Over the years, the department has collected a variety of external links, many of which will be of interest to amateur and professional astronomers alike.
General Astronomy
- Astronomy magazine
- The Astronomy Net is a collection of articles and other resources having to do with astronomy.
- Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Badastronomy.com is a fun page that debunks a number of popular misconceptions about astronomy.
- The Hubble Space Telescope's Hubblesite provides lots of images and information.
- The Minnesota Astronomical Society
- The Minnesota Planetarium Society is a new non-profit organization formed to help build and operate a new state-of-the-art Minnesota Planetarium.
- Sky and Telescope
- The Sky This Week, hosted by the USNO, provides suggestions on objects to search for in the night sky.
- Skymaps.com provides downloadable skymaps, complete with a monthly sky calendar, and a list of objects.
- Space Telescope Science Institute Astronomy Index is a helpful catalog of most of the astronomical resources on the Internet.
- Yahoo! Astronomy is a large categorized list of astronomical websites.
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Professional Astronomy
- The American Astronomical Society (AAS) home page provides AAS meeting information and much more.
- The Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center
- The HST Guide Star Catalog
- NASA Homepage: Contains links to NASA's facilities around the United States.
- The NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) provides lots of information about extragalactic objects useful for research and cross-identification.
- National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
- The National Science Foundation provides a lot of information about applying for NSF Grants.
- The SIMBAD astronomical database provides data on approximately a million different galactic and extragalactic objects.
- The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is the last of NASA's Great Observatories, set for launch in August, 2003.
- Space Telescope Science Institute: A lot of Hubble Space Telescope information is found here.
- Solar Data Analysis Center: Typically have maps of solar eclipse tracks.
Publications and References
- ADS Abstracts Service: A wonderful tool for searching astronomical publications since the 1980s.
- Annual Reviews
- The Astronomical Journal
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- The Astro-ph archive, hosted by LANL, provides a daily listing of astronomy and astrophysics e-prints.
- The Astrophysical Journal
- IAU Circulars
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Nature
- New Astronomy
- The Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Science
- The Science and Engineering Library here at the University of Minnesota offers a very useful page of online Resources in Astronomy.
Weather Forecasts
- Cleardarksky.com for Minneapolis
- Unisys Weather:
A good source of weather forecasts. They offer the following:
- Meteograms:
Hour by hour predictions of temperature, cloud cover, and winds at various
ground stations across the continent.
Here's the Meteogram for Minneapolis MN. An explanation of Meteogram accuracy and notation is available here. - Rapid Update Cycle: US forecast maps for 3, 6, 9, 12 hours in the future.
- ETA Forecast Models: A new forecast model, it makes predictions for 12, 24, 36, 48 hours in the future.
- Medium Range Forecasts: 12 hours to 10 day forecasts! 48 hours-10 day forecasts.
- Meteograms:
Hour by hour predictions of temperature, cloud cover, and winds at various
ground stations across the continent.
- The Weather Channel Online provides forecasts for the Minneapolis area.
- The Weather Underground also features local conditions and forecasts.
