomy page for the Observer, the Scientist, the Educator--to provide a content-rich resource for those of us interested in Astronomy.   I try to select pages with information that give you access to the work of skilled-amateurs and professionals..to help them give you materials for your own investigations. Tom (eMail)

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• Indexes of Astronomical Web Sites
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• Cosmic Mirror w/archive

• Universe Today ... Astronomy .. Physics

• On Line News - About.Com

• Sky & T's Weekly News

• BAA News .. but scan page

• Space.Com .. Astronomy .. Solar System .. Earth .. Pics

• The Sky at Night (BBC)

• Astronomy Now

• Astronomical Digest .. many articles

• Links to Mulitple News Sources .. scan page

• Extra Solar Planets

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• Extra-Solar Planets (list)

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Space

• NASA Index: Home ..  Missions .. Images ... and ...
  Education .. Kids .. Ask A (and Faqs) .. Solitations .. Site Map
  Other:
  Planet Hunters

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• Space Calendar for the Year 2000

• JPL News .. Solar System by Planet

• Near Asteroid Mission:
  NEAR .. EROS asteroid orbiting mission .. index
  Status .. Orbits .. Distance .. FAQ .. Live Events .. Data
  NEAR enters orbit Feb 14, 2000 at 10:33 AM EST

• STS Earth Mapping Mission: .. !!!Landing Ground Tracks!!!
  STS-99, Endevor - Earth Mapping in IR .. Status
  Radar Topography .. Location .. Images .. Spatial Technologies

• Space Station News

• Space Warning Sheet .. NOAA .. Solar .. Auroral Activity

• Space.Com .. Space Station .. Shuttle .. Launches .. Missions .. Technology

• Space Science News .. Archive

• Today @ NASA

• MIR News (CNN)

• Links .. #1

Missions

• Solar Sail Missions to Mercury, Asteroids etc (Russian)

Events .. to top .. index

Aids.. Locating Objects w/Star Charts .. Wunder Map ..  Build Your Own Chart ..
            Navel Obs Data Services .. Heavens Above .. J-Track .. Earth-Moon etc Viewer

• Comet 1999 info page .. w/charts

• Planetary Alignments on May 5th 2000 .. #1 .. #2 .. #3 .. #4 .. #5

• Starshine ReEnty (in Feb 18-19?) .. current location

• Daytime Irridium Flares Schedule .. next Seven Days .. What is ?

• This Months Sky Map .. w/description

• Tonights Sky .. click on any item to get a map .. w/selected news articles

• Events .. US Naval Observatory

• Eclipses .. next eclipses

• Meteor Observing Calendar .. other links

• NASA Eclipse Bulletins

• Weekly Sky at a Glance .. (text)

• Celestial Times

• Inconstant Moo

Recurring

• Satellite Locations .. wait .. until Earth globe and satellites load

• Leonids .. #2 .. #3

Alerts .. to top .. index

• Active Warnings and Alerts

• Potential Major Solar Flare Warnings .. Alerts

• Geomagnetic Storm Alerts

• Proton Event Warning

• Auroral Event: Mid-Latitudes (Watch, Warning) .. Low-Latitiudes (Watch, Warning)

• Recent IAU Circulars ...#2 ie delayed

• IAU - Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams .

• IAU Headlines

• Royal Observatory Greenwich Leaflets

• Space Weather Alerts

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Highlights .. to top .. index

Looking (samples) .. to top .. index

• About.Com Index (always recommended)
• Good Starting Point !
• Astro Articles for the Beginner
• History of Astronomy
• Hot - Extra Solar Planets
• Antartica  Now! .. (almost)
• August 99 Eclipse of the Sun from Romania .. video@56 .. video@28
• The Nebulae
• Apache Point All-Sky Camera Archive (mpeg)

