Links To Other Sites

The following is a list of links to other sites that AAVSO members, observers, and web site visitors may find of interest. If you have a link you'd like to suggest, or are an observer with your own web page, please send it in! Thanks.

• Astronomy Picture of the Day
• JPL Space Calendar
• This Week's Sky At A Glance
• Local Sidereal Clock: Uses Javascript
• Real Time H-Alpha, Magnetic, & Visual Imagery Of The Sun

• IBVS - Information Bulletin on Variable Stars
• GCVS: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Russia)
• AFOEV (France)
• Agrupación Astronómica Albireo en Sevilla (Spain)
• ASSA Home page (Australia)
• Astronomical Society Section for Variable Stars (Denmark)
• British Astronomical Association (BAA) Variable Star Section (England)
• BAV (Germany) - Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V.
• CANA Department of Variable Stars (Italy)
• Czech Variable Star Organization
• G.R.A.V. - Gruppo di ricerca astrofili variabilisti. (Italy)
• Grupo Argo Navis (Brazil)
• Hipparcos (High Precision and Parallax Collecting Mission)
• International TOAD Watch
• Israeli Astronomical Association(Israel)
• LIADA - Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia (Latin America) in Spanish
• Magyar Csillagászati Egyesület (Hungary)
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer- en Sterrenkunde (NVWS)(Netherlands)
• SAC (Poland)
• Opazovanje spremenljivk (Slovenia)
• Open European Journal on Variable Stars - on-line electronic journal for results, analysis and studies of Variable Stars
• SIMBAD (Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg)
• UAI - Unione Astrofili Italiani(Italy)
• Instituto Copérnico (Argentina)
• LIADA Variable Star Section (Argentina)
• NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
• Tel-Aviv University Astronomy Club - Israel
• VVS Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium) - The variable star section of the Belgian amateur astronomical association VVS.
• Variable Star Observers of Berdyansk - in Russian

• Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell - Spain
• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• Astro Net: Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University
• Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) - The IAC astronomical observatories: the Observatorio del Teide, in Tenerife and the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, in La Palma, as well as on the IAC headquarters in La Laguna (Tenerife)
• The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh
• The University of Leicester Astronomy Society
• Astronomical Society of The Pacific (ASP)
• The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
• The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC)
• Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ)
• The Astronomical Society of the Palm Beaches, Inc.
• The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
• The Astronomical Society of South Australia
• The Astronomical Society of Victoria
• Astronomical League - A federation of amateur astronomical organizations
• British Astronomical Association (BAA)
• Èeská astronomická spoleènost (Czech Astronomical Society)
• International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• International Meteorp://www.mvas.org/index.html">Miami Valley Astronomical Society - Dayton, Ohio
• The Planetary Society
• SARA: Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers (SARA)
• Society for Astronomical Science (SAS) - A group of technical observers using CCDs and spectrographs to study stars and minor planets
• The Webb Society - Amateur/professional society interested in observing double stars and "deep sky" objects

• Amateur Astronomers of Jackson
• Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (A.L.P.O)
• The Buffalo Astronomical Association - New York
• Astronomical Association of Queensland - Queensland, Australia
• Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA) - A global network of small telescopes dedicated to photometry of cataclysmic variables.
• Center for Backyard Astrophysics (Belgium) - Tonny Vanmunster
• Center for Backyard Astrophysics - Czech Republic
• Cincinnati Observatory Center
• Internet Amateur Astronomers Catalog (IAAC) - A forum for amateur observers at all levels to share their observations of Deep-Sky objects
• Isle of Man Astronomical Society - Isle of Man
• Laramie Astronomical Society and Space Observers - Laramie, WY.
• Martz Observatory - New York
• The Mid-Hudson Astronomy Association - Located between Albany, NY and New York City
• National Deep Sky Observers Society (NDSOS) - Founded in 1976, the NDSOS is the only organization in North America dedicated to serving the needs of amateur deep sky observers.
• The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club
• Romsey Astronomical Society
• San Francisco Amateur Astronomers
• Sirius Astronomy's Variable Star Observers - Warren, MI
• Stellafane - Springfield Telescope Makers
• Ursa Astronomical Association - Finnish Astronomical Group
• The Wilderness Center Astronomy Club - Ohio

• AAVSO's Hands-On Astrophysics - Designed by teachers and astronomers for teachers, amateurs, or those interested in astronomy.
• The Cepheid Distance Scale: A History - A critical review of the Cepheid distance scale, from its inception, to the Hipparcos mission and beyond.
• Mira and Mira-like stellar evolution - Website by Aaron Freed
• NASA - Space Link - An Aeronautics and Space Resource for Education Since 1988
• NASA's Classroom of the Future Program
• The Planetary Society's Educational Resources page
• Star Talker - StarTalker's many years of research and development have produced this 4 hour audio cassette program that makes understanding the night sky fast, easy and fun.
• The Science Education Gateway - NASA
• Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum - NASA
• The Bad Astronomer - psuedo vs real astronomy in the media
• Space Place: Great for children
• Binary Stars: Free Macintosh software for binary star education
• Universe in the Classroom: Educational E-mail Newsletter
• American Astronomical Society Teacher Resource Agents - a teacher's resource from grades kindergarten through 12
• Kids Astronomy - A dynamic children's website
• Sunbeams! - A site for children age 7-10 that explores many aspects of the sun.

• NASA
• AstroWeb - Astronomical Internet Resources
• Astrophysics Data System (ADS) - Search for astrophysical abstracts and articles
• Space Telescope Science Institute: Home of the Hubble Space Telescope
• Space Science
• Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center
• Astronomy Expert - Site for general public about astronomy-related topics
• Space Dew - The Search Engine Dedicated to Astronomy and Space
• Richard Hill's web page on Astronomy and More in Arizona
• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Hipparcos Space Astrometry Mission (esa)
• Night Sky Info - Weekly information about the night sky, astronomy articles and observations.
• Sky Publishing: Home of Sky and Telescope
• AAVSO Observer Profiles and Personal Web Pages
• Variable Stars - Interesting variables listed by "The Astronomer"
• Whole Earth Telescope
• SETI@home
• Regulus: Amateur Astronomy Newsletter
• Earth & Sky: Astronomical radio program transcripts and Internet rebroadcasts
• Jack Horkheimer, Star Gazer: Transcripts of the short PBS weekly TV series on naked-eye astronomey. (Formerly 'The Star Hustler')
• LunarSat - A european space mission to send a microprobe into a lunar orbit around 2002.
• Skycamping Worldwide - Organizing travel and tours for amateur astronomers
• Tycho Brahe - The official website on Tycho Brahe.
• Solar Eclipse Tours - Eclipse travel, tours, and cruises.
• PSIgate - The physical sciences information gateway of the UK Resource Discovery Network (RDN).
• Astronomy resources - directory of Astronomy related websites.
• Starry Night Lights - Great ideas on night sky friendly outdoor lightning
• Create a future for the David Dunlap Observatory
• Golden State Star Party (GSSP) - Organizes large group star parties in California