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Awesome Astronomy / Translations

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Awesome Astronomy / NASA

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day
DEVELOP A NASA Applied Sciences Program
NASA Supercomputing NASA supercomputers
NASApeople NASA' career
NASA Earth NASA about the Earth and lives
NASA Climate NASA about the climate
HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE A space telescope
NASCOM The NASA (Ground) Communications System
ISS International Space Station
WISE Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
NEOWISE Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
FGST The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
New Horizons An interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program
New Frontiers program A series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of researching several of the Solar System bodies, including the dwarf planet Pluto
Perseverance rover A Mars rover manufactured by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for use in NASA's Mars 2020 mission
Deep Space Network DSN is NASA’s international array of giant radio antennas that supports interplanetary spacecraft missions, plus a few that orbit Earth
NAI The NASA Astrobiology Institute is a virtual distributed organization that integrates astrobiology research and training programs in concert with the national and international science communities
Artemis program United States-led international human spaceflight program
Photojournal JPL NASA's Image Access Site for Visual Exploration of the Universe
JPL Image Gallery JPL is a federally funded research and development center managed for NASA by Caltech (Image Gallery site)
Planetary Defense Planetary Defense Coordination Office
TOPS Transform to Open Science
CAPSTONE Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment will help reduce risk for future spacecraft by validating innovative navigation technologies and verifying the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbit

Awesome Astronomy / ESA

ESA The European Space Agency
Gaia Mission to chart a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way
ESA Science Science at the European Space Agency ESA
ESA Operations Realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency
ESAC The ESA's centre for space science
Planck Space observatory operated by the European Space Agency
ESA Earth Online Earth Observation information discovery platform

Awesome Astronomy / Other Governments' Agences

CNSA China National Space Administration
POLSA Polish Space Agency
CSA Canadian Space Agency
UKSA UK Space Agency
DLR The German Aerospace Center
ISRO The Indian Space Research Organisation
ISA The Israel Space Agency
ASI The Italian Space Agency
JAXA The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
CNES Centre national d'études spatiales (Eng. The National Centre for Space Studies) is the French government space agency

Awesome Astronomy / Comets

ICQ Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly (ICQ)
MPC Designation of minor bodies in the solar system
COBS Comet Observation database (COBS) saw first light in 2010 and is maintained by Crni Vrh Observatory. It is a free and unique service for comet observers worldwide which allows submission, display and analysis of comet data in a single location
BAA Comet section British Astronomical Association Comet Section, visual observations page

Awesome Astronomy / Asteroids

TOTAS Teide Observatory Tenerife Asteroid Survey
ATLAS Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System
Pan-STARRS The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System
NASA PDS: Small Bodies Node The Small Bodies Node (SBN) is a part of NASA's Planetary Data System, specializes in the archiving, cataloging, and distributing of scientific data sets relevant to asteroids, comets and interplanetary dust
IAWN International Asteroid Warning Network
MLS Mount Lemmon Survey is a part of the Catalina Sky Survey with observatory code G96
Spacewatch An astronomical survey that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States
CSS An astronomical survey to discover comets and asteroids. It is conducted at the Steward Observatory's Catalina Station, located near Tucson, Arizona, in the United States
NEAT Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking, a program run by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, surveying the sky for near-Earth objects
LONEOS Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search, a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth
CSBN The Committee for Small Bodies Nomenclature (also known as The Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature)
SpaceweatherRadio The short-lived echo of a radio signal
CNEOS The Center for Near-Earth Object Studies is NASA's center for computing asteroid and comet orbits and their odds of Earth impact
The Spaceguard Centre The National Near Earth Objects Information Centre
Orbit@home Orbit@home was a BOINC-based distributed computing project of the Planetary Science Institute
DART Mission The Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission is a planetary defense-driven test of technologies for preventing an impact of Earth by a hazardous asteroid
Psyche mission A planned orbiter mission that will explore the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid of the same name

Awesome Astronomy / Sun

SOHO The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
LASCO The Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph
SWAN Solar Wind Anisotropies project was developped in collaboration with Finnish Meteorological Institute
SDAC.virtualsolar.org Virtual Solar Observatory
Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research - correlated Study the structure and dynamics of the solar magnetic field
star.mpae.gwdg.de Max Planck Institute for solar system research, solar and stellar coronae group
mps.mpg.de Max Planck Institute for solar system research
SDAC Solar Data Analysis Center
PSP The Parker Solar Probe
WISPR The Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe
SOHO Newsroom Newsroom for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
Sunspots Sunspots by SOHO
JHelioviewer A visualization software for solar image data based on the JPEG 2000 compression standard

