I'm currently studying post-graduate astronomy via Swinburne Astronomy Online, Melbourne, Australia. I'm broadly skilled, being a qualified and registered secondary science teacher, a qualified residential builder and other qualifications/skills as outlined below. I have a passion for space sciences
and astronomy and this web page is basically a categorised list of space, astronomy and related web sites I've found valuable in my studies and astronomy involvements. I try not to be afraid of the wind. Ad Astra and Clear Skies!
(All links should open in a new window or tab. I'm happy to receive advice about what to put on the list, or how I might improve the presentation, but I accept no responsibility for the accuracy of content of other web
sites.)
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"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." (Carl Sagan).........................."Eppur si muove" ("Nonetheless, [the Earth] does move") (Galileo Galilei)
* member of Astronomical Society of Victoria - founded in 1922, membership of approximately 800 - the largest in Australia
* member of Australian Space Research Institute - non-profit research organization since early 1990s run by volunteers developing a vision for Australia's space community
* committee member of Ballaarat Astronomical Society - first Australian municipal observatory, operating since 1886
* member of Bendigo and District Astronomical Society - since 1988
* member of IceInSpace - Australian amateur astronomy, since 2004, dedicated to promoting amateur astronomy in the southern hemisphere
* member of International Astronautical Federation - connecting space people since 1951
* member of Mars Drive - a vision of a sustainable, long term human and robotic presence in space and on mars
* member of Mars Society of Australia - vision is to position Australia for participation in the eventual establishment of a human presence on mars
* member of Moon Society - non-profit educational and scientific foundation formed to further scientific study and development of the moon
* member of National Space Society of Australia - sharing a vision for the future of an ambitious and vigorous space program leading to eventual space settlement
* member of Planetary Society - since 1980, inspiring and involving the world's public in space exploration through advocacy, projects, and education
* member of Space Frontier Foundation - since 1988, people dedicated to opening the space frontier to human settlement as rapidly as possible
* member of The Space Movement - "Humanity must expand beyond the limits of Earth"
* member of Space Renaissance - advocate and defend humanity's expansion into space as the most ethical task of the immediate future
* member of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space - believes in a space-faring civilization and focusing the enthusiasm of young people
* visit my web page on Academia.com
* Graduate (2012) Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Program from International Space University
* currently (2012) studying Graduate Certificate Space Studies from University of South Australia
* currently (2012) studying Graduate Diploma Science (Astronomy) from Swinburne Astronomy Online
* Graduate Certificate Science (Astronomy) (2011) from Swinburne Astronomy Online
* currently studying (2012) Certificates in Skywatching, Telescope Operation & Public Demonstration from Ballaarat Astronomical Society
* Certificate IV Training & Assessment (2011) from BEST Community Development
* Graduate Diploma Education (Secondary Science) from Monash University
* current (2012) registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching
* Graduate Diploma Land Rehabilitation (incomplete) from University of Ballarat
* Graduate Diploma Computer Science (incomplete) from Edith Cowan University
* Bachelor of Applied Science (Biology) from Curtin University
* Certificate IV Residential Building Management from Housing Industry Association
* Certificate Food Safety Supervisor from BRACE Education, Training & Employment
* Certificate Food Handling from BRACE Education, Training & Employment
* Certificate Senior First Aid - Workplace Level 2 from Australian Red Cross
* Certificate Swimming Instruction from Austswim Australia
* Certificate Basic SCUBA Diving from Curtin University
* current (2012) Working with Children Check from Department of Justice Victoria
* current (2012) prohibited weapon license for laser pointer greater than 1mW from Victoria Police
* current (2012) endorsed Medium-Rigid two-axel driving licence & commercial passenger bus driving licence from Vicroads
SpaceRef - email list
ESA - email lists
NASA - email lists
NASA Astrobiology Institute - email lists
Space Engine - email list
Spaceflightnow - launch alerts
Vandenberg Airforce Base - launch alerts
SpaceInfo - email list
American Association for the Advancement of Science - email list
Square Kilometre Array Telescope - monthly updates
Spacex's - newsletter
Space Jobs
Space Careers
History of Space Exploration - "There are things that are known and things that are unknown; in between is exploration."
