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Useful Astronomy Links

Astrophysics research

• American Astronomical Society
• ADS Query
• ADS Mirror
• Annual Reviews
• Astronomical Journal
• Astrophysical Journal
• AJ Web Review
• ApJ Web Review
• Astro-ph preprint service
• Astro-ph mirror
• Astro-ph local time
• Astro jobs
• Caltech: Astronomy Dept.
• CIT thesis page
• Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• International Astronomy Meetings
• IRTF Spectral Library
• LaTeX reference, tips & tricks
• Macintosh TeX/LaTeX
• Messier catalog
• NASA Extragalactic Database
• NIST Atomic Spectra Database
• SIMBAD
• SkyView Virtual Observatory
• Star Names
• STSCI
• University of Virginia: Astronomy Dept.
• Unix Reference Card
• USNO- A2
• Vizier
• 2MASS Homepage
• 2MASS All-Sky Data Release

Observing

• AccuWeather
• A-star finder
• A-star finder (Gemini faint star)
• Keck Ephemeris
• Keck Intranet
• Keck Observatory
• Keck seeing (intranet only)
• Local Sidereal Time
• Mauna Kea Weather Center
• Observation Planner
• IR Persson Standards
• Weather Underground: Sky

Useful online class material

• Claire Max's Lectures on Adaptive Optics
• George Djorgovski's Photometry Notes
• George Djorgovski's Observational Astronomy Notes
• Mark Whittle's Extragalactic Web Notes
• Steve Majewski's Galactic Structure Web Notes
• Steve Majewski's Observational Astronomy Web Notes

Astronomy as a hobby

• Astronomy magazine
• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• Celestial Atlas of 1600
• Constellation list
• Satellite tracking
• SETI@home