Physics and Astronomy: Astronomy Web Resources

Astronomy Subject Gateways

• AstroWeb: Astronomy on the Internet
• DMOZ Open Directory: Astronomy Index
• Eos: Earth & Space Science News
• Infomine - Physical Sciences
• Sky & Telescope's "Astronomy Websites"
• Star*s Family of Astronomy & related resources (organizations, people, acronyms, etc.)
• Web Stars: Astrophysics in Cyberspace (NASA GSFC HEASARC)
• Yahoo! Astronomy

Astrobiology

• Astrobiology Web
• NASA Astrobiology; NASA Astrobiology Institute
• UW Astrobiology

Astronomical Pseudoscience

• Bad Astronomy
• Astronomical Pseudo-science: A Skeptics Resource List

Calendars / Tables

• Astronomical Sky Calendar
• NASA/JPL Space Calendar
• International Astronomy's Ephemeris
• Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac (MICA)
• Sun or Moon Rise/Set Tables for One Year

Celestial Objects: information, catalogs, observing, etc.

• Astronomical Data Center, Strasbourg (CDS)
• Earth and Moon Viewer
• Jet Propulsion Lab, Cal Tech
• Messier Catalog (nebulae, galaxies, etc.)
• NCG Catalog Online
• Object Seasonal Observability
• RAVE - the RAdial Velocity Experiment measuring radial velocities, etc., for stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
• Skylights - weekly update of current sky events
• Sky View - The Internet's Virtual Telescope
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey
• Smithsonian Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS)
• Spacewatch Project
• Stanford Solar Center
• StarDate Online: sky almanac, constellations, moon phases, sunrise & sunset
• STSci Digitized Sky Survey
• Telescopes and Observatories
• Your Sky: the interactive planetarium of the Web

 
History

• Adler Planetarium Collection 
• AIP History of Physics and Related Fields (Online Resources)
• Astronomiae Historical/History of Astronomy

Images

• Anglo-Australian Observatory Collection
• Astronomy Digital Image Library (NSCA)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Fotosearch Astronomy Photos & Graphics
• Google Earth
• Google Sky
• Hubble Space Telescope home page
• Messier Catalog (nebulae, galaxies, etc.)
• NASA Image eXchange - NIX
• National Optical Astronomy Observatories Image Gallery
• National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) Image Index - all of NASA

Astronomy Institutions, Organizations, and People

• American Astronomical Society, Membership Directory
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Astronomy Departments
• AstroGen - The Astronomy Genealogy Project
• AstroSearch - search for people, organizations, addresses
• AURA (Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy)
• Biographical Index to Sky & Telescope - v.1 (1941)-v.108 (2004).
• Directory of Astronomy Librarians and Libraries
• Einstein Archives Online
• International Astronomy Meetings List - CFH
• International Astronomical Union (IAU);
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Seattle Astronomical Society
• SLA Physics-Astronomy-Math Division
• UW Astronomy Department
• Women in Astronomy: An Introductory Resource Guide