BUBL LINK: Astronomy research

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Astronomy research

Titles

Descriptions

Comments: bubl@bubl.ac.uk

Astrobrowse: Gateway for astronomers to search for astronomical objects in multiple catalogues, including high energy data, Optical / UV, Infrared, and Radio / Microwave data catalogues.
Author: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Subjects: astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: opac
Astronomy Departments Worldwide: Alphabetical listing of links to over 400 university astronomy departments and projects.
Author: Cambridge University
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: index
Astronomy Thesaurus: Thesaurus intended to standardise terminology in the field of astronomy to aid unambiguous library cataloguing and more precise recall of data. Provides astronomy librarians and scientists with a context for astronomical terms with which they may not be familiar. Available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Author: Shobbrook, Robyn M. & Shobbrook, Robert R.
Subjects: astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: thesaurus
AURA: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy: A consortium of educational and other non-profit institutions that operates astronomical observatories. Aims to serve the astronomical community by providing modern facilities to qualified scientists in all universities.
Author: AURA: Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Subjects: astronomy research, astronomy societies
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: documents
CDS: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center: A data centre dedicated to the collection and worldwide distribution of astronomical data and related information.
Author: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center
Subjects: astronomy research, space observation
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: institution
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center: Information about NASA's Observatory launched in July 1999 to observe X-rays from high energy regions of the universe. Includes photographs, a guide to x-ray astronomy and sources, resources for teachers, parents and students, interactive games, and an archive of press releases and images.
Author: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Subjects: astronomy research, x-rays
DeweyClass: 522.686
Resource type: images
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Collision with Jupiter: A set of images taken by amateur and professional astronomers before, during, and after the collision of over twenty fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 with the planet Jupiter in July 1994.
Author: Foust, Jeff
Subjects: astronomy research, comets, jupiter
DeweyClass: 523.6
Resource type: images
Full-texts of Astronomical Publications: Links to and descriptions of astronomy resources including journals, preprints, newsletters and thesis material.
Author: Paoli, Sergio
Subjects: astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: index
Great Debates in Astronomy: Published proceedings, background information and educational material on four debates between leaders in the astronomy community: The Scale of the Universe (Curtis and Shapley, 1920), The Distance Scale to Gamma-ray Bursts (Paczynski and Lamb, 1995), The Scale of the Universe (Tammann and van den Bergh, 1996) and The Nature of the Universe (Peebles and Turner, 1998).
Author: Nemiroff, Robert & Bonnell, Jerry
Subjects: astronomy research, cosmology
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: documents
Green Flash Page: Information on the phenomena occasionally observed at sunrise and sunset when a part of the sun suddenly changes colour. Includes photographs, simulations, explanations, advice on how best to see one, and facts debunking common misconceptions about green flashes. Also contains an annotated bibliography on green flashes, mirages, and other low sun phenomena.
Author: Young, Andrew T.
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy research, sun
DeweyClass: 523.7
Resource type: documents, images, moving images
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center: Includes information on supernovas, X-ray binaries, black holes, and the research programme.
Author: NASA
Subjects: astronomy research, astrophysics, black holes, cosmology, stars, x-rays
DeweyClass: 523.01
Resource type: documents
History of Astronomy: Extensive index and collection of documents about the history of astronomy, including biographies of hundreds of astronomers.
Author: Dick, Wolfgang
Subjects: astronomy research, history of science
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: biography, documents, index
International Ultraviolet Explorer Archive: A collection of over 107,000 spectral images, including ultraviolet observations of every kind of object from planets to quasars over the years 1978 to 1996. Data may be obtained from the catalogue by file transfer.
Author: Space Telescope Science Institute
Subjects: astronomy research, stars
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: reference data
Jodrell Bank Observatory: The Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories at Jodrell Bank are home to some of Britain's major astronomical research facilities, including the 76-metre Lovell Telescope, and MERLIN, a synthetic-aperture radio telescope operated on behalf of PPARC.
Author: Manchester University Department of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: astronomy research, radio astronomy, space observation
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: documents
Jodrell Bank Pulsar Research: Document summaries, research papers, datasets, and news about pulsar research.
Author: Manchester University Department of Physics and Astronomy
Subjects: astronomy research, pulsars, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: documents, reference data
Laws List: A collection of laws, rules, principles, effects, paradoxes, limits, constants and experiments in the areas of physics and astronomy, arranged alphabetically.
Author: Francis, Erik Max
Subjects: astronomy research, physical data
DeweyClass: 530
Resource type: reference data, reference documents
