Astronomy & Space
396 sites
https://astronomyinyourhands.com/
Created by Chris Hilder, Astronomy In Your Hands offers free hands-on astronomy activities for classrooms and home learners, including a well-known downloadable Star Wheel planisphere for identifying stars with minimal equipment. The site earned the prestigious Griffith Observatory Star Award and provides low-tech, DIY-friendly resources suited for kids, students, and teachers alike.
http://astronomie.be/registax
RegiStax and waveSharp are free image processing tools developed by Cor Berrevoets and an international team, designed specifically for stacking and sharpening astronomical images from AVI video files. The site hosts downloads, release notes, and articles from contributors covering lunar, solar, and planetary imaging techniques under Linux and Windows.
http://theastronomer.org/index.html
The Astronomer is a long-running UK amateur astronomy magazine with a history dating back to 1964, featuring meteor shower guides, supernova lightcurves, and annual meeting records. Compiled largely by Tracie Heywood, the site offers a complete magazine index, historical awards archives, and observational data useful for both visual and radio observers.
http://gazers.org/
The Penobscot Valley Star Gazers (PVSG) is a Maine-based astronomy club hosting monthly meetings both in-person at John Bapst High School in Bangor and via Zoom. The site offers a calendar of upcoming events, a gallery, an archive, and real-time comet tracking resources for members and stargazing enthusiasts in the region.
http://newastro.com/
Ron Wodaski's companion site to his book 'The New Astronomy' offers a comprehensive online guide to CCD astrophotography, covering everything from focusing and exposure to advanced image processing. With ten full chapters available online by subscription, plus sample content and a community discussion group, it serves as a practical resource for beginner and intermediate amateur astronomers.
http://brastro.org/
The Baton Rouge Astronomical Society (BRAS) is a Louisiana-based astronomy club founded in 1981, bringing together roughly 95 amateur and experienced stargazers in the greater Baton Rouge area. Visitors can browse monthly observing guides, member astrophotos, a newsletter archive, dark sky advocacy efforts, and information on joining or attending events at the Highland Road Park Observatory.
https://gb.nrao.edu/~rmaddale/Education/OrionTourCenter/index.htm
Created by Ronald J. Maddalena of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, this interactive tour guides visitors through the Orion constellation using five images captured at different wavelengths including optical, infrared, and radio. Visitors can explore astronomical objects in Orion, learn the mythology behind the hunter, take a glossary-supported test, and see how the same region of sky looks dramatically different depending on the telescope used.
http://arc.iki.rssi.ru/eng/index.htm
The Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences is Russia's principal organization for robotic space research, designing scientific instruments and leading missions such as Spektr-RG, ExoMars, and the Luna lunar program. Founded in 1965, this archived English-language site offers institutional history, department structure, mission summaries, and links to international conferences spanning decades of Soviet and Russian space science.
https://rokonshimo.neocities.org/
Tangle's personal corner of the web belongs to an autistic Australian graduate student of Space Science with wide-ranging interests and ambitious creative projects. The site features a blog, character bios, and various personal sections, all wrapped in a warm and quirky introduction that hints at much more content to come.
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos
COSMOS is a comprehensive astronomy encyclopedia produced by research astronomers at Swinburne University's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, covering topics from the Planck Length to galaxies for a general but detail-hungry audience. The encyclopedia is an evolving reference used by major astronomy outlets including Universe Today, Astronomy Cast, and Astronomy Picture of the Day, making it a trusted hub for astronomical knowledge.