Places of Astronomical Interest
Places of Astronomical Interest
Have you seen
Comet Ikeya-Zhang? Here are some star
charts.
What's happening
on the International Space Station?
(NASA).
Get the Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA! A new image every day!
Jeff plays "Mr. Big Shot Astronomer" at Mt. Palomar. Check it out!
Can you really balance an egg on its end only during the Vernal Equinox? Check this and other bits of misinformation at the Bad Astronomy page.
Galileo's Finger On display in an Italian museum - I kid you not!!
Once and for all, the question that has plagued mankind for so long will be answered: Is Elvis alive and well and living on Mars!?!?
Not according to the Mars Global Surveyor!
If it's not Elvis, then who?
Cassini launched succesfully on 15 October 1997, and begins it's 7 year trip to Saturn
Mars Surveyor 98 The "Mars Climate Orbiter" vaporized and the "Mars Polar Lander" crashed. Who the hell is working at NASA?
The Mars Global Surveyor (JPL) is now taking hi-res surface photos!
Pathfinder on Mars: Check out the photo gallery.
Mars96 (Russia) This Russian probe bit the dust back in '96.
NASA Human Spaceflight: Keep track of all manned space missions.
Exploring Jupiter!
Project Galileo (JPL): Galileo has been orbiting Jupiter for 5 years!
Take a multimedia tour of the planets
Pictures from Mars: NASA has posted all the images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor.
Ice on The Moon? How can that be?!?!
The Lunar Prospector sees it!
Clementine found ice in December 1996
Check out the Astronomy Picture of the Day for 4 December, 1996 and 6 March, 1998!
Say goodbye to Comet Hale-Bopp
Check out my photo's of Comet Hale-Bopp! 
The Astronomy Picture Of The Day for April 1, 1997 shows Hale-Bopp near the Andromeda Galaxy. The April 8 image shows Hale-Bopp over Manhatten!
Comet Observation Home Page (JPL)
Sky
& Telescope Magazine's Comet Page
NASA's Near Live Comet Watching System
Hubble Space Telescope images of Hale-Bopp
Astronomy publications and news:
Astronomy Magazine
ASP
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
AstroWeb. Astronomy & Astrophysics sites
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (Chile)
InfraRed Telescope Facility (Hawaii)
JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California)
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (Germany)
Mount Stromlo & Siding Springs Observatories (Australia)
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NRAO - National Radio Astronomy Observatory
STScI - Space Telescope Science Institute
University of Arizona SEDS: Students for the Exploration & Development of Space
Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory (Poland)
Wesleyan University Department of Astronomy My old stomping grounds
Western CT State U Department of Physics and Astronomy Even older stomping grounds!