Useful Astronomy Webpages

Journals, Preprints, and other Literature

Astronomical Journal Astrophysical Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics PASP
astro-ph Preprint Server ADS Abstract Server
Annual Rev. of Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy & Astrophysics Review
New Astronomy Physical Review D Living Reviews

More Popular Journals

Sky & Telescope Asronomy Now, Breaking News

Some Astronomical Institutes

Germany
Bonn: AIUB IAEF RAI StW MPIfR
Garching/München: MPA MPE ESO USM
Heidelberg: MPIA LSW ITA ARI MPK
Potsdam: AIP AEI Uni
Bochum: Astro Theo. Phys. IV
Bamberg Basel Berlin Freiburg
Göttingen Hamburg Astro Jena Grav. Jena
Lindau Kiel Köln Tübingen Astro Tübingen Theo. Würzburg Zürich
Europe
IAP Paris IAC Tenerife IoA, Cambridge Leiden
World

Astronomy Pictures

Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive
Chandra Photo Album
Pictures from the AAT
Pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope
NSSDC Photo Gallery
CFHT's Astronomy Picture of the Week

Lectures, Courses, and the like

Stars and Galaxies, Hypertext Course by Dick McCray
An Astronomy Course on the Internet, by Jack Troeger
Notes on Astrophysical Dynamics, from the Oxford Theoretical Astrophysics Group
Cosmology, a Research Briefing
The Nature of the Universe, Lecture Course by Jeff Willick
Imagine the Science!, a very useful compilation
Cosmology and the Origin of Life, Lecture Course by Greg Bothun
Searches for Dark Matter, a Public Lecture by Bernard Sadoulet
A Dark Matter Tutorial, and the Dark Matter Page of Center for Particle Astrophysics
Cosmology of the Local Group, by George Lake
A Cosmology Tutorial, by Ned Wright
Cosmology Review, a sometimes interesting mix of news
CosmoNet, "interactive book" focusing on the topics of astronomy, cosmology, and theoretical physics
Guide to Black Holes, by Jillian Ellen Bornak
Observational Evidence of Black Holes, by Bill Kendrick
Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars, by Robert Nemiroff
Structure and Evolution of the Universe, a public outreach page by NASA

Astronomy Databases

Astronomy & Astrophysics Virtual Library, containing many useful links to Astronomy-related Web sites
Astro Web, Astronomy on the Internet
ESO/ST-ECF Science Archive, Public Data Packages
NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
Encyclopedias of Astronomy, Physics, and Mathematics
HEASARC,a source of gamma-ray, -ray, and extreme ultraviolet observations of cosmic (non-solar) sources.

Observatories

An Overview of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, with a science overview and many links
ESOLa Silla Paranal
On Mauna Kea CFHT Keck Observatory Subaru Telescope
La Palma, Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Last updated: 26.3.2000