GCSE Astronomy
GCSE Astronomy link. Lots of useful reading and resources
Starlearner (Astronomy e-textbook at GCSE level)
Oxford Sites
Green Templeton College, Oxford: The site of the old Radcliffe Observatory
Oxford Astrophysics
News & Information
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
Isaac Newton Group of telescopes on La Palma
Astronomical Images
Hubble Space Telescope site with a gallery of Hubble images
Images of the Sun from the SOHO satellite
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
Current solar activity: sunspots, aurorae, flares etc., notable current events, near earth objects
Satellite information
space.com/spacewatch/aurora_cam.html
Satellite view of current auroral activity
Seven day astronomy forecast for Marlborough