Astronomy
Picture of the Day (APOD) Discover the cosmos! Each
day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is
featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional
astronomer.
Hubble
Heritage ProjectOut of thousands of HST images in
its archives, The Hubble Heritage Team features one each month and
presents it to the public along with explanatory information.
Anglo Australian Observatory
Located outside the small town of Coonabarabran in northwest NSW,
Australia, the AAO operates two optical telescopes at its Siding Spring
Observatory. Astrophotographer David Malin has set a new standard
in digital astrophotography.
The
following amateur astrophotographers have built wonderful sites displaying
their marvelous imagery. The beautiful images on these pages demonstrate
the degree of quality that can be achieved by non-professionals.
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Constellations
(U of Bonn) Photographic tours of many constellations,
organized by month of visibility, are offered at this site. Included
in each are deep sky objects within the constellations.
The Constellations
Richard Dibon-Smith has compiled another comprehensive site on the
constellations.
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Space.Com
is a commercial web site dedicated to most everything dealing with
the space sciences. It features the latest in astronomy and spaceflight
news, a "Space Store" and many fine image galleries.
Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) SETI offers
individuals a unique opportunity to participate in a collaborative
computing effort to identify radio signals from alien civilizations.
(No, they haven't found any yet!) Through the use of a screen saver
on your home computer, packets of raw radio data are downloaded to
your home or work computer and analyzed during times when it is otherwise
sitting idle. The analyzed data is then automatically sent back to
the SETI scientists for their review. Wouldn't it be cool to
be the lucky participant who discovers E.T.?
Windows
to the Universe A very graphics intensive web site
oriented towards the general public. Operated by the University Corporation
for Atmospheric Research, it covers numerous aspects of astronomy.
International
Dark Sky Association The I.D.S. is a non-profit
orginization dedicated to preserving and protecting our dark nighttime
skies and fighting "light pollution".
Heavens
Above is a multi-faceted web site dedicated to space
exploration and astronomy.
Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL NASA) Home to many of the U.S.'s
manned and unmanned space projects. A "jumping-off place"
for more detailed information about astronomy and space science.
StarDate Online
A very comprehensive guide to astronomy. Includes weekly
and monthly observing
guide. Produced by the University of Texas McDonald Observatory.
Molecular
Expressions - Powers of 10 A facinating Java Applet
in which the visitor can "View the Milky Way at 10 million light
years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in
successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just
outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual
size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls,
the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe
of electrons and protons".
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| Observatories
and Panetariums |
Clark
Planitarium is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
It is currently undergoing a major remodel and upgrade of it's imaging
equipment. According to Mike Murray, the planetarium's new Production
Manager (and former Montanan), it will soon house "the world's
first Digistar 3 theater system – full-dome, full-color high
resolution computer animation projection!" Powering the theater
system will b a "60-cpu computer render farm to produce computer
animation much like “Star Wars” only wrapped around everyone
in a dome environment and 13,000 watts of surround sound to boot".
Sounds pretty nice to us.
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