Dr. Russ Sampson's Web Picks
I've been searching the web for many years looking for the coolest astronomy and meteorology web sites. Here is a very short list of some of the best I've found. Try not to get hooked!
Astronomy
Events and News
v One
of the best sources of news and tips on sky gazing: http://www.skyandtelescope.com
v Lots
of space technology, astronomy and other science http://www.Space.com
v An
almost limitless source of data and news at the NASA home page http://www.NASA.gov
Astronomical
Data, Images and References
v JPL
- one of the most authoritative sources of planetary data http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
v 3.3
million archived astronomy papers, tables and books http://adswww.harvard.edu/
v Astronomy
Picture of the Day - one of the web's best sites http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/
v Information
on calendars and different measures of time http://www.calendarhome.com/clink.html
v Astronomical
Urban myths and just plain bad astronomy http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/index.html
v Maybe
the best solar eclipse photos ever taken are http://www.wendycarlos.com/eclipse.html
v Your
very own on-line planetarium http://www.skyviewcafe.com/index.php
v Artificial
satellite tracking from your own backyard http://www.heavens-above.com/
v Cloud
and "seeing" forecasting for astronomers http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/htmls/mainpage.html
v Astronomical
myths and stories http://www.ufrsd.net/staffwww/stefanl/myths/index.htm
v Astronomical
poetry http://www.baltastro.org/AstroPoetry.html
v Astronomical
art http://iasos.com/artists/dondavis/
v History
of Astronomy http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/astoria.html
v Hubble
Space Telescope news http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/
v Mars
Global Surveyor home page http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs/index.html
v NASA
Satellite simulator and animation http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTRACK3D.html
v Solar
observatory in space with some great movies http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/
v Comets
and meteors http://comets.amsmeteors.org/
v Eclipses
http://www.mreclipse.com
v BBC
Space News http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/
v CNN Space
& Science http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/
Meteorology (when you need to
know if it's going to be clear)
v Doppler
radar for Eastern Connecticut http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p19r0/si.kokx.shtml
v Satellite
image of North America http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/satellite/index_e.html
v Weather
maps of North America and beyond http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/analysis/index_e.html
v Current
and past North American weather balloon data http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
v Many
different weather forecast maps and animations http://weather.unisys.com/
v Windham
Airport current weather conditions http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KIJD.html
v Cloud
and "seeing" forecasting for astronomers http://www.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/htmls/mainpage.html