Principals sites on Internet

AstroWeb: the biggest library of astronomy and astrophysics of the world

At AstroWeb is possible to kind out every kind on information respect of astronomy and astrophysics.

Is possible to find information on:

  • observations (telescopes, observatorial programs, metereology)
  • the libraries (stellar catalogs, astronomical centers)
  • pubblications (abstract, pubblications, libraries)
  • people on Internet (single person, Web pages, conferences)
  • le organizzazioni (dipartimenti di astronomia, le associazioni, le agenzie spaziali)
  • software (from programs to utility)
  • astronomy research area (radio, optics, spatial, solar, planetary)
    • and more over. What folllows is a little selection of what you can find on Internet.

    Sites with own WWW

  • The American Association of Variable Star Observers
  • Goddard Space Flight Center
  • IAU: International Astronomical Union
  • IDA: International Dark-Sky Association
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena
  • Nasa SpaceLink
  • Società Astronomica Italiana (Astronomical Society of Italy)
  • Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Arizona
  • The Planetary Society
  • UAI Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italian Amateur Astronomer Union)

    • Italian observatories reachable with WWW

  • Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Firenze)
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Ekar Asiago
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte
  • Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania
  • Telescopio Infrarosso del Gornergrat (TIRGO)
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova
  • Osservatorio Astronomico "Giuseppe S. Vaiana" di Palermo
  • Osservatorio Astronomico dell'Università di Perugia
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Sede di Monte Porzio
  • Osservatorio Astronomico Collurania di Teramo
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino
  • Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
  • Telescopio Nazionale Galileo

    • Some interesting anonymous FTP sites

  • AFIT: Mirror of Celestial BBS, GIF, elements of NORAD satellite, software, doc
  • AKIU: Images GIF and JPEG, software
  • AMES: Datas and news on the space probes, GIF, NASA Spacelink, IMDISP, VICAR soft, FAQ
  • EXPL: CDROMs of missions Magellan, Viking and Voyager
  • BARBOON: Documents AIPS and patches, radioastronomy, image processing, test images in FITS format
  • FITS: Informations on FITS format, suppor for OS, sample data, test files, FITS images, archive sci.astro.fits
  • GARBO: Utility for PC
  • GEMINI: Gif images of 1991 eclipse, Meteo gif images
  • GIPSY: Gif Images
  • IEAR: GIF and FITS Images
  • IRAF: IRAF Database Center, Software
  • NACHOS: Orbital elements of NASA satellites
  • NED: NASA Extragalactic Database, IPAC Documents, FTP for UNIX
  • POMONA: Yale Observatory, Yale Bright Star Catalog
  • SCS: ROSAT, Starchart(PC)
  • SIMTEL20: SIMTEL20/TRICKLE service, PC, CP/M
  • STSCI: HSTMap(Mac), Information on HST, Starcat
  • TETRA: Goddard Space Flight Center, subroutines FITSIO
  • UNI-KL: Iauc, Reduction of Vista Images, asteroids, GIF images
  • VMD: Meteo images via satellite
    • You can get the updated and complete list of all the sites with anonymous FTP at SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space).
    Go to Astro-link HomePage.