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Listed below are sites recommended by Armagh Planetarium to learn more about astronomy and space.

Observing

Heavens above. Where and when to see satellites: http://www.heavens-above.com/

 

Astronomy Resources

UK Supplier of Telescopes since 1785:
http://www.telescopehouse.com/

Ian King imaging supplies
http://www.iankingimaging.com/

Astronomy prints of Hubble and Mars Hirise images:
www.astronomyimages.co.uk

 

Spaceflight

Encyclopedia Astronautica. An unbelievably well-researched and complete encyclopedia of spacecraft:
http://www.astronautix.com/

Space Technology: How does all this outer space stuff work?
http://www.braeunig.us/space/index.htm
 

Apollo archive. Images and much more about the Apollo missions:
http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html

NASA images:
http://www.nasaimages.org/

Atomic Rockets. This is a really cool site: http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html

The Moon landings were real!
http://www.clavius.org/

 

 

 

General Astronomy

Space.com. What’s new in space:
www.space.com

Universe today
http://www.universetoday.com/

An excellent on-line textbook:
http://www.astronomynotes.com/index.html

Bad Astronomy. A really useful page
http://www.badastronomy.com/index.html

Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/

 

Solar System

NASA’s Solar System picture archive:
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html

There’s something new and interesting here every few days:
http://www.planetary.org/blog