Astronomy Web Tool Kit
Phases of the Moon
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Planetary Atmospheres
Energy Levels and Spectral Lines
Craters and Surface Ages
Density of the Terrestrial Planets
Magnitude Calculator
More on their way!
Astronomy Programs on the Web
Celestia
, go anywhere in the Universe
Google Earth
shows the night sky, too
Stellarium
shows the sky from anywhere on Earth
Observatories in Arizona
Kitt Peak National Observatory
(west of Tucson, open to visitors)
Lowell Observatory
(Flagstaff, open to visitors)
Discovery Channel Telescope
(near Flagstaff, to be completed 2009)
Mt. Graham International Observatory
(near Safford, guided tours)
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
(south of Tucson, guided tours)
Arizona Science Centers & Planetariums
Dorrance Planetarium
at
Arizona Science Center
Challenger Space Center
(Peoria, AZ)
UofA Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium
Other Astronomy Sites in the Southwest
Meteor Crater
(east of Winslow)
Very Large Array
(western New Mexico)
Astronomy Image Archives
Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA Planetary Photojournal
Hubble Space Telescope Gallery
Hubble Heritage Project
NASA Image Exchange
NASA Space-based Observatories
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Spitzer Space Telescope
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO)
Missions to the Solar System
MESSENGER
to Mercury (arrival 2011)
Magellan
at Venus (1989 - 1994)
Venus Express
(arrived May 2006)
Mars Global Surveyor
(1997 - 2006)
2001 Mars Odyssey
(arrived October 2001)
Mars Express
(arrived December 2003)
Mars Exploration Rovers
(arrived January 2004)
Mars Recon. Orbiter
(arrived March 2006)
Mars Phoenix Lander
(arrived May 2008)
Dawn
to Vesta and Ceres (arrival 2011)
Galileo
at Jupiter (1995 - 2003)
Cassini
at Saturn (arrived July 2004)
New Horizons
to Pluto and beyond (arrival 2015)
The Voyagers
to the outer Solar System (1977 - ?)
Other Astronomy Sites
Heavens Above
: Track a Satellite
Google Mars
: Explore the Red Planet
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