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Skyguide Links

It was astronomy that propelled the internet and the World Wide Web, and it is still one of the best resourced subjects for those with a surfing disposition. The following astronomy links are far from exhaustive but I have found them invaluable to keep up-to-date with such a fast moving subject.

General
www.space.com	Space and Astronomy news
www.bbc.co.uk/science/space	Aunty's space base
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html	Astronomy picture of the day
www.gcseastronomy.co.uk	Frank Ward's excellent GCSE astronomy resource site (requires login)
The Sun and Aurorae
www.spacew.com	Real-time auroral images and alerts
http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk	Subscribe to email alerts for the UK
www.spaceweather.com	Another excellent auroral site
www.nso.edu	US National Solar Observatory home page
Satellites
www.heavens-above.com	superb satellite tracker (esp Iridium flares)
Magazines
www.astronomynow.com	Astronomy Now (UK)
www.newscientist.com	Current and archived astronomy news
www.astronomy.com	US Astronomy glossy
skyandtelescope.com	US journal slanted towards instruments
Organisations
www.explorerdome.co.uk	Brilliant travelling planetarium and science shows
www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk	Bristol Astronomical Society
britastro.org	The British Astronomy Association
www.ras.org.uk	The Royal Astronomy Society
www.popastro.com	The Society for Popular Astronomy
www.iau.org	The International Astronomical Union
www.nasa.gov	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.esa.int	European Space Agency
britastro.org/dark-skies	The Commission for Dark Skies
The Moon
eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html	NASA's eclipse pages
www.calculatorcat.com/moon_phases	Moon phase calculator
www.nrl.navy.mil/clm/	Photographic map of the Moon
Solar System
www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system	NASA's latest planetary data
Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence
www.seti.org	The SETI Institute
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu	the SETI@Home project
Telescopes
www.skyatnightmagazine.com	UK telescope retailers
www.aao.gov.au/ukst	The Anglo Australian Telescope
www.stsci.edu/resources	The Hubble Space Telescope
www.eso.org	European Southern Observatory
www.roe.ac.uk	Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
www.arm.ac.uk	Armagh Observatory
www.jb.man.ac.uk	Jodrell bank radio telescope
Software
www.skymap.com	Skymap software
www.starrynight.com	Starry Night software


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