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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Guides and Sources Lists
Article Databases
Sky Catalogs
Data Sources
General Astronomy Information Sources
Electronic Journals
Various Useful Sites

GUIDES AND SOURCE LISTS

[Button] AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
[Button] WWW Virtual Library-Astronomy / AstroWeb
[Button] Yahoo Guide to WWW Resources in Astronomy
[Button] NMSU Astronomy Department Top of page

DATABASES

Databases in Astronomy and related fields available at NMSU

[Button] SciSearch

Science Citation Index (1993 to the present).
[Button] Ei Village
Includes COMPENDEX index to engineering literature, plus several
other services.


Astronomy Databases available for free on the Web

[Button] NASA Astrophysics Data System

Includes an abstracts database and fulltext articles from the astronomy
literature.
[Button] CDS Bibliographic Service
Provides access to two complementary data holdings:
1. Bibliographic references of the Simbad database
(theoretical subjects and solar system objects are generally not in Simbad).
2. The recent abstracts of several major journals. For example,
abstracts of Astronomy & Astrophysics are made available at CDS several
weeks in advance of publication.
CDS is provided via the Centre de Donnees Astronomique de Strasbourg.
[Button] Los Alamos Pre-print Server
Pre-prints of papers in Astrophysics, High Energy Physics, Mathematics,
Computer Science and related topics.

SKY CATALOGS

Selected print catalogs at the NMSU Library

[Button] Atlas Galaktischer Nebel - Atlas of Galactic Nebulae QB855 N36 1985 (Branson Ref.).
[Button] Messier's Nebulae and Star Clusters QB851 J6 1991 (Branson Library).
 [Button] Messier Objects QB65 O44 1998 (Branson Library).
 [Button] Michigan Spectral Catalogue QB6 H77 (Branson Ref.).


Sky catalogs available on the Web

[Button] Astrocat Catalogues

Links to various astronomical catalogs via the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics.
[Button] Astrometric Catalogs
Links to different stellar catalogs, such as the International
Reference Stars (IRS) catalog and the Fifth Fundamental Catalog (FK5)
via the US Naval Observatory's Astrometry Dept.
[Button] Messier Catalog Pictures
Almost the entire catalog of Messier with only a couple of missing objects.
Assembled by the NMSU Astronomy Dept.

DATA SOURCES

[Button] Anglo-Australian Telescope

Data observed to date from the Anglo-Australian Telescope in Australia.
[Button] Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Located at the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics. Access
to numerous data sites.
[Button] NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)
[Button] NIST Online Reference Databases
Listing of the various NIST Standard Reference Data databases.
[Button] Planetary Data System (PDS)
Archives and distributes digital data from past and
present NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations,
and laboratory measurements.

General Astronomy Information Sources

[Button] Comet Home Page
[Button] Comets and Meteor Showers
[Button] Miscellaneous Meteor Information
[Button] The Nine Planets
[Button] The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia

Provides updated information about the search for planets outside of our
solar system.

Electronic Journals

[Button] Astronomical Journal (NMSU users only)
[Button] Astrophysical Journal (NMSU users only)
[Button] Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series (NMSU users only)

Observational and theoretical data papers - extensive data and
tabular material of papers published in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
[Button] PASP - the Journal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (NMSU users only)
[Button] Icarus (NMSU users only)

Links to Various Useful Sites

[Button] Apache Point Observatory
[Button] Astronomical meetings worldwide
[Button] European Space Agency
[Button] Mars Global Surveyor
[Button] NASA Spacelink
[Button] National Radio Astronomy Observatory
[Button] National Solar Observatory - Sacramento Peak (Sunspot)
[Button] NMSU Astronomy Department
[Button] Nine Planets--Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
[Button] Project Galileo : Bringing Jupiter to Earth
[Button] Sky and Telescope Online
[Button] US Naval Observatory

Provides astronomical data, data on the Earth's rotation and maintains the
Master Clock for the United States.
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