Astronomy and Astrophysics Links

• Hubble Space Telescope Public Information   Space Telescope Science Institute
• Standford Solar Center   Providing Solar On-Line Activity Resources for the joy of solar science exploration
• SETI   The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Sky and Telescope   Magazine
• About.com Guide to: Space & Astronomy for Kids
• About.com Guide to: Space
• SEDS   Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
• Universe: Origins and Evolution   Snow and Brownsberger
• Stephen Hawking's Home Page   Biography, lectures (general and advanced), glossary and news
• Welcome to the Planets   California Institute of Technology's tour of the planets
• Liftoff to Space Exploration   NASA
• Astronomy Gallery
• Leicester University's Educational Guide to Space Astronomy
• Espenak's Eclipse Home Page
• Mark Wade's Encyclopedia Astronautica
• Solar System Simulator Look at solar system bodies from different viewpoints.
• Introduction to The Nine Planets
• Imagine the Universe   NASA's High-Energy Astrophysics Learning Center
• The Sun: Man's Friend & Foe   An in-depth site on our sun
• Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia  Information on planets discovered outside our solar system
• Astronomy Unbound: A Virtual Astronomy Text   University of Hertfordshire
• Your Sky  An Interactive Planetarium on the Web
• Windows to the Universe  University of Michigan
• The Astronomy Cafe   The web site for the astronomically disadvantaged
• Ask the Space Scientist  Over 24,000 astronomy and astrophysics questions answered
• Space Plasma Physics   SouthWest Research Institute
• National Space Science Data Center   NASA
• Links from our Astronomy and Applied Imaging Group and Gamma-Ray Astronomy Group

Astronomy and Astrophysics Freeware

• StarCalc   Windows-based planetarium and star mapping package
• Home Planet   A comprehensive astronomy / space / satellite-tracking package for Microsoft Windows95/98,NT4.0
• XEphem   Excellent ephemeris calculator for UNIX / Linux systems
• WinEphem   A less-powerful version of the above, for Windows users
• Free Astronomy Software   A list of planetarium and image-manipulation software.
• Planetarium Software Comprehensive list of software for various platforms, from SEDS

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