Saint Mary's College of California Library
Astronomy
Sky Atlases
Astronomy - Choose "Star Dome" for the most current information.
Deep Sky Atlas from the Astronomical Society - Search for a specific object.
NASA Atlas of the Solar System. (Ref Oversize 523.2 G817n) Cambridge: Cambridge, 1997.
Sky and Telescope - Monthly sky highlights.
Sky Atlas, 2000.0: 26 Star Charts, Covering Both Hemispheres. (Ref Oversize 523.89 T515) Cambridge, MA: Sky, 1981.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Ambitious project to map the universe.
Uranometria, 2000.0. (Ref 523.89 T151u) 2 vols. Richmond, VA: Willmann-Bell, 1987-1988
Data and Images
Google Sky - Select the thumbnail images at the bottom of the display to bring up the planets, the constellations,etc.
NASA - Images, data, space missions, research, and news releases. Start here; for in-depth information choose “related sites” that lead you to specific missions and NASA Research Centers, for example:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Information on space missions, planets, and activities for teachers
Chandra X-Ray Center
National Space Science Data Center - More data from NASA missions. Categories are astrophysics, space physics, planetary sciences, and earth sciences.
NED - "NASA Extragalactic Database". Information on objects outside our galaxy. Data, images and coordinates.
Chandra X-Ray Center
National Space Science Data Center - More data from NASA missions. Categories are astrophysics, space physics, planetary sciences, and earth sciences.
NED - "NASA Extragalactic Database". Information on objects outside our galaxy. Data, images and coordinates.
SIMBAD - "Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data". A catalog of astronomical objects outside the solar system; Use this if you know an object's official designation and would like its coordinates or other data.
United States Naval Observatory - Find moon phases, sun and moon positions, in short a wonderful online Web almanac from the Astronomical Applications Department's Data Services.
Other Web Links
Archaeoastronomy
Center for Archaeoastronomy. Check the “Outside Links” section for The Maya Astronomy Page and Archaeoastronomy Sites to Visit.
International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture - ISAAC.
Astronomy History
Antikythera Mechanism Research Project. Study of an ancient Greek astronomical calculator
Galileo Project - The life and times of Galileo, from Rice University.
History of Astronomy - From Wikipedia.
Science and Religion
Center for Theology & the Natural Sciences - CTNS's mission is "to promote the creative mutual interaction between contemporary theology and the natural sciences." Affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union.
Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) - Check out the Links to Other Resources. This institute works "for a dynamic and positive relationship between religion and science."
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
