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12.410J/8.287J Observational Techniques of Optical Astronomy
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Some Web resources related to 12.410J
Useful for planning observing programs
JPL's
Ephemeris Generator
JPL Solar System Dynamics
Web Version of MICA
(USNO's "Multiyear Interactive Computer Almanac")
Ephemerides and orbital elements
for comets, NEOs, distant objects and bright minor planets from the
IAU Minor Planet Center
Palomar Observatory Sky Survey ``POSS''
MIT EAPS PAOC
Synoptic and Large Scale Flow Dynamics Lab
weather info
Craig Counterman's Asteroids
XEphem
- as of 2000 Dec, version 3.4 is installed on Athena in the 'xephem' locker.
Background information
NASA
Astrophysics Data System ADS
Abstract Service
National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
BYU Variable Star Information
Galactic Cepheid Database
The American Association of Variable Star Observers
Icarus
(journal) searchable database
Lowell Observatory
Sky Publishing Co.
(good site with lots of pointers to other astronomical sites)
U.S. Naval Observatory
(legal timekeeper of the U.S.)
Tools for Image Processing and Analysis
IRAF Project Home Page
Network and WWW
AstroWeb
: Astronomical Internet Resources
Pointers to astron. Internet resources, catalogs
USGS
registry of Internet resources
for astronomy and space science
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