General

News

AstroNews - our monthly newsletter is free!

CNN Space News - From Shuttle to Hubble, CNN covers it****

exoScience - Astronomy, exobiology, astrophysics forum*****

Sky and Telescope News - from the Editors of Sky and Telescope Magazine*****

 

Media

ASTRONOMY Magazine - Popular monthly magazine*****

Sky and Telescope Magazine - 200,000 people worldwide read this monthly, from the novice ready to purchase a first scope, to the enthusiastic amateur looking to enhance observing skills and equipment, to the professional desiring to keep up with this dynamically changing field.*****

SKY Online - Sky Publishing Corp.***

Info

Celestial Calendar - this site sells an Orbital Calendar - a beautiful Time Space map to show you where you are!

MWO StarMap - Mount Wilson Observatory creates a PostScript Star Map for you (site has been down for a while)

Backyard Astronomy - with Paul Mortfield The Backyard Astronomer

The Heavens with Paul Mortfeld - The Backyard Astronomer tells you what you can see up in the heavens this week
Weather Underground Sky - if you live in the USA just enter you ZIP code and a map shows what is visible tonight!****

Links

AstroWeb - Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet

gopher: astronomy & space

Yahoo! - Science:Astronomy

Photos

Andy Steere's Astrophoto Page - a nice batch of deep sky objects and more
Way Out Photography - great eclipse shots and lots more
Celestial Wonders - Italian astrophotography site; deep sky and eclipses

Solar System

• Sol• Earth• Jupiter• Mars• Comets & Meteors •
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General
BBC Online - The Planets - The BBC Solar System Guide is wonderful****
The Nine Planets - An overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system.*****
Solar System Simulator - this amazing NASA/JPL/Caltech simulator creates a color image of your favorite planet or satellite from any given location.*****
Polaris: Space Images - shots of the planets and more**
Views of the Solar System

Sol

Sky & Telescope - Eclipses

Earth

Weather Report - Satellite photos of earth are here at Kahl.net
TerraServer - AstroNews featured GlobalSite 6/99 - a massive database of detailed satellite photograph*****
Earth and Moon Viewer - create color images from almost any point of view*****
Yahoo Earth Pictures
Terra Earth Observatory Satellite - several instruments and sensors studying earth science and producing amazing images ****

Mars

Mars Global Surveyor - NSSDC site describes the Surveyor mission.

Mars Global Surveyor - This JPL site has great new images!

Mars Pathfinder Mission - remeber the rover?

JPL Mars Exploration Program - has the latest shots from Mars*****

More photos from CNN - coooool.
Mars Image Mosaics - Digital Mars maps using Viking images
Deep Space 2 - Mars Microprobe spacecraft
Cosmo Software: Mars - A gallery with a totally interactive 3D Mars environment - follow Mars Pathfinder's trajectory to Mars in real-time, and examine the surface of the red planet****
Center for Mars Exploration - NASA Ames CMEX offers news, historical references, mission info, tools to analyze Mars.

Jupiter

Galileo Space Probe

The "son of Voyager" is taking a closer look at Jupiter and it's moons - right now!

Galileo- Official JPL mission site*****

Io- Io, Io, it's off to Io we go

NASA Ames Research Center: Galileo Probe

New Images - JPL

Satellite Science Goals

SSI Education and Public Outreach (SEPO) Website

Yahoo! - Space:Missions:Galileo - links

Comets & Meteors

Great balls of Ice...

Comet News
SKY Online's Comet Page

Leonids
Astronomy On-Line: The Leonids
Leonids- tells you how to observe them.
Leonid '98 Meteor Outburst Page
Leonids Live! - NASA Webcasts of the 1998 meteor storm.
LIVE! LEONIDS 98 - japanese webcast
LIVE! LEONIDS 98 (Mirror site)
Sky and Telescope - Leonids: Watching and Waiting.
The Leonids 1998 - ESO info page.

Hale Bopp

Forget Halley's - this was the comet of the century!

Comet Hale-Bopp - at www.halebopp.com

Comet Hale-Bopp - JPL

GIF image Path of Hale Bopp

Hale-Bopp -- The Great Comet of 1997 -- Special Article

Comet Hale-Bopp Links - JPL

Yahoo! - Astronomy: Comet Hale-Bopp - links

Organizations

Sky & Telescope Astro Directory - guide to astronomy-related organizations and institutions. Museums, planetariums, observatories, astronomy clubs, and societies worldwide

JPL

JPL: the "big kahuna" of space science institutes.
Galileo - JPL runs the show for this major Jupiter explorer****

Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA JPL

Space Calendar (JPL)

Planetary Society

Been a TPS member since the beginning (early 1980's). They even sent my name to Mars on a disk (care of Pathfinder). These guys are the pioneers of the last frontier. If you want to explore new worlds, JOIN.

Planetary Society - The premier public space exploration organization*****

SETI

SETI@home- search for extraterrestrial life on your computer!*****