Astronomy and Astrophysics on the Web
Here's a list of Astronomy and Astrophysics WWW sites that you may find
necessary, useful, or interesting. Some of this has be taken from a similar
list fpr Paul Schechter's
Phys 8.284 Class at MIT.
Indexes of Astronomical Sites
AstroWeb
WWW Virtual Library: Astronomy/Observatories
Astronomy and Astrophysics Education
Foundations of Cosmology Web Page
Stephen Hawking's Universe: a new PBS show (Mondays @ 9pm)
Cosmology and the Origin of Life - Astr 123 at Oregon
Cosmic Horizons - Phys 15b at Stanford
Astronomy 101 at the University of Washington
Nick Strobel's Lecture Notes (very complete set of astronomy lecture notes.)
Galaxies, Quasars, and Cosmology - Phys-308 at Southampton U. (upper division class)
Astronomy 7: The Big Bang and Beyond from J. Miralda-Escude at Penn
The MAP Project's Intro to Cosmology Page
Center for Particle Astrophysics: "Dark Matter" hypertext
Joe Silk on Cosmological Principles, Olbers' paradox, and Steady State
Cosmology
Hubble Space Telescope Press Releases
Galaxy Types: lots of examples
Cosmos in a Computer (cosmology overview, lots of computer movies)
Spacetime Wrinkles (Einstein's Theory of Gravity)
Virtual Trips to Black Holes
and Neutron Stars (MPEG movies)
Colliding Galaxies Movies
The Electronic Universe Project at Moo U. (the University of Oregon)
Astronomy Education Resources at the Univiversity or Washington
Computational Nuclear Astrophysics Including Type II Supernova
Violence in the Cosmos (explosions of stars & the Big Bang
Ned Wright's Cosmology
Tutorial
Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Experiments
Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP)
PLANCK
A Future European CMBR Satellite Project
Dark Matter Search Projects
The MACHO Dark Matter Search Project
Center for Particle Astrophysics
Other Astronomy Projects and Observatories
Planets Around Normal Stars
Space Telescope Science Institute
Advanced X-ray Telescope Facility (AXAF) Science Center
Gemini 8m Telescopes Project
National Optical Astronomy Observatories
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
Supernova Cosmology Project
High-Z SN Search,
Lecture for General Public
The Neutrino Page
Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
Astronomical Images
Hubble Space Telescope Images
Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
Bill Keel's Gif Farm: Galaxies and Messier Objects
SEDS Messier Catalog
Color Photographs from the Anglo-Australian Observatory
SkyView: gif or fits, anywhere, any wavelength (slow)
STScI Digitized Sky Survey:
The Whole Sky, gif or fits
Astronomy and Astrophysics Publications
NASA Astrophysics Data System ABSTRACT SERVICE (selected journals back to ~1984)
The Astrophysical Journal Electronic Edition (current journals)
Los Alamos Preprint Archive (pre-publication papers since 1992)
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David Bennett (bennett@nd.edu)
26 August 1998