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Main Links Top of Page
Friends of Boyden Homepage (Boyden Observatory)
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)
South African Large Telescope (SALT)
Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA)
Links to Astronomy in South Africa (ASSA Centres, Planetariums, Private Home Pages etc...)
Astronomy in Southern Africa Top of Page
Observatories in Southern Africa - SAAO, SALT, Boyden, HartRAO...
ASSA Main Site (Astronomical Society of Southern Africa)
ASSA Centres (Astronomical Society of Southern Africa - local autonomous centres)
Planetariums - Cape Town and Johannesburg
Willie Koort's Home Page - comprehensive website covering a wide range of topics
Astronomy Top of Page
Absolute Astronomy - general astronomy
Astronomy 161 - If you want to study the solar system on your own time on the internet!
Astronomy 162 - If you want to study stars, galaxies and cosmology on your own time on the internet
Bad Astronomy - Clearing astronomical misconceptions...
First Steps in Astronomy - Sky & Telescope, definitely recommended
Imagine the Universe! - For the intellectually curious
New Views of the Universe - Hubble Space Telescope
Sea and Sky - Info under the sea and up in the sky!
The Astronomy Net - easy-to-use website with a miscellany of astronomical items
Zoom Astronomy - Educational site for all ages
Solar System:
JPL's Solar System Simulator - Custom colour images of your favourite planet
Meteorites - Meteorites, geology, news
The Solar System in Pictures - A great SA page with information and quizzes on the solar system.
The Nine Planets - Comprehensive website on the solar system
Views of the Solar System - Everything on our solar system
Visible Earth - Excellent NASA site with info on the Earth
Constellations, stars and exoplanets:
Extra-solar Planets Catalog - counting the planets orbiting other stars
The Constellations and their Stars
The Constellations - Constellations, stars and deep sky objects
Deep Sky:
The STScI Digitized Sky Survey - hard to believe something like this is possible! The whole sky at your fingertips...
STSCI's Hubble images page - Hubble Space Telescope pictures
Search for Deep Sky Objects - for those with binoculars and telescopes, a great search function
The Messier Catalogue - (SEDS)
Software:
Amiglobe - Great atlas program concerning Earth
Celestia - Astronomy software for all PC users! Highly recommended program
Google Earth - Amazing Earth viewer program compiled from satellite images
Satscape satellite tracking software
SkyMap Software program - sky charts on your PC
Stellarium - probably the best planetarium simulator available. A MUST.
TheSky - comprehensive software package for sky observations
Spaceflight & Spacecraft Top of Page
BBC's Spaceflight - Excellent timeline of human and robotic space missions...
Encyclopedia Astronautica - One of the most comprehensive databases on spacecraft over the decades!
Heavens-Above - sighting times for the ISS, HST & Iridium Flares & more !!
JPL Missions - Spacecraft - for those thirsty of historical spaceflight facts
Malin Space Science Systems - Images of Mars by the MGS
NASA Human Spaceflight - Earth's astronauts and orbital machines
SOHO spacecraft - exploring the Sun.
The Basics of Spaceflight - want to know more how spacecraft work?
Science Top of Page
Discovery Channel - what humankind's search for knowledge is all about
DiscoverySchool.com - for teachers, parents and students
Goddard Institute for Space Studies - research in space and Earth sciences
Marine Geology and Geophysics - World Data Centre
NASA Science page - everything science! news service included
NASA Scientific & Technical Information - A great site with technical information on science.
NewScientist.com - Covering a wide range of current scientific topics
Popular Science - An absorbing site on science and related topics
PhysLink.com - Online Education and Reference
Science News Online - online articles relating to the world of science
The Exploratorium - the museum of science, art and human perception
ThinkQuest - A vast range of topics for all ages. Incredible library of entries
Current Events, News & Articles Top of Page
Astrophysical Journal
Spaceflightnow - daily e-mail news. Great site!