NASA Astrophysics Data System: NASA funded project whose main resource is three sets of abstracts: 1) astronomy and astrophysics, containing 240,000 abstracts; 2) instrumentation, containing 460,000 abstracts; and 3) physics and geophysics, containing 220,000 abstracts.
Author: NASA
Subjects: astronomy research, astrophysics, geophysics, physics research
DeweyClass: 523.01
Resource type: article abstracts
NASA Planetary Photojournal: Offers access to images from various solar system exploration programs. Provides images of each planet in the solar system taken from a number of different spacecraft and instruments, presented as thumbnails and in full resolution TIFF format.
Author: NASA
Subjects: astronomy research, planetary guides
DeweyClass: 523.2
Resource type: images
NASA Technical Reports Server: Service which allows users to search the many different abstract and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centres and programs.
Author: NASA
Subjects: astronautics, astronomy research, space exploration
DeweyClass: 629.4
Resource type: document collection
PACS: Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme: Scheme designed to classify and categorise the literature of physics and astronomy for materials such as journal subject indexes, catalogues, computerised databases, online journals, CD-ROM versions of journals, and any other collection of physics and astronomy resources. PACS is arranged hierarchically, by subdivision to four levels.
Author: American Institute of Physics
Subjects: astronomy research, bibliographic control, physics research
DeweyClass: 025.4
Resource type: reference document
Parallax Project: Presents electronic versions of 10 volumes of star parallax data and calculations produced by the Allegheny Observatory between 1910 and 1969. Reports are searchable and browsable, and contain tables of data, information on methodology of astronomical observations, presentations of new modes of calculation of star positions, and descriptions of observational instrumentation.
Author: Allegheny Observatory and University of Pittsburgh Digital Library
Subjects: astronomy research, stars
DeweyClass: 523.8
Resource type: reference data
PPARC: Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council: PPARC supports UK research into the fundamental nature of the Universe, theoretical and experimental research into elementary particles and the fundamental forces of nature, planetary and solar research including space physics and astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology.
Author: PPARC
Subjects: astronomy research, astrophysics, particle physics, physics research, research councils
DeweyClass: 539
Resource type: documents
Royal Observatory Edinburgh: Library and archives of the ROE which possesses one of the most comprehensive collections of astronomical literature in existence. Site includes information about the library, access to the catalogue, links to other astronomy resources and libraries and to electronic journals.
Author: Royal Observatory, Edinburgh
Subjects: astronomy research, space observation
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: institution
SETI Institute: The SETI Institute serves as a home for scientific research in the general field of Life in the Universe with an emphasis on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
Author: SETI Institute
Subjects: astronomy research, extraterrestrial life
DeweyClass: 999
Resource type: institution
SIMBAD: Set of Identifications, Measurements, and Bibliography for Astronomical Data: The SIMBAD astronomical database brings together basic data, cross-identifications, observational measurements, and bibliography, for celestial objects outside the solar system: stars, galaxies, and nonstellar objects within our galaxy, or in external galaxies.
Author: Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center
Subjects: astronomy research, cosmology, physical data, stars
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: reference data
SkyView Virtual Observatory: Collection of images of specific portions of the night sky, searchable by coordinates, scale, and orientation via non-astronomer, basic, advanced, and Java interfaces. Incorporates a dictionary for those with minimul knowledge of astronomy.
Author: NASA
Subjects: astronomy research, space observation
DeweyClass: 522
Resource type: reference data, satellite images
Starlink Project: A computing facility for UK astronomers, funded by PPARC.
Author: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Subjects: astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: documents, software
Stones of Wonder: Prehistoric Observatories in Scotland: Guide to prehistoric monuments in Scotland, dating to the Neolithic or the Bronze Age, which have orientations to the sun, moon or stars. Includes background information on archaeoastronomy and a listing of monuments which can be visited.
Author: Pollock, Robert
Subjects: astronomy research, scottish archaeology
DeweyClass: 936
Resource type: document
Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC: Project group using infrared technology to scan the skies to create a complete celestial census. Contains data sets, factual documents, images, and links to other similar projects.
Author: Two-Micron All Sky Survey
Subjects: astronomy education, astronomy research, space observation, stars
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: documents, images, reference data
UK Astronomy Directory: Lists of links to on and offline educational establishments, publishers, retailers, web resources and tourist attractions catering for astronomy and associated subject enthusiasts. Includes a news section.
Author: Stewart, J.
Subjects: astronomy links, astronomy news, astronomy research
DeweyClass: 520
Resource type: directory
Web Nebulae: Collection of images of gaseous nebulae. Each image is complemented by descriptive text, including details such as the type of nebula, and its distance from Earth.
Author: Arnett, Bill
Subjects: astronomy research, space observation
DeweyClass: 523.1
Resource type: image collection
X-Ray Astronomy: Details of research activities, programs, projects, laboratories and services in x-ray astronomy, including a picture gallery, data and images from the ROSAT satellite. Most information is available in English and German.
Author: Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik
Subjects: astronomy research, satellites, space exploration, x-rays
DeweyClass: 522.686
Resource type: documents, images