TO         
INTERESTING WEB RESOURCES         

 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS 

International Year of Astronomy 2009

 Extensive Indexes of Pointers to Web Resources 
AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet - an index of pointers to astronomy-related information available on the Internet.
Yahoo´s index of Astronomy Resources


 European Resources and Partners of EAAE 
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
European Space Agency (ESA)
ESA/ESO Astronomy Exercises for high school students (English / Deutsch / Español / Français / Italiano / Nederlands / Svenska)
Euro-Asian Association of Teachers of Astronomy (EAATA)
Bradford Robotic Telescope - remote and robotic telescope on the WWW
International Planetarium Society (IPS)
Königsleiten Planetarium und Sternwarte - A planetarium and an observatory in the Austrian Alps which is open to the public. They also have presentations for children. The observatory and the planetarium can also be booked for family events, company vacations, and for seminars.
Hands On Universe is an educational program that enables students to investigate the Universe while applying tools and concepts from science, math, and technology. Using the Internet, HOU participants around the world request observations from an automated telescope, download images from a large image archive, and analyze them with the aid of user-friendly image processing software.
International Astronomical Union Commission 46 (Teaching of Astronomy) - The stated mandate of this commission is "to further the development and improvement of astronomy education at all levels, throughout the world".
The International Meteor Organization (IMO) Information about meteor observing techniques, analyses and recent results from world-wide data, a list of meteor showers, glossary, meteor-related projects, addresses and more.
  • Meteor Shower Calendars for 2007


    •  Resources on other Continents  
    NASA
  • Mars Exploration Homepage
  • Cassini Mission to Saturn - Launched in 1997, Cassini arrived in orbit around Saturn in 2004 for at least five years of studies of this planet and its moons. The mission also included the deployment of the Huygens probe into the atmosphere of the moon Titan.
  • The International Space Station
    HubbleSite - NewsCenter
    Hubble Heritage Project - an educational site showing and explaining images from the Hubble Space Telescope
    Space.com - Learn More from Satellites to Stars, NASA information, Astronomy, the Sun and the Planets.
    The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) - the largest general astronomy society in the world. An international scientific and educational organization that brings together professional astronomers, amateurs, educators at all levels, and laypeople. Their members live in more than 70 countries (1999).
    Solar images at Solar Data Analysis Center (NASA) - updated daily site for K-12 teachers and students. Live video, photo gallery, teacher resources, and kid's corner.
    Earth Viewer - View either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet.
    The Constellations - all kinds of information relating to the 88 constellations
    Views Of The Solar System - an educational tour of the solar system. It contains images and information about the Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets and meteoroids found within the solar system.

    • The Eight Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System

    • Shoemaker-Levy 9 Collision with Jupiter - Information, images, animations, and other resources regarding the collision of fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with Jupiter

    • The Messier Catalog - contains images of many of the most beautiful objects in the sky
    SETI Institute Home Page - info about scientific research in the field of Life in the Universe
    Sea and Sky - a Web Site dedicated to our last two great frontiers. Explore the awesome splendors of the Sea and the endless wonders of the universe
    Your Sky - Maps for any time and date since 4712 BC and into the distant future for any location on Earth. If you enter the orbital elements of e g a comet, it will be plotted on the map. The positions of the Sun, Moon and planets are also shown. An ephemeris for the Sun, Moon, planets, and any tracked object will accompany each map.
    Space Shuttle Page - Detailed information on upcoming flights, including information on payloads, crews, preflight preperation, etc.
    Mission and Spacecraft Library - info about all kinds of spacecraft from different countries including research, communications, astronomy, navigation, and spy satellites.


     Some Current and Upcoming Astronomical Events etc  
    This Week’s Sky at a Glance - from Sky and Telescope
    Espenak's Eclipse Home Page - eclipse predictions, tips on observing and photographing eclipses and more


     Magazines 
    Astronomy Now - a British Astronomy Magazine
    Sky & Telescope
    Astronomy - the world's largest English-language magazine for astronomy hobbyists.


     Equipment 
    Telescopes & Binoculars - How to choose, use, and get the most out of your instrument (from Sky and Telescope)


     WEATHER 
    CNN Weather - Four-day weather forecasts for more than 7000 cities worldwide, and coverage of the world's top weather stories.


    Anders Västerberg
    		 30 November 2009