Alachua Astronomy Club: Miscellaneous Astronomy Links

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Miscellaneous Astronomy Links

Trivia: Smallest Constellation?
Largest? When we were not sure where to put it, we put the link here! This is simply a miscellaneous collection of possibly useful or interesting astronomy related web sites. (Also see our dictionary page.) For more links be sure to see Astronomy on the Net, Wayne's Astronomy Links, and The-Science-Lab.com.

Interested in Buying a Telescope? It's not easy. Visit our telescope buying web page. (Also visit our "Companies Page" for a list of telescope manufacturers and suppliers.)

Please send additions and corrections to webmaster@floridastars.org.

The Accretion Disk —An Astronomy Internet Directory (over 1700 hand-picked links)
AMAXIS - Astral Images — The ultimate observing companion CD. Fourteen tracks of instrumental music. From Rock to New Age and back, with a cohesive thread throughout.
Ask an Astronomer — Yahoo links for astronomy questions
Astroarchive — Astro Archive (AA) is a single point of query for astronomy related questions.
Astroinfo — In cooperation with the Swiss Astronomical Society.
Astronomer's Drinking Song — a "long-time" favorite
Astronomy & Astrophysics: A Part of the WWW Virtual Library
Astronomical Books Online — a list of online books, concerning astronomy, archaeoastronomy, space explorations and sky lore.
(All online readable in original language or translated in a western language.)
Astronomy (from The Constants and Equations Pages)— Planetary details, Constellations with abbreviations (some with details on main stars with star charts), Sunrise/Sunset times for 84 world locations, Moon Phases over the next 20 years, SI Units with their units/symbols, and Symbols (Greek alphabet and math). See TCAEP home page for much more including values of constants
Astronomy.com — From the publishers of Astronomy Magazine (lots of Astro "goodies" here!)
Astronomy Digest (formally Astronomy Throughout the Net) — News, product reviews, classified material, and other stuff
Astronomy Expert — Focused on improving your knowledge of astronomy. Contains over 90 articles written by experts who continually update & add new content
Astronomylinks.com — Astronomy and space related links from around the world (if you can't find it, try this site)
Astronomy Net — Astronomy resources, searchable forums and searchable lists of organizations providing astronomy services
Astrophotography: Catching the Light — A web site of deep-sky astronomical photographs, tips and techniques for astrophotography, and digital enhancement in Photoshop by Jerry Lodriguss
Astro-Web: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Web — Maintained by The Astro Web Consortium
Bad Astronomy! — Want to see "good, bad and ugly" astronomy? Visit the "Bad Astronomer"!
(The) Belmont Society — For Beginning & Intermediate Amateur Astronomers
Cosmiverse — "A Space Portal" ... astro & space news, pictures (including an image of the day), moon's phases, links, messages, forums and more (even the periodic table!)
David Wallace's Page for Amateur Astronomers in South Florida — Contains occultation predictions (primarily for South Florida)
Deep Sky Guide by Ron Muir — Monthly deep sky objects for both novices and experts
Earl's Home Pagr — A page for amateurs by a professional (e-mail about astro questions welcomed)
Explore Space Astronomy and Space Control Center — Miscellaneous links to astronomy stuff (incl. observatories & planetaria) Galileo — Project Galileo (The USA spacecraft to Jupiter)
Eugene (Gene") Shoemaker (1928–1997) — Information & tributes by the US Geological Survey.
Galaxy Zoo — Help astronomers classify galaxies.

Infolune — First site in French about moonsightings.

Liftoff to Space Exploration — For teenagers & older. If you're under 13, try NASA Kids
Mars Rover — Links to NASA's Web site about the "Little Rover That Could"
Mission to Mars — Download this program and plan a mission to Mars
Moon Interactive Moon Map
Moon — See animation of one full lunation! A must see! (From Astronomy Picture of the Day for Nov. 8, 1999)
Mythology of the Constellations (by Cathy Bell)
NASA Kids — A NASA site for kids. If you're over 13, try Liftoff to Space Exploration
Network Resources for Astronomers (Paper by H. Andernach, R.J. Hanisch & F. Murtagh, Publ. ASP 106, No. 705 , pp. 1190-1216, 1994 Nov.)
Newsgroups
Planet Quest — Gainesville High School Students build solar system web Site. This site had been entered into the ThinkQuest 1999 scholarship contest! Check it out.
The-Science-Lab.com — Astronomy resources (a directory of astronomy and other science related websites)
SETI@home — A scientific experiment usings Internet-connected computers to Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Participate by running a free program that downloads " analyzes radio telescope data.

Sky Guide — Astronomy headlines, the sky tonight, astronomy resources, telescope reviews, and more.

Sky Maps — Recommended books & products for skywatchers including free monthly sky calanders & maps
Solar System in Pictures — Over 50 web pages with over 200 pictures.
Star Names — Want to buy a star? You can't! Find out why. See links below:

A Star Is Not a Star by Any Other Name

Buying a Star FAQ

Int'l Astron. Union

Int' Planetarium Soc.

Champaign-Urbana Aston. Soc.

Name Dropping

Star*s Family of Astronomy Resources (Large Database of Acronyms, Astronomers, Organizations, More)
Satellite Predictions by AAC Member Mike Toomey — Mike's page includes predictions for North Florida
Senior Health Foundation: Astronomy — provides extremely progressive and effective education & fitness developed specifically to assist older adults
Solar System Simulator — A NASA/JPL/Caltech spyglass on the cosmos. Options allow simulator to create a color image of your favorite planet or satellite!
Solar System Models — The AAC's Solar Walk with links to others
Star Gazer (Jack Horkheimer) — Formerly Star Hustler
Stellarium — 3-D star maps by Jeff Carl
Sucker Holes — Animated astronomy cartoon series by Brian Matthews
Terry's Hunt of the Month — a monthly observing list derived from Messier, Herschel, Herschel II, FWAS Favorites, and The Beyond Messier lists
Telescopes: How to Buy — An AAC page loaded with links!
Star Ware (and More) from Phil Harrington
Today's Space Weather — Solar Activity, X-Ray Flux, etc.
Wayne's Astronomy Links — A good, categorized list of astronomy related web pages
Wikiverse — Dedicated to providing high-quality informative web content including astronomy
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Yahoo List of Science: Astronomy

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Trivia: Smallest Constellation? Largest?	When we were not sure where to put it, we put the link here! This is simply a miscellaneous collection of possibly useful or interesting astronomy related web sites. (Also see our dictionary page.) For more links be sure to see Astronomy on the Net, Wayne's Astronomy Links, and The-Science-Lab.com.
	Interested in Buying a Telescope? It's not easy. Visit our telescope buying web page. (Also visit our "Companies Page" for a list of telescope manufacturers and suppliers.)
Please send additions and corrections to webmaster@floridastars.org.