Awesome Astronomy / The Moon

Moon Society Space advocacy organization

Awesome Astronomy / Experiments

LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
ET Einstein Telescope also know as Einstein Observatory
OGLE The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

Awesome Astronomy / Observatories

VO Virtual observatory
LSST The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, previously referred to as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), is an astronomical observatory currently under construction in Chile
LSO Las Cumbres Observatory is a network of astronomical observatories run by a non-profit private operating foundation directed by the technologist Wayne Rosing
ALMA The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths
ROG The Royal Observatory is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north
ON The National Observatory it's located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, it is one of the oldest scientific institutions in Brazil
SARAO The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Research Foundation, is responsible for managing all radio astronomy initiatives and facilities in South Africa, including the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in the Karoo, and the Geodesy and VLBI activities at the HartRAO facility

Awesome Astronomy / Exoplanet projects

Exoplanet Exploration Program NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program
SRON SRON's Exoplanets programme, the Dutch national expertise institute for scientific space research
NASAExoplanetArchive A service of NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
List of exoplanet search projects List of exoplanet search projects by Wikipedia

Awesome Astronomy / Astrophotography

Astrophotography/ Amateur Astronomy Enthusiasts Facebook' group about astrophotography
Astrophotography tips Astrophotography: Tips & Techniques (skyandtelescope.org)
Astrophotography how-to Catching the Light. Astrophotography by Jerry Lodriguss
TWAN The World At Night is an international effort to present stunning nightscape photos and timelapse videos of the world’s landmarks against celestial attractions. TWAN is a bridge between art, science, and culture

Awesome Astronomy / Society / Poland

CBK The Space Research Centre (Polish: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych) is an interdisciplinary research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
TOS Solar Observers Society (Polish: Towarzystwo Obserwatorów Słońca)
PTA The Polish Astronomical Society (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo Astronomiczne)
PTF The Polish Physical Society (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne)
PTMA Polish Society of Amateur Astronomers (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo Miłośników Astronomii)
Urania – Postępy Astronomii Polish astronomical magazine
PKiM Polish Fireball Network
Proxima Polish astronomical magazine
Astronomia Nova Astronomia Nova association
CAMK The Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (Polish: Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika) is a Polish scientific research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences headquartered in Warsaw
NCBJ National Centre for Nuclear Research (Polish: Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych) is the largest research Institute in Poland
PTAstrobio A society which was initiated by Polish experts dealing with problems with astrobiology

Awesome Astronomy / Society / International

IAU International Astronomical Union
MPC Minor Planet Center
CBAT The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
ATel The Astronomer's Telegram
JPL This site provides information related to the orbits, physical charateristics, and discovery circumstances
ESO The European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
Mars Society An American worldwide volunteer-driven space-advocacy
Astronomy A monthly American magazine about astronomy
S&T Sky & Telescope is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy
CERN The European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest particle physics lab
AAVSO American Association of Variable Star Observers
BAA British Astronomical Association
EAS The European Astronomical Society is a learned society, founded under the Swiss Civil Code in 1990, as an association to contribute and promote the advancement of astronomy in Europe, and to deal with astronomical matters at a European level
RAS The Royal Astronomical Society is a learned society and charity that encourages and promotes the study of astronomy, solar-system science, geophysics and closely related branches of science
SPA The Society for Popular Astronomy is a national astronomical society based in the United Kingdom for beginners to amateur astronomy
RiAus The Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) is a national scientific not-for-profit organisation with a mission to "bring science to people and people to science"
SAB The Brazilian Astronomical Society is the organization responsible for Astronomy in Brazil
AfAS African Astronomical Society (AfAS) is the Pan-African professional society for astronomers
ASCOM Initiative The ASCOM Initiative establishes standard interfaces that enable communication between applications and diverse astronomy hardware
OpenAstronomy A collaboration between open source astronomy and astrophysics projects to share resources, ideas, and to improve code

Awesome Astronomy / Citizen science / Sungrazer

The Sungrazer Project A NASA-funded Citizen Science Project focused mainly on the comets

