This page has links to astronomy related websites and information that you may find interesting and pertinent to topics covered or touched on during our course sessions.  I will add to this page periodically so please check back for the latest links.

 

Clickable Link	Site Description
Hubble site 'Tonight's Sky' information.	Star charts, what's Up info, podcast all about the current night sky.
Hubble site Monthly Pod Cast on various topics [have you speakers on].
Stellarium Planetarium	Free open source planetarium software with realistic sky views.
Carte du Ceil	Free planetarium and sky chart drawing software, more practical than Stellarium.
Astronomy Picture of the Day	Classic astro photo each day with detailed explanation of all key terms by a professional astronomer.
Superb Photo Essay	[animated with music - speakers on] from NASA's Cassini Mission to Saturn.
Image of comet Machholtz and the Pleaides Open Cluster.	Fabulous image of Comet Machholtz Passing the Pleaides Open Star Cluster
NASA's Cassini Mission to Saturn site	All the info and fantastic pictures from this highly successful 3.5yr old mission.
Phoenix Mars Lander	All details concerning NASA's latest Mars Lander
Dictionary/Glossary.	Useful dictionary of Astronomical terms
Spaceweather.com	Excellent site mainly dealing with the Sun - Earth environment [See great Comet Holmes photos here and learn that this comet is now larger than our Sun!!
SOHO Mission Website	SOlar Heliospheric Oberservatory monitoring the Sun's activity with latest realtime images.
Horsham Astronomy Group	My own Astro Society meets 1st Monday each month in fantastic Christ Hospital School nr Horsham - all welcome.
Jupiter2	Excellent free software that concentrate on the appearance of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and it's four primary moons.
Lunar Phase Pro /Lunar Phase/Lunar Phase Lite	3 versions from $15 to $34 USD - Maps, phases and everything to do with the Moon our own satellite.
ESA'a Venus Express Mission	European Space Agencies Venus Express Mission website.
NASA'a Mercury Messenger Mission	NASA goes to Mercury with the Messenger Orbital probe
Sky & Telescope Magazine	A great all purpose astronomy resource
Sky at Night Magazine website	Premier astronomy magazine website crammed with useful info
BBC's Sky @ Night TV programme	The longest running TV programme with a single presenter!

Terry Pullen July 2008