Astronomy & Astrophysics: Selected Websites
- Information on the sun and moon, including phases, eclipses, positions and a table of illuminations, data for the major solar system bodies and bright stars, dates, etc.
- Large directory of links to research groups, databases, observing schedules, telescopes, preprints etc.
Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
- Users must register for access to archived data; catalogue browsing is free.
- Includes academic and government organizations, articles, collections, directories, events, periodicals, etc.
HEASARC - High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics - NRC
The NASA Astrophysics Data System
- The Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library
- NIX contains over 300,000 images in the areas of space, aeronautics, etc.
PAM Astronomy Resources (Physics-Astronomy-Math Div of Special Libraries Assoc)
- Extensive list of resources, including software, metasites and directories, databases and catalogues, eprints and publications, and various reference sites.
Resources of Scholarly Societies - Astronomy
- A link to the University of Waterloo's Electronic Library Scholarly Societies project.
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- SKYMAP Star Catalog System consists of a Master Catalog stellar database and a collection of utility software.
- From US Naval Observatory - gives 24 hour data of the sun and moon by date and location.
- From the National Research Council - Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Last Updated: 17 March 2010
