Useful Class Links

• Apple web tutorial on UNIX
• Another UNIX tutorial
• astro-ph preprints
• ApJ
• ADS abstracts and articles
• Space Telescope Science Institute
• UW observing course web pages
• UVa observing course web pages

Links for HW#1

• ADS
• Skyview
• Simbad - also gives access to VizieR & Aladin
• Vizier - N.B. Use Firefox for any VOplot work.
• NED

The Weather

• Albany Region
• Williamstown weather
• Regional radar

Stars

• Stars: Portraits of Stars and Their Constellations

The Sky

• Sky & Telescope's Sky at a Glance

Latest Events

• Space Telescope Science Institute's Home Page
• For the latest Hubble Space Telescope observations and results, look at the Space Telescope Science Institute's Public Information page

Amateur Astronomy Sites

• The Web Nebulae
• The Constellations and their Stars

Star Maps

• Skyview makes high-resolution charts in a variety of wavelengths