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Astronomy Tools

(Some links require astro user login. Hyphenated phrases e.g., "MK star-spectra" contain multiple links.)

Journals Magazines,
Societies; Links
Literature & Data Archives Surveys &
Atlases
Observing;
Software
People; General Public Outreach

ApJ/ Let/ Sup . AJ
A&A . (-2000)
A&A Suppl.
A&A Review
MNRAS* (-1998)
Nature* ARAA
New Astronomy
PASP PASA SPIE
Science Express
Science* Icarus*
C.U. subscriptions*
C.U. Library links*
OJPS . SCIRUS
more* etc., etc., etc.


Astronomy Books

Sci. Amer. Sky&Tel.
Mercury. Astronomy

AAS . IAU . ASP
AAVSO, etc.

Newsletters, groups
Meetings, more


Astrohandbook (links)
Exgal. reference
Planet.dynamics etc.
Astrolinks PAM ADC
AstroWeb search
Astro Links more
Astronomy Mall
HEA HAD physics Geo Contingent Universe
NightSkyInfo

ADS: abstracts,
articles, physics, topic
xxx astro-ph, etc.
CBET MPC GCN
Telegram/ULAS
Sci. Cit./ CLIO
SPIRES, etc.
LexisNexis*
periodicals (-1982)

Simbad . NED
CDS catalog
Aladin skycat**
VizieR SkyView
CADC/ HSTdata
Multimission/ IR
HEASARC
Ground based
NCSA etc. etc.

DigiPOSS
w/ overlay/APS
SDSS/ 2dFGRS
2QZ/Veron-AGN
galaxies @NYU
2MASS DENIS
FIRST NVSS
VLA ISM CMB
Rosat-source
Stars:HST Guide
Hipparchos Tycho
USNO UCAC
CVs / VSNET
MACHO variables
SN MKstar-spectra
Landolt Spec-Phot
Bright . etc., etc.

MDM home/ mtn/ docs
Observing Schedule
Celestial Calendar
Weather: current data/
map/loop/radar etc.
KP sky camera/ clear?
conditions KP open? etc.

KPNO CTIO Gemini NOAO
NRAO Chandra XMM HST ESO
CFH Keck IRTF Lick LCO APO
Steward DAO Galex Sofia JCMT
ING Subaru Spitzer etc etc etc etc

SkyCalc IRAF astro-IDL
X-IDL AIPS etc. etc. etc.
Python/ Java data vis. tools
TeX,etc./convert:date/units
frame/ coordinates/energy
misc., misc. . cosmology-calculators

Columbia Directory
CAL+Astro/ webpages
IAU/ SPIE/ AAS list
Astroaddresses Depts.
StarHeads/ fora/ jobs
CCDs/ NASA search
Space industry etc. etc.
U.S.phonebk-map topo

Mathematica Integral
Refractive index γ line
NIST linelist/ nuclides
Dictionary/Thesaurus
Acronyms/Atlas/World
convert: $£¥, languages
Encyclo-(wiki)pedia
NYC:find/events/arts/weather
Save the Forests!
Help the poor!-More

Our Outreach
Today'sPicture etc.
SEDS/ Earth&sky
Stardate/ SDSOO
HEASARC/ NASA
PlanetPhotos/ HST
GSFC/ AAS etc.
AmazingSpace
AstroNowOnline
Astrophotography
Planetaria/ Gravity
Solar System Sim
eStarchart, etc.
eMilky Way (java)
calsky/HeavensAbove
Powers of 10 movie
Space.com/ About
UniverseToday
AstronomerOnline

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Local Observing Conditions | Local Computing Resources

Time: Local Zone Time for Columbia (NYC) / MDM Observatory (AZ) / Greenwich UTC
Local Apparent Sidereal Time for Columbia Morningside / MDM on Kitt Peak / Input Longitude
What is the Lunar Phase? Earth's Shadow Position? Sun/Moon rise/set? Solar-Activity (more,more)? Tides?
Where are the planets? What (selected zone) time is it? What day is it? Perpetual calendar (non-Java)
Zone time, UTC and LST provided by USNO Online; Earth in shadow from xearth.

Internet Astronomical Data Searches: Virtual Observatory / AstroGLU@CDS
WebCrawler queries search engines About, Ask Jeeves, exalead, Google (Scholar, Books), LookSmart, Lycos/FAST/Insite, Overture, TEOMA/DirectHit.
Other search engines: AltaVista, Excite, Infoseek/Go, Thunderstone, Use, Yahoo!

Search Examples: sunspot OR Alfven; solar+corona -beer; chromospher*; "solstice 2009..2011";
Google Tricks: define:(word); timeline:(noted person); (term) site:(site) limit search to site
(Airline) flight (#) flight status,; weather:(zipcode); time (city); currency conversion

(term) filetype:(PDF, PPT, etc.); 3-digit area code; calculator; cache:(site); &imgtype=face; (moviename) (zipcode)
OR use the Berkeley WWW Search Site. OR do an Internet Archive Search as far back as 1996

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