Victoria, BC Astronomy Resources
- Royal Astronomical Society of Canada http://victoria.rasc.caStar Parties in September on the Malahat
- Le Centre de l'Univers / The Center of the Universe http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/hia/centre-universe.html
Images
- Astronomy Picture of The Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.htmlArchive: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
- HEASARC Picture of the Week- Images from X-ray and Gamma ray astronomy. Check back each week http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow/
- The Planetary PhotoJournal http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html
- Solar Views http://www.solarviews.com/cap/index/index.html
History
- Encyclopedia Astronautica http://www.astronautix.com/
- History of Astronomy: Index of Persons http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers-index.html
- A Brief History of Astronomy http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9454/overview.htm
- Astronomiae Historia / History of Astronomy http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/hist_astr
- Apollo Over The Moon - Online Book - Human Space Exploration http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-362/contents.htm
Space People
- Stephen Hawking http://www.hawking.org.uk
- Astronaut Biographies http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios
- Carl Sagan http://www.carlsagan.com
- Galileo Project http://galileo.rice.edu
Space Calendar
- Everything upcoming in space for exploration and astronomy. http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar
Solar System
- A Tour of the Solar System, major resources and links to more resources http://nineplanets.org Glossary: http://nineplanets.org/help.html
- NASA-JPL Solar System Simulator http://samadhi.jpl.nasa.gov/
- Hitchhikers Guide To The Moon http://www.shallowsky.com/moon/hitchhiker.html
- Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space." http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system
- The Solar System Live - Welcome to Solar System Live, the interactive Orrery of the Web. http://www.fourmilab.ch/solar/solar.html
- News and Information About the Earth-Sun Environment http://SpaceWeather.com
- Phases of the Moonhttp://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html#y2006
The Galaxy
- What Are Constellations? http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/constellations.html
- Your Sky - StarMaps http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky
- TerraNova - Planet of the Day http://www.fourmilab.ch/terranova/terranova.html
- Star Names Table http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/starnames/starnames.html
- SuperNova http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/snr.html
The Universe
- Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu
- The Universe Within - Powers of Ten http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10
- NASA's Imagine the Universe http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/homepage.html
- Answers to the Cosmos from "Ask An Astronomer" - Astronomy Cafe http://www.astronomycafe.net
Space Exploration
- Cassini - Mission To Saturn http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm
- Sky Watch - Want to know when a spacecraft will be flying over your city? http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings
- Space Exploration Timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_space_exploration
- NASA-JPL http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
- Mars Observation Images http://ida.wr.usgs.gov
- Jonathan's Space Pages http://www.planet4589.org/space
- The Space Shuttle and Space Station Pages http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html
- Space Shuttle Updates http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
- MAP - WMAP : NASA Explorer Mission measuring the temperature of the cosmic background radiation over the full sky, remnant heat of the Big Bang provides answers to fundamental questions about the origin and fate of our universe. http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.htm
The Great Observatories
- Compton Gamma Ray Observatory http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/cgro/images/epo/gallery/index.html
- Spitzer Infrared Space Telescope http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer/index.shtml
- Chandra X-Ray Telescope http://xrtpub.harvard.edu
- Hubble Space Science Institute http://www.stsci.edu/resources
- Hubble Heritage Image Archive: http://heritage.stsci.edu
- Hubble Email list: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/e-mail_lists/sign_up
The Search For Life - Astrobiology
- Exoplanet Exploration Program http://exep.jpl.nasa.gov/
- ThinkQuest - Astrobiology http://library.thinkquest.org/C003763
- Astrobiology.com http://www.astrobiology.com/
- SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe. http://seti.org
Resources and Activism
- The Planetary Society http://www.planetary.org/home/
- The Mars Society http://www.marssociety.org
- Students for the Exploration and Development of Space http://www.seds.org
- The Dark Sky Association http://www.darksky.org
- Center for Backyard Astrophysics http://cbastro.org
Some Publications
- Sky and Telescope Magazine http://skyandtelescope.com
- Astronomy Magazine http://www.astronomy.com
- Space.Com http://www.space.com
- Universe Today and Bad Astronomy (Forums, Daily Reports) http://universetoday.com
- Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/index.html
- Florida Today http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS02
- Mars News http://www.marsnews.com/
- SkyHound - Observer Information http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html
- The Star Pages - Astronomy Yellow Pages on the WWW http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/~heck/spages.htm
- Russian Space Web http://www.russianspaceweb.com/index.html
Mailing Lists
- NASA Science http://science.nasa.gov/news/subscribe.asp
RSS Feeds
- Astronomie (fr) http://api.blogmarks.net/rss/tag/astronomie
- Eureka Alert for Space http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/space_planetary.xml
- Astronomy Picture of the Day http://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
Blogs
- Tom's AstroBlog http://tomsastroblog.com
- Bad Astronomy Blog http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog
Software
- Stellarium: free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time http://www.stellarium.org Lat and Long for Victoria, BC : Latitude 48° 25' Longitude 123° 21'
Space Agencies
- Agence Spatiale Canadienne / Canadian Space Agency >http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca
- NASA National Aeronautics and Space Agency http://www.nasa.gov
- European Space Agency http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html
- Russian Federal Space Agency http://www.roscosmos.ru
Careers in Space
- Agence Spatiale Canadienne / Canadian Space Agency http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca
- Studies and Careers: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/careers.asp
More Links
- Yahoo Solar System Directory http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Astronomy/Solar_System