Astronomy Student Resources

Astronomy Links

​​The internet has become very important for Astronomical research. Therefore we encourage students to use the World Wide Web (WWW) to explore various astronomical site. Here is a list of several good sites:

Museums:

• Santa Ana Discovery Science Center
• California Science Center (LA)
• Griffith Observatory (LA)
• San Francisco Exploratorium
• Ruben H. Fleet Center (San Diego)

Planetaria:

• Santa Ana College, Tessman Planetarium
• UCLA Planetarium
• Griffith Observatory (LA)
• LA Valley College​

Astronomy Lectures:

• Von Karman Lecture Series at JPL and Pasadena City College.

NASA Sites:

• NASA home page
• Solar System Exploration
• GRIN: Great Images in NASA
• JPL Education and Outreach

Astronomy Associations:

• American Astronomical Society ​
• The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
• Astronomical League Home Page
• Orange County Astronomy Association

Internet Sites:

• AstronomyNow.com -- great site for astronomy articles.
• SpaceFlightNow.com -- sister site to Astronomy.com, but focused on spaceflight
• BadAstronomy.com -- Debunks myths and misconceptions related to astronomy.
• SpaceWeather.com -- Great site about what is happening on the Sun and in are neighborhood of the solar system
• Hubble Site -- Site for the HST (Hubble Space Telescope) images
• CLEA -- Computer simulations used in Astronomy labs

Local Observatories:

• Griffith Observatory
• UCI Observatory
• Mount Laguna Observatory (SDSU) ​
• Mount Wilson Observatory (LA)
• Palomar Observatory (San Diego)

Information about daylight saving time (DST):

• http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html

Miscellaneous links

• Interesting set of links: http://www.e-aircraftsupply.com/space-education/