Favorite Astronomy Links - Part 2

• Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum - Chicago
• Archive - selected spectacular astronomy pictures from 2003 to the present
• Ask a NASA scientist - archive of previously asked questions
• Cassini - Voyage to Saturn (1997 - 2004) - launch occurred on October 15, 1997
• Planetariums in Illinois
• Comet Hale-Bopp - Local pictures
• Comet Hyakutake -- Pictures | Local viewing | JPL
• Comet LINEAR C/1999 S4 | Comet LINEAR A2 (2001)
• Comet McNaught-Hartley | Comet Holmes (2007)
• Comet Tabur - Local pictures
• David Hanon's excellent CCD images - comets, Messier objects, lunar eclipse, ...
• Department of Physics and Astronomy at Augustana
• Family Museum of Arts and Science - Bettendorf, Iowa | Putnam Museum - Davenport, Iowa
• Guide to Space Exploration - overview and 20+ links to more information - thank you, Deborah and Rachel
• Hayden Planetarium - New York City
• Historical background - Augustana planetarium and observatory - painting by Erwin Weber
• International Space Station
• Latest Hubble Space Telescope observations
• National Space Science Data Center - NASA's archive for lunar and planetary data and images
• Nine Planets
• PAC - Popular Astronomy Club, Inc., Quad Cities
• Partial Solar Eclipse - May 20, 2012
• Science at Augustana - a local Web page designed to highlight campus science information and activities
• Shuttle program
• Sky Image Processor - Web-based astronomical CCD image reduction and analysis system.  It works with FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) files.
• Spacewatch - using CCDs to observe and discover Near Earth Objects (NEOs) - comets and asteroids
• StarDate - scripts of a daily radio program
• Star Gazer - scripts of a weekly 5-minute PBS TV program
• Times for viewing various satellites including MIR and the International Space Station
• What time is it? - Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Yerkes Observatory - Williams Bay, Wisconsin

Last update:  April 3, 2013