My Handy List of Astronomy Resources

Unlike my other list of astronomy information, this one is not necessarily intended for general audiences. This is a list of sites that are extremely useful to me, and I like to keep them referenced all in one place.

Since I'm not particularly fond of cookies and pop-up windows, I have indicators of which sites contain a lot of these:

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 Literature

ChemPort Connection

LANL Preprint Archive

The NASA Astrophysics Data System



 Comet Resources

Comets Named in 2006

Deep Impact Internal Science Site at UMd     Restricted Access - Password Required

JPL's HORIZONS System



 Chemistry and Spectroscopy Resources

Atomic & Molecular Database List

Molecules in Space

NIST Online Databases

NOAO Spectral Atlas Central

Recommended Rest Frequencies for Molecular Microwave Transitions

The UMIST Database for Astrochemistry 1999

WebElements Periodic Table



 Observatories

CARMA: Combined Array for Millimeter-Wave Astronomy

FUSE: Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

Lowell Observatory

McDonald Observatory

NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

National Optical Astronomy Observatory

Space Telescope Science Institute



 Computing

AIPS++ Home Page

IDL - The Interactive Data Language

The IDL Astronomy User's Library

IRAF Project Home Page

LaTeX Manual

Super Mongo Page



 Miscellaneous

AAS Report on Graduate Education

Astrophysics Jobs Rumor Mill

IAU: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams

"Networking on the Network" - a comprehensive essay on networking for postgraduate jobs, particularly in academia.

Tomorrow's Professor Listserv


  University of Maryland Astronomy Department

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