Doing (samples) .. to top .. index

• On Line Satellite Predictions (Taos: 36.4070 N,   105.5730 W)
  • J-Track
  • SkyWatch .. Data 
  • Heavens Above .. w/local Lat-Long (Taos) .. Constellation Charts
    Note: after you determine your local lat-long, you will see the main predictions page
  • Local Sidereal Time .. ie your local R.A
• Predicting ISS passes .. SkyWatch .. Data(select observer location)
• (Near) Real time Satellite Pictures
• Select Satellite Pictures of your Area .. Taos Area
• See: Star Charts and Predictions for Satellite Observing .. see Constellation Charts
• Real Time Satellite Imagery:
  Earth Weather Pics .. NOAA Polar Orbiting Pics  
  ( Use: (day/night map) to determine which part of the Earth is in Sunlight.  If the satellite is over a night section of the Earth .. use Infrared, IR imagery) ..
• Build Your Own Sky Chart
• Day-Night Map of Earth .. (real time)
• Phase of the Moon .. (real time)
• Today's Sun Image   .. (collect these and play them back to watch the Sun rotate)
• Locating Stars and Planet Events in (tonight's) Sky (w/star chart) .. Wunder Map
• On-Line Activities
• World Time Zone Map .. also can select by region
• What is your Longitude .. Latitude ? .. eg enter: Taos, NM   .. USA .. Taos
• Geographic Information by US (only) Place Name .. eg enter: Taos and New Mexico
• Build your own star map (Set for Taos) .. need your longitude/latitude (source)
• Satellite locations .. (real time) .. requires Java
  • Then Click on the tabs to select HST, MIR, Shuttle or Space Station satellites
  • .. or .. Go Directly to:
    • International Space Station 
    • Starshine (H)
    • Mir
    • Shuttle (may not be available)
  • .. or .. locate the position any of the hundreds satellites circulating around
    the Earth:
    • Wait for the smaller window w/the Earth globe to pop up, automatically
    • A few seconds later the satellites will pop up
    • Set cursor on the image of the Earth  .. and ...
    • Hold button down  to rotate the Earth to any position. 
  • Be sure to check out the options tabs on the tool bar

Linking (samples) .. to top .. index

• Best Astronomical Links .. Griffiths Observatory
• Sky and Telescope .. site map
• Observing the Sky
• StarGazing
• Satellite Finding
• AstroWeb .. Cambridge, UK
• Time and Navigation
• Astronomy and Culture

Space (samples) .. to top .. index

• Space Daily
• Where is .. Starshine (H) .. International Space Station .. Shuttle .. MIR ?
• Next Launch .. info
• NASA Real Time Satellite Position (requires Java)
• NASA Real Time TV events .. see Earth from Space (requires RA)

Software (samples) .. to top .. index

• Sky Screen Saver is a real time display of a star chart, planet positions,
  constellations, other astronomical objects
• Home Planet .. highly recommended
• On-Line Sky Chart
• Mega Astro Software
• Astronomica .. for bth Mac & PC Software

Images (samples) .. to top .. index

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• NMSU Astronomical Picture of the Month
• Today's Sun  .. Live Images of the Sun (Sac. Peak) .. Current Solar Images
• Sun Pics and Movies  .. Last 48 Hours
• Earth's City Lights at Night  .. click on any continent
• Astro Pics .. links

Education (samples) . to top .. index

• Visual Eclipsing Binary - simulation
• Spectroscopic Binary Stars - simulation
• Class .. Astro 161 (The Solar System) .. Astro 162 (Stars, Galaxies .. etc)
• Course Notes .. link

 

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Astro Biology

• Astro Biology .. mega link site
• Panspermia Theory
• COSMIC LIFE: EVOLUTION AND CHANCE
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Astro Math

Calculations

• Trig tables
• Functions
• Positions .. #2
• Analemma .. equation of time etc

Positional

• Positional Astronomy
• Earth Orientation

Measurements

• Rotation of the Earth
• Size of the Earth
• Local Noon
• Movement of the Moon
• Finding Your Latitude
• Altitude of Polaris .. #1
• Quadrants
• Merkhet
• Sundials  .. Shadows Software .. How to set up a Sun dial .. software #2 .. pics
• Cross-Staff
• Cephid Variables and Galactic Distances
• Variable Stars .. #1
• Velocity of Light
• League

Historical

• Babylonian base-60 .. #1 .. #2 .. #3 .. #4
• Babylonian Planetary and HelioCentric Theory
• Egyptian .. #1
• Pi .. Aztec

Space .. to top .. index

News .. index

• NASA LiftOff & News (always current)
• NASA Real Time Satellite Position (requires Java)
• NASA Real Time TV events .. (requires RA)
• Next Launch
• Today @ NASA
• Space warning Bulletin
• Space Links and Publications

Activities .. index

• Encyclopedia
• Expendable Launch Vehicles (space launch information)
• David Ransom Jr. Home Page (space)
• David Cottle Home Page (space)

Topics .. index

• International Space Station
• The TAOS project
• Deep Space Network .. support all probe activities

• SETI Institute

Missions/Probes .. index

• International Space Station
• Space Station Home Page 
  • Space Shuttle Home Page  .. Mission status, photos, downlink audio and news
  • Upcoming Shuttle launches   
  • Shuttle-MIR Operations 
    

• Hubble Space Telescope 
• Starshine .. Where is it now? .. (check out the demonstration)
• Solar Probe to the Sun
• Ulysses to Sun, Earth & Jupiter at high latitudes
• Magellan to Venus
• Topex/Poseidon Earth's   Oceans and Climate
• Pathfinder to Mars
• Mars Global Surveyor to Mars
• Galileo to Jupiter 
• Europa Orbiter to Europa
• Pioneer 10, 11 to Jupiter and Saturn
• Cassini to Saturn .. Status
• Pluto Express to Pluto and Kuiper Belt
• Voyager (status) to outer edge of Solar System
• Prospector to Moon .. Moonlink (Images/data)