BBC - Space - news page for astronomy
CNN - Space - you can also subscribe to their free e-mail update
CBS Space News - news page
NASA Astrophysics Data System - "Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation"
NightSkyInfo.com - Weekly information about the night sky (mainly northern hemisphere)
SpaceWeather - all about the Sun-Earth system and more
Space.com - General Astronomy and Spaceflight
Spacedaily - daily space news and happenings
Universe Today - A comprehensive site with news from the world of spaceflight and astronomy. Free email service.
Space Agencies, Societies and Organisations Top of Page
Ames Research Centre
American Astronomical Society
British National Space Centre
European Space Agency
Caltech Astronomy
Hochwald-Gymnasium Wadern Astronomy Society
Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Kennedy Space Centre
NASA
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Observatories & Telescopes Top of Page
SALT - The South African Large Telescope, Sutherland (under construction)
Boyden Observatory - Bloemfontein, South Africa
Hubble Project (NASA)
Keck Observatory - On Mauna Kea in Hawaii
NJ Night Sky - "Amateur Astronomy and Telescope building for beginners and up."
Palomar Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory Association
National Solar Observatory - Kitt Peak and Sacramento Peak
Telecsopes HQ: categorized resource directory for everything about telescopes.
Literature, Articles, Books & Magazines Top of Page
Sky and Telescope Magazine
Astronomy Magazine
Science in Africa - Africa's First On-Line Science Magazine
Guinness World Records
History Top of Page
The History Net
HyperHistory Online
History of Astronomy
Museums Online South Africa
Prehistorics Illustrated
Nature and Environment Top of Page
1st Weather (for South Africa) - an excellent weather and moon/sun times site
National Geographic
National Museum of Natural History (Washington DC)
Pictures Top of Page
Art of Greg Martin - exquisite astronomy images
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Great site for astronomy pictures
Digital Blasphemy - 3D rendered computer graphics
Earth From Space - "Astronauts' views of the Home Planet", incredible photos of Earth
Final Frontier - The Ultimate Space Wallpapers - large collection of excellent space images
Hubble: STSCI's Hubble images page - Hubble Telescope Pictures Mainpage
Hubbble: Post-upgrade Hubble photos - Seeing is believing...
NASA Image Gallery - Search NASA pictures
NASA Image eXchange (NIX) - Huge Database of excellent pics
NSSDC Photo Gallery - large collection of pictures
NASA's Planetary Photojournal - great pictures of the planets and their moons
Photosearch - Astronomy Clipart, Images and Photos
Science-Fiction Top of Page
Star Trek.com - Main page
Sol Station - Nearby stars, future habitations in space, life in the solar system etc.
Mars Earth Connection - Articles on some Earthly mysteries.  
City of Bloemfontein (SA) links Top of Page
Bloemonline.co.za - provide valuable information to travellers visiting Bloemfontein.
Bloemvision.co.za - Bloemfontein events and more
City of Bloemfontein / Mangaung - Municipal webpage
National Museum (SA) - Bloemfontein
[new] Bloemfontein Weather - We provide weather forecasts for Bloemfontein
Weather Underground - Bloemfontein
Useful websites Top of Page
ADSL South Africa - a vast resource on everything ADSL in South Africa
Pixys Software - Domain name registration, website hosting and website development in a secure,
fast and reliable environment.
PhotVisio - includes an astronomy and photography section


Search Engines & Encyclopedias Top of Page
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About.com Information Please
Ask Jeeves InfoSpace
BBC Search LookSmart
Britannica.com Lycos
CNET Search.com NetScape Net Search
Euroseek Northern Light Search
Excite Search Engine Colossus
GO.com Smiry Web Links
Google WebCrawler
GoTo Yahoo
South African Search Engines Top of Page
Ananzi Themark
Aardvark Web-Chart
Die Knoop (Afrikaanse webskakels) WoYaa!
Max Archie FTP Search
M-Web Search South Africa On-Line
ZA Worm, Internext Zebra
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