Awesome Astronomy / Citizen science / Zooniverse

Zooniverse A citizen science web portal owned and operated by the Citizen Science Alliance
Zooniverse repo on GitHub Zooniverse' repositories on the GitHub
Galaxy Zoo Zooniverse project about galaxies
Variable Star Zoo Zooniverse project about variable stars
SuperWASP Variable Stars Zooniverse project about variable stars
Planet Hunters TESS Zooniverse project about exoplanets
Muon Hunters 2.0 Zooniverse project about muons
Hubble Asteroid Hunter Zooniverse project about asteroids
Galaxy Zoo Mobile Zooniverse project about galaxies
Solar Stormwatch II Zooniverse project about the Sun
Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Zooniverse project about Planet Nine
Gravity Spy Zooniverse project about gravitational waves
Radio Meteor Zoo Zooniverse project about meteors
Comet Hunters Zooniverse project about comets
Pulsar Hunters Zooniverse project about pulsars
Supernova Hunters Zooniverse project about supernovas
Disk Detective Zooniverse project about stars, which are surrounded by dust-rich circumstellar disks
Higgs Hunters Zooniverse project about hints of the Higgs boson
Galaxy Zoo: Bar Lengths Zooniverse project about galaxies
Milky Way Project Zooniverse project about the Milky Way
Radio Galaxy Zoo Zooniverse project about black holes
Astronomy Rewind Zooniverse project aimed at turning the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) into a data resource
Radio Meteor Zoo Zooniverse project about meteors
Radio Galaxy Zoo: LOFAR Help to discover the weirdest variable stars
Star Notes Help to transcribe the groundbreaking work of early women astronomers
AI4Mars Teaching Mars rovers how to classify Martian terrain
Bursts from Space Focused on the mysterious bursts from space
Zwicky Chemical Factory Help to classify stellar explosions for understand how elements are created in the universe
Citizen ASAS-SN Classify the light curves of variable stars and help to find the most unusual ones
Dark Energy Explorers Identify distant galaxies to help measure dark energy when the universe was just ~2-3 billion years old
Active Asteroids The project is focused on active asteroids
NASA GLOBE CLOUD GAZE A NASA funded project aimed to help NASA better understand the effect clouds are having on Earth’s climate
Planet Hunters NGTS The project is focused on discovering hidden worlds with the Next-Generation Transit Survey
Bursts from Space: MeerKAT The project is focused on the light curves and images to determine if a source is radio-variable or transient
Solar Jet Hunter This project uses only one of the AIA wavelengths: the 30.4 nanometers (nm) filter. In this filter, jets are generally brighter than the average brightness of the Sun, which make them easier to spot in images or videos. However, many jets can be seen in more than one AIA filter, indicating that the jet plasma contains components at several different temperatures
Cosmic Muon Images Interdisciplinary studies with Geoscience and Archaeology has the goal to show how the technology developed to study fundamental physics can be applied to the development of frameworks that may have a significant impact on society

Awesome Astronomy / Citizen science / Other

NASA's citizen science projects Collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public
IASC The International Astronomical Search Collaboration is a citizen science program that provides high-quality astronomical data to citizen scientists around the world

Awesome Astronomy / Sources for scientific papers

arXiv A free distribution service and an open-access archive
ADS Astrophysics Data System
Inspirehep Astrophysics papers database with focus on astro particle-physics
ResearchGate A European commercial social networking site for scientists and researchers

Awesome Astronomy / Databases

NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database An online astronomical database for astronomers that collates and cross-correlates astronomical information on extragalactic objects (galaxies, quasars, radio, x-ray and infrared sources, etc.)
SIMBAD The Set of Identifications, Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data is an astronomical database of objects beyond the Solar System
PDS The Planetary Data System is a distributed data system that NASA uses to archive data collected by Solar System missions
GCVS General Catalogue of Variable Stars
AstDyS-2 Website provides data on numbered and multiopposition asteroids, including orbital elements, their uncertainty, proper elements, ephemerides with uncertainty, and more
JPL JPL Small-Body Database Browser
MPC MPC Database Search
ASIAGOSN Asiago Supernova Catalog
HEASARC The High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center is the primary archive for NASA's (and other space agencies') missions studying electromagnetic radiation from extremely energetic cosmic phenomena ranging from black holes to the Big Bang

