WVAS Links to Astronomy related Web Pages

Links to Astronomy related Web Pages

The web links below have been selected to provide sources of information for people interested in astronomy and for people who teach astronomy. If you know of a good site that we have overlooked, or would like to comment on the sites listed, please feel free to contact Ed Harfmann.

Project Astro - Teaching Astronomy
Culture and Lore
Planetariums
Educational Sites
NASA
Fun Sites
College Level
Outreach Pages
Magazine and News Home Pages
Clubs and Societies
Star Naming Information
Radio Astronomy
Video Astronomy
Commercial sites
Astronomy related web sites
Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Project Astro - Teaching Astronomy

Project Astro

Culture and Lore

Japanese star lore and history
Archeoastronomy
Hawaiian Astronomical Society - Deepsky Atlas - The constellation listings include references and descriptions about the classical (Greek) constellations.
Greek Mythology - More details about the Greek gods and their influences on the constellations.
Astronomy in Japan - Fairly detailed Japanesse mythology.
Solar Folklore - Myths and folklore about the sun.

Planetariums

Chicago's Adler Planetarium
Starmap customized for today at your location. Computed by the Mount Wilson Observatory. Lafayette Indiana's location is 40.41085 N, 86.87068 W.
Heavens Above satellite visibility prediction. Determine when the International Space Station is overhead in addition to the 'Iridium flare' times. Iridium is the name of a set of Motorola communication satellites. The flares (sunlight reflecting off the solar panels) are extremely bright and easy to see. Many of them are brighter than Venus!
Turkey Run Nature Center Planetarium

Educational Sites

Night Sky This Week An interesting site by Emil Neata in Romania giving a good summary of this weeks sights in the night sky.
The Sun: An Overview. A well written introduction to solar observing. (Note: Only view the Sun through proper filters. It can easily blind you without propery filters.)
Astronomy For Kids - Simple, quick explanations for kids.
American Astronomical Society Teacher Resource Agent - Program home page
Mysteries of Deep Space - PBS classroom lesson to go with the PBS series.
National Geopraphic's Virtual Solar System - An interactive view to our solar system.
SpaceWander Virtual Space Trip! - Great reference site
Astronomy Daily - Site with lots of information available for both beginners and experienced observers.

NASA

The Challenger Center for Space Science Education

Fun Sites

Mystery on Mars - Comic book introduction to Mars
Introduction to Windows to the Universe - Pretty good general web site. Myths, information... a pretty cool site.

College Level

Optical Astronomy at Purdue University (West Lafayette Observatory)
Dan's Home Page - Professor's home page. Software links, online explanations.
Internet astronomy course for students using the internet
Project CLEA - High school and college level exercises in astronomy. Plenty of links to other sites.

Outreach Pages

Space Telescope Science Institute (Hubble) home page. Also available at this site are the Amazing Science activities for home and school.
The Planetary Society - Planet exploration site. Links to 'Red Rover' and other things for teachers.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Telescopes operate at more than just optical wavelengths.

Magazine and News Home Pages

Monthly sky maps available for download
Astronomy Magazine - Astronomy magazine
SKY Online - Sky and Telescope magazine
Sky Insight AstroPhoto Insight? Online Magazine
StarDate Online Magazine from The University of Texas at Austin McDonald Observatory
AstroWeb - Web ring of astronomy sites. Mostly advanced information. Probably needs an education category.
Exoscience web page - Current happenings in astronomy
Yahoo! Astronomy Reference Page

Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

Amateur SETI Home Page
SETI Institute - Funded project about searching for life in the Universe.

Astronomy related web sites

AmSky - White pages of astronomy club contacts and a few astronomy articles.
Groovy Adventures - Various adventures listings including astronomy club contacts.

Commercial Sites

WVAS does not endose any specific business. We believe that there are many great businesses out there that support astronomy as their main business or even as a minor aspect of their business that deserve recognition and your purchasing consideration. (Frankly, we are too small to even begin to research and do justice to the many great companies out there.)

Rather than doing a terrible job of who to include and why, we recommend first showing up to a club meeting and asking questions of the members. (Ours or any other clubs meeting. We astronomers tend to be a really friendly bunch!) Addtionally, the internet has many great list available. Below are just a few of those lists.

Astroworld - A personal web site that lists many of the dealers on the web.
Google Directory of telescope, binocular and accessories dealers.

Astronmy magazine shopper's guide.
Sky and Telescope magazine advertiser directory
Sky Insight astronomy dealer\vendor location map

Star Naming

Realize that only the International Astronomical Union (IAU) may name stars for general use. This is by international treaty. Realize that any star naming done by anyone other than IAU is for for fun and will not be used by the astronomomical community and that the various companies can sell the 'same star' to as many people as they like.

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Last modified March 10, 2007

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