Black Holes and Neutron Stars
- Ever wonder what it would look like to travel to a black hole? A neutron star? If so, you might find this page interesting. Here you will find descriptions and MPEG movies that take you on such exciting trips.
URL --> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/rjn_bht.html
- Black Holes FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Black Holes
URL --> http://physics7.berkeley.edu/BHfaq.html
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 523.112 - Galaxies
- A collection of links to web sites related to galaxies. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/523_112.HTM
- Expanding Universe: a classified search tool for amateur astronomy - Classification 523.8 - Stars
- A collection of links to web sites related to stars. This excellent and thorough web site is hosted by the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada.
URL --> http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/bsd/astronomy/523_8.HTM
- Stargate at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
- This web site, located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, contains educational information about stars.
URL --> http://stargate.jpl.nasa.gov
- The Messier Catalog
- This site contains a guide to the 110 objects in the standard Messier Catalog. This site is relevant for the study of nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies.
URL --> http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/
- The "Homes" of Quasars
- This site, hosted by the Space Telescope Electronic Information Service, contains Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images of galaxies that are the "homes" of quasars.
URL --> http://www.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/96/35.html
- Pulsar Tutorial
- This site consists of a tutorial, developed by R. Mallozzi, J. Hornack, and L. Porter at NASA, on pulsars (type of neutron star).
URL --> http://wwwssl.msfc.nasa.gov/newhome/help/tutorials/pulsar.htm
- VSNET
- VSNET at Kyoto University has information on variable stars, especially cataclysmic variables (CVs) and related objects.
URL --> http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/
- Variable Stars
- Variable Star Web page at The Astronomer.
URL --> http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer/variables.html
- Georgia State University
- CHARA's results of binary star astrometry
URL --> ftp://chara.gsu.edu/Speckle/
- Georgia State University
- A "black hole imaging system"
URL --> ftp://cisr.anu.edu.au/pub/black-hole/
- Nebulae
- A collection of stunning astronomical photographs of nebulae - clouds of gas, dust, or stars.
URL --> http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/twn/
- Princeton University-Pulsar Group
- Pulsar Group at Princeton University
URL --> http://pulsar.princeton.edu/
- "A Parade of New Planets" Scientific American
- This is a link to a May 96 article from Scientific American magazine which discusses the discovery of new planets which have been founding circling distant stars.
URL --> http://www.sciam.com/explorations/052796explorations.html
- "Constructing the Cosmos" Scientific American
- This is a link to a January 97 article from Scientific American magazine which discusses the formaiton of the early universe.
URL --> http://www.sciam.com/explorations/012797cosmos/012797hogan.html
- The Milky Way
- This page on the Milky Way galaxy is located at the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) web site.
URL --> http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/milky_way.html
- Star Journey
- This page called Star Journey is hosted by National Geographic magazine.
URL --> http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/
- NASA's Origins Program
- This web site contains information on the origins of the universe (planets, stars, etc.).
URL --> http://origins.stsci.edu/
