Links to Astronomy pictures and information

Note: "SL9" refers to the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.

Space Type Stuff

The Space Shuttle Clickable Map
Learn about the shuttle! Click on parts of the shuttle and find out what happens there.
The International Space Station Alpha
The Space Station has a clickable map as well.
JPL's Space Calendar
This is an online calendar of anniversaries and upcoming events in space. It's also full of links to info on the missions and spacecraft.
Information Clearinghouse, Inc.
This site has a wealth of info about space, spinoffs, and the space shuttle.
Liftoff to Space Exploration
NASA's webpage for shuttle info about current and future missions, the shuttle itself, and current cool NASA web sites. Very thorough.

Astronomy Type Stuff

UMD SL9 homepage
This is the U of MD's very own Shoemaker-Levy 9 homepage. You can get lots of neat pictures thru here, but it's much better for info about the actual observations (see Early Reports).
JPL SL9 Homepage
Thi is one of the most complete and up to date homepages about Shoemaker-Levy 9. There is very good stuff in here. Check it out.
Arizona SL9 Homepage
This is another very nice SL9 homepage, one of the most used URL's during the crash. There are many very nice pictures here.
Earth and Universe
Lots of inlined images of stars, supernovae, galaxy clusters, etc.
BWC's WWW stuff
There are some interesting things in here. This guy has written some programs that display the phase of the moon, the positions of the planets, etc.
Skyview
This is a very impressive interactive database of sky objects. Pick an object, and see an image of it at any wavelength at any size in any epoch...very very nicely done.
The Nine Planets
This site is a "Multimedia Tour of the Solar System" by Bill Arnett. It displays the most recent and beautiful pics of the most prominent members of our Solar System and gives general info about each.
The Solar Systerm Live
See where the planets are in their orbits in relation to the Sun, from any place and any time. There are also links to other interactive Solar System web sites including an Earth Viewer and Terranova.

Amateur Astronomy Type Stuff

New Star Gazers' Home Page
This is the place to go for the beginning amateur astronomer. There's information on how to buy a telescope and what to do with it once you've got it.
Grove Creek Observatory
Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association
UK Amateur Astronomy

Lists of Links Type Stuff

Yahoo's Science Links
Many more links than I can keep up with are here, somewhere.

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