ASRAS

Here is a list of astronomy related links you may find interesting:

Astronaut Wheelocks Pics

Astronaut Wheelocks Pics
Click link to download a slide show of Astronaut Wheelocks Pics taken during his last mission

News:

Auroral Activity map

Sky and Telescope Magazines site

Website for the IAU Small Planet Center

Interactive on-line catalog for all the NGC object maintained by SEDS.org

APOTD - Astronomy Picture Of The Day

Astronomy Mag News

BBC Science news:

Space.com news:

Hubblesite.org - great all purpose space weather and astronomy related content.

Latest news for Variable stars.(AAVSO)

Spacecraft/Observatories:

Virtual telescope on-line from NASA

Cassini (Saturn) news

HST (Hubble Space Telescope)

ESO (European Space Organization - publishes Hubble images)

Chandra X ray Observatory

Local Sky conditions and Scheduled satellite passes:

Wolk Observatory clear sky map

Heavens-above (satellite and Iridium flares)

Space weather.com

Free Astronomy Visualization Software

Google earth(After downloading and installing use the SKY option to switch from the earth to outer space)

Microsoft World Wide Telescope

Sloan Digital Sky Survey website

Beautiful solar system tours for your PC

PARTYVIEW - Fly in 3D through the suns intersteller nieghborhood or go out into deep space.

Mitaka - Powerful fly around the universe application designed for the 4D2u theater at National Astronomical Observatory Of Japan. (requires powerful PC and fast proccessor)

Stellarium - Beautiful planetarium program.

Heavens-above (satellite and Iridium flares)

Orbit diagrams for asteroids and comets

JPL Solar system simulator

NASA Eyes on the solar system(beta)

USNO moon phase images

Popular Amateur sites for Astronomy

CloudyNights.com

Pulsar Audio Labs - A local site created by ASRAS member Carl Feuhrer.