Awesome Astronomy / Tools

FITS Flexible Image Transport System
LaTeX A document preparation system
Python An interpreted, high-level, general-purpose programming language
R Programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics
Stellarium A free and open source planetarium for your computer
IRIS Free image processing software
SPICE A toolkit comprised of several items like large collection of user-level application program interfaces (APIs) and underlying subroutines and functions, provided as source code with extensive user-focused documentation or ready-to-use library made from the APIs
Cosmographia A SPICE-enhanced version of the open source visualization tool
Astrometrica Software which provides the ability to easily compare astromerical images for the purpose of moving object detection

Awesome Astronomy / Repositories

Celestia 1,853 6 days ago Real-time 3D visualization of space
Astronomy for Meteor 604 about 1 year ago Model layer for Meteor
SunPy 920 3 days ago Python for Solar Physics
Mapping The Solar System 1,232 about 2 years ago Code, data, and instructions for mapping orbits of asteroids in the solar system
Astroquery 706 10 days ago Functions and classes to access online data resources
OpenSpace 795 6 days ago An open source astrovisualization project
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) microservice 833 23 days ago Astronomy Picture of the Day API service
Lightkurve 428 6 days ago A friendly package for Kepler & TESS time series analysis in Python
Taotie 418 4 months ago A curated collection of resources for astrophysical research
Allsky Camera 1,205 3 days ago A Raspberry Pi operated Wireless Allsky Camera
Tensorflow Elliptical vs Sprial Galaxy Image Classifier 187 about 7 years ago Classify whether an image is of a Spiral or an Elliptical Galaxy using Transfer Learning (Tensorflow)
Gaia Sky Mirror of Gaia Sky repository hosted on GitLab
astro-rust 268 about 5 years ago Astronomical algorithms in Rust
Astroberry Server 274 about 3 years ago A ready to use system for Raspberry Pi for controlling all your astronomy equipment
galpy 228 4 days ago Galactic Dynamics in Python
The Solar System 342 almost 2 years ago The Solar System: Modeled to scale with Three.js
astronomia 121 over 2 years ago An astronomical library
PyTransit 101 about 1 month ago Fast and easy exoplanet transit light curve modelling
gaia_tools 61 over 2 years ago Tools for working with the ESA Gaia data and related data sets
Astropy 4,448 6 days ago Repository for the Astropy core package
INDIGO 153 6 days ago A system of standards and frameworks for multiplatform and distributed astronomy software development designed to scale with your needs
Supernova Hunters results Repo about results of Supernova Hunters project
AAS WorldWide Telescope A tool for showcasing astronomical data and knowledge
find_orb 98 14 days ago Orbit determination from observation
WebbCompare 419 9 months ago Comparison James Webb Space Telescope images with older images
Transformation to Open Science 758 7 days ago TOPS repo
ASCOM Initiative ASCOM repo
OpenAstronomy OpenAstronomy repo

Awesome Astronomy / Apps

Google Sky The space version of Google's Earth application
Sky Map A hand-held planetarium for your the Android device
Heavens-Above App provides you with precise pass predictions for the ISS, visible satellites and radio satellites
Star Trails App quite good, If you have some long exposures and want to create star trails from them
Night Sky A stargazing reference app, where the user can explore a virtual representation of the night sky to identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites

Awesome Astronomy / Hackathons

NASA Space Apps Challenge An international hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and others where teams engage the NASA’s free and open data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space

Awesome Astronomy / Social media & groups / Twitter

TheMarsSociety Twitter handle of The Mars Society, Mars related subjects
ATLAS Project Twitter handle of the ATLAS Project, asteroids related subjects
NASA_DEVELOP NASA Applied Sciences Program that conducts research projects applying NASA Earth observations to environmental policy issues around the globe
NASA Supercomputing NASA supercomputers enable scientific discoveries and engineering triumphs for missions in aeronautics, Earth and space science and exploration of the universe
NASA People Twitter handle about career in NASA
NASA Goddard Images The official image, video tweeting account for NASA Goddard
NASA HQ PHOTO NASA Headquarters Photo Department
NASA Marshall Twitter handle of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
ATel Twitter handle of The Astronomer's Telegram
NASA Tournament Lab Engaging the crowd to contribute to NASA's Space Program
ESA EarthObservation Twitter handle about ESA' Earth Observation
ESA Exhibitions The European Space Agency Exhibitions Office, sharing the latest news and pics on ESA Events, tradeshows and more
Astronomy Magazine The best-selling astronomy magazine
Sky & Telescope The world's leading compendium of information about the science and hobby of astronomy
NASA Earth NASA uses the vantage point of space to increase our understanding of Earth and improve lives
NASA Ice Exploring Earth's sea ice, land ice, snow and permafrost
NASA Climate NASA' climate science
CERN The European Organization for Nuclear Research
Scientific American An American popular science magazine
NASA JPL NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system and the universe
NASA's Kennedy Space Center The world’s preeminent launch complex for government and commercial space access, enabling the world to explore and work in space
LIGO Official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
NASA Glenn Research NASA Glenn is advancing exploration of our solar system and beyond while maintaining global leadership in aeronautics
ESA Science Science at the European Space Agency ESA, keeping you posted on European space science activities
ESA Operations From Earth orbit to deep space: sharing the excitement of realtime mission operations at the European Space Agency
NASA Solar System NASA's Planetary Science Division
NASA Astronauts NASA astronauts Twitter handle
Pan-STARRS1 NEOwatch Automated updates when the Pan-STARRS1 team identify a new Near Earth Object. A ground-breaking astronomical survey telescope on Haleakala, Maui
NASA Asteroid Watch NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office detects, tracks, and characterizes Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) to enable mitigation of potential future NEO impacts

