Astronomy Links

http://zooniverse.org Multiple opportunities to get involved in astronomy


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/skyatnight/ Sky at Night programme

http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/ast162_1/notes2.html     How the Sun shines


Double stars - put Double Stars into your browser and so many links will appear


http://usm.maine.edu/planet/greek2.gif Greek alphabet


http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/nearest.html 26 nearest stars


http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/brightest.html 26 brightest stars


http://www.scienceu.com/observatory/facts/solardata.html Solar system data


http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Display=Facts&Object=Moon Moon data


http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/sblanco/astro/images/moon_map.jpg Moon map


http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/meteors/shower_list.html Meteor showers


http://www.astro.virginia.edu/class/whittle/astr1230/lec2_f05.html Optical telescopes


http://www.funnyyouasked.com/Equatorial_Mount_Setup/quick_and_dirty_guide_to_setting.htm

Equatorial mount

http://www.wisegorilla.com/images/solarsystem/MoonPhases.gif Moon’s phases

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/M/Messier_Catalogue.html Messier list

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellationmonth_list.html
constellations by month

http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/?id=8 Herschel Museum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_relativity Einstein’s universe

http://www.exoplanet.eu/catalog.php Extra-solar catalogue

http://www.roe.ac.uk/ Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/places/royal-observatory Royal Greenwich Observatory

http://www.hermit.org/Eclipses/when_solars.html Solar eclipses

http://www.eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/lunar.html Lunar eclipses

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_variable_stars Variable stars

http://www.oact.inaf.it/index_en.html Catania Solar Observatory-see the Sun

http://www.astronomyknowhow.com/ useful bits and pieces

http://www.astronomynotes.com/starprop/s4.htm Stellar Magnitudes

http://hyperphysics.phy-ast.gsu.edu/hbase/Eclip.html Right Ascension and Declination

http://hubblesite.org/ Hubble Space Telescope

http://www.eso.org/public/astronomy/teles-instr/paranal.html Very Large Telescope

http://keckobservatory.org/ Keck Observatory

http://nineplanets.org/ the Sun and planets

http://cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/History.html history of astronomy

http://phys.kent.edu/~manley/astronomers.html famous astronomers

http://www.dibonsmith.com/graphics.htm constellations

http://www.astro.umass.edu/~myun/teaching/a100/longlecture13.html stellar spectra
http://www.heavens-above.com/skychart.aspx?SL=1&SN=1&lat=52.628&lng=1.303&loc=Norwich&alt=9&tz=GMT
star chart

http://lcogt.net/en/book/units-distance-and-size- universe distanceshttp://www.heavens-above.com/ ISS, Iridium flares, comets  and more
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/glossary/ Glossary

What’s next  -   Famous Scientists

All of the scientists we have considered have many biographies. Some visits:

Charles Darwin - Down House

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/home-of-charles-darwin-down-house/

Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/index.html

Science Museum

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

Royal Greenwich Observatory

http://www.rmg.co.uk/royal-observatory

Isaac Newton

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/woolsthorpe-manor/

Michael Faraday, Humphry Davy

http://www.rigb.org/

William Herschel

http://herschelmuseum.org.uk/

Christopher Wren

Robert Hook

http://www.themonument.info/

Gresham College

http://www.gresham.ac.uk/

Cavendish Museum

http://www-outreach.phy.cam.ac.uk/cav_museum/

Lunar Society Birmingham Walk

http://historywm.com/lunar-society-city-centre-walk/

Matthew Boulton

http://www.bmag.org.uk/soho-house

http://www.bmag.org.uk/sarehole-mill

Erasmus Darwin

http://www.erasmusdarwin.org/

Richard Arkwright

http://www.massonmills.co.uk/