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Timelines & Famous Astronomers
Pre-Recorded History to the end of 1682
Newton's "Principia" to 16th July, 1968
20th July, 1969 to the 31st December 2000
1st January 2001 to the 31st December 2007
1st January 2008 and onwards and upwards...
From Ancient Time to the Renaissance
From the Renaissance to the Ninetenth Century
From the Nineteenth Century Onwards...
Outside Audo-Visual Resources
ESA
Over 400 Video clips on all aspects of astronomy
NASA TV



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viewing. Without one of these type of connections you will be unutterably frustrated. The first three channels run
more or less twenty-four hours per day; however, not infrequently, Media shows exactly the same program as Public.
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Associated, Helpful Pages
What is an "Astronomical Unit"? Short explanation of
this and a lot more
Longer explanation of "Black Holes" and more of the less well
understood terms in astronomy
Listing of Exo-Planets so far discovered, as of 31 March 2008
Satellites launched for purely astronomically
related reasons (Not up to date)
An explanatory page describing the difference
between the various types of stars
Over 1,500 acronyms used in Astronomy, from the common
to the obscure
Miscellaneous Items
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drops the image down and to the right of the button.
This button signifies the presence of more information which you access by
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Major Space-based Astronomical Telescopes
•Chandra X-Ray Telescope: Home•Gallery
•Hubble Optical Telescope: Home•Gallery
•Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO): Home • Gallery
•Spitzer Infra-Red Telescope: Home•Gallery
•On their way...
Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) - 2008
James Webb Telescope - 2013
Professional Astronomy Sites
•Astronomical Images - List of World Wide Web Servers specialising in astronomical image archives.
•Astronomy Expert - Site concerned with the study of Stars, Planets and Outer Space Phenomena with a high quality monthly newsletter.
•AstroWeb Listing of ground-based Telescopes.
•AstroWeb Listing of spaceborne Telescopes.
•BBC Space Science page Including Sir Patrick Moore's "Sky At Night"
•British Astronomical Association
•British National Space Centre
•Encyclopaedia Astronautica
•ESA European Space Agency
•ESO European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
•Telescope Data Center at The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
•Harvard List Of Observable Comets
•Harvard List Of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
•NASA "Picture Of The Day" Calendar
•Space Weather Prediction Centre Solar And Geophysical Events
•Virtual Observatories Virtual Tours of 30-odd major Observatories
Other astronomy related websites
•Video Jug Astronomy - Seven, astronomical question and answer sessions videos
by Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott
•Heavens Above - If you are into artificial satellite watching,
this is probably the best site for predicting satellites and space stations. It also covers comets, etc.
•Satscape - Excellent program to track all earth-orbit satellites, on your PC
•SpaceWeather - Best site for up-to-date information on solar weather,
auroras and potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs)
•Atmospheric Optics - A host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more
•Green Flashes and Mirages
Introductions to these two phenomena from San Diego State University
Amateur Astronomy Sites
•The Society For Popular Astronomy - Great informative site for amateur astronomers
•The 8 Planets - a tour
round the Solar System
Miscellaneous
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Telescope theory and science...
- Telescope optics in detail - Degree level maths and optics, but definitely worth a read. Good descriptions of every conceivable type of
telescope except sadly, Ritchey-Chrétien (as at August 2007)
- A brief Tutorial Guide - Astrophotography and Telescope Basics
BUILD your own telescope...
BUY your own telescope...
Free Auto-Mailers on Astronomy
•News at ESO - European Southern Observatory Newsletter
•News at ESA - European Space Agency Newsletter. Loads of subject options and available in any of 20-odd languages!
•Science at NASA - Weekly Newsletter of everything important
•SpaceDaily - Eight diferent newsletters, ranging from Astronomy to Space Wars
Astronomy Magazines
•Sky At Night Magazine - UK The world's first astronomy magazine
•Amateur Astronomy Magazine - USA
•Astronomy And Space - Ireland
•Astronomy Magazine - USA
•Astronomy Now - UK
•Sky News - Canada
Ancient Places Purportedly Related to Astronomy
- Newgrange, Ireland
- Stonehenge, England
- Woodhenge, England
- Goseck Circle, Germany
- Karnak Temple, Egypt
- Chankillo, Peru
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Chichen Itza, Mexico
- The Miami Circle, USA
- Chaco Canyon, USA
- Fajata Butte, USA
- Cahokia Mounds, USA
- Big Horn Medicine Wheel, USA
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