Awesome Astronomy / Social media & groups / Twitter - Astronomers and Scientific Disseminators

Aline Novais PhD student at Valongo UFRJ, studying atmospheres of exoplanets and science disseminator. User: @astroaline. Language: Portuguese-BR
Ana Carolina Posses Astronomer, doctoral student in extragalactics at UDP (Chile) and Columnist in Revista Galileu. User: @astroposses. Language: Portuguese-BR
Camila Esperança Astronomer and PhD student at ESO. User: @astronomacamila. Language: Portuguese
Dr. Mae Jemison 1st woman of color in space, Astronaut, Physician, Engineer, Educator, Futurist, Leader 100 YearStarship, Area Peace Corps Medical Officer. User: @maejemison. Language: English
Eduardo Machado Pereira astronomer at the Valongo Observatory and PhD at the National Observatory. User: @mp_eduard Language: Portuguese-BR
Franciele Kruczkiewicz PhD in Astrochemistry. User: @intelectorta. Language: Portuguese-BR and English
Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist and host of the new seasons of the Cosmos tv show. User: @neiltyson. Language: English
Roberta Duarte Physics. PhD student in Astrophysics at @blackholesusp.Working and promoting black holes and AI (on #AstroThreadBR). Itineraries in Ciência Todo Dia. User: @import_robs. Language: Portuguese-BR and English
Rayssa Guimarães Astronomer and Master's Student at Valongo UFRJ. She hunt black holes in galaxies, she's part of AdAstra Science and UFRJ Physics Week. User: @acosmicray. Language: Portuguese-BR and English
Ricardo Ogando Astronomer and scientific popularizer. User: @rilogando. Language: Portuguese-BR
Sofia Fonseca Astronomy student at UFRJ, amateur astrophotographer and science communicator. User: @sofia_fonsecao. Language: Portuguese-BR
Prof. Abel Méndez Planetary Astrobiologist and Director of the Planetary HabLab. Looking at habitable worlds from the Arecibo Observatory. User: @ProfAbelMendez. Language: English
Thiago S Gonçalves Astronomer at Valongo UFRJ, scientific disseminator. SAB Press Coordinator. User: @thiagosgbr. Language: Portuguese-BR

Awesome Astronomy / Social media & groups / Facebook

Comets and Asteroids Facebook link to the page about comets and asteroids
The Moon Appreciation Society Facebook link to page about the Moon

Awesome Astronomy / Social media & groups / Groups

Comets and Asteroids Group Facebook link to the group about comets and asteroids
Sungrazer Comet Section Sungrazer Comet Section on the Facebook

