A page of useful links
Work-related: | Astro Places | Meetings | References | Databases & Archives | Observing | Pretty Pictures | Astro Miscellania | Maths/Physics | Computing | VO | Wordy stuff |
Other links: | News | Sport | Entertainment | Travel |
Work-related Links
Astronomical Institutions
UNSW • U.Melb • RSAA (ANU) • U.Adelaide • Swinburne • U.Sydney • ASA
Observatories:
AAO • MSSSO • ATNF • Gemini • Aust. Gemini Office • Subaru • CTIO • ESO • Spitzer • SKA • More observatory links
Astro Meetings
ASA • Astronomy meetings worldwide.
Old meetings that have useful webpages of talks:
2007 Aus-VO Summer School
• Deep Surveys with SKA Pathfinders
• SKA pathfinders & Science with MIRA
• AAO Observational Techniques workshop, April 2001
• 2001 ATNF Synthesis Imaging Workshop
• 2006 ATNF Synthesis Imaging School (updated version of the previous link)
• NASA X-ray Astronomy Schol, from 2003 and 2005
• 2005 Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers, at Penn State.
References (Journals, Preprints, Newsletters etc.)
A longer list of journals • ADS • astro-ph ArXiV preprints • NED's Level 5 (glossary and articles) • ApJ • MNRAS online • MNRAS • MNRAS letters • AJ • A&A • Nature • PASA • Active Galaxies Newsletter • Blazar Times • Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics • Wolfram World of Science
Databases and Archives
NED • NED search-by-name • SIMBAD • Astronomer's Bazaar • Aladin • CATS • MAST • Skyview Virtual Observatory • SDSS DR6 • SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys • Interactive NGC Catalog
Useful Stuff for Observing
SSO Satellite Weather • APT All Sky Camera • SSO CONCAM All Sky Camera • Heavens-Above • AGN Finding Charts (Heidelberg) • PEGA Finding Charts • Perugia Blazar List • Sunrise & Sunset computing • Sky View Cafe
Pretty Pictures
APoD • HubbleSite • Hubble news • Hubble Heritage • ESO Press Releases • Subaru picture gallery • Hawaiian Starlight • Chandra • Multi-Wavelength Milky Way • SkyView Virtual Observatory
Astro Miscellania
Australian Astronomy • AstroWeb • SpaceFlightNow • Science@NASA • Bad Astronomy • Basics of Space Flight
Other Science stuff
Atomic Line List • Fundamental Physical Constants • AstroStatistics FAQ • Mathworld • Physlets • Encyclopedia of Life
Computing-related stuff
PGPLOT: (subroutines, FAQ, graph markers, & colour indices.) • CFITSIO • WCSLIB • iraf.net • IRAF @ ANU • IRAF @ NOAO • Cosmology Calculator • Astrophysical Calculator • Numerical Recipes (C and FORTRAN 77) • LaTeX resources • LaTeX guide • search CTAN • XHTML 1.0 • HTML 4.01 • symbols in HTML • HTML colours • Subversion • Trac
Virtual Observatory
IVOA • ATNF VO • FITS • VOSTAT • UCD list
Wordy stuff
Macquarie Dictionary • Merriam-Webster • OED • Roget's Thesaurus • Astronomy Thesaurus
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Other links
News
ABC • SMH • The Age • News.com.au • The Oz
Sport
Demons • AFL • Cricinfo • Cricket Australia
Entertainment
Sydney Pub Guide • yourTV • yourMovies • IMDb • The Basement • ninemsn
Travel
Will I get wet on the walk home? • Will the train be on time? • Sydney bus timetables • Qantas • Virgin Blue • Smartraveller.gov.au • Wotif • need it now • YHA Australia • Lonely Planet • Thorn tree • Universal Currency Converter
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