ASTRONOMY
RESOURCES

PREMIER AUSTRALIAN
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES

Astronomical Society of New South Wales (ASNSWI)
Astronomical Society of South Australia (ASSA)
Astronomical Society of Tasmania (AST)
Astronomical Society of Victoria (ASV)
Astronomical Society of Western Australia (ASWA)
Brisbane Astronomical Society (BAS) (Qld)
Canberra Astronomical Society (CAS) [ACT]
Northern Sydney Astronomical Society [NSW]
S.E. Queensland Astronomical Society [Qld)
Southern Astronomical Society (Qld)
Sutherland Astronomical Society (SAS) [NSW]
Western Sydney Amateur Astronomy Group [NSW]

INTERNATIONAL
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETIES

Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA)
Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ)

PROFESSIONAL
OBSERVATORIES

Sydney Observatory [NSW]
Australian Astronomical Observatory [NSW]
Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories [ACT]
Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) [NSW]
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) [USA]
U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) [USA]

PROFESSIONAL
RESOURCE PAGES

ESO Digitised Sky Survey
STScI Digitized Sky Survey
SIMBAD Astronomical Database
SIMBAD Query Form
SIMBAD Astronomical Catalogues
SIMBAD ALADIN
SIMBAD Resources (VizerR)
WEBDA : Open Star Clusters Database
Multimission Archive at STScI
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
Astrophysical Database Service (ADS)
ADS : Papers & Abstracts
NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
NED Object and Info Search
Catalogs/ Journals Archived Data Service (Japan)
The All Sky Automated Survey **
arXiv.org e-Print Science Archive

ASTRONOMICAL ENTERPRISES

The Binocular and Telescope Shop (Aust)
Ozscopes (Aust)
Argo Navis Digital Telescope Computer (Aust)

ON LINE NEWS and
PUBLICATIONS

Sydney Observatory : Blog (Aust)
Sky and Telescope (US)
Australian Sky and Telescope
Astronomy Magazine (US)
Astronomy Now (UK)
Science Daily
Quasar Publications (Aust)

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

Astronomy Picture of the Day
Astronomical Calculations [USNO]
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT)
An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Time and Clock Calibration [USNO]
Unit Conversions
A Review of the Universe — Structures,
    Evolutions, Observations and Theories
The Night Sky Live
Bureau of Meteorology (Aus)
Historical Celestial Atlases on the Web

OBSERVATIONAL
RESOURCES

SOUTHERN DEEP-SKY RESOURCES

Deepsky Observers Companion (DOC)
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
The Deep-Sky Database
The NGC/ IC Project

DOUBLE STARS

Southern Double Star Descriptions [Andrew James]
Mt. Suhora Observatory : Eclipsing Binary Data
Search for Double Stars
Journal of Double Star Observations (JDSO)
Washington Double Star Catalogue (WDS)
Sixth Orbit Catalogue of Visual Binaries
Third Photometric Magnitude Difference Catalog
Catalog of Rectilinear Elements
Double Star Library
Catalogue of Orbits And Ephemerides
9th Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binaries
Journal of Double Star Observations

OTHER DOUBLE STAR SITES

The Spirit Of 33 : Double Star Observers
Fuzzy Splitting Luis Argüelles
Albireo : Double Star Ephemeris
Close Double Star Separation Calculator
Pretty Doubles Bob Hogeveen

GALAXIES

NASA/ IPAC Extragalactic Database
Searching the Extragalactic Database

PLANETARY NEBULAE
(PNe)

Planetary Nebulae Observers Homepage

OPEN STAR CLUSTERS
(OSC)

Resources for Stellar Clusters
WEBDA Navigation / Data Access

STELLAR OBJECTS
RESOURCES

American Association of Variable Star
    Observers (AAVSO)
The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues (ESA)
Star Colours [Andrew James]
Variable Star Charts — Cartas de Variables (Free Charts)

PLANETARIUM SOFTWARE

Stellarium (Free Plantarium Software)
Cartes du Ciel Sky Charts
    (Free Astro Software)

SOLAR SYSTEM

Aurora Page [+LINKS]
POES Auroral Activity (Southern)
POES Auroral Activity (N and S)
IPS Radio and Space Services (Aust)
IPS Solar Images (Aust)
Lunar and Planetary Institute
RASNZ Occultation Page
NASA’s Comet Homepage
The Nine Planets
Planetary Photojournal
ESO “Journey Across the Solar System”
American Meteor Society (AMS)
International Meteor Organization (IMO)
JPL’s HORIZONS Planetary Ephemeris