GCSE Astronomy

www.aae.org.uk

GCSE Astronomy link. Lots of useful reading and resources

www.starlearner.com

Starlearner (Astronomy e-textbook at GCSE level)

Oxford Sites

www.gtc.ox.ac.uk

Green Templeton College, Oxford: The site of the old Radcliffe Observatory

www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk

Oxford Astrophysics

News & Information

www.universetoday.com

Space exploration and astronomy news from around the internet updated daily

nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/projects.html

Details of all past, present and future planned planetary missions

www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations

Constellation maps and details

www.ing.iac.es

Isaac Newton Group of telescopes on La Palma

Astronomical Images

nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble

Hubble Space Telescope site with a gallery of Hubble images

sohowww.estec.esa.nl

Images of the Sun from the SOHO satellite

antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov

NASA Astronomy Picture Of the Day archive

Zooniverse Projects

www.zooniverse.org/projects/zookeeper/galaxy-zoo

Galaxy Zoo – Classify galaxies and help astronomers with real science

www.zooniverse.org/projects/erinmc/dark-energy-explorers

Dark Energy Explorers – Identify distant galaxies to help measure dark energy when the universe was just ~2-3 billion years old

www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/radio-meteor-zoo

Radio Meteor Zoo – Help identify meteors in radio data

www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/gravity-spy

Gravity Spy – Help scientists at LIGO search for gravitational waves, the elusive ripples of spacetime

www.zooniverse.org/projects/adamamiller/zwicky-chemical-factory

Zwicky Chemical Factory – Help us classify stellar explosions so we can understand how elements are created in the universe

Space Weather and Observing Conditions

www.spaceweather.com

Current solar activity: sunspots, aurorae, flares etc., notable current events, near earth objects

www.heavens-above.com

Satellite information

space.com/spacewatch/aurora_cam.html

Satellite view of current auroral activity

clearoutside.com

Seven day astronomy forecast for Marlborough