Here is a collection of links to miscellaneous astronomy sites which may be helpful when researching for essays, special tutorial questions, etc. If you know of any other links that might be appropriate here, then please let me know.

Hot Links!

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Discussion of Contact Opening Sequence
  • Powers of Ten Interactive tutorial: journey from the nucleus to the galaxy!
• Diamonds in the sky!
• The AASTINO page from Dome C, the first fully-automated observatory on the Antarctic plateau!
• MAP pins down the contents of the Universe and sees when the first stars form! (MAP home page)
  • Article in Sky and Telescope magazine on this result.
• Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) home page.
• Why is Mars so dry and Earth so wet? Its all to do with the way that water-rich planetestimals are accreted. A discussion paper.
• Maybe there wasn't so much water on Mars after all? Lack of carbonates points to colder, frozen past.
• Photographs of Mars taken with the UNSW Observatory C14 Telescope by Michael Ashley
• See the Hubble Space Telescopes images of the Opposition of Mars.
• Slides for Public Talk on Mars by Michael Burton (Big 54 MBytes!)

 

 

UNSW Links

• Antarctic Astronomy
  • South Pole WebCam
  • South Pole Diaries
  • The AASTINO at Dome C
• UNSW Astrophysics home page
  • UNSW School of Physics Media Releases


Observatories and Spacecraft

• Anglo-Australian Observatory
  • Direct link to Images
  • Local versions of some AAO images
  • 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey of the structure of the Universe
• Australia Telescope
• NASA
  • Visible Earth
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Mars Missions
  • Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity)
  • Images from the Mars Global Surveyor, including the Gorgonum Chaos
• Pluto Express (for 2020?)
• Galileo Mission home page (Jupiter)
• Images of the Red Spot, Io's Volcanoes, Europa's Ice Rafts
• Galileo mission highlights animation
• Cassini Mission home page (Saturn)
  • Present Position
• COBE home page (Cosmic Microwave Background Explorer)
• MAP, the Microwave Anisotropy Probe of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

General Resources

• AstroWeb (Astronomical Resources)
• WebStars (Astronomical Resources)
• Yahoo! Astronomy
• Treasure Trove of Astronomy
• The Cosmic Engine (HSC Physics resource guide in astronomy)
• Imagine the Universe classroom
• Tour the Cosmos and chat with NASA astronomers
• Great Debates in Astronomy (For instance, the Shapley-Curtis debate on the Size of the Universe)
• All about the Planets
• Extra-Solar Planets - Latest!
• Eclipse Home Page
• Maps and Images of the World and the Universe
• The Space Calendar
• Some online courses
• Greek Astronomy
• Hippias - Philosophy on the Internet
• Astro Capella (Astronomy and Music)
  • The Sun Song: Lyrics and Audio.
  • The Cosmic Radio Show: Lyrics and Audio.
• Hubble Heritage project (Astronomy and Art)
• J-Track (Spacecraft tracking program)

 

Some Magazines

• Science
• Nature
• New Scientist
• Scientific American
• Sky and Telescope  

 

Cosmological Constant articles

• The Fifth Element (New Scientist)
• Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite.
• Pinning down Inflation (Scientific American)
• The Cosmological Constant (Michael, U. Colorado)
• A Younger Age for the Universe (Lineweaver, UNSW)

 

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