You are Here: Links
Please bookmark our site and revisit with us soon. We look forward to your next visit, in the meanwhile, please find below a number of interesting and informative web sites on all things Astronomical.
LINKS TO WEATHER INFORMATION
For cloud cover images of eastern Australia derived from NOAA
satellites http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~map/weather
LINKS TO OTHER ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES
Many astronomical societies have home pages. They contain information for newcomers to astronomy, up to date information about current astronomical phenomena and details of what can currently be seen in the night sky.
ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY OF VICTORIA
(www.asv.org.au)
The Astronomical Society of
Victoria's Home Page provides a great deal of information on
astronomical matters and has links to many societies,
observatories and major telescopes. Through it these can be
easily accessed.
Other
Astronomical Societies
LINKS TO ASTRONOMICAL SITES OF INTEREST
There are countless astronomical sites with a vast range of fascinating and up-to-date information. Some of special interest are:
Quasar Publishing
QUASAR PUBLISHING which issues the excellent
annual "Astronomy - A practical guide to the night sky"
has a web site which gives monthly highlights. Its URL is:
www.quasarastronomy.com.au/month.htm
A NASA orbit
calculator
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?sstr=Ceres
Great for solar system
exploration
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar_system/index.cfm
More solar
system
http://www.marssociety.org.au/amec2004/amec2004.html
The Starlight
initiative
http://www.starlight2007.net/
ROBOTIC TELESCOPES
These are telescopes which can be accessed and used remotely through the Internet. The web sites give full details of how to access and use the instruments.
CURRENT SPACE
MISSIONS
It is possible to
keep continuously up-to-date with the space missions and in some
cases there are projects, especially for students, based on new
data as they become available.
GENERAL ASTRONOMY
The range of images from major telescopes and space missions is tremendous, and the Solar System is extremely well covered. One good site is the Nine Planets Tour
The Universe Today site is a news reporting service for space exploration stories from around the Internet.
SIMPLE ASTRONOMY
Starchild is best described as a 'learning centre for young astronomers'.
ASTRONOMY MAGAZINES
Thank you for visiting the
This website was made possible through the support of the people of the City of Ballarat
Return to Top of Page
Home||Features||History||Ballarat||The Society||Activities||Facilities||Upcoming Events||Project Reports||Contact Us ||Links
This Website was crafted with care and is © Copyright Ballaarat Astronomical Society 1998. All graphics used to illustrate links to other sites are with the kind permission of the copyright holder(s) .