(last revised: Feb.12, 2008)

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Some Web Links of Interest
for Astronomy Students

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If you are not familiar with the use of the World Wide Web, here is a comprehensive introduction to the use of the Web in education.

• Astronomy Picture of the Day: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
• AP of Day (Archives): http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
• Earth and Sky: http://www.earthsky.com/
• Violence in the Cosmos: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/violence-root.html
• The Nine Planets: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/
• Planetary Pictures: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/picturelist.html
• SEDS Galaxy of Images:  http://www.seds.org/galaxy/
• Views of the Solar System:  http://planetscapes.com/solar/eng/homepage.htm
• Abrams Skywatcher's Diary: http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/diary.html
• Sky Events:  http://www.skypub.com/sights/sights.shtml
• Sky & Telescope Bulletin: http://www.skypub.com/news/news.shtml
• Space Calendar:  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
• Astronomy Lecture Notes:  http://www.astronomynotes.com/index.html
• Network Resources: http://www.hq.eso.org/online-resources-paper/rrn.html
• Dewey Decimal: http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/TRL/astronomy/index.html
• AstroWeb: http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/www/astronomy.html
• The Astronomy Cafe: http://itss.raytheon.com/cafe/qadir/qanda.html
• Astr 101-103 (Cornell): http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/astro101/index.html
• Astronomy Homework Help: http://members.aol.com/gca7sky/astrohelp.htm
• Astronomy: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/astronomy.html
• Space Science: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/space.html
• Weather: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/weather.html
• Geology: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/geology.html
• Physics: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/physics_tutorials.html

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Some Newsgroups of Interest
for Astronomy Students

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If you are not familiar with how to use newsgroups, here is an introduction. An FAQ is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) for a newsgroup.

• UT Astr 161 Newsgroup: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/newsgroups/astr161/index.html
• UT Astr 162 Newsgroup: http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/newsgroups/astr162/index.html
• General Astronomy: news:sci.astro
• Amateur Astronomy: news:sci.astro.amateur
• Professional Astronomers (Moderated): news:sci.astro.research
• Hubble Space Telescope: news:sci.astro.hubble
• FAQ for sci.astro:  http://sciastro.astronomy.net/
• FAQ for sci.space: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/space/top.html