Any Day In Space History - exhaustive list of events for any date
A summary - from University of California's Centre for Astrophysics and Space Sciences
Women in Astronomy - a terrific site from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
African-Americans in Astronomy - from About.com
The First Astronomers - were Australian Aboriginals
Encyclopedia Astronautica - a fantastic site with categorised list of rocketry, space flight and astronaut history
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs - home page
Australian Government Space Portal - home page
Australia's Space Activities Act 1998
European Centre for Space Law
NASAs National Space Science Data Centre - details about space craft, missions and experiments
HST Search Form - search the Hubble data sets
Mission and Spacecraft Library - from JPL
Aerospaceweb - terrific resource for aerospace answers
Handbook of Space Astronomy & Astrophysics - a great online resource by Martin Zombeck
Open Aerospace - a free, open information-sharing web site on all things aerospace
SpaceRef - everything you ever wanted to know about space exploration
Astronautics Now - also everything you ever wanted to know about space exploration
Astronomy Research links - from Swinburne University library
Universe Today - Universe Today web site
COSMOS - Swinburne Astronomy Online's astronomy encyclopedia
arXiv - astrophysics e-prints from Cornell University and the University of Adelaide
ApJ - The Astrophysical Journal guidelines for publishing and referencing - hosted by University of Chicago
Journal Abbreviations - recommended abbreviations for journals
SAO/NASA ADS - search millions of publications in this digital library operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
NED - NASA/IPAC Extra galactic Database from Caltech and JPL
CDS - The Strasbourg astronomical Data Center in France with databases including Simbad, VizieR and Aladin
Google Scholar - not a bad place to start if you have no leads
Wordnet - Princeton University's online dictionary
Hyperphysics - from Georgia State University
Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics - subscription purchase required
Astroweb - " ...a collection of pointers to astronomy-related information available on the Internet... maintained by... a collaboration involving 9 individuals at 7 institutions"
Scholarpedia Astrophysics - a wiki clone with peer reviewed articles written by experts
space.com - space news online
Astronomy lectures - 'Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology' from University of Tennessee
spaceflightnow - the latest news
Ask an Astrophysicist - from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre
Spherical Trigonometry - from Wolfram Mathworld
National Space Science Data Center - NASA's archive of space data
Wiki Space - an astronomy wiki
Australian National Telscope Facility - Parkes, Narrabri, Mopra, Tidbinbilla, VLBI & ASKAP
Mt Stromlo & Siding Spring Observatory - at the Australian National University
Perth Observatory - at Bickley, Western Australia
Anglo-Australian Observatory - "...provides world-class optical and infrared observing facilities..."
Gemini Observatories - Hawaii and Chile, offering whole sky optical and IR astronomy
Keck Observatory - "To advance the frontiers of astronomy and share our discoveries with the world."
National Solar Observatory (USA) - New Mexico and Arizona facilities
SKA - the next big thing in global radio telescopes
ESO - European Southern Observatory in the Atacama Desert, Chile
Deep Space Network - a global network of radio telescopes
NASA's JPL Space Calendar - occultations, flybys, conferences etc etc
world launch ports - spacetoday.com's launch site page
Space X - what's happening at Space Exploration Technologies
Tanegashima - JAXA's launch facility
Arianespace - Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launches from Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana since 1980
Launch schedule - from spaceflightnow
Baikonur - cosmodrome launch facility
Handbook of Committee on Earth Observation Satellites - an exhaustive database of remote sensing satellites and their function
Heavens Above - online satellite position prediction plus other cool stuff
Universities and Research Centres - large list from Satellite on the Net
Satellite launch schedule - from Satellite on the Net
Commercial Satellite web links - a huge list of categorised links to companies in the industry
US Naval Observatory - Astrometry, Astro Apps, Earth Orientation, Precise Time etc
International Occultation Timing Association - how, when and where to watch occultations
Meteor Showers - how, when and where, by Gary Kronk
Your Sky - online planetarium to find out what your sky contains at any time
Satellite Tracking - where are they right now?
Space Weather - "News and information about the Sun-Earth environment."
Astronomy Picture of the Day - for those into pics
Planetary Society - founded by Carl Sagan et al in 1980, "the largest and most influential public space organization group on Earth"
International Astronomical Union - since 1919
Nobel Prize - look up influential astronomers
American Astronomical Society - since 1899
Astronomical Society of Australia - since 1966
Chinese Astronomical Society - since 1922
American Association of Amatuer Astronomers - AAAA online since 1996
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - RASC since 1886 with over 4000 members and 29 centres across Canada eh
Bad Astronomy - Phil Plait's widely referenced astronomy web site dedicated to addressing astronomy misconceptions
The Worlds of David Darling - encyclopaedic knowledge base
Astronomy Online - Ricky Murphy's web site and blog
Wolfram Mathworld - Eric Weisstein's extensive math site
Rocket and Space Technology - orbital mechanics, launch vehicles, missions, and a forum by Robert Braeunig
Online Astronomy Text Book - by Courtney Seligman
Stars - by Jim Kaler at University of Illinois
James Schombert - University of Oregon astronomy site
Astrophysics - by J Tatum
Fourmilab - John Walker's astronomy and space web pages
Australian Astronomy - resources for studying astronomy in Australia
Astronomy FM - astronomy radio, pics, pods etc
The Astronomical Tourist - Dr Chris Fluke's guide to global astronomy history sites
Kennedy Space Centre - buy tickets to watch a launch or tour the facilities
studyastronomy.com - online astronomy degree from University of Central Lancashire
LearnOutLoud.com - a list of astronomy podcasts
Victorian Space Science Education Centre - at Strathmore Secondary College, Melbourne, Australia
SAO - Swinburne Astronomy Online rocks!
This is a WC3 validated, interoperable, XHTML web site which I started building on 9th August, 2010. Last updated 1st March, 2012.
