Galaxies, Stars, Telescopes
Galaxies, Stars
- Cosmology - The Study of the Universe
- from the WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) project's website.
- Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars
- Movies in "mpeg" format, computer simulations that take you on virtual trips into strange and unfamiliar worlds.
- American Association of Variable Star Observers
- A worldwide community of amateur and professional astromoners who are interested in studying variable stars.
- The General Catalogue of Variable Stars
- The General Catalogue of Variable Stars, from the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Moscow, Russia.
- The Internet Stellar Database
- A searchable database containing extensive information about most major stars within 75 light-years away from Earth.
Telescopes and other observation instruments
- HubbleSite
- The latest news, photos, and facts from the Hubble telescope.
- The European Southern Observatory Homepage
- The ESO has telescopes in South America, and is headquartered in Europe. This is their homepage, and it has extensive resources available, including photographs, reports, and news.
- Space Telescope Science Institute
- Astronomy Resources from STScI - including the Hubble Deep Field (HDF), the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (UDF), The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS), plus more.
- Global Oscillation Network Group
- The Global Oscillation Network Group studies the interior of our Sun using a global network of six imagers.
- Mauna Kea Observatories
- From The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's website, this is the homepage for the Mauna Kea Observatories, providing information about each of the telescopes located there.