Regional Planetary Image Facility

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/pub/library/RPIF/RPIF.html

From NASA an international system of planetary image libraries, maintains photographic and digital data as well as mission documentation and cartographic data of plants in our solar system at various facilities. These planetary image facilities are open to the public. The facilities are primarily reference centers for browsing, studying, and selecting lunar and planetary photographic and cartographic materials.

Microsft Worldwide Telescope

www.worldwidetelescope.org

Microsoft brings a free downloadable application to the web that downloads images and stitchees them together to create a browsable universe. The images come from top astronomical databases linked to the application.

Center for Earth and Planetary Studies

http://www.nasm.edu

Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) and its Regional Planetary Image Facility (RPIF) are located at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution is to act as a reference library providing planetary science researchers with access to the extensive collection of image data from planetary missions in an aesthetically pleasing site.

Comet Observation Home Page

http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov

Provides recent news, observations and images on current (bright) comets including recent ephemeridies with light curves of current and past comets also available.

Space Telescope Science Institute

http://www.stsci.edu

The Hubble Space Telescope is hot on the trail of new and exciting discoveries in our solar system and throughout the universe including in the Hubble Deep Field Project. The telescope captures the magnificent starry population of the Coma Cluster of galaxies, one of the densest known galaxy collections in the universe.

Astronomical Data Center

http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov

The ADC is a resource for astronomy data, catalogs, and journal tables with thousands of published data sets available.

National Solar Observatory

http://www.nso.edu

Information on our sun includes information from the National Solar Observatory, Sacramento Peak, National Solar Observatory Kitt Peak, Global Oscillation Network Group, Advanced Technology Solar Telescope, Adaptive Optics, Digital Library, Virtual Solar Observatory and Solar Long-term Investigations of the Sun.

IPAC

http://www.ipac.caltech.edu

The Infrared Processing and Analysis Center is a near-infrared digital imaging survey of the entire sky and the largest optical/near-infrared interferometer in the world.

Nat Optical Astronomy Observatory

http://www.noao.edu/noao.html

Information on Optics and Astronomy where UK astronomers have reached a milestone in the construction of one of the largest-ever cameras designed to detect the mysterious component of the Universe known as dark energy.

Office of Space Science

http://spacescience.nasa.gov

Explore this office responsible for NASAs research, offering a list of missions, pictures of space and research opportunities. The Science Mission Directorate will carry out the scientific exploration of the Earth, Moon, Mars and beyond, chart the best route of discovery, and reap the benefits of Earth and space exploration for society. A combined organization is best able to establish an understanding of the Earth, other planets and their evolution, bring the lessons of our study of Earth to the exploration of the Solar System, and to assure the discoveries made here will enhance our work there.

Planetary Sciences at the NSSDC

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetary_home.html

National Space Science Data Center has news about current and future exploratory missions, planetary happenings, experiment results, and images.

Hubble Space Telescope picture gallery

http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/OpenDay/HST

A sequence of press release photographs taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

NASA IPAC Extragalactic Database

http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu

Access a database of celestial objects found outside the Milky Way galaxy which features names, positions, images, abstracts and related data. Extragalactic Database - NED has over 10.4 million objects and 16.0 million cross-IDs and Data for about 300,000 objects linked to 1448 new publications and catalogs.

Astronomy Database

http://home.neo.rr.com/physicsisphun/astronomy_database.htm

Features information on Hubble Space Telescope database, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Hubble Space Telescope II, The National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers

http://alpo-astronomy.org

ALPO is an educational organization that instructs observers in proper technique, collects amateur observations and promulgates them to the professional community.

NRAO

http://www.nrao.edu

National Radio Astronomy Observatory employs the worlds largest fully steerable radio telescope on earth. It recently reveals the first look on previously unseen galactic cannibalism.

AAS

http://www.aas.org/

American Astronomical Societys site with the basic objective to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science. The membership includes physicists, mathematicians, geologists, engineers and others whose research interests lie within the broad spectrum of subjects now comprising contemporary astronomy.

 

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