Awesome Astronomy / Miscellaneous

SpaceX A private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company
Starlink Satellite constellation being constructed by SpaceX
BRITE-PL Heweliusz is the second Polish scientific satellite
BRITE-Constellation A network of five nanosatellites
PlanetaryResources Repo on GitHub from the Planetary Resources
consensys.space Open Source Space
University Rover Challenge Robotics competition for university level students
KRAKsat Satellite has docked to International Space Station with Cygnus spaceship
Scorpio Scorpio rovers family
Space is More Research team focused on space architecture and engineering
Messier marathon An attempt, usually organized by amateur astronomers
SEDS USA Students for the Exploration and Development of Space is an international student organization
The Virgo experiment Large interferometer designed to detect gravitational waves
SpaceWeather News and information about the Sun-Earth environment
SWPC Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ZTF The Zwicky Transient Facility is a new time-domain survey that had first light at Palomar Observatory in 2017
DESI Survey The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. The DESI Survey will measure the properties of Dark Energy using a survey of 30+ million galaxy redshifts
LSST SSSC Solar System Science Collaboration - preparing to study the Solar System with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
SkyHunt Astroblog by Trygve Prestgard
R.Kracht page SOHO comets by Rainer Kracht
Mike Oates page Mike's SOHO Comet Hunt
Einstein@Home A volunteer distributed computing project that searches for signals from rotating neutron stars in data from the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors, from large radio telescopes, and from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Kleinplaneten Site by Gerhard Lehmann about asteroids
MB Webpage Selected SOHO-comet discoveries by Michal Biesiada
Time and Date Useful page with section for astronomy
BBC Sky at Night magazine A British monthly magazine about astronomy aimed at amateur astronomers and published by Immediate Media Company
Earth&Sky Site about about science and nature
Perihelio Site about comets in twilight
CometChaser Page is dedicated to all astronomers with small telescopes (also with comet section)
Crash Course - Astronomy An introductory crash course on astronomy
Don Machholz Site by Don Machholz, the comet hunter
Astronomy & Astrophysics A&A is an international journal which publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics
BOINC The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing is an open-source middleware system for volunteer computing and grid computing
Heavens-Above The website is dedicated to helping people observe and track satellites orbiting the Earth without the need for optical equipment such as binoculars or telescopes
ASAS The All Sky Automated Survey is a Polish project implemented on 7 April 1997 to do photometric monitoring of approximately 20 million stars brighter than 14 magnitude all over the sky
The Pan-STARRS Survey for Transients The Pan-STARRS1 telescope carried out the 3Pi survey of the whole sky north of -30 degrees between 2010-2014 in grizy (PS1 specific filters). This was run by the PS1 Science Consortium
Transient Name Server TNS by IAU Supernova Working Group
Astronomers Without Borders AWB is a U.S.-based organization founded by Mike Simmons, dedicated to spreading astronomy throughout the world and connecting people through this universal interest
Lunares Lunares Habitat is a research station based in Poland, which enables conducting similar manned lunar and Martian missions
MDRS The Mars Desert Research Station is the second simulated Mars analog habitat owned and operated by the Mars Society
MARS-500 The mission was a psychosocial isolation experiment conducted between 2007 and 2011 by Russia, the European Space Agency and China, in preparation for an unspecified future crewed spaceflight to the planet Mars. Information at the official ESA site
LOFAR The Low-Frequency Array is a large radio telescope network located mainly in the Netherlands, completed in 2012 by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and its international partners, and operated by ASTRON's radio observatory, of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
The European Astrobiology and Society Resource Centre All you ever wanted to know about societal aspects of astrobiology in one place
ASB The Astrobiology Society of Britain is a learned society dedicated to the understanding and advancement of astrobiology in the United Kingdom. The organisation is affiliated with NASA
JWST The James Webb Space Telescope is a joint NASA-ESA-CSA space telescope that is planned to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA's flagship astrophysics mission
FAST The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression, a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou, southwest China
ASAS-SN Global network of robotic telescopes, All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae
DES The Dark Energy Survey is a visible and near-infrared survey that aims to probe the dynamics of the expansion of the Universe and the growth of large-scale structure
SGAC The Space Generation Advisory Council is a global network for students and young professionals interested in the space industry
SuperWASP The UK's leading extra-solar planet detection programme
ISSI An Institute of Advanced Studies based in Bern, Switzerland
SETI The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a collective term for scientific searches for intelligent extraterrestrial life, for example, monitoring electromagnetic radiation for signs of transmissions from civilizations on other planets
Project Pluto Project Pluto supplies astronomical software, both commercial and freeware, to amateur and professional astronomers
COSMOS A science magazine produced in Australia with a global outlook and literary ambitions, published by the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus)
NGTS The Next-Generation Transit Survey is a wide-field photometric survey designed primarily to find and characterise transiting exoplanets
Komeciarz Michal Kusiak (comets and asteroids discoverer) webpage

Awesome Astronomy / Conferences

Waset.org - astronomy An indexed listing of upcoming meetings, seminars and other
IAU Events The IAU100 celebrations consists of coordinated activities on national, regional and international levels

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