Astronomy Resources
This is a very special year for astronomers throughout the world; 2009 has been adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as the International Year of Astronomy.
For more information go to these IYA2009 websites:
IYA International http://www.astronomy2009.org
United States IYA http://www.astronomy2009.us
NASA IYA Program http://www.astronomy2009.nasa.gov
Galileo Reference Guide
http://www.astronomy2009.us/Content/Resources/IYAResource-Galileo.pdf
Kepler Reference Guide
http://www.astronomy2009.us/Content/Resources/IYAResource-Kepler.pdf
100 Hours of Astronomy (April 2-5, 2009) http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org
Cosmic Diary http://www.cosmicdiary.org
Galileo Teacher Training Program http://www.astronomy2009.us/education/galileoteachers
United States Dark Skies Awareness http://www.astronomy2009.us/darkskies
International Dark Skies Awareness http://www.darkskies awareness.org
American Astronomical Society----------------------------------------------------------- www.aas.org
Ask an Astronomer-------------------------------------------------------------- curious.astro.cornell.edu
Astronomical Society of the Pacific----------------------------------------- www.astrosociety.org
Astronomy magazine--------------------------------------------------------------- www.astronomy.com
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)----------- antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Aurora and Solar Flare Forecasts-------------------- www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast
Canada astronomy magazine (SkyNews)------------------- www.skynewsmagazine.com
Canadian Space Agency---------------------------------------- www.space.gc.ca/eng/default.asp
Clear Sky Chart----------------------------------------------------------------------- cleardarksky.com/csk
Exploratorium Science Museum (San Francisco)--------------- www.exploratorium.edu
International Astronomical Union--------------------------------------------------------- www.iau.org
International Dark-Sky Association------------------------------------------------ www.darksky.org
International Meteor Organization------------------------------------------------------- www.imo.net
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)------------------- www.nasa.gov
Near Earth Object (NEO) Program--------------------------------------------------- neo.jpl.nasa.gov
Observing the Sky------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.lpod.org/ots
Professor Astronomy------------------------------------------------- www.professor-astronomy.com
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada----------------------------------------------- www.rasc.ca
Satellite Tracking------------------------------------------------------ http://www.heavens-above.com/
Sky and Telescope magazine---------------------------------------- www.skyandtelescope.com
Space Weather-------------------------------------------------------------------------- spaceweather.com
Time Zones and World Clock-------------------------------- www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
Willmann Bell Publishers-------------------------------------------------------------- www.willbell.com
Observatories
Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (Chile) ------------------------ www.ctio.noao.edu
Gemini Telescopes (Chile and Hawaii) ------------------------------------------ www.gemini.edu
Hubble Space Telescope------------------------------------------------------------------- hubblesite.org
Large Binocular Telescope (Arizona)----------------------------------- medusa.as.arizona.edu
Mauna Kea Observatories (Hawaii)-------------------------------------- www.ifa.hawaii.edu/mko
Mount Wilson Observatory (California)---------------------------------------- www.mtwilson.edu
Palomar Observatory (California)------------------------------ www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar
Royal Greenwich Observatory (London) ---------------------------------- www.rog.nmm.ac.uk
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (Arizona and Hawaii)- cfa-www.harvard.edu/sao
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)------------------ sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov
Spitzer Space Telescope---------------------------------------------------- www.spitzer.caltech.edu