ASTRONOMY 511: USEFUL WEB LINKS

LOCAL RESOURCES

• McCormick & Fan Observatory Manuals (Local Access Only)
• Guide to Using IDL
• Useful IDL Links

OBSERVING THE SKY

• Sun and Moon Data for Any Date(USNO)
• Sky at a Glance (Sky & Tel Magazine weekly list of sky phenomena)
• Current Official US Time
• Local Sidereal Time Computer
• Web Software Tools for Planning Observations
• Skyview Virtual Observatory (retrieve images of sky in all EM bands from radio to X-ray)
• Digitized Sky Survey
• USNO-A2.0 Catalogue Finder Charts
• JPL Space Calendar (astronomical & space program events)
• Heavens Above (sky charts & information on observing artificial satellites)

LITERATURE

• ADS Abstract Service
• Astrophysics Preprints

OBSERVATORIES

• Steward Observatory
• Large Binocular Telescope
  LBT Live Webcam
• Mount Graham International Observatory (LBT, VATT, HHST)
• NOAO
• NRAO
• Hubble Space Telescope
• 2MASS at IPAC
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey
  Apache Point 10 Micron Skycam
• ESO Very Large Telescope
• Keck Observatory
• Chandra X-Ray Observatory

OTHER

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
• CDS Data Center
• NASA Astronomical Data Center
• IRAF Documentation (NOAO)
• IRAF On-Line Help (NOAO)
• SAOImage/DS9 Image Viewing Software
• Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics (Zombeck)
• Resources on Light Pollution
• Search Programs/Methods for Extra-Solar Planets
• Center for Adaptive Optics (UCSC)
• AstroWeb Links
• Astronomy Links, Lists, & Newsgroups (Sky & Tel)