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Astronomy Resources

by Ron Kurtus (5 December 2006)

The following are resources and references on Astronomy:

• General Astronomy
• Moon
• Black Holes
• Miscellaneous

General Astronomy

Websites

Astronomy 161 The Solar System

Astronomy Answer Book

Home of the Northern Lights

Molecular Secret Worlds: The Universe Within - Interactive Java Tutorial

Reusable NASA Images

Books

Top-rated books on Astronomy

Top-rated books on the Universe

Top-rated books on the Sun

Top-rated books on the Solar System

Top-rated books on Galaxies

Top-rated books on Earth Astronomy

Top-rated books on the Big Bang

Moon

Websites

Facts about the Moon - From NASA

The Moon - Good details from Nine Planets site

U.S. Navy Sun and Moon times - - Times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon

The Moon - Information and statistics from Russian version of American website

Daily Moon Phases (Current Phase)

New Science Autumn's Moons (10-29-99)

Books

From Blue Moons To Black Holes: A Basic Guide To Astronomy, Outer Space, And Space Exploration by Melanie Melton Knocke; Prometheus Books (2005) $19.00

Observing the Moon by Peter T. Wlasuk; Springer (2000) $39.95 - Reference book for anyone seriously interested in the Moon and its geology

Welcome to the Moon: Twelve Lunar Expeditions for Small Telescopes by Robert Bruce Kelsey; Naturegraph Publishers (1997) $11.95 - Well written "how to" for novice astronomers

Top-rated books on the Moon

Black holes

Web sites

Black Holes Frequently-Asked-Questions by Ted Bunn - thorough explanation of Black Holes from the University of California-Berkeley

Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars by Robert Nemiroff - explanations and MPEG movies showing how things look from NASA (most computers can show these short animations)

Black Holes and Beyond - a more complex explanation of Black Holes from the University of Illinois

Books

Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity by Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing (2000) $37.33 - top ranked book on the subject

Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip S. Thorne, Frederick Seitz and Stephen Hawking, W.W. Norton & Company (1995) $18.95 - popular book, including views of Hawking

Top-rated books on Black Holes

Miscellaneous

Summary

Use these resources to get further information on the various Astronomy topics. If you have some good Astronomy links, let us know about them.

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