Links of Astronomical Interest

AstroWeb: the Index to Astronomical Internet Resources

• The AstroWeb at CDS, Strasbourg, France, (searchable)
• The Astro Web at STScI, (considered to be the MasterDatabase, sorted by protocol)
• The AstroWeb at VILSPA, Spain, (exhaustive, sorted by subject)

WebStars: Astrophysics in Cyberspace: an extensive Index at GSFC/NASA, USA

International Astronomical Organizations: a professionally prepared listing of observatories, archives and resources , c/o the Max-Plank Institute, Germany

Spacegate: the Planetary Society gateway to space exploration resources

Prendi le stelle nella rete: didattica dell'astronomia presso l'Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova (Italian only)

Quick List of Sites

Telescopes - Observatories

• Italian Astronomical Observatories
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) - Arizona, USA
• La Silla Observatory - Chile
• Mauna Kea Observatory - Hawaii
• MMT Observatory
• Palomar Observatory - California, USA
• Paranal Observatory - Chile
• Roque de los Muchachos Observatory - La Palma
• Teide Observatory - Tenerife
• Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) - Mount Graham, Arizona, USA

Organizations

• Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
• Italian Solar Physics Community
• MURST - Ministero della Universita' e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica
• Planetologia Italiana
• Societa' Astronomica Italiana (SAIt)
• Unione Astrofili Italiani
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• ESA Science. Past and Future Programs
• ESIS - European Space Information System
• ESTEC Homepage
• European Southern Observatory (ESO)
• ST-ECF Homepage
• IAU - International Astronomical Union
• NASA Homepage
• JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• STScI - Space Telescope Science Institute
• UA/NASA Space Engineering Resource Center, at the University of Arizona
• NASA Space Sensors and Instrument Technology
• The Planetary Society
• SETI Homepage (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
• American Astronomical Society
• NEOS - National Earth Orientation Service
• Russian Space Science Internet
• National Space Development Agency of Japan
• Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)

Missions

• Beppo SAX
• Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn
• Hipparcos Astrometry Mission
• Mars Missions JPL News and Information
• NEAR Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
• Pluto Express Home Page
• Rosetta and OSIRIS
• Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
• Ulysses
• Center for Mars exploration at NASA Ames

Solar System and Extra-Solar Planets

• MPEC - Minor Planet Electronic Circulars
• Comet Homepage
• JPL Solar System Dynamics with interactive Ephemerides
• JPL Solar System Simulator
• Lunar and Planetary Institute Library
• The Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour
• Welcome to the Planets
• USGS Flagstaff Planetary Map Index - TOC
• Planetary Nomenclature Introduction TOC
• Darwin Planets
• Extrasolar Planetary Systems
• Known Planetary Systems
• Other Solar Systems

Magazines - News - Images

• New Astronomy
• The Astronomical Journal
• Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Coelum
• Sky Online Sky & Telescope's WWW site
• Vatican Observatory - Galileo Commission : researches the events surrounding Galileo
• Galileo Affair
• Air&Space Magazine published by Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
• Should We Return to the Moon? : a US public policy forum
• NASA Press Releases
• NASA Photo Gallery
• Jonathan's Space Report news on all the current and future launches
• 3-D Starmaps
• SkyView: the Internet Virtual Telescope
• SkyEye: the Virtual Telescope in Bologna

References

• Recent IAU Circulars
• USNO Astronomical Almanac
• ADS The NASA Astrophysics Data System
• Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze - Progetto Galileo Galileo Digitale: Manoscritti della collezione galileiana in rete.
• Calendars
• Padova Observatory Utility Page
• Astronomical Catalogues Library
• Astronomy HyperText Book
• Astrophysical Catalog
• Astronomy Servers an extensive list of Servers dedicated to professional Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
• AI in Space Exploration
• Astronomy software servers
• Harvard Astronomy Abstract Search Engine
• Index of Astronomic Catalogues availabe at Nasa
• Planetary Fact Sheets
• SIMBAD: Star Info Search
• The SIMBAD astronomical database
• The STScI Digitized Sky Survey
• SEDS: Best of HST
• Light Pollution
• Some astronomical resources
• StarBits: A Thesaurus of Astronomical Abbreviations, Anacronyms, Symbols, etc.
• StarHeads: Astronomers and Related People
• StarWorlds: Astronomy and Related Organizations
• The Measure of Time in Internet
• MICA - Multi-year Interactive Computer Almanac