History .. index

• Space History
• Apollo Lunar Science Journal

Organizations .. index

• Russian Space Agency .. MIR (current Location)
• German Space Operations Center
• European Space Agency 
• Students  for the Exploration of Space
• New Space Network    ..  space industry
  
  
• NASA's home page 
• Today at NASA   
• Live Video from Around NASA

Links .. index

• SpaceLink  ..  Aeronautics and space resources for Educators

Astronomical Hot Links  

Links .. to top .. index]

• Astronomy Search
• Study Web .. astronomy .. astrophysics .. space
• Yahoo Astronomy .. Planetary Geology
• Mega Links w/search engine
  • Starting details:
    • Observing resources
      • Telescopes (332 records)
      • Astronomical survey projects (68 records)
      • Telescope observing schedules (26 records)
      • Metereological information (10 records)
    • Data Resources
      • Data and Archive Centers (142 records)
      • Astronomy Information Systems (38 records)
        
    • Publication-related Resources
      • Astronomy & astrophysics preprints & abstracts (58 records)
      • Abstracts of Astronomical Publications (28 records)
      • Full-texts of Astronomical Publications (89 records)
      • Astronomical Bibliographical Services (29 records)
      • Astronomy-related Libraries (47 records)
      • Other library resources (13 records)
        
    • People-related Resources
      • People (15 records)
      • Personal Web pages (796 records)
      • Jobs (36 records)
      • Conferences and Meetings (46 records)
      • Newsgroups (at least somewhat astronomy-related) (31 records)
      • Mailing Lists (at least somewhat astronomy-related) (16 records)
      • Educational resources (251 records)
        
    • Organizations
      • Astronomy Departments (502 records)
      • Astronomical Societies (161 records)
      • Space Agencies (45 records)
        
    • Software Resources
      • Astronomy software servers (129 records)
      • Document Preparation Tools (TeX,etc) (9 records)
        
    • Research areas of Astronomy
      • Radio Astronomy (113 records)
      • Optical Astronomy (177 records)
      • High-Energy Astronomy (76 records)
      • Space Astronomy (173 records)
      • Solar Astronomy (78 records)
      • Planetary Astronomy (62 records)
      • History of Astronomy (19 records)
        
    • Various Lists of Astronomy Resources
      • Primary Lists of Astronomy Resources (10 records)
      • Other lists of astronomy resources (76 records)
        
    • Astronomical Imagery ("Pretty Pictures")
      • "Pretty Pictures" (105 records)
        
    • Miscellaneous Resources
      • Overviews & technical notes for protocols (11 records)
      • Miscellaneous Resources (139 records)
      • Atmosphere,Ocean,Geophys.,SpaceSci. (41 records)
      • Physics-related resources (91 records)
      • Computer Science-related resources (34 records)

Links to mega resources:

• Astronomy On Line
• STSCI AstroWeb .. by: name .. country .. catagory .. FTP
• Mike Boschat's Page
• Astro Images
• History of Astronomy
• On Line Courses
• News Materials
• Other Resources
• NASA Resources
• Sonoma Astro Links
• Catalog Resources .. #2
• Handbooks
• Dictionaries
• Jobs

Physics

• Interactive (some w/sound)

Amateurs .. to top .. index

Equipment .. index

• Tom's Scope-Mount Project

Organizations .. index

• Professional/Amateur Cooperation

Publications .. to top .. index

Lists of Published Papers

• All Topics .. #1
• NMSU-Dept. of Astronomy
• Los Alamos PrePrints

Popular .. index

• SKY AND TELESCOPE .. search
• Astronomy On-Line .. (and look at their astro-alert service)
• The Bad Astronomer
• Astronomy Magazine
• The Astronomer (On-Line)
• Seds, Ascending Node Articles
  

Amateur Societies .. index

• Astronomical Soc. Of the Pacific ... PUB .. index
• British Astronomical Society ... PUB

 

Professional .. index

• Astrophysical Journal
• ICARUS
• Astronomy and Astrophysical (supplement series: abstract w/PDF)
• Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin .. current


Gateways .. index

• On-Line Magazines - About.Com
• Misc Scientific Publications

References .. to top .. index

• Basics .. #2
• FAQs
  • Astronomy .. #2 .. #3
  • Relativity .. #2
  • Physics .. #2
  • Chemistry .. #2
  • Space
  • Geology .. #2
  • Geometry 
• Resource Links
  • Astronomy .. #2 .. #3
    • Planets
    • Stars
  • Relativity .. #2
  • Physics .. #2 .. #3
  • Chemistry .. #2
  • Space .. #2
  • Geology .. #2
• Tutorials
  • Astronomy
  • Relativity .. #2
• Pictures
  • Picture of the Day (archive) .. text
• Book Lists
• Distionaries
• Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics .. by contents or topic index
• Uranometria (Southern Hemisphere w/Dec +17 to -39) by ..
  - constellation
  - declination
• Astrophysical Handbook (each page is a gif image)
• Definition of Astronomical Terms .. click on letter !
• Astronomical Thesaurus (not word definitions) .. help for
• Book of Records
  Hint: he biggest, farthest, brightest, baddest ... objects in Astronomy
• Definitions
• Glossary of Astronomical terms ... #2
• Time Line in Astronomy
• Atlas of Steller Spectra
• Planetary Nomenclature

• Unit Converter

Language Translators
There are many non-English Astronomical pages on the Internet, Load the appropriate translator (below) then minimize it. When you need a translation .. just bring up your translator, copy the passage and run the translator. WARNING .. be aware that machine translations are not perfect .. and you will need to lok for poorly translated idioms of expression.

• Russian-to-English .. English-to-Russian
  
• French-to-English .. English-to-French
  
• German-to-English .. English-to-German
  
• Spanish-to-English .. English-to-Spanish
  
• Source .. OTHERS: #1 .. #2
  
  

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Astro-Math

• Tools
• Astro-Constants
• Lunar and Solar Cycles
• Ephemeris Generator
• Observable Small Bodies
• Meteor Streams
• Solar System Simulator
• Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove (recommended!)  .. Astronomy .. Physics
  • Index
  • Planets
    • Mercury
    • Venus
    • Earth
    • Extrasolar Planets
    • Mars
    • Jupiter
    • Saturn 
    • Uranus
    • Neptune
    • Pluto 
  • General Astrophysics 
  • Accretion Disks
  • Black Holes
  • Celestial Mechanics
  • Compact Stars
  • Cosmology
  • Stellar Astrophysics
  • Atmospheres
  • Calendars
  • Galactic Astronomy
  • Observational Astronomy
  • Solar System Astronomy
  • Stars
    
    
• Astro Software
  • Algorithms .. source code
  • Software
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Catalogs .. to top .. index

Descriptions

• HEASARC/W3Browse .. Help

Constellations .. index

• Constellations .. stars of  .. #2
• Image Maps (w/clickable stars)

Astrometric Catalogs

• Lists .. #2
• Bright Star Catalog
• Washington Double Star Catalog

Computer Catalogs

• Descriptions w/sample pics

Objects

• Asteroids

Stars .. index

• Yale Star Catalog (its format) ... err-list
• Bright Star Catalog (download BSC4.dat 1.9 megs)
• Astrographic Catalog  .. #2 of 4.1 million star positions !!!
• Diameters of Bright Stars (German)
• Near Stars (its format)
• Supernovae ... most recent ... since 1885
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• Double Star Catalog .. Visual

Nebulae .. index

• Lacaille's Catalog of Nebulae .. and .. original catalog

Galactic .. index

• Messier Catalog
• NGC Catalog
• Caldwell Catalog

Other .. index

• Optimized list of Objects by Telescope size (look down list) .. also #2
• Sky Surveys ... TASS (not available)
• Collection

Software .. index

• Lists .. #1

Gateways .. index

• Catalogs and Lists ... FTP

Education .. to top .. index

Web Classes	Astro SCIENCE	Topics	Materials	Tutorials (java)
Places	Kidz	People	History	Culture
Images	Audio

Web Classes .. to top  .. index

• Lists .. #1(scan down page) .. #2
• Astro161: (The Solar System),  Astro162: (Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology)
  INTRODUCTION TO ASTRONOMY .. Syllabus (Univ. of Tennesee) .. Index by Topic
  A Course developed by  Nick Strobel (copyright)
  Review: This introductory Astronomy course contains pertinent Hubble photos; excellent diagrams describing Astronomical concepts and links to related course material.
• UNM's Astronomy 101 lab page
• Astronomy Unbound (Univ. of Hertfordshire, UK) .. #2
• Introductory to Astronomy .. (Gettysburg College)
  Astro101.. Solar System - (Syllabus) / Astro 02 .. Stellar and Extra Galactic (Syllabus)
• Astronomy The Cosmic Journey (text - web edition)
• APS 1110, Univ. of Colorado (text: Astronomy Today by Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan (Prentice Hall). Make sure you have the Third Edition. This course covers the solar system - the first half of the book, chapters 1 to 15.)   .. Table of Contents.
• Astronomy, A Brief Edition .. text, Addison-Wesley Longman
• Astronomy 101-Cornell .. great illustrations

Astro Science .. to top  .. index

• Remote Sensing Tutorial -
  - Planetary ( Highly recommended )
  - Planetary
  - Cosmology
  - Craters
  - Glossary
  - Spectroscopy