Astro Resources

With the help of Professor Pasachoff and the faculty of the Williams College Department of Astronomy, we have created a list of some of the best astronomy-related pages on the World Wide Web. However, before you go, add our site to your hotlist so you can find us again.

General Resources

• WWW Index for Astronomers
• general astronomy index at USGS
• AstroWeb: Astronomy Departments
• Astronomy Magazine's List of Links
• Links from Michael Scott

Astronomical Organizations

• AAS Home Page
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• SETI Institute homepage
• Commission 46 on the Teaching of Astronomy of the IAU
• Forum on Education of the American Physical Society
• Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers

Observatories and Space Agencies

• NASA
• Space Telescope Science Institute
• U.S. Naval Observatory
• European Space Agency
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory News
• Marshall Space Flight Center
flashes include a great deal of images and information
• Anglo-Australian Observatory
• American Association of Variable Star Observers
• Arecibo Observatory

Solar Physics Pages

• National Solar Observatory (many images available)
• Big Bear Solar Observatory, including daily images of the sun
• SOHO, the homepage for the solar and heliospheric observatory
• GONG, the homepage for the global oscillations network group
• NASA's Solar Data Analysis Center, which has links to solar missions and images in a variety of wavelengths
• Students for Exploration and Development of Space, solar images and movies
• Solar photographs, part of Bill Arnett's The Nine Planets homepage
• Space Physics Education/Outreach
• APL/JHU's page that has some nice space-based auroral images
• Other Space Physics and Solar sites
• A nice collection of "slides" that illustrate the sun through the solar cycle

Miscellaneous

• The Latest Hubble Pictures
• The JPL/USGS Picture Gallery
• Messier Gallery, a gallery of Messier objects
• SkyView SkyView generates images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma-ray.
• Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
• NASA/USGS archives of all planetary mission images
• Planetary Science Research Discoveries
• Planetary Photojournal

Computer Planetarium

Voyager (Carina Software, 12919 Alcosta Blvd., Suite 7, San Ramon, CA 94583, 800-493-8555, 510-355-1266, fax 510-355 1268, http://www.carinasoft.com). For the Mac.

Redshift (Maris Multimedia, 3871 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, CA 94611, 800 336 2947, 415 492 2819, fax 415 453 1969, http://www.maris.com). For Mac and PCs. Instructions on how to use it and how to tie it into this book, are available from Saunders College Publishing or from Jay M. Pasachoff. An additional, simpler version is Discover Astronomy.

Solar System Explorer (Maris Multimedia, 3871 Piedmont Ave., Oakland, CA 94611, 800 336 2947, 415 492 2819, fax 415 453 1969, http://www.maris.com). For Macs and PCs. Touring the Solar System and the spacecraft that have done so; edited by Jay M. Pasachoff.

Dance of the Planets (A.R.C. Science Simulation, P.O. Box 1955, Loveland, CO 80539, 800 SKY 1642, 970 667 1168, arcmail@arcinc.com, http://www.zephyrs.com). For the IBM PC and compatibles.

LodeStar Plus (Zephyr Services, 1900 Murray Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15217, 800 533 6666, 412 422 6600, fax 412 422 9930, mail@zephyrs.com, http://www.arcinc.com). For the IBM PC and compatibles.

TheSky (Software Bisque, 912 12th St., Golden, CO 80401, 800 843 7599, 303 278 4478, fax 303 278 0045, thomasb@bisque.com, http://www.bisque.com). For the IBM PC and compatibles.

StarGaze (CEB Metasystems, 1200 Lawrence Dr., Suite 175, Newbury Park, CA 91320, 800 232 7830, 805 499 0958, fax 805 375 6097, cebs@cebs.com, http://www.cebs.com). For the IBM PC and compatibles.

Guide (Project Pluto, Ridge Rd., Box 1607, Bowdoingham, ME 04008, 800 777 5886, 207 666 5750, http://www.projectpluto.com, pluto@projectpluto.com).

Distant Suns (RomTech, Inc., 2945 McMillan Ave., Suite 128, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, 800 829 8754, 805 545 8515, fax 805 781 2259, orders@romt.com, http://www.romt.com). For Macs and PCs.

Education Contacts

• Newsletter of the Working Group on Astronomical Education
• Commission 46 on the Teaching of Astronomy of the IAU

Required Reading for Networked Astronomers

• "Surfing the World Wide Web's Astronomical Sites." CCD Astronomy. Spring 1995.
• "Blasting Along the Infobahn." Astronomy. June 1995, pp. 78-83.
• "Network Resources for Astronomers" Andernach, Heinz; Robert J. Hanisch and Fionn Murtagh PASP 106(705): 1190-1216 (November 1994). It is also available on line.

Video On Line has mirrored a number of astronomy sites, including magazines, observatories